Finding aid to the Los Angeles Waterpolo Team collection, 1957-2006
Coll2013.032
Finding aid prepared by Loni Shibuyama
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
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Los Angeles, California, 90007
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(c) 2013
Title: Los Angeles Waterpolo Team Collection
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.032
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.6 linear foot.
1 archive carton.
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1988-1994
Date (inclusive): 1957-2006
Abstract: Flyers, paste-ups, newsletters, drawings, minutes and other material (bulk 1988-1994) from Harry D. Arends, primarily documenting
the activities of the Los Angeles Waterpolo Team, a sexual fetish organization.
creator:
Arends, Harry D.
Administrative History
The Los Angeles Waterpolo Team was a members-only organization that met monthly to engage in sexual fetish activities related
to urolagnia, or "water sports" in slang. According to a 1990 letter, the Waterpolo Team's mailing list consisted of 55 men,
with an average monthly event attendance of 22 men.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Acquisition
Gift of Harry D. Arends, December 4, 2007.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Los Angeles Waterpolo Team Collection, Coll2013-032, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, June 2013.
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises flyers, paste-ups, newsletters, drawings, minutes and other material (bulk 1988-1994) from Harry
D. Arends, primarily documenting the activities of the Los Angeles Waterpolo Team, a sexual fetish organization. The bulk
of the collection is made up of erotic drawings, flyers and newsletters for the LA Waterpolo Team, as well as flyers for similar
fetish-themed clubs and groups, including the Golden Shower Buddies.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Separated Material
Following buttons have been separated from the collection and placed with the ONE Archives ephemera collection:
"Gauntlet II: First Anniversary '85"
[Gauntlet II]: "Fifth Anniversary 1989"
[Gauntlet II]: "6th Anniversary 1990"
[Gauntlet II]: "9th Anniversary 1993"
[Gauntlet II]: "Eleventh Anniversary 1995"
"I Support AFA Los Angeles"
"Leathermasters: Ex Flammis Natus"
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles Waterpolo Team.
Advertising fliers
Drawings (visual works)
Fetishism (Sexual behavior)
Gay erotic art
Gay men--Sexual behavior
LA Waterpolo Team collection
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence and minutes
1990
Box 1, Folder 2
Drawings and comic strips
circa 1990-1993
Box 1, Folder 5-67
Flyer and newsletter paste-ups
1988-1994
Physical Description:
[63 folders]
Box 1, Folder 3
Flyers and postcards, other clubs
circa 1988-2006
Box 1, Folder 4
Joe Weider's
Mr. America Muscle Building Course
1957
