Gay Erotic Stories,[ca.1930-1960]

Collection Number: 7668

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Gay erotic stories, [ca. 1930-1960]
Collection Number:
7668
Quantity:
0.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Printed materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Copies of typescript gay erotic stories as typically circulated during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The photocopying appears to have been done in the early 1960s. Some were used as the bases for the Black Knight series put out by Guild Press in the late 1960s. There are about 70 three to nine page stories. Most do not list an author. One, "The Hitchhiker," is by Donald Windham.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Copies of typescript gay erotic stories as typically circulated during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The photocopying appears to have been done in the early 1960s. Some were used as the bases for the Black Knight series put out by Guild Press in the late 1960s. There are about 70 three to nine page stories. Most do not list an author. One, "The Hitchhiker," is by Donald Windham.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Windham, Donald.

Subjects:
Erotic literature, American--Male authors.
Gay men's writings, American.
Gay erotic literature.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Gay erotic stories, #7668. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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