Contents

• DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
• COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
• SERIES LIST
• SEPARATED MATERIAL
• INFORMATION FOR USERS
• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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Richard L. Schlegel papers, [ca. 1960-1980]
Collection Number: 7306

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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Series I. Correspondence and Personal Files	Box 1, folders 1-14; Box 6, folders 1-52; Box 7, folders 1-24; Box 8, folders 14-15, 22-25
Series II. Legal files	Box 2, folders 1-60; Box 3; Box 7, folder 33; Box 8, folders 16-18
Series III. Subject files	Box 3, folders 1-40; Box 4, folders 1-40; Box 7, folders 25-35; Box 8, folders 1-13, 19-21, 26-34; Box 12, folders 1-2, 4; Box 14
Series IV. Pace! files	Box 4, folders 41-52; Box 5, folders 1-24; Box 12, folders 3, 15-18
Series V. Erotica	Box 9, folders 1-45; Box 10, folders 1-69; Box 11, folders 1-40; Box 12, folders 5-14, 19-33; Box 13

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1. A Brief History of GAY: Canada's First Gay Tabloid by Donald McLeod

1. Day Is Ending: A Doctor's Love Shattered by Alzheimer's Disease, signed by author Walt Meyer*

1. Going for the Green: Selling in the 21st Century, signed by author Walt Meyer*

1. Trailblazing: America's First Openly Gay High School Coach, signed by author Eric Anderson

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I. Correspondence and Personal Files
Box 1	Folder 1-13	Richard L. Schlegel Correspondence	1960-1980
Box 1	Folder 14	Richard L. Schlegel Correspondence	1994
Box 6	Folder 1	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1967
Box 6	Folder 2	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1971
Box 6	Folder 3	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1972
Box 6	Folder 4	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1975
Box 6	Folder 5	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1976
Box 6	Folder 6	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1977
Box 6	Folder 7	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1978
Box 6	Folder 8	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1979
Box 6	Folder 9	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1980
Box 6	Folder 10	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1981
Box 6	Folder 11	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1982
Box 6	Folder 12	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1983
Box 6	Folder 13	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1984
Box 6	Folder 14	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	1985
Box 6	Folder 15	Schlegel Correspondence with John Emmerson	n.d.
Box 6	Folder 16	John Emmerson Correspondence with De Wayne Bethany	1952-1956
Box 6	Folder 17	John Emmerson Correspondence with District 11 Court Clerk	1973-1974
Box 6	Folder 18	John Emmerson Correspondence with Ted Ellsworth	1956
Box 6	Folder 19	John Emmerson Correspondence with Mrs. E. L. Emmerson	1956-1957
Box 6	Folder 20	John Emmerson Correspondence with Win Fullford	1955-1975
Box 6	Folder 21	John Emmerson Correspondence with Buel Godwin	1950-1953
Box 6	Folder 22-24	John Emmerson Correspondence with Terry	1940-1950
Box 6	Folder 25	John Emmerson Correspondence with Henry Peter Kulish	1948
Box 6	Folder 26	John Emmerson Correspondence with Geo Lang	1943-1944
Box 6	Folder 27	John Emmerson Correspondence with Chas Montague	1957-1959
Box 6	Folder 28	John Emmerson Correspondence with Tom Myrick	1961-1963
Box 6	Folder 29	John Emmerson Correspondence with Ted Patterson	1952-1958, 1980s
Box 6	Folder 30	John Emmerson Correspondence with Leslie "Les" Smith	1950-1951
Box 6	Folder 31	John Emmerson Correspondence with Richard Sommer	1951
Box 6	Folder 32	John Emmerson Correspondence with Veterans Administration Hospital	1972-1973
Box 6	Folder 33	John Emmerson Correspondence with Edward "Eddie" Walsh	1947-1958
Box 6	Folder 34	John Emmerson Correspondence with Vincent Welty	1949-1959
Box 6	Folder 35	John Emmerson Correspondence with Harold Wright	1943
Box 6	Folder 36	John Emmerson Correspondence with Tom (?)	1960-1961
Box 7	Folder 8	John Emmerson Correspondence with Lewis and Cindy Carroll	n.d.
