Anonymous nudist and erotic photography collection, 1930s-1970s.
Collection Number: 7781
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Anonymous nudist and erotic photography collection, 1930s-1970s.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7781
Abstract:
Photographic prints, slides, negatives, and short films; publications, brochures,
books, and correspondence surrounding the work and personal life of a studio photographer
who was active in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s.
Creator:
no primary creator
Bruce, of Los Angeles.
Douglas, of Detroit.
Mizer, Bob.
Club Burr (Group of artists)
New York Institute of Photography
Your Model Service
Athletic Model Guild
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The New York Institute of Photography was founded in 1910 to train people in professional
photography.
Photographic prints, slides, negatives, and short films; publications, brochures,
books, and correspondence surrounding the work and personal life of a studio photographer
who was active in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. Visual materials in the collection
include 960 photographic prints, 2212 slides, 490 negatives, and 11 motion pictures.
Categories of material include professional work; personal images and ephemera; personal
nudes; and erotica. Most of the images in the professional category are studio portraits
and photographs of artists and their work, or of the artwork itself, many from "Club
Burr," evidently a group of artists in New York City; another subgroup in the professional
category relates to the collector's studies at the New York Institute of Photography.
Personal images include 600 slides, negatives and prints of female nudes, most of
them studio shots reminiscent of photographs in Playboy magazine in the 1960s and
1970s; and images taken at an unidentified nudist colony, circa 1960s. The erotic
visual materials include photos of male and female nudes, and nude self-portraits
resembling "physique" photos by noted photographers such as Bruce of L.A., Douglas
of Detroit, Your Model Service and AMG/Bob Mizer, as well as erotic films.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Anonymous Nudist and Erotic Photography Collection, #7781. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
The name of the photographer has been removed from the guide their name has been replaced
with the word Photographer.
Subjects:
Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Photography, Erotic.
Nudists.
Photography of men.
Photography of women.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
|
Series I. Professional photography by the Photographer
|
|||
|
Business Files
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Photography invoices
|
1994-1998 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Resume
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Invitations to artshows, galleries, exhibits
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 65 |
Model Release
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 66 |
Portfolio
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 67 |
Professional work correspondence
|
|
|
Fine Arts Photography
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Job notes, instruction, preparation
|
1994 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Amundsen painting
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Fine arts photography slides
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Frances Heatherington
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Paintings
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Sculptures
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Sculptures
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Sculptures
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Sculptures
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Sculptures
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
CLWAC at NAC
|
November 7, 1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Duncan, Tom
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Manship, John
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Stefanelli, Joe
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Weber, Marilyn
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Van Hook, Nell
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Weichberger, Philip
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Wolins, Joe
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Shulman, Morris
|
1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Shore, Lillian
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Shibley, Gertrude
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Secunda, Art
|
12 November-3 December 1971 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Park, Mike
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Ponce de Leone, Michael
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Moore, Bruce
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Manship, Margaret Cassidy
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Manco, Albino
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
McKesson, Malcolm
|
November 20, 1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
McBride, Lucia
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Lee, Eleanor Gay
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Lasch, Pat
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Josephs, Cliff
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Golden, Eunice
|
March 27, 1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Gluckman, Morris
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Gentle, Esther
|
November 7, 1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Fox, Marilyn
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Fletcher, Helen
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Farley, Marsha
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
De Miskey, Julian
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
De Miskey, Shari Frisch
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Dawson, Eve
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Boal, Sara
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Betzak, Ida
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Belag, Harriet
|
February 22, 1977-September 9, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Albertazzi, Mario
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Arye, Leonora
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 68 |
Fine arts slides
|
|
| Box 6 |
Paintings and sculptures negatives
|
||
| Box 6 |
Amundsen painting negatives
|
||
| Box 6 |
Painting negatives
|
||
| Box 6 |
Painting negatives
|
||
| Box 6 |
Painting negatives
|
||
|
Other
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Ed Walsh
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Nerfetiti/Devonia Evangeline
|
October 31, 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Subway
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Photographs of various people, places, objects
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Fire at 30 St and 12 Ave, NYC
|
January 1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Men-Black and White
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 56 |
New York City-Rockefeller Center
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 57 |
Religion: Interior R.C. Church
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 58 |
Sanitation
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 59 |
Sanitation-Snow Removal
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 60 |
Transportation-Highway, Black and White
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 61 |
Teilman, Gunvor Bull
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 62 |
Overstreet, Joe
|
March 20, 1981, February 3, 1989 |
| Box 1 | Folder 63 |
Gonzalez, Maritza
|
January 26, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 64 |
Zaleski, Jean
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Historical-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Alcoholism-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Advertising-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Animals-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Appliance-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Architecture-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Automobile-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Bridges-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Business-Offices
