George Fisher papers, 1951-1990.
Collection Number: 7437
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George Fisher papers, 1951-1990.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7437
Abstract:
Elysian Fields, Booksellers, business records, 1974-1988, including orders, invoices,
bills, mail order forms, special order correspondence. bibliographies and catalogs;
also, personal correspondence, a clipping and subject file, photo prints, original
erotic and pornographic manuscripts, erotica and pornographic artwork, including drawings
and photographs.
Creator:
Fisher, George, 1938-1990.
Quanitities:
22 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The George Fisher Collection consists of personal correspondence, including many letters
from his mother, several letters to and from Fisher describing his many travels abroad,
and numerous postcards received by Fisher from friends around the world. The records
of Elysian Fields include accounts, bills, brochures, advertisements, mail order forms,
invoices, orders, dealer orders and queries especially pertaining to special orders
and first editions, bibliographies and lists of books and reprints, Elysian Fields
catalogs and other book and pornographic catalogs, a clipping file, a small subject
file, audiotapes, slides, photoprints, and negatives. The collection also includes
erotic and pornographic original manuscripts, and a large collection of original erotic
and pornographic artwork, including layouts, drawings, charcoal sketches, photographs,
and proofsheets; there is a small amount of correspondence pertaining to the artwork.
Series I. Correspondence and Personal Material | Boxes 1-2,38 |
Series II. Elysian Fields Booksellers Orders, Bills, Receipts, Bibliographies | Boxes 3-10,38 |
Series III. Lists, Catalogs | Boxes 11-13, 41-42 |
Series IV. Photoprints, Slides, Audiotapes | Boxes 14-15 |
Series V. Clippings and Subject Files | Boxes 16-18,39 |
Series VI. Manuscripts | Boxes 19-20 |
Series VII. Artwork | Boxes 21-37 |
INFORMATION FOR USERS
George Fisher Papers, #7437. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
George Alan Fisher, born January 6, 1938, in Los Angeles, worked for a number of airlines
in the cargo traffic section, export and import, first in California, then from ca.
1965-1967 in Copenhagen for a Scandinavian airline, SAS, and then for 23 years at
JFK airport in New York City for Japan Airlines. He retired in June 1990. Under the
name Ed Drucker, he ran Elysian Fields, Booksellers, from its opening in 1972 until
his death. Elysian Fields specialized in out of print gay, lesbian, and bisexual fiction
and non-fiction with some general sexuality books as well. Fisher traveled worldwide.
He died on October 3, 1990.
Names:
Elysian Fields, Booksellers
Subjects:
Nudism.
Pedophilia.
Pornography.
Independent booksotres -- New York (N.Y.)
Homophobia.
Erotica.
Gay men -- Books and reading.
Arrest -- England -- London.
Antiquarian booksellers -- New York (N. Y.)
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Correspondence and Personal Material
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Box 1 | Folder 1-16 |
Correspondence and Personal 1957-1989
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Fisher and his parents, pertaining to his wide travel
in Europe. Fisher's relationship with his mother is particularly documented. There
are many postcards from friends throughout the world. There are letters from epistolary
correspondents, frequently to Fisher's Provincetown post office box, of an erotic
nature (with a specialty of J/O and A/F letters).
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
La Cronica Junior High School yearbooks,
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1950-1952 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Birth announcement of Brian Richard Voelcker,
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1973 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Photo- Fisher's Parents?
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Resumes/job applications
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Photo negatives: men at the beach (personal?)
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Box 2 |
Correspondence and Personal 1950's-1989
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Scope and Contents
Includes diplomas, legal and tax papers, some correspondence as described in box 1,
and Fisher's Japan Airlines file of work related papers.
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Box 38 | Folder 1 |
The Poinsettia: Hollywood High School yearbook,
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1953 |
Box 38 | Folder 2 |
Democratic convention/1976 election
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Box 38 | Folder 3 |
OWL (Older Women's League) information
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Box 38 | Folder 4 |
Information on Alzheimer's disease/aging
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Box 38 |
Erotic cards (mainly seasonal, i.e. Valentine's Day, Christmas, etc.)
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Series II. Elysian Fields Booksellers Orders, Bills, Receipts, Bibliographies and
Booklists
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Box 3 |
1974-1976
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Box 4 |
1976-1978
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Box 5 |
1978-1980
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Box 6 |
1980-1981
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Box 7 |
1982-1984
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Box 8 |
1984, 1987-1988
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Scope and Contents
Includes dealers correspondence, first editions, quotes, and some straight sexuality
and non-sexuality books.
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Box 9 |
1969-1988
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Scope and Contents
Special orders, tax papers, consultant fees, dealers correspondence.
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Box 10 |
1966-1989
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Scope and Contents
Bibliographies, special orders, dealers correspondence, university library orders.
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Box 38 | Folder 5-10 |
Clippings: mainly book reviews
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Box 38 | Folder 11 |
Miscellaneous clippings/information
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Box 38 | Folder 12 |
Typed book reviews/summaries (by Fisher?)
