Guide to the Haldeman-Julius Publications Coll2009.003

Little Blue Book Series 1. circa 1924-1950

Physical Description: 19.0 pamphlets.

Series Scope and Content

This series contains pamphlets on a wide variety of subjects, including classical literature, history, useful knowledge, and frank treatment of sexuality, with an emphasis on homosexuality. The pamphlets include J. V. Nash's Homosexuality in the lives of the great, one of the first two works on homosexuality Jim Kepner purchased in 1942 [ ONE/IGLA Bulletin, #2 (Spring-Summer 1996), 9]. The pamphlets measure 5 x 3 1/2 inches.

Box 1, Folder 1

Barnes, Harry Elmer. A Rational view of the sex issue. Little Blue Book, No. 1507. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, n.d.

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 2

Buonarroti, Michelangelo. Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti ; now for the first time translated into rhymed English by John Addington Symonds. Little Blue Book, No. 164. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., n.d.

Physical Description: 55.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 3

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Artificial insemination ; how it's done ; the $2,000 black market on babies ; husbands for hire ; fathers by proxy. Little Blue Book, No. 1829. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1947

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 4

Dickinson, G. Lowes, and others. Sex life in Greece and Rome. Little Blue Book, No. 163. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Company, n.d.

Physical Description: 62.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 5

Ellis, Havelock. The love rights of women. Little Blue Book, No. 203. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Company, n.d.

Physical Description: 64.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 6

Fielding, William J. Homo-sexual life. Little Blue Book, No. 692 ; Rational Sex Series, Vol. 9. Girard, Kan.: Little Blue Books, n.d.

Physical Description: 63.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 7

Fielding, William J. Sex symbolism. Little Blue Book, No. 904 ; Rational Sex Series, Vol. 10. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Company, c1925

Physical Description: 64.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 8

Fielding, William J. Unconscious love elements in psycho-analysis. Little Blue Book, No. 1353. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, n.d.

Physical Description: 62.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 9

Fielding, William J. What every boy should know. Little Blue Book, No. 653 ; Rational Sex Series, Vol. 1. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Company, n.d.

Physical Description: 63.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 10

Finger, Charles J. The tragic story of Oscar Wilde's life. Little Blue Book, No. 432. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Company, n.d.

Physical Description: 64.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 11

Haldeman-Julius, E. An Encyclopedia of sex. Little Blue Book, No. 1546. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, n.d.

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 12

Haldeman-Julius, E. Rational sex code. Little Blue Book, No. 1538. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, n.d.

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 13

Hamblen, Emily S. Walt Whitman, bard of the West. Little Blue Book, No. 529. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius, c1924

Physical Description: 64.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 14

Lay, Wilfrid. Confidential chats with husbands. Little Blue Book, No. 864. Girard, Kan.: Little Blue Books, n.d.

Physical Description: 63.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 15

McCabe, Joseph. Life and morals in Greece and Rome. Little Blue Book, No. 1078. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., n.d.

Physical Description: 62.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 16

Nash, J. V. Homosexuality in the lives of the great. Little Blue Book, No. 1564. Girard, Kan., n.d.

Physical Description: 64.0 p.

General note

One of the first two books on homosexuality purchased by Jim Kepner.

Box 1, Folder 17

Norden, Heinz. How to avoid catching venereal diseases. Little Blue Book, No. 1523. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, n.d.

Physical Description: 31.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 18

Sand, George. A Daring Frenchwoman's views of life. Little Blue Book, No. 106. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, n.d.

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 19

Wilde, Oscar. Oscar Wilde's Letters to Sarah Bernhardt ; edited by Sylvestre Dorian. Little Blue Book, No. 664. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Company, c1924

Physical Description: 64.0 p.

Big Blue Book Series 2. 1925-1950

Physical Description: 43.0 pamphlets.

Series Scope and Content

This series contains pamphlets dealing primarily with issues of sexuality. The bulk of the pamphlets were written in the late 1940s by David Oliver Cauldwell (1896-1959), MD, a prolific and pioneering sexologist who published extensively on homosexuality and transsexualism. Other authors include Joseph McCabe (1867-1955), freethinker and former priest, and Adolph Frederick Niemoeller, BS, AB, MA, Special Advisor on Sexual Anthropology to the American Anthropological Society. The sensational, often lengthy, titles were dictated by the publisher to pique public interest and increase sales. The series also includes a collection of essays by Edward Carpenter, condensed by Miriam deFord. The pamphlets measure 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.