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Circus-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Children-Color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Consumerism-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Consumerism: Super Market-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Crowds-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Demolition-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Families-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Farms-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Faucet-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Fire-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Food-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Hands-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Holidays: Halloween-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Construction-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Holidays: Memorial Day-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Hospitals-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Housing: Rural color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Housing: Suburban-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Mannequins-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Men-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Miscellaneous: Family and Friends-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Money-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
nature-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
New York: City Hall-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
New York: Financial District-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
New York: Street Scenes-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Occupations-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Parades-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Police-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Pornography-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Printing Industry-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Puzzle
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Religion-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Restaurants-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 44 |
Rust-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 45 |
Sanitation-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 46 |
Senior Citizens-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 47 |
Signs-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 48 |
Sports-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 49 |
Suburbs-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 50 |
Swings
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 51 |
Teenagers-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 52 |
Transportation-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 53 |
Weather-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 54 |
Women-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 55 |
Zoo-color
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 56 |
Appliances
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 57 |
Photographer's Family-black and white
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 58 |
Children-black and white
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 59 |
Education-black and white
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 60 |
Electricity-black and white
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 61 |
Families-black and white
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 62 |
Food-black and white
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 63 |
Food: Candy
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 64 |
Hands
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 65 |
Housing: Suburban-black and white
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 66 |
CA Contacts and Negatives
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 67 |
Random assortment of photographs
|
|
| Box 6 |
Prometheus
|
||
| Box 6 |
Prometheus 2
|
||
| Box 6 |
City Hall
|
||
| Box 6 |
Marge's church, sculpture
|
||
| Box 6 |
Henri Janson
|
||
| Box 6 |
Lincoln Center and Church Demolition
|
||
| Box 6 |
Lincoln Center slides
|
||
|
Series II. Nudism
|
|||
|
Professional Photography
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Female nude
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Female nude in the woods
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Photographer
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Female nude in a meadow
|
|
| Box 6 |
Female nude
|
||
|
Amateur Photography
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Photographer and female nude in the woods and meadows
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Female nude
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Female nude in a bedroom
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Female nude in a bedroom
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Mother and newborn
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Photographer and friends
|
|
|
Casual Photography
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Photographer at home
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Photographer
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Photographer and female partner in the woods
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Photographer camping
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Photographer camping
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Photographer and friends, cabin
|
|
|
ASA/ESA
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
The ASA Bulletin
|
April-May 1974 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
American Sunbathing Association (ASA)
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
ESA/ASA gathering
|
1958-1964 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
ESA and ASA gathering
|
|
| Box 6 |
Red containers-ASA gathering
|
1964 | |
|
Series III. Erotica
|
|||
|
Erotica Collection
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Photograph collection
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Photograph collection
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Photograph collection
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
masked heterosexual pair
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Photograph collection
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Photograph collection
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Photograph collection
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
Two females
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Erotic dancer
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Photographs of exhibit of erotica artwork
|
|
| Box 6 |
Deck of cards
|
||
| Box 6 |
Box of matches
|
||
|
Photographer's Erotica
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Photographer's amateur erotica
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 29 |
Photographer's professional erotica
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
Photographer and female partner (Freda)
|
|||
|
Erotica Businesses
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 30 |
"Swingers Media"
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 31 |
"Scenes: The Orgy-A Compendium"
|
November 1969 |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 |
Photo Illustrated
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 33 |
Erik Imports-film, magazine, novel, sex toy distributor
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Marlowe Sales-magazine and film distributor
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 35 |
Diverse Industries, Inc.-Adult erotica catalog
|
1976 |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Foto-care Ltd.-film distributor
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 37 |
Eve's Dream-swingers service
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 38 |
Interracial Swingers-dating service
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 39 |
Blue Bird Boutique, Inc.-film distributor
|
1977 |
| Box 3 | Folder 40 |
Ultima-film distributor
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 41 |
Male prostitute business card with rates
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 42 |
Sensual greeting card
|
|
|
Series IV. Personal
|
|||
|
Personal Papers
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 43 |
Letters from Beatrice Foster
|
1952 |
| Box 3 | Folder 44 |
Letters from Beatrice Foster
|
1952 |
| Box 3 | Folder 45 |
Correspondence between Photographer, parents, and sister
|
1953-1954 |
| Box 3 | Folder 46 |
Correspondence between Photographer and acquaintances
|
1942-1985 |
| Box 3 | Folder 47 |
Letter to Freda Leinwand
|
October 19, 2008 |
| Box 3 | Folder 48 |
Pages from books and newspapers with living tips
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 49 |
Bill Shustick Prints
|
1978 |
| Box 3 | Folder 50 |
Rio de Janeiro brochure
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 51 |
Correspondence with attorneys to sell land in Alaska
|
1953 |
| Box 3 | Folder 52 |
Documentation of Photographer's work as a seaman on various steamers
|
1951-1953 |
| Box 3 | Folder 53 |
Legal dispute with US Selective Service System
|
1952-1985 |
| Box 3 | Folder 54 |
Binder: The Signal School training manual
|
January 1, 1952 |
| Box 3 | Folder 55 |
Photographer's life documents-legal papers, rental agreements, etc.