Box 7	Folder 9	John Emmerson Correspondence with Jane Seamans	1985
Box 6	Folder 37-40	Miscellaneous John Emmerson Correspondence	1940-1980
Box 6	Folder 41	Miscellaneous Richard Schlegel Correspondence	n.d.
Box 6	Folder 42	Miscellaneous Richard Schlegel Correspondence	1940s
Box 6	Folder 43	Miscellaneous Richard Schlegel Correspondence	1950s
Box 6	Folder 44	Miscellaneous Richard Schlegel Correspondence	1960s
Box 6	Folder 45	Miscellaneous Richard Schlegel Correspondence	1970s
Box 6	Folder 46	Miscellaneous Richard Schlegel Correspondence	1980s
Box 6	Folder 47	Miscellaneous Richard Schlegel Correspondence	1990s
Box 6	Folder 48-52	News and Media Clippings
Box 7	Folder 1	Schlegel Correspondence with Daniel Maheval	2003-2004
Box 7	Folder 2	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1962-1964
Box 8	Folder 22	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1978-1979
Box 8	Folder 23	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1980
Box 8	Folder 24	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1980-1981
Box 8	Folder 25	Correspondence between Kenneth Doolin and Bobby Kent, sent to Schlegel	1981
Box 7	Folder 3	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1983
Box 7	Folder 4	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1984
Box 7	Folder 5	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1985
Box 8	Folder 15	Tape from Kenneth Doolin to Richard Schlegel	1985
Box 7	Folder 6	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1986
Box 7	Folder 7	Schlegel Correspondence with Kenneth Doolin	1987-1988, 1994-5
Box 7	Folder 10	Schlegel Correspondence with Marc Stein	1993-1995, 1998
Box 7	Folder 11	Schlegel Correspondence with Nancy Cook	1983
Box 7	Folder 12	Schlegel Correspondence with James McCoid	1962, 1969, 1983, 1988
Box 7	Folder 13	Schlegel Correspondence with Chet Leach	1988-1989
Box 7	Folder 14	Margaret Schlegel Correspondence	1982
Box 7	Folder 15	Schlegel Correspondence with Sen. Edward Helfrick	1991
Box 7	Folder 16	Schlegel Correspondence with Walt Burgess	1981-1985
Box 7	Folder 17	Schlegel Correspondence with Don McLeod	n.d.
Box 7	Folder 18	Schlegel Correspondence with Vincent Welty	1961, 1963-1965, 1971
Box 7	Folder 19	Schlegel Correspondence with Franklin Kameny	1988, 1990-1991
Box 7	Folder 20	Schlegel Correspondence with Homer Hathaway	1962-1963
Box 7	Folder 21	Schlegel Correspondence with Allen E. Kline	1949-1950, 1963
Box 7	Folder 22	Schlegel Correspondence with L. Roy Fisher	1946, 1949-1950
Box 7	Folder 23	Schlegel Correspondence with Dr. Hudson	n.d.
Box 7	Folder 24	Schlegel Correspondence with Robert Keller	1949-1963
Box 8	Folder 14	Schlegel Contact Book	n.d.
		Series II. Legal files
Box 2	Folder 1	Schlegel vs. United States. Ct. Cl. 369-63	1968-1969
Box 2	Folder 2-15	Schlegel vs. United States. Ct. Cl. 369-63, Additional Legal Documents	1963-1968
Box 2	Folder 16	Schlegel vs. United States. Ct. Cl. 369-63, Appeal, Legal Memoranda	1967
Box 2	Folder 17	Handwritten notes by Schlegel re: Court Case	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 18	Manuscripts and Typescripts re: Legal Questions and Homosexuality	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 19	Background Material	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 20	Franklin E. Kameny - Campaign Materials	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 21	Boutilier Decision	1968
Box 2	Folder 22	Scott Decision	1967
Box 2	Folder 23	Prior Conduct	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 24	Police Power	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 25	Special Competence	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 26	Silence Not Presuming Guilt	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 27	Precedents	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 28	Confrontation and Cross Examination	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 29	Coerced Confessions	1961-68
Box 2	Folder 30	Void for VaguenessFair Warning	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 31-32	Regulations	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 33	Regulatory	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 34	Rules of the Court	1962
Box 2	Folder 35	Case Research	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 36	Lt. Colonel Perry	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 37	Colonel Sams	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 38	Discovery	1962
Box 2	Folder 39-41	Extra Copies - Court of Claims Materials	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 42	Inconsistent Official Positions	1961-62
Box 2	Folder 43	Offer of Proof - Sams, Perry, Mays	1962
Box 2	Folder 44-45	Department of Defense Project	1963
Box 2	Folder 46-47	Schlegel, Richard L.	1961-1963
Box 2	Folder 48-60	Miscellaneous Background Material re: Schlegel vs. United States	n.d.