Box 1, Folder 20

Carpenter, Edward. Civilization, its cause and cure and other essays ; condensed, with a foreword, by Miriam Allen deFord. Digest 34. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1945

Physical Description: 24.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 21

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Art of preserving one's manhood ; as virility is inherent, no man should be a sexual weakling or failure, for virile powers can be made to respond at will. Big Blue Book, B-822. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 22

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Bisexuality in patterns of human behavior ; a study of individuals who indulge in both heterosexual and homosexual practices, with comparative data on hermaphrodites, the human intersex. Big Blue Book, B-731. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1948

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

General note

Identical to B-732.

Box 1, Folder 23

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Bisexuality in patterns of human behavior ; a study of individuals who indulge in both heterosexual and homosexual practices, with comparative data on hermaphrodites, the human intersex. Big Blue Book, B-732. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1948

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

General note

Identical to B-731.

Box 1, Folder 24

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Diary of a sexologist ; intimate observations and expeeriences revealed when a doctor tells his story. Big Blue Book, B-821. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 25

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Exhibitionism—how it manifests itself ; the natural and the anti-social significance of a universal practice, with sidelights on its analogue, voyeurism. Big Blue Book, B-774. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1948

Physical Description: 31.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 26

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Female homosexuals—lesbians—tell their stories ; the truth concerning their sexual natures as revealed by courageous women, with comment and interpretation by the author. Big Blue Book, B-776. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1948

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 27

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Male homosexuals tell their stories ; facts revealed by men unafraid to tell the truth, with comment and scientific interpretation by the author. Big Blue Book, B-771. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1948

Physical Description: 31.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 28

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Oddities of sexual behavior ; research reveals significant data covering the eccentricities of human conduct, and augmented by a study of sexual behavior in the lower mammals and other lower forms of life. Big Blue Book, B-840. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 32.0 p. [2 copies]

Box 1, Folder 29-30

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Private letters from homosexuals to a doctor ; a compilation that is an important contribution to literature homosexualis. Big Blue Book, B-823. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

General Physical Description note: 2 copies (1 purple cover, 1 red cover) : 32 p.

Box 1, Folder 31

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Questions and answers about cunnilungus ; light on operation-third-sex. Big Blue Book, B-871. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1950

Physical Description: 31.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 32

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Questions and answers about the problems of the sexually diseased ; there are two well-known venereal diseases, but the number of sexual diseases is legion. This booklet answers the questions people ask about these diseases and the problems arising from them. Big Blue Book, B-857. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1950

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 33

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Questions and answers about trasvestism in disguise ; transvestism is a nationally popular eccentricity and some transvestists appear to be the last to find it out. Big Blue Book, B-886. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1950

Physical Description: 29.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 34

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Questions and answers involving sexual ethics and sexual esthetics ; subjects discussed include common courtesy between married lovers and such practices as cunnilingus, fellatio, and such sexual states as those involving homosexuals, transexualis, transvestism, etc. Big Blue Book, B-861. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1950

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 35

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Questions and answers on the sex life and sexual problems of homosexuals of both sexes. Big Blue Book, B-848. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 36

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Questions and answers on the sex life and sexual problems of transvestites ; an exhaustive, revealing, surprising, informative, educational, entertaining and even shocking encyclopedic compilation of seldom-suspected facts. Big Blue Book, B-853. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1950

Physical Description: 31.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 37

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Revelations of a sexologist ; intimate facts that may parallel your experiences. Big Blue Book, B-820. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 31.0 p.

General note

Some discussion of homosexuality.

Box 1, Folder 38

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Sex crimes among juveniles ; a study of various delinquencies. Big Blue Book, B-541. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1947

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 39a

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Sex transmutation---can one's sex be changed? ; there's but a thin genetic line between the sexes, but the would-be sex transmutee battles forces more stubborn than the genes. Big Blue Book, B-932. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1951

Physical Description: 28.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 39b

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Sexual athletes ; a study of high frequencies of sexual activity, with comparative data on sexual outlets, including explanations and cases. Big Blue Book, B-739. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1948

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

General note

Includes discussion of homosexuality.

Box 1, Folder 40

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). The Sexually contented tell their stories ; experiences of people who have found their way to sexual happiness. Big Blue Book, B-800. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

General note

Includes discussion of homosexuality.