|
May 15, 1928-August 6, 2008 |
| Box 3 | Folder 56 |
Documents labeled "Photographer's Important Papers"
|
1955-2008 |
| Box 3 | Folder 57 |
Pins and patches
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
Camp Archery Assn.; North American Hunting Club; Signal SVC BN
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 58 |
Address book
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 59 |
Collection of photographs of Photographer throughout his life
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 60 |
Photographer's Death
|
August 6, 2008 |
| Box 6 |
Matchbox with an image of a woman in a bathing suit on the cover, whose suit comes
off when you open the box.
|
||
|
Photographs
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 61 |
Arizona
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 62 |
Friends
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 63 |
Diving contest
|
August 14, 1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 64 |
Candid photos with friends at the beachm, fair, pool
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 65 |
Sailing
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 66 |
Hunting, camping
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 67 |
Photographer and friends-random assortment of photos
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 68 |
Photographer self-portraits
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 69 |
Photographs from Beatrice Foster
|
|
| Box 6 |
Various photos of Photographer
|
||
|
Series V. New York Institute of Photography grades and tests
|
|||
|
Documents
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 70 |
Photo development instructions
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 71 |
Color transparencies
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 72 |
Portraiture Notes
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 73 |
NYIP grades and tests
|
1958-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 74 |
Portrait negativies
|
|
|
Artwork
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Technique practice
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Colorized black an white photography practice
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Portraits
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Object Photography
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Portraits
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
General Photography
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
General Photography
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Portraits
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Portraits
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Portraits
|
|
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Portraits
|
|
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Colorized black and white photos
|
|
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Portraits
|
|
| Box 5 |
Portraits
|
||
|
Series VI. Negatives
|
|||
| Box 3 | Folder 75 |
Fine Arts
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 76 |
Professional Photographs
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 77 |
Nudes
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 78 |
Erotica
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 79 |
Personal photographs
|
|
|
Series VII. 8mm Films
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Some are amateur footage, some are commercial pornography.
|
|||
| Box 7 | F-802 |
"3's A Crowd" and "A Man's Everything"
|
|
| Box 7 | F-803 |
"Vas", "Blonde", and "Mixer
|
|
| Box 7 | F-804 |
"Sandwich" and "Crib Time"
|
|
| Box 7 | F-805 |
"Doing Their Thing"
|
|
| Box 7 | F-806 |
"One Man"
|
|
| Box 7 | F-807 |
Unknown erotica
|
|
| Box 7 | F-808 |
Frisco-girls
|
|
| Box 7 | F-809 |
Unknown erotica
|
|
| Box 7 | F-810 |
Boys Are Next
|
|
| Box 7 | F-811 |
Unknown erotica
|
|
| Box 7 | F-812 |
Unknown erotica
|
|
| Box 7 | F-813 |
Personal film
|
|
| Box 7 | F-814 |
Personal film
|
|
| Box 7 | F-815 |
Personal film
|
|
| Box 7 | F-816 |
Personal film - Dog and Me
|
|
| Box 7 | F-817 |
Personal film - nudes
|
|
| Box 7 | F-818 |
Personal film - nudes
|
|
| Box 7 | F-819 |
Personal film - friends
|
|
| Box 7 | F-820 |
Personal film - nudes
|
|