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Title: Bud Flounders papers
Dates: 1979-2002
Collection Number: 2002-29
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .1 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Newton "Bud" Flounders (1921-2005) was a leading American collector of gay literature and was involved with the Walt Whitman
Bookshop in San Francisco, which was owned by his friend Charles Gilman, from the late 1970s to late 1980s.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals
will be restricted for 20 years.
[Identification of item]. Bud Flounders papers. Collection Number: 2002-29. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Bud Flounders on July 30, 2002. Gift of Dr. Donald Silvius in 2005.
Scope and Content of Collection
Newton "Bud" Flounders (1921-2005) was a leading American collector of gay literature and was involved with the Walt Whitman
Bookshop in San Francisco, which was owned by his friend Charles Gilman, from the late 1970s to late 1980s. The collection
includes photographs of the bookshop, Flounders, Gliman, Sam Steward (Phil Andros), Armistead Maupin and a few reprinted
photos of model Eugene Sandow that date from the 1890s. The bulk of the correspondence consists of postcards from historian
and book dealer Gerard Koskovich to Flounders. There are also a few letters to Charles Gilman, including one from Barbara
Gittings, and an article by Koskovich on the importance of collecting and archiving gay history. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008091
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