Box 3		Several Briefs, Findings, and Other Printed Documents Pertaining to Law
Box 7	Folder 33	Schlegel Research and Correspondence into Government Professional Dismissal	1959-1993
Box 8	Folder 16	Statements about Dismissal from Riddles, Jordan and Deller	1959-1961
Box 8	Folder 17	Lupold Court Case with Schlegel Testimony	1991-1992
Box 8	Folder 18	Materials Pertaining to Case Pennsylvania v. Norman Gundrum	1995-1996
		Series III. Subject files
Box 3	Folder 1	"Code of Behavior for Military Personnel," by Richard L. Schlegel	n.d.
Box 3	Folder 2	Speech Delivered to Mattachine Society Convention, San Francisco by Richard L. Schlegel. Reprinted in Mattachine Review that year.	1962
Box 3	Folder 3	"A Heterosexual Viewpoint," by Peter Genung	1961
Box 3	Folder 4	East Coast Homophile Organizations: "How to Handle a Federal Interrogation"	n.d.
Box 3	Folder 5	Second Draft of Suggested Cover Letter to Organizations Invited to Edit and Endorse the Petition	n.d.
Box 3	Folder 6	Society for Individual Rights (SIR!), with "Vector," vol. 1, no. 2	1964-1965
Box 3	Folder 7	Mattachine Society of New York; "New York Mattachine Society Newsletters"	1964-1965
Box 3	Folder 8	Mattachine Society of Washington	1964-1965
Box 3	Folder 9	Daughters of Bilitis convention program	1964
Box 3	Folder 10	"Homosexuality and the Law," issues by the Homosexual Law Reform Society	n.d.
Box 3	Folder 11	"Man and Society," published by The Albany Trust	1965
Box 3	Folder 12	One, Incorporated	1960-1965
Box 3	Folder 13-15	Janus Society of America	1969
Box 3	Folder 16	Mattachine Society of San Francisco	1964
Box 3	Folder 17	East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO); "Eastern Mattachine Magazine"	1963-1965
Box 3	Folder 18-22	Computer Project: SIECUS (Sex Information and Education Council of the United States), "Sexology" article	1960-1968
Box 3	Folder 23	Gay Moments in Advertising	1968-1971
Box 3	Folder 24	"Capitol Q"	n.d.
Box 3	Folder 25	Personal Publications and Organization Liaison	n.d.
Box 3	Folder 26	Stag Line Zodiac Calendar 1966	1966
Box 3	Folder 27-29	Sex Education	1957-1962
Box 3	Folder 30	Thane Project, including "Tangents" and "The Prosperos Newsletter"	1961-1962
Box 3	Folder 31	Conjugal Visitation and Sex in Prison	1962
Box 3	Folder 32-35	Sexual Humor	n.d.
Box 3	Folder 36-39	Sex in Advertising	n.d.
Box 3	Folder 40	Personal Reading	n.d.
Box 4	Folder 1-5	Library; including booklists and book advertising	1962
Box 4	Folder 6	Clippings	n.d.
Box 4	Folder 7	"Research Through a Glass, Darkly," by Fritz a. Fluckinger; "New York Mattachine Newsletter," and Clippings	n.d.
Box 4	Folder 8-22	Clippings, publications, drafts, lists, newlsetters, and other printed material pertaining to sexuality and homosexuality	n.d.
Box 4	Folder 23-24	Homosexuality and lesbianism, including drafts of articles, drafts of Schlegel correspondence ad miscellaneous printed material	n.d.
