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United Men's Health Clubs Collection, 1976-1984
Coll2011.084*
Coll2011.084*
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Title: United Men's Health Clubs Collection
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011.084*
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Language of Material:
English
Container: 1
Physical Description:
0.4 linear foot.
[4 folders]
Date (inclusive): 1976-1984
Abstract: Financial records