These are materials held in RBSC that serve as examples of primary materials relating to GLBT Studies. Students have an opportunity to learn the proper handling of early materials. To request a class visit, please email the Curator.
Mattachine review. The Arno series on homosexuality. Homosexuality: lesbians and gay men in society, history and literature. New York : Arno Press, 1975. Vol. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1955)-v. 12, no. 1 (July 1966). Reprint. Originally published bimonthly, Jan./Feb. 1955 ; frequency varied : Los Angeles : Mattachine Society.
Gender Studies Collection HQ75 .M38 V.1-12 (1955-1966)
The Ladder. Homosexuality: lesbians and gay men in society, history and literature. Published: New York, Arno Press, 1975. Vol. 1 (Oct. 1956)-v.16 (Aug./Sept. 1972). Bimonthly. Reprint. Originally published: San Francisco, etc., 1956-72. With introd. : "The Ladder, rung by rung." Indexes: Vols. 1-16 (1956-72). Vol. 1-14, no. 10 issued by the Daughters of Bilitis.
Gender Studies Collection HQ75 .L32 (INDEX V.1 - 16 (1956-1972)) v. 1-16 (OCT 1956-SEP 1972)
Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939. Studies in the psychology of sex. Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., 1910-. Contents: v.1. The evolution of modesty; the phenomena of sexual periodicity; auto-erotism -- v.2. Sexual inversion -- v.3. Analysis of the sexual impulse; love and pain; the sexual impulse in women -- v.4. Sexual selection in man -- v.5. Erotic symbolism; the mechanism of detumescence; the psychic state in pregnancy -- v.6. Sex in relation to society. Edition varies: v.1, 3rd ed., rev. and enl. v.6 published in 1924.
Gender Studies Collection HQ21 .E58 1900a v. 1-3, v. 5
Institute for Sex Research. Sexual behavior in the human female, by the staff of the Institute for Sex Research, Indiana University: Alfred C. Kinsey [and others], Philadelphia : Saunders, 1953.
Gender Studies Collection HQ18.U5 I6 1953a
Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956. Sexual behavior in the human male [by] Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy [and] Clyde E. Martin. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1953, c1948. "Based on surveys made by members of the staff of Indiana University, and supported by the National Research Council's Committee for Research on Problems of Sex by means of funds contributed by the Medical Division of the Rockefeller Foundation."
Gender Studies Collection HQ18.U5 K5 1953a
Yarrow, Phillip. Fighting the debauchery of our girls and boys, edited by PhillipYarrow. [Chicago, Ill.? : The Author?, c1923]
Gender Studies Collection HQ18.U5 Y3 1923a
Hall, Radclyffe. The well of loneliness ; with a commentary by Havelock Ellis. Permabooks ; P112. Garden City, N.Y. : Permabooks, 1951, c1928.
Gender Studies Collection PR6015.A33 W4 1951a Copy: 1 Note: Gender Studies Collection
[A first edition of this title is currently on order]
Torres, Tereska. Women's barracks. Gold medal book, 132. New York : Fawcett Publications, 1950.
Gender Studies Collection PQ2639.O82 W6 1950a
The first "lesbian pulp" novel, set during WWII.
Priest, J. C. Private school. Beacon book ; B 269. [NY] : Universal Pub. and Distributing Corp., c1959. Summary: "Every parent should read this shocking novel of adolescent girls who first tolerated vice, then embraced it, then could not live without it"--Cover.
Gender Studies Collection. PS3531.R62 P7 1959a
Marmor, Arnold. Abnormal desire. Merit book ; 642. Chicago : Camerarts Publishing Co., c1960.
Gender Studies Collection. PS3563.A678 A62 1960a
Clubb, Stacey. Trap of Lesbos. New York : Softcover Library, Inc., 1970, c1962.
Gender Studies Collection PS3553.L83 T73 1970a
A reprint of a pre-Stonewall pulp.
Waugh, Thomas, 1948- Out/lines : underground gay graphics from before Stonewall. Compiled and with an introduction by Thomas Waugh. Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, c2002. Related URL: Publisher description
Gender Studies Collection N8217.H67 W384 2002a
Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- Oranges are not the only fruit . London ; Boston : Pandora Press, 1985.
Gender Studies Collection PR6073.I558 O7 1985a
Signed by the author. NIU has a significant collection of Winterson's works as part of our Gender Studies Collection.
Bisexual lives. London : Off Pink Pub., 1988.
