Ephemera
The Ephemera Society defines ephemera as:
...a wide range of documents including leaflets, handbills, tickets, trade cards, programmes and playbills, printed tins and packaging, advertising inserts, posters, newspapers and much more. In the words of the society’s founder, Maurice Rickards, “the minor transient documents of everyday life”.
Much of the history of sexual (and other) subcultures is wrapped up in their ephemera - the items that were not meant to be saved, but somehow survived the ravages of time. In kinky subcultures ephemera often takes the form of flyers, business cards, envelopes, letters, postcards, newsletters, and posters. Such historical information can also be found in non-paper items such as backpatches, run pins, flags, and clothing.
Below is a list of a few of the items of ephemera in my collection. I have many thousands of items, so this list will grow as I continue to catalog everything. In order to make the database more metadata-friendly, I have opted to use the Dublin Core categories during the cataloging process.
| Title: Esoteria Personal Ad Form Description: Free Offfer with Purchase of $10.00 or more - Personal Ad, Limit (one ad per customer) Publisher: Esoteria Type: personal ad form Format: single sheet Identifier: 10 Source: Esoteria Language: English | |
| Title: Gay Birds Illustration - A Few of My Things Creator: Judy Tallwing McCarthy Description: Illustration for greeting cards, says "Gay Birds", "A Few of My Things", "Tallwing", "copyright 1987", has bird with strapon, dildo, crops, metal handcuffs, leather cuffs Publisher: later published in Drummer Contributor: Tony DeBlase Type: original illustration Format: card stock illustration Identifier: 5 Language: English | |
| Title: Gay Birds Illustration - Birdday To You Creator: Judy Tallwing McCarthy Description: Illustration for greeting cards, says "Gay Birds", "Birdday to You", has bird in leather sling hanging by chains, burning candles on stomach, leather cuffs Publisher: later published in Drummer Contributor: Tony DeBlase Date: 1/1/1987 Type: original illustration Format: card stock illustration Identifier: 4 Language: English | |
| Title: Kris Studios Full-Nude Art Poses Order Form Creator: Chuck Renslow Description: Photo Sets: Swinging Duals - Beau Michaels and John McCain (#177), The Naked Trucker - Stan Ellin (#118), The Guardsman - Jack Stafford (#119) Contributor: Etienne (Dom Orejudos) Type: order form Format: single sheet Identifier: 9 Source: Kris Studios Language: English | |
| Title: Kris Studios Novelty Sets Featuring the Male Nude order form Creator: Chuck Renslow Description: Three photo sets listed: Soldiers 'n Sailors - Kurt Inman, John Parrish, Dan Peerce, Peter Roth, John Sequira, Don Post, Dennis Gaulke, Jack Sullivan (#67 and 68), Garry Price in Leather! (#69), Variety Pack No. 4 - Ron Rector, Mike Lavelle, Jerry Roquemore, Ed McDermott, Larry Majewski, Bob Storrs (#70) Publisher: Kris Studios Contributor: Etienne (Dom Orejudos) Type: order form Format: single sheet Identifier: 7 Source: Kris Studios Language: English | |
| Title: Kris Studios Super Duals! Photo Sets Order Form Creator: Chuck Renslow Description: Photo sets: Alan Primus and Butch Frost (#120 and 121), Bedtime for David Kardman and Paul Jahn (#122), Nick Rossi and Frank D'Arcy (#123 and 124) Contributor: Etienne (Dom Orejudos) Type: order form Format: single sheet Identifier: 8 Source: Kris Studios Language: English | |
| Title: Leather Archives and Museum Annual Report to Members For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Creator: Leather Archives and Museum Subject: annual report Description: annual report for the Leather Archives and Museum sent to members Publisher: Leather Archives and Museum Contributor: Chuck Renslow, President Date: 12/31/04 Type: annual report Format: digest Identifier: 1 Source: Leather Archives and Museum - mailing Language: English Coverage: world Rights: Leather Archives and Museum | |
| Title: Spartacus Sailor Strip Tease Card #1 of 2 cards Creator: Spartacus Description: nude male paper doll, date unknown, possibly from Physique Pictorial #17, January 1969 Publisher: Physique Pictorial Date: 1/1/1969 Type: paper doll Format: single sheet Identifier: 2 Source: Physique Pictorial #17 Language: English | |
| Title: Spartacus Sailor Strip Tease Card #2 of 2 cards Creator: Spartacus Description: paper clothing for nude male paper doll, date unknown, possibly from Physique Pictorial #17, January 1969 Publisher: Physique Pictorial Date: 1/1/1969 Type: paper doll clothing Format: single sheet Identifier: 3 Source: Physique Pictorial #17 Language: English | |
| Title: Subjective Character Analysis sheet Creator: Physique Pictorial Description: photocopied sheet to use in deciphering astrological symbols under the pictures of models in Physique Pictorial Publisher: Physique Pictorial Type: character analysis of models Format: single photocopied sheet Identifier: 6 Source: Physique Pictorial Language: English | |