Collection of mail order erotica, circa 1966-2007.
Collection Number: 7634
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Collection of mail order erotica, circa 1966-2007.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7634
Abstract:
Miscellaneous mail order brochures, fliers, advertisements, and clippings relating
to pornographic and erotic videos, photographs, publications, sexual aids and other
erotic merchandise aimed at heterosexuals and gay men.
Creator:
Quanitities:
1.0 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Miscellaneous mail order brochures, fliers, advertisements, and clippings relating
to pornographic and erotic videos, photographs, publications, sexual aids and other
erotic merchandise aimed at heterosexuals and gay men.
Collecting Program: Human Sexuality Collection.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Collection of mail order erotica, #7634. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Subjects:
Sex oriented periodicals.
Sadomasochism.
Pornography -- Economic aspects.
Photographs.
Mail-order business.
Leather lifestyle.
Heterosexuals -- Sexual behavior.
Gay men -- Sexual behavior.
Erotica.
Erotic films.
Bondage (Sexual behavior).
Advertising -- Sex-oriented businesses.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1-17 |
Promotional material mostly for gay male erotic magazines and photographs, collected
by the Mariposa Foundation
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1966-1970s |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
S&M Dungeon Devices, collected by Mariposa Foundation
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1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Pat Rocco catalogs, no. 24-26, collected by Mariposa Foundation
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1968-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Calafran catalogs, 3 issues, collected by Mariposa Foundation
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1968-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Various catalogs, including a 1972 catalog of marital aids by Le Salon Mail Order,
catalogs by Rodox Trading of Denmark, International Guild Guides, and assorted catalogs
of gay male erotica, collected by Mariposa Foundation.
|
1971- 1980s |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Zimba Productions, photo studio presenting the black male physique
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1980s? |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Demand, by Wings. Audio cassettes and videos.
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1980s? |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Katsam Productions, gay porn videos, collected by Elysian Fields Booksellers
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1989 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Mercury Distributing, no. 1. San Francisco gay oriented products
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1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Mercury Mail Order
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1988-1989 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Video Wholesale Movies
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1989 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Cross Country, poster for Falcon studios movie
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1990s? |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Sensations catalogs, 3 issues, collected by Cornell
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1999 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Pacific Creek Associates
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2000 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Bondage Annual, Anonymous 2006 gift
|
1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Bondage Toy Catalog, Anonymous 2006 gift
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| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Promotional material for heterosexual and transvestite bondage magazines and videos,
Anonymous 2006 gift.
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1978- 1980s |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Damsels in Distress, Buyer's Guide, no. 1. B&D Pleasures. Anonymous 2006 gift
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1990s |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Buyer's Guide, fetish catalog and supplement, B&D Pleasures. Anonymous 2006 gift.
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1992 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Complete Adult Mail Order Catalog, Anonymous 2006 gift.
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1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Lorell Dolan Productions, panty and bra lingerie videos. Anonymous 2006 gift.
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1980s |
| Box 1 |
Music Legs
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2000s | |
| Box 1 |
Music Legs
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2000s | |
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Scope and Contents
Apparel, leggings, pantyhose, costumes.
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| Box 1 |
Tu Shy
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Spring 2006 | |
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Scope and Contents
Apparel
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| Box 1 |
Foreplay, Volume 1
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January 2007 | |
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Scope and Contents
Apparel
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| Box 1 |
Body Zone, Volume X1
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October 2006 | |
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Scope and Contents
Apparel
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