Box 1, Folder 41

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Transvestists tell their stories ; confessions of persons who prefer to dress like the opposite sex. Big Blue Book, B-623. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1947

Physical Description: 31.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 42

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Transvestists' unexpurgated letters ; intimate letters written to a doctor with the request that they be published as written by cross-dressers. Big Blue Book, B-882. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1950

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 44

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). The Truth about homosexuality in man and woman ; plain facts cleanly presented to help improve individual and sociological concepts. Big Blue Book, B-557. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1947

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 44

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Undinism ; a study of a bizarre but not unnatural eccentricity involving a sexual interest in urine, urination, seeing others urinate, etc. Big Blue Book, B-875. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1950

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 45

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Voyeurism—a form of sexual behavior ; a critical study of a natural trait that has been given an erroneous meaning. Big Blue Book, B-787. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 29.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 46

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). What is a hermaphrodite? ; a study of persons of either sex whose genital organs, mental integration and chemical (hormonal) characteristics embrace the characters or characteristics of both sexes. Big Blue Book, B-525. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1947

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 47

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). What's wrong with transvestism? ; a compilation of the diaries of transvestists as revealed to the author, with letters and day-by-day events from the lives of those who prefer to wear the clothing of the opposite sex. Big Blue Book, B-825. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 31.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 48

Cauldwell, D. O. (David O.). Why males wear female attire ; strange stories, weird confessions, historical data, and scientific explanations of transvestism. Big Blue Book, B-540. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1947

Physical Description: 29.0 p. [2 copies]

Box 1, Folder 49

Dulaure, J. A. Priapic divinities and phallic rites ; a complete account of the worship of Priapus throughout the ages. Big Blue Book, B-887. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1950

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 50

Haldeman-Julius, E. Fillers ; scientists look at homosexuality and more than 100 other short pieces. Vol. 1, No. 10 (October, 1947). Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius, 1947

Physical Description: 64.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 51

Jean. Why I, a man, must dress as a girl ; how a transvestist met his problem. Big Blue Book, B-684. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, circa 1924-1950

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

General note

Back & front cover cut out, p. 20 covered over, pp. 21ff cut out.

Box 1, Folder 52

McCabe, Joseph. The Abnormal aspects of sex ; perversities and aberrations of the human sexual impulse and its expressions. Key to Love and Sex, No. 4. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, circa 1924-1950

Physical Description: 45.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 53

McCabe, Joseph. Masochism, and how it manifests itself ; a study of Sacher-Masoch, known as "the great abnormal," who gave his name to a strange form of behavior—its prevalence and psychology. Big Blue Book, B-835. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 28.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 54

McCabe, Joseph. Masterpieces of erotic literature ; a study of the outstanding works of sensuality in ancient, medieval and modern times. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1949

Physical Description: 29.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 55

McCabe, Joseph. The Story of the world's oldest profession ; prostitution in the ancient, medieval and modern worlds. Big Blue Book, B-582. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1932

Physical Description: 123.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 56

McCabe, Joseph. Vice in German monasteries ; the amazing facts regarding what has come to be known as "celibacy-disease." Big Blue Book, B-449. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1937

Physical Description: 30.0 p.

General note

Anti-Catholic Nazi propaganda pamphlet, claiming that the Catholic monasteries in Germany are great centers of sodomy and pedophilia.

Box 1, Folder 57

McCabe, Joseph. What should be taught about sex? ; what are the real effects of modern freedom in sex discussion and education? Key to Love and Sex, No. 7. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, circa 1924-1950

Physical Description: 62.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 58

McCabe, Joseph. Women who become men. ABC Library of Living Knowledge, No. 15. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1938

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 59

Niemoeller, A. F. Bestiality and the law ; a resume of the law and punishments for bestiality with typical cases from fifteenth century to the present. Big Blue Book, B-517. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1946

Physical Description: 32.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 60

Niemoeller, A. F. Bestiality in ancient and modern times ; a study of the sexual relations of man and animals in all times and countries. Big Blue Book, B-518. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1946

Physical Description: 42.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 61

Niemoeller, A. F. Wanderings in "untrodden fields of anthropology" ; the choicest excerpts from the observations of a French army surgeon, made over 30 years experience in many places, concerning the sexual customs, practices, and peculiarities of various peoples. Big Blue Book, B-760. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1948

Physical Description: 52.0 p.

Box 1, Folder 62

Sade, marquis de. De Sade on virtue and vice ; selections from the writings of the Marquis de Sade illustrating his views upon morality and sex ; translated by A. F. Niemoeller. Big Blue Book, B-522. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1946

Physical Description: 27.0 p.