Administrative records, slides, photographs, film, video recordings, sound recordings, objects, textiles, buttons, and ephemera from the Blue Max Motorcycle Club, a gay motorcycle club founded in Los Angeles in 1968. The materials document club events such as motorcycle runs, anniversary celebrations, fundraisers, officer ceremonies, gay pride festivities, and other events.

Excerpted from Little Fairy on the Prairie, Red Baron 1991 program: "The Blue Max Motorcycle Club was founded on June 7, 1968 with an original membership of eleven, and became incorporated on June 23, 1968. In the Fall of 1968, we joined the Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs. The first chapter of "The Rose of No Man's Land" was presented at Badger Flats in 1968. Over the years, our membership has grown as high as twenty-three and dropped as low as seven." Blue Max held monthly meetings, organized benefits for community groups, and organized annual motorcycle runs throughout California. The Blue Max was known for its reverence of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia and the Red Baron with members' uniforms resembling Prussian military regalia. In 1969, Blue Max organized its first annual Red Baron Run. Hal Hegge, the donor of this collection, served as one of Blue Max's early presidents and Chancellors and was involved with the club from its founding through the late 1970s. Blue Max continued to operate into the 1990s.

17.2 Linear Feet 2 archive boxes, 15 archive cartons, and 7 flat archive boxes.

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The collection is open to researchers. The films in this collection are deposited in conjunction with the Outfest Legacy Project at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Advance notice is required for researchers wishing to access these materials.