Guide to the H. Lynn Womack Papers,
1951-1977

Collection Number: 7441

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:

P. McCray

Date completed:

June 1991

EAD encoding:

Mireille Lee, March 2000

© 2000 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

H. Lynn Womack papers 1951-1977

Correspondence, business records, newspaper clippings, court records, manuscripts, photographs, catalogues, brochures, advertisements.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

The H. Lynn Womack papers include Business records of the Guild Press, the Guild Book Service, the Grecian Guild, the Potomac News Company, and Village Books and Press, all of an erotic and pornographic nature. Also, correspondence with Richard Schlegel and others, gayperiodicals, manuscripts of erotic and pornographic stories, and an extensive collection pornographic mail order catalogs.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

H. Lynn Womack (1923-1985) was a publisher and distributor, and editor of the Guild Press and affiliated enterprises.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Series I of the H. Lynn Womack Collection consists of correspondence, business records, newspaper clippings, and briefs, transcripts, and records of court cases pertaining to pornography and obscenity; also, manuscripts, correspondence, and photographs pertaining to the Guild Book Service and its affiliated enterprises, including the Guild Press, Potomac News Company, Central Sales, the Grecian Guild, Village Books, Village Press, and Media Arts. Included is the correspondence of the editors of these enterprises, including Rick Sampson, Ronnie Anderson, J.J. Proferes, and Ralph Church. Series II is an extensive collection of pornographic mail order catalogues, brochures, advertisements, and other mailings.

PROVENANCE

Gift of George Fisher.

Village Books and Press.

Grecian Guild.

Potomac News Company.

Subjects:

Pornography.

Erotica.

Sex oriented businesses.

Mail order businesses.

Pornography--Catalogs.

Gay men--Books and reading.

Obscenity (law).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

H. Lynn Womack Papers, #7441. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Series I is maintained as it arrived, in no particular order. Series II was arranged in alphabetical order.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Womack and Guild Book Service Files	Boxes 1-2
Series II. Mail Order Catalogs and Advertisements	Boxes 2-4

