Overview
Magazines, graphic novels, correspondence, illustrations, and photographs focused on erotica.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1960-2000
Language of Materials
English
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
16 linear feet (16 boxes)Includes personal correspondence, drafts of illustrations and graphic novels, magazines, VHS tapes, albums, newspaper clippings, and notes focusing on cannibalistic erotica.
Biographical / Historical
Collection found in a Bernal Heights, a historically working-class neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed. Materials are loosely arranged in the following 6 series: Audio-visual Materials; Correspondence; Illustrations and Graphic Novels; Magazines; Newspaper Clippings; and Photographs.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019M-060. Purchased from Center for Sex and Culture, 2019.
Processing Information
Minimally processed by Magdaline Lawhorn, 2019.
Source
- Center for Sex and Culture (San Francisco, Calif.) (Organization)
- Title
- Human sexual fantasy cannibalism collection, circa 1960-2000 (MS Am 3264): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019 April 1
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03145
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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