Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library adult Tintin collection
Overview
Contains books, comics, and ephemera related to Tintin, intended for adults and often related to drug use, travel, and sex.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-2002
Language of Materials
French, English, Japanese, Turkish.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research. This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
1 linear feet (1 box)Contains Tintin books, serials, and comics written for adults, mainly in French, though with some Turkish, English, and Japanese versions included, mainly by the original author Herge (also known as Georges Remi). Several copies of Les Aventures de Tintin: Le Lotus Bleu are included. Further titles include Tintin en Thailand, Tintin a la Gaule, Cigars of the Pharoah, The Crab with the Golden Claws. Versions of a weekly publication of Tintin are included, as are several small comics in Japanese and small, newsprint serials in Turkish. The topics appear to be mainly related to travel, drug use, and some have sexual content.
Biographical / Historical
The Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library is the world’s largest private collection of material on altered states of mind. The collection was formed by Julio Mario Santo Domingo Jr. (1957–2009), an investment advisor who resigned his business interests to devote himself to collecting.
Arrangement
Collection has been minimally processed. Materials have not been rearranged.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2015M-85. Deposited by Julio Mario Santo Domingo III; received: 2012 April. Forms part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Betts Coup, 2019.
- Title
- Santo Domingo, Julio Maria. Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library adult Tintincollection, 1933-2002 (MS Am 3283): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019 March 29
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03141
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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