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Box 38 | Folder 13 |
Gay Academic Union materials
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Box 38 | Folder 14 |
Dealer correspondence
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Box 38 | Folder 15-17 |
Newsletters/flyers/catalogs
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Box 38 | Folder 18 |
Cliipings: book reviews
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Box 38 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence: St. Martin's Press,
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1976 |
Box 38 | Folder 20 |
American Book Review, Double focus on AIDS and Women in Power,
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1990:May/June |
Box 38 | Folder 21 |
The New York Review of Books,
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12/9/76 |
Box 38 | Folder 22 |
Antiquarian Book Monthly Review,
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1989:July |
Box 38 | Folder 23 |
Information on Christ and the Homosexual by Robert Wood
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Box 38 | Folder 24 |
Author correspondence
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Box 38 | Folder 25 |
Simoneau, Chantale
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Series III. Lists and Catalogs
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Box 11 |
Catalogs
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1974-1990 | |
Scope and Contents
Catalogs, brochures, advertisements, fliers, lists, and mail solicitations of an erotic
or pornographic nature; also, Elysian Fields catalogs, and a small number of straight
sexuality catalogs and non-erotic book catalogs.
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Box 12 |
Catalogs
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1974-1990 | |
Scope and Contents
Catalogs, brochures, advertisements, fliers, lists, and mail solicitations of an erotic
or pornographic nature; also, Elysian Fields catalogs, and a small number of straight
sexuality catalogs and non-erotic book catalogs.
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Box 13 |
Catalogs
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1974-1990 | |
Scope and Contents
Catalogs, brochures, advertisements, fliers, lists, and mail solicitations of an erotic
or pornographic nature; also, Elysian Fields catalogs, and a small number of straight
sexuality catalogs and non-erotic book catalogs.
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Box 41 |
Catalogs
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1974-1990 | |
Scope and Contents
Catalogs, brochures, advertisements, fliers, lists, and mail solicitations of an erotic
or pornographic nature; also, Elysian Fields catalogs, and a small number of straight
sexuality catalogs and non-erotic book catalogs.
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Box 42 |
Catalogs
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1974-1990 | |
Scope and Contents
Catalogs, brochures, advertisements, fliers, lists, and mail solicitations of an erotic
or pornographic nature; also, Elysian Fields catalogs, and a small number of straight
sexuality catalogs and non-erotic book catalogs.
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Series IV. Photoprints, Slides, Audiotapes
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Box 14 |
Visual Material
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Scope and Contents
George Fisher Travel Slides ca. 1950's-1960's, strips of gay films, n.d.
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Box 15 |
Visual Material
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Scope and Contents
George Fisher Travel Slides c. 1950's-1960's, erotic and pornographic photographs,
including ca. Victorian era, famous personalities, stylized motif, and physique
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Series V. Clippings and Subject File
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Box 16 |
Clippings and Subject Files ca. 1960-1989
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Scope and Contents
Includes various topics, sexual and non-sexual.
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Box 17 |
Subject File
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Scope and Contents
Includes legal briefs, and small books of poetry and other prose.
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Box 18 | Folder 1-9 |
Clippings and Subject File
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Scope and Contents
Includes Legal briefs.
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Box 18 | Folder 10 |
Becoming a People...a 4,000 year gay and lesbian chronology by Jim Kepner
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Box 18 | Folder 11 |
Informational flyer on "A Black and White Ball", NYC,
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1988 |
Box 39 |
London Arrest Scrapbook (contains numerous clippings)
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Series VI. Manuscripts
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Box 19 |
Manuscripts
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Scope and Contents
Typescript prose fictions (pornographic), gay and heterosexual, including a manuscript
by James John Proferes.
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Series VII. Artwork
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Artwork
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Scope and Contents
Erotic and pornographic drawings, charcoal sketches, photographs, layouts, dustjackets,
proofsheets; a large number of sexual motifs are represented; includes a small amount
of correspondence pertaining to the artwork.
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Box 21 |
Artwork
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Box 22 |
Artwork
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Box 23 |
Artwork
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Box 24 |
Artwork
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Box 25 |
Artwork
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Box 26 |
Artwork
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Box 27 |
Artwork
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Box 28 |
Artwork
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Box 29 |
Artwork
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Box 30 |
Artwork
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Box 31 |
Artwork
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Box 32 |
Artwork
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Box 33 |
Artwork
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Box 34 |
Artwork
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Box 35 |
Artwork
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Box 36 | Folder 1 |
Artwork and correspondence,
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1962-1967 |
Scope and Contents
Guild Press ( Fizeek Art Quarterly), DC, and Media Arts, NYC. Artists: Martin Parent, "Zip", Michael Priggins, Robin
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Box 36 | Folder 2 |
Artwork and correspondence,
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1965-1967 |
Scope and Contents
Guild Press, artists: Pat, Jox, Steve Masters, John Matthews
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Box 36 | Folder 3 |
Artwork and correspondence,
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1962-1966 |
Scope and Contents
Guild Press, artists David Mills, George Miller, Nerol
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Box 36 | Folder 4 |
Artwork and correspondence, Guild Press,
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1963 |
Box 36 | Folder 5 |
William M. Maclane Studios artwork
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Box 36 | Folder 6 |
William M. Maclane Studios artwork
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Box 36 | Folder 7 |
Etienne artwork
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Box 36 | Folder 8 |
Artwork and correspondence,
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1962-1965 |
Scope and Contents
Guild Press, artists Ralph Smith, Lawrence Smith, Larry Tippin, CT
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Box 36 | Folder 9 |
Artwork and correspondence,
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1962-1968 |
Scope and Contents
Guild Press, artists Robert Payne, "Zip", Martin Parent
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Box 36 | Folder 10 |
Grecian Guild Pictorial clipping,
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April 1962 |
Box 37 |
Layout materials
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Scope and Contents
Layout material for various publications on various themes, including heterosexuality,
lesbianism, gay male sexuality, phallic development, and sadomasochism.
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