CONTAINER LIST

Description	Container
Series I. Womack and Guild Book Service Files
Herman Lynn Womack Personal Papers, including newspaper clippings pertaining to his arrest on obscenity charges, and the United States District Court Grand Jury proceedings against Womack and others, 3 NOV 1969.	Box 1	Folder 1-2
United States District Court Grand Jury, Official Transcript of Proceedings, 10 March 1961	Box 1	Folder 3
United States District Court Grand Jury Charge, 3 NOV 1959	Box 1	Folder 4
17 NOV 1960 legal lists	Box 1	Folder 5
Correspondence, 1951-1960	Box 1	Folder 6
Pornography, articles and papers	Box 1	Folder 7
Newspapers pertaining to Womack sentencing and arrest, 1971	Box 1	Folder 8
Obscenity, articles	Box 1	Folder 9
Obscenity legal cases, briefs	Box 1	Folder 10
Obscenity cases, clippings, and legal papers pertaining to Womack and Potomac News Company	Box 1	Folder 11
Obscenity, Supreme Court legal cases	Box 1	Folder 12-13
Luros legal case	Box 1	Folder 14
Blount, Postmaster General vs. Rizzi, doing business as The Mail Box	Box 1	Folder 15
CDL Reporter	Box 1	Folder 16
Several obscenity legal cases, corresp9ondence, and First Amendment Lawyers Association printed material	Box 1	Folder 17
Guild Press Author's Contract	Box 1	Folder 18
United States vs. Spinar and Germain	Box 1	Folder 19
Manual Enterprises vs. Day	Box 1	Folder 20
Rubber Goods	Box 1	Folder 21
Portsmouth, Virginia; Village Books legal cases	Box 1	Folder 22
North Carolina vs. Dick McCluney	Box 1	Folder 23
Michigan vs. MGA Theatres, Gamecock, Argo Land Company	Box 1	Folder 24
Hoyt vs. Minnesota; "Mix Mates" magazine	Box 1	Folder 25
Charlene Mitchell vs. Joseph L. Donovan	Box 1	Folder 26
DSI	Box 1	Folder 27
United States vs. Dellapia	Box 1	Folder 28
Marvin Miller	Box 1	Folder 29
Lee Art Theatre	Box 1	Folder 30
Liberty of Congress	Box 1	Folder 31
Nixon	Box 1	Folder 32
United States vs. "Sexual Freedom"	Box 1	Folder 33
Trojan Book Service	Box 1	Folder 34
Massachusetts and Boston vs. Hunt and Palladino	Box 1	Folder 35
Jim Hall correspondence, 1967-1969	Box 1	Folder 36
Cobra Press, Amsterdam, Holland	Box 1	Folder 37
Andrews Manor	Box 1	Folder 38
Ralph Ginzburg	Box 1	Folder 39
Obscenity charges, Newport News, Queen and Ferraro	Box 1	Folder 40
101 Book Sales	Box 1	Folder 41
Oliver Layton Press	Box 1	Folder 42
Village Books	Box 1	Folder 43
Book Guild of America	Box 1	Folder 44
Trojan Book Service	Box 1	Folder 45
Phallic Development in the White Male	Box 1	Folder 46
One Confidential; The Treasure Chest Compendium	Box 1	Folder 47
Foreign Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 48-49
Central Sales, Legal	Box 1	Folder 50
Central Sales, Catalogs	Box 1	Folder 51
Bob Anthony Studio	Box 1	Folder 52
Ben Grandy Company	Box 1	Folder 53
New Market Possibilities; Richard Schlegel Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 54
Post Office Policies	Box 1	Folder 55
Grecian Guild Letters and Pictures	Box 1	Folder 56-57
Original typescript chapters 27-29 of a pornographic novel	Box 1	Folder 58
"Pornography and Violence" by Irving Younger	Box 1	Folder 59
Guild Press Photo Studio Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 60
Jay Mitchell Studio	Box 1	Folder 61
Rick Dion Studio, Portland Oregon	Box 1	Folder 62
1968 Convention	Box 1	Folder 63
International Sex Equality Anonymous, Montreal	Box 1	Folder 64
Photo Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 65
Photo Studio Brochures	Box 1	Folder 66
General Correspondence, 1968-1971	Box 1	Folder 67-69
Miscellaneous Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 70
Miscellaneous Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 1
Guild Press Correspondence with prospective authors	Box 2	Folder 2-3
Disus; Nick Krysalka Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 4
Ralph Chambers Correspondence, Daddy's Nympho manuscript	Box 2	Folder 5
Photographs and pieces of short prose	Box 2	Folder 6
Clothing Catalogues	Box 2	Folder 7
