Trent Dunphy collection of clothing and fetish wear

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GLBT Historical Society

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Trent Dunphy collection of clothing and fetish wear

Dates: circa 1970s-2000

Collection Number: 2003-18

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 16.2 linear feet (14 cartons and 2 oversized boxes)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: The Trent Dunphy collection consists of approximately 860 pieces of clothing, cloth artifacts and fetish wear, both new and used, that he collected for over 30 years, since the 1970s. It includes 600-700 items of men's erotic and fetish underwear, largely purchased through mail order catalogs, and much of it in its original packaging. Also included are used items of late 1960s "hippy" clothing (jeans, t-shirts, etc.), including promotional t-shirts for rock groups and others by underground artists of the day, leather wear and gear and a sailor's uniform.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society 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 by the researcher.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Trent Dunphy collection of clothing and fetish wear. Collection Number: 2003-18. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Trent R. Dunphy on April 9, 2003.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Trent Dunphy collection consists of approximately 860 pieces of clothing, cloth artifacts and fetish wear, both new and used, that he collected for over 30 years, since the 1970s. It includes 600-700 items of men's erotic and fetish underwear, largely purchased through mail order catalogs, and much of it in its original packaging. Also included are used items of late 1960s "hippy" clothing (jeans, t-shirts, etc.), including promotional t-shirts for rock groups and others by underground artists of the day, leather wear and gear and a sailor's uniform.