Gender Studies Collection HQ74 .B553 1988a
RFD. [Bakersville, NC : RFD. Publication History: Began with autumn 1974 issue. Frequency: Quarterly. Other Name: Short Mountain Collective (Liberty, De Kalb County, Tenn.) Additional Availability: RFD, P.O. Box 68, Liberty, TN 37095 Notes: "A country journal by gay men." Each volume has unique title variation on RFD. Published: Liberty, TN : Short Mountain Collective, fall 1988- Description based on: No. 18 (winter 1978); title from cover. Vol. 16, no. 4 incorrectly called v. 17, no. 4. Issues for <spring/summer 1988- > called also <issue no. 54- >
Gender Studies Collection. HQ75 .R43: no.2-17 ; no.19-25 ; no.31-62 ; no.64-65
Sinister wisdom. Lincoln, Neb. : Sinister Wisdom. Publication History: Began with July 1976 issue. Frequency: 3 no. a year, 1997- Notes: Vols. for -winter 1987 published: Montpelier, VT; summer 1987- Berkeley, CA. Description based on: 10 (summer 1979); title from cover. Issues for 1976- called v. 1, nos. 1-3 but constitute nos. 1-3.
Gender Studies Collection PS508.W7 S54a: (no.31) (no.35) (no.37) (no.46) (no.47) (no.48) (no.49) (no.50) (no.51) (no.52) (no.54) (no.55) (no.56) (no.57)
Windy City Times. Chicago, Ill. : Sentury Publications, Inc., 1985- Publication History: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 26, 1985)- Frequency: Weekly. Absorbed: Outlines (Chicago, Ill.) Notes: Suspended with July 20, 2000 issue; resumed with Sept. 20, 2000 issue.
Gender Studies Collection. HQ75 .W562a Copy: Library Has (Summary): v.21 no.1 (Sept 7 2005)-v.21 no. 4 (Sept 28 2005)- v..20 no.21 (Jan 26 2005)-v.20 no.50 (Aug 17 2005) v.20 no.51 (Aug 24 2005)-v.20 no. 52 (Aug 31 2005) v.20 no.1 (Sept 8 2004)-v.20 no.19 (Jan 12 2005) v.19 no.43 (June 30 2004)-v.19 no.52 (Sept 1 2004) v.19 no.39 (June 2 2004)-v.19 no.41 (June 16 2004) v.13 no.46 (July 23) v.13 no.41 (June 18 1998)-v.13 no.43 (July 2 1998) v.13 no.38 (May 28 1998)-v.13 no.39 (June 4 1998) v.13 no.34 (Apr 30 1998)-v.13 no.36 (May 14 1998) v.13 no.19 (Jan 15 1998)-v.13 no.32 (Apr 16 1998) v.13 no.1 (Sept 11 1997)-v.13 no.17 (Jan1 1998) v.7 no.29 (Apr 2 1992) v.6 no.42 (July 4 1991) v.6 no.34 (May 9 1991)-v.6 no.40 (June 20 1991) v.6 no.12 (Dec 6 1990)
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In All Things Charity Collection (click on link for full description of collection)
An archive of materials related to the charity of the same name founded by the Rev. Gregory Dell of the Broadway United Methodist Church, Chicago, IL, to work towards inclusiveness of GLBT people in the United Methodist Church. Rev. Dell was reprimanded by the UMC, and suspended from his duties for a year, for officiating at a marriage ceremony for two of his male parishoners in 1998. In All Things Charity grew out of that suspension.
Feinberg, Leslie, 1949- Trans liberation : beyond pink or blue Boston : Beacon Press, c1998.
Gender Studies Collection HQ77.95.U6 F45 1998
Queers in space : communities, public places, sites of resistance. Edited by Gordon Brent Ingram, Anne-Marie Bouthillette, and Yolanda Retter. Seattle, Wash. : Bay Press, c1997.
Gender Studies Collection HQ76.25 .Q395 1997a
Bechdel, Alison, 1960- The indelible Alison Bechdel : confessions, comix, and miscellaneous dykes to watch out for by Alison Bechdel. Ithaca, N.Y. : Firebrand Books, c1998.
Gender Studies Collection NC1429.B3513 A4 1998a
Cooper, Parley J. The feminists . Pinnacle books ; P014-N. New York : Pinnacle Books, 1971.
Gender Studies Collection PS3553.O622 F46 1971a
Science fiction about the effects of feminism.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. History of woman suffrage. Ed. by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage ... Published: New York : Fowler & Wells, 1881-[1922]
Gender Studies Collection JK1896 .S8 1881a
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893. Woman and her needs by Mrs. E. Oakes Smith. New York : Fowlers and Wells, 1851.
Gender Studies Collection HQ1423 .S6 1851a
Jameson, Mrs (Anna), 1794-1860. Characteristics of women : moral, poetical, and historical by Mrs. Jameson. From the last London ed. Published: New York : Wiley, 1850. Notes: Published also under title: Shakespeare's heroines.
Gender Studies Collection PR2991 .J364 1850a
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