Manuscript and typescript	Box 2	Folder 8
Pornographic story, "The Spit and the Pendulum"	Box 2	Folder 9
Herb Vernon	Box 2	Folder 10
Clippings	Box 2	Folder 11
Village Books mailings and order forms	Box 2	Folder 12-14
Rhodesia	Box 2	Folder 15
Village Books mailings and order forms	Box 2	Folder 16-18
Enterprises subsequent to Village Books	Box 2	Folder 19
Domestic and Foreign check-off lists	Box 2	Folder 20
Clippings	Box 2	Folder 21
Guild Book Service, Mailings 1-14	Box 2	Folder 22
Guild Book Service, Mailings 15-26	Box 2	Folder 23
Guild Book Service, Mailings 27-35	Box 2	Folder 24
Guild Book Service, Mailings 36-47	Box 2	Folder 25
Guild Book Service, Mailings 48-58	Box 2	Folder 26
Guild Book Service, Mailings 59-74	Box 2	Folder 27
Village Books and Press, Mailings 1-19	Box 2	Folder 28
Village Books and Press, Mailings 20-34	Box 2	Folder 29
Village Books and Press, Mailings 35-45	Box 2	Folder 30
Mark II Theatre, Mailings 1-26	Box 2	Folder 31
Potomac News Company	Box 2	Folder 32
Guild Press Correspondence, 1968	Box 2	Folder 33-34
Photograph submissions to Grecian Guild Pictorial, 1963-1968	Box 2	Folder 35-36
Correspondence and Submissions to Guild Books, 1967-1968	Box 2	Folder 37-38
Media Arts, Mailings 1-17	Box 2	Folder 39
Media Arts, Mailings 18-40	Box 2	Folder 40
Media Arts, Mailings 41-64	Box 2	Folder 41
Photographs and negatives of nude men	Box 2	Folder 42-44
Clothing and fashion brochures	Box 2	Folder 45-47
International Guild Travel Guide	Box 2	Folder 48-51
Miscellaneous Erotic and Pornographic catalogues, brochures, and mailings	Box 2	Folder 52
Series II. Mail Order Catalogs and Advertisements
Ace Services	Box 2	Folder 53
Action Line	Box 2	Folder 54
Ace Advertising Service, Inc.	Box 2	Folder 55
Adam's Enterprises	Box 2	Folder 56
Adams Forwarding Service (Dansk Exports)	Box 2	Folder 57
The Adult Company	Box 2	Folder 58
Adult and Parents Guidance Institute	Box 2	Folder 59
Alameda Book Sales	Box 2	Folder 60
ADC-Alan Distributing Company	Box 2	Folder 61
All Star Enterprises	Box 2	Folder 62
All Star Distributors	Box 2	Folder 63
Alpha 1	Box 2	Folder 64
Amazon Productions	Box 2	Folder 65
Bob Anthony	Box 2	Folder 66
Apollo	Box 2	Folder 67
Aquarius	Box 2	Folder 68
Argyle Company	Box 2	Folder 69
Dale Armstrong and Associates	Box 2	Folder 70
Artemis Books	Box 2	Folder 71
Artista Book Club	Box 2	Folder 72
Athens West	Box 2	Folder 73
Atol Ltd.	Box 2	Folder 74
Joseph W. Barnes	Box 2	Folder 75
Basic Health Aids	Box 2	Folder 76
Bayou Studios	Box 2	Folder 77
Bates, Adler, and Co.	Box 2	Folder 78
Behaviour Modification, Inc.	Box 2	Folder 79
Bellatrix Publishing	Box 2	Folder 80
BSP - Behavioural Science Press	Box 2	Folder 81
Bentley Co.	Box 2	Folder 82
Berkshire Guild	Box 2	Folder 83
Bertel Corp.	Box 2	Folder 84
Betta Health Products	Box 2	Folder 85
Bizarre Productions	Box 2	Folder 86
BK Enterprises	Box 2	Folder 87
Book Art Co.	Box 2	Folder 88
Book Bin	Box 3	Folder 1
Book Bargains	Box 3	Folder 2
Book Mark	Box 3	Folder 3
Books Unlimited	Box 3	Folder 4
Brad-Lee Publications	Box 3	Folder 5
J. Brian Enterprises	Box 3	Folder 6
Calafran Enterprises, Inc.	Box 3	Folder 7
John Amslow and Assoc.	Box 3	Folder 8
Cal-Mail	Box 3	Folder 9
Cameo	Box 3	Folder 10
Candor Productions ("The Real Thing")	Box 3	Folder 11
CBI	Box 3	Folder 12
Central Products	Box 3	Folder 13
Central Sales Ltd.	Box 3	Folder 14
Centurion Distributors, Inc.	Box 3	Folder 15
Charisma, Movie-of-the-Month-Club	Box 3	Folder 16
Cienega Distributors	Box 3	Folder 17
Cinerotic Film Club of America	Box 3	Folder 18
Club Baths	Box 3	Folder 19
Collector's Corner	Box 3	Folder 20
P. Collins	Box 3	Folder 21
Commander Books	Box 3	Folder 22
Craig	Box 3	Folder 23
B. La Croix	Box 3	Folder 24
Crown House	Box 3	Folder 25
Cybertype	Box 3	Folder 26
DAK Products	Box 3	Folder 27
David of California	Box 3	Folder 28
D.A.M.I.	Box 3	Folder 29
Dansk Foto Colour USA	Box 3	Folder 30
D G Sales	Box 3	Folder 31
Daisy Chain Letter	Box 3	Folder 32
Danish Advertising	Box 3	Folder 33