Box 4	Folder 25-40	Clippings, publications, drafts, lists, newsletters, and other printed material pertaining to sexuality, lesbianism and homosexuality, including Mattachine bulletins, the National League for Social Understanding, and other miscellaneous irregular publications. Also, letters from Schlegel from the American Academy for International Morality	n.d.
Box 7	Folder 25	[untitled book of musings] by Romayne	n.d.
Box 7	Folder 26	Susquehanna Lambda Newsletters	1990-1994
Box 7	Folder 27-28	Susquehanna Lambda Support Group Materials	1990
Box 7	Folder 29	Schlegel Education Materials, esp. Post-Secondary
Box 7	Folder 30-31	Schlegel Thesis Materials
Box 7	Folder 32	Draft of "A Brief History of Gay" by Don McLeod
Box 7	Folder 34-35	Military Materials	1946-1947
Box 8	Folder 1	Employment - Applications	1950-1986
Box 8	Folder 2	Employment - Orientation and Training	1951-1960
Box 8	Folder 3	Employment - Notes and Clippings	1950-1986
Box 8	Folder 4	Employment - Literature	1950-1986
Box 8	Folder 5	Employment - Resumes	1950-1986
Box 8	Folder 6	Employment - Correspondence	1950-1986
Box 8	Folder 7	Schlegel - Financial Materials	1962-1963
Box 8	Folder 8	Speeches	1962-1966
Box 8	Folder 9	Frank Kameny Materials	1981-1994
Box 8	Folder 10	American Academy for International Morality Materials	n.d.
Box 8	Folder 11	Sophisticated Fashion Inc.	n.d.
Box 8	Folder 12	Tahiti U-Drive Inc.	1960
Box 8	Folder 13	Schlegel-Deibler Memorial Endowment	1998
Box 8	Folder 19	Sesquehanna Kontact Magazines and correspondence	1992-1994
Box 8	Folder 20	A Brief History of Gay materials	2003
Box 8	Folder 21	Richard Schlegel and Friends, Family pictures	n.d.
Box 8	Folder 26	M.A. Dissertation: "Radio Station WTOP Management in the Public Interest," by Richard Schlegel	1951
Box 8	Folder 27	"The Air Coordinating Committee: An Illustration of Successful Interdepartmental Cooperation," by Richard Schlegel, Civil Aeronautics Administration	1952
Box 8	Folder 28	Articles relating to homosexuality, mental illness, censorship, etc.	1950-1960s
Box 8	Folder 29	Photos, including military photos	n.d.
Box 8	Folder 30	Business closings and sales flyers	1975-1977
Box 8	Folder 31	Marsden Photo to Schlegel	n.d.
Box 8	Folder 32	East Coast Homophile Organization Conference Pamphlets	1964
Box 8	Folder 33	"Beginners Guide to Cruising", "Drawing the Nude"	n.d.
Box 8	Folder 34	Homosexual Organizations and Rights Materials	n.d.
Box 12	Folder 1	Gay International, Tricks of the Trade, Gay Male Swinger	1965
Box 12	Folder 2	Friend-to-Friend Club, Mattachine Review, Like Young, Drum, The Ladder, etc.	1965
Box 12	Folder 4	Hypnosis Diary	n.d.
Box 14		Schlegel Boxes of Personal Film Rolls (with Photo Keys)	n.d.
Box 14		"Vince on TV News" Recording Reel	n.d.
Box 14		"DN - Roger Bob Marsels" Recording Reel	n.d.
Box 14		"Very DN - Jeff gets B. 3 3/4 good. Save" Recording Reel	July 1979
Box 14		Emmerson - "Tom Detroit" Movie Film	1960
Box 14		Emmerson - "Bobby V.G." Movie Film	1960
Box 14		Emmerson - "Me - Army and New York" Movie Film	1960
Box 14		"Physique Film" Movie Film	n.d.
Box 14		Emmerson - Movie Film (untitled)	n.d.
