Bud Flounders papers

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2023

Descriptive Summary

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

Access

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Bud Flounders papers. Collection Number: 2002-29. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

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

Indexing Terms

Literature