David of California	Box 3	Folder 34
Davis Productions	Box 3	Folder 35
Dean's Enterprise	Box 3	Folder 36
Delas Art Studio	Box 3	Folder 37
Denmark Imports	Box 3	Folder 38
Alan Dexter	Box 3	Folder 39
Different Products Unlimited	Box 3	Folder 40
DSI	Box 3	Folder 41-44
Directory Services	Box 3	Folder 45
Diverse	Box 3	Folder 46
Diversified Products	Box 3	Folder 47
F/S Pub., Inc.	Box 3	Folder 48
FSI	Box 3	Folder 49
Flower Direct Mail	Box 3	Folder 50
Fotoflair International	Box 3	Folder 51
Frank Williams	Box 3	Folder 52
F.R.E.E. (International Correspondence Club)	Box 3	Folder 53
Freedom Press	Box 3	Folder 54
GBP-G. B. Productions	Box 3	Folder 55
G and M Enterprises	Box 3	Folder 56
Gary's Studios	Box 3	Folder 57
GEM Productions	Box 3	Folder 58
GMBH Colorfilm, Inc.	Box 3	Folder 59
Go Go Products	Box 3	Folder 60
Goldenrod	Box 3	Folder 61
Gold Line	Box 3	Folder 62
Graduate Enterprises	Box 3	Folder 63
Grand Prix Photo Arts	Box 3	Folder 64
Great Western Services	Box 3	Folder 65
Greenbriar Club, Inc.	Box 3	Folder 66
Greyhuff	Box 3	Folder 67
GW Enterprises	Box 3	Folder 68
Hallmark House	Box 3	Folder 69
John Harrison	Box 3	Folder 70
Hartman, Assoc.	Box 3	Folder 71
Health Aid Distributors	Box 3	Folder 72
Heart Studios	Box 3	Folder 73
Helvardsen-Kohn Opticals, Inc.	Box 3	Folder 74
Hogarth Guild	Box 3	Folder 75
Hollywood Selections	Box 3	Folder 76
Hollywood Showcase	Box 3	Folder 77
H.R.A. and Associates Homosexual Research Association	Box 3	Folder 78
Homophile Youth Movement - HYMN	Box 3	Folder 79
House of David	Box 3	Folder 80
House of Price	Box 3	Folder 81
IPS - International Phallic Society, Ltd.	Box 3	Folder 82
Ionos Mailers	Box 3	Folder 83
Jay Mitchell Studios	Box 3	Folder 84
Jensen Ent., Mark	Box 3	Folder 85
Joe Miller Studio	Box 3	Folder 86
Kamera	Box 3	Folder 87
Robert Kent	Box 3	Folder 88
Mr. Kenneth	Box 3	Folder 89
Marie Kis	Box 3	Folder 90
L'Affaire	Box 3	Folder 91
Leather Lads	Box 3	Folder 92
Leung's	Box 3	Folder 93
Leisure Mailers	Box 3	Folder 94
Limited Publishers Guild	Box 3	Folder 95
LSI	Box 3	Folder 96
Lunar Sales	Box 3	Folder 97
Lux Publications	Box 3	Folder 98
Lyle Stuart, Inc.	Box 3	Folder 99
Merlin Photographic	Box 3	Folder 100
Metro Books	Box 3	Folder 101
M.D. Press	Box 3	Folder 102
MPS Associates	Box 3	Folder 102
Madison Square Books	Box 3	Folder 104
John Merryweather Inc. - JMI	Box 3	Folder 105
Magazine of Modern Sex	Box 3	Folder 106
Mid-City	Box 3	Folder 107
Male Call	Box 3	Folder 108
Midwest Photo Services	Box 3	Folder 109
Milo of Los Angeles	Box 3	Folder 110
Mino-Cini	Box 3	Folder 111
Monarch Products	Box 3	Folder 112
NAA	Box 3	Folder 113
National Productions	Box 3	Folder 114
Eddie Nelson and Associates	Box 3	Folder 115
Marlboro Publishing Company	Box 4	Folder 1
Nema	Box 4	Folder 2
Newbern Company	Box 4	Folder 3
New York Hymnal	Box 4	Folder 4
Nova Arts	Box 4	Folder 5
Northern News/Greyhuff	Box 4	Folder 6
Olympia Selections	Box 4	Folder 7
One, Incorporated	Box 4	Folder 8
Mark IV Enterprises, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 9
M. Maurice	Box 4	Folder 10
Maytime Production Co. Inc.	Box 4	Folder 11
Media Arts	Box 4	Folder 12
Media-Data, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 13
The Medical Press of New York	Box 4	Folder 14
Medical Products of New York	Box 4	Folder 15
Medon Dist., Ltd.	Box 4	Folder 16
Barbara Martine	Box 4	Folder 17
Option Publishes Corp.	Box 4	Folder 18
Osiris	Box 4	Folder 19
Overstock Book Co. Inc.	Box 4	Folder 20
Pacifica	Box 4	Folder 21
Pan Graphic, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 22
Panu-Co.	Box 4	Folder 23
Paramount Classics	Box 4	Folder 24
Park-Miller Theatre	Box 4	Folder 25
Parkway House	Box 4	Folder 26
Paulchen Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 27
Pen Pals International	Box 4	Folder 28
Penitentiary Publishing	Box 4	Folder 29
Pent-R Books, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 30
Pen-Vib	Box 4	Folder 31
Peters, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 32