		Series IV. Pace! files
Box 4	Folder 41	Pace! Magazine prospectus, stockholding papers, and correspondence	1965-1970
Box 4	Folder 42	Pace! Magazine business correspondence	1969
Box 4	Folder 43	Pace! Magazine letters to the editor	1969-1970
Box 4	Folder 44-52	Pace! Magazine material pertaining to advertising, submissions, articles, and business	1969-1970
Box 5	Folder 1-24	Pace! Magazine business and advertising correspondence, including story and cartoon submissions, and letters to Drum Magazine	1969-1970
Box 12	Folder 3	Pace! Magazine copies	1970-1971
Box 12	Folder 15	Pace and Swinger Ads	n.d.
Box 12	Folder 16	Pace and Swinger Ad - Dial a Model	1968
Box 12	Folder 17	Pace Magazine Photos	n.d.
Box 12	Folder 18	Pace Magazine Layout with Photographs	n.d.
		Series V. Erotica
Box 12	Folder 5	Anthropometric Measures and Physical Features materials	1948
Box 12	Folder 6-9	Emmerson - Physical Features records	1950
Box 9	Folder 35	News Clippings and Notes Relating to Models	n.d.
Box 9	Folder 36-43	Emmerson - Personal Data and Notes on Models	n.d.
Box 10	Folder 1	Personal Data and News Clippings	1960-1975
Box 10	Folder 2	Personal Data - Florida Pictures	1958-1959
Box 10	Folder 3	Personal Data Records	1956-1959
Box 10	Folder 5-47	John Emmerson - Battle Creek, MI - Categorized Personal Data and Photos, by Number	1948
Box 9	Folder 33	John Emmerson - Battle Creek, MI - Miscellaneous Categorized Personal Data and Photos	1939
Box 9	Folder 34	John Emmerson - Battle Creek, MI - Anthropometric Figures and Name Lists	n.d.
Box 9	Folder 44	Various Consent Forms	1973-1975
Box 9	Folder 45	Envelopes of Model Pubic Hair (scans of the envelopes only)	1959, 1960, 1961, 1982
Box 9	Folder 1	John Emmerson pictures	n.d.
Box 9	Folder 2	Photo Negatives	n.d.
Box 9	Folder 3	Portrait Photos	1968-1970
Box 9	Folder 4-31	Erotica Photos	n.d.
Box 9	Folder 32	Other Erotica Photos	n.d.
Box 10	Folder 4	Erotica Photos	n.d.
Box 10	Folder 48	Erotica Negatives	n.d.
Box 10	Folder 49	Erotica Photos	n.d.
Box 11	Folder 1-12	Erotica Photos	1968
Box 11	Folder 22-40	Emmerson Erotica Photos	1968, 1972
Box 12	Folder 10-13	Schlegel Photo Slides for Pace, Swinger, Drum	n.d.
Box 12	Folder 14	Schlegel Large Photo Slides	n.d.
Box 10	Folder 50-69	Emmerson Erotica Photos	n.d.
Box 12	Folder 19-33	Emmerson Erotica Photos	n.d.
Box 11	Folder 13	Erotic Literature, by Walt Burgess, sent to Schlegel	1983
Box 11	Folder 14	"Robbie's Fun," Erotic Story by W. Esbee, Submitted by Walt Burgess, sent to Schlegel	1983
Box 11	Folder 15	"Brothers Three," Erotic Story by W. Esbee, Submitted by Walt Burgess, sent to Schlegel	1983
Box 11	Folder 16	"Another Kind of Love Story," written by W. Essbee, submitted by Walt Burgess to Schlegel	1983
Box 11	Folder 17	"Helping the Judge," written by W. Esbee (Walt Burgess), to Schlegel	1983
Box 11	Folder 18	"You Never Can Tell," written by W. Esbee (Walt Burgess), to Schlegel	1983
Box 11	Folder 19	"Some Cops Do," written by W. Esbee (Walt Burgess), to Schlegel	1983
Box 11	Folder 20	"Hitchhikers' Delights," written by W. Esbee (Walt Burgess), to Schlegel	1983
Box 11	Folder 21	"Fortunate Accident," written by W. Esbee (Walt Burgess), to Schlegel	1983
Box 13		Erotica Photograph Scrapbooks - John Emmerson	n.d.
Box 13		Personal Data on Models - John Emmerson	n.d.