Pharaoh Designs, Ltd.	Box 4	Folder 33
Photographer's Choice	Box 4	Folder 34
Photographer's Guild	Box 4	Folder 35
Lioneer Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 36
La Plume	Box 4	Folder 37
Poses	Box 4	Folder 38
Potpourri	Box 4	Folder 39
Powell Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 40
Premier	Box 4	Folder 41
Premium Productions	Box 4	Folder 42
Art Printz	Box 4	Folder 43
Private Audience Films, Co.	Box 4	Folder 44
Private Collections, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 45
QQ Publ. Co.	Box 4	Folder 46
Alan Rand	Box 4	Folder 47
Rand Mailers	Box 4	Folder 48
Randolph P.A.	Box 4	Folder 49
RAS Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 50
The Reel Thing - Candor Productions	Box 4	Folder 51
Regal Book Company	Box 4	Folder 52
Regent House	Box 4	Folder 53
Rex	Box 4	Folder 54
Riviera Company	Box 4	Folder 55
Riviera Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 56
Roberts	Box 4	Folder 57
John Rodriguez	Box 4	Folder 58
Rogue Studios	Box 4	Folder 59
Roger of Hollywood	Box 4	Folder 60
Romans	Box 4	Folder 61
Rogy's	Box 4	Folder 62
Safe-P-Products	Box 4	Folder 63
S and D Products	Box 4	Folder 64
Le Salon	Box 4	Folder 65
Scandia	Box 4	Folder 66
Seven Star Productions	Box 4	Folder 67
Sex Research Reports, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 68
Sex and Society, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 69
SFA - Sexual Freedom Associates	Box 4	Folder 70
Shamrock Distributors	Box 4	Folder 71
Shaz Press Inc.	Box 4	Folder 72
Robert Sherwood	Box 4	Folder 73
Show Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 74
S.I.I.	Box 4	Folder 75
Mr. Sir.	Box 4	Folder 76
Synergistic Mail Corp.	Box 4	Folder 77
Social Research Corp.	Box 4	Folder 78
Soldyrelse	Box 4	Folder 79
Space Trac	Box 4	Folder 80
Spartan Book and Film Club	Box 4	Folder 81
Specialty Items Co.	Box 4	Folder 82
Spectra	Box 4	Folder 83
Stardak Publishing Co., Inc.	Box 4	Folder 84
Stevens Agency	Box 4	Folder 85
S.P. Stober	Box 4	Folder 86
Sovereign Advertising, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 87
Jim Stryker	Box 4	Folder 88
Studio "9"	Box 4	Folder 89
Studio Bookshop	Box 4	Folder 90
Skyward Productions	Box 4	Folder 91
Studio Press	Box 4	Folder 92
Studio Services	Box 4	Folder 93
Sunshine Beach Club	Box 4	Folder 94
Swednafilm Internationale	Box 4	Folder 95
Tangents; Target	Box 4	Folder 96
T.A.P.	Box 4	Folder 97
Telstar Productions	Box 4	Folder 98
Temple Rialto	Box 4	Folder 99
Terry Sanders	Box 4	Folder 100
Therapeutic Products Co.	Box 4	Folder 101
Timely Books	Box 4	Folder 102
Tom Kelley	Box 4	Folder 102
Toro	Box 4	Folder 104
Tropic Book Service	Box 4	Folder 105
T.R.T.	Box 4	Folder 106
Tru-Art	Box 4	Folder 107
Alan Tuck Assoc.	Box 4	Folder 108
Ultima Sales Co.	Box 4	Folder 109
Turnabout Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 110
U.N.C.L.E.	Box 4	Folder 111
United Surgical Distrs.	Box 4	Folder 112
Universal Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 113
Universal Sales	Box 4	Folder 114
Universal Specialties	Box 4	Folder 115
University Press	Box 4	Folder 116
Vagabond Club	Box 4	Folder 117
Venture Books	Box 4	Folder 118
Vigor and Vitality Books	Box 4	Folder 119
Viking Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 120
Visual Enterprises	Box 4	Folder 121
Visual Information and Education	Box 4	Folder 122
Waterfront Books	Box 4	Folder 123
Westrep Associates	Box 4	Folder 124
West Studios	Box 4	Folder 125
Williamshouse Associates	Box 4	Folder 126
Wingate and Bevins	Box 4	Folder 127
Wishbone Productions, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 128
XXX	Box 4	Folder 129
Zephyr Publications, Inc.	Box 4	Folder 130

Guide to the H. Lynn Womack Papers, 1951-1977

Collection Number: 7441

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2000 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the H. Lynn Womack Papers,
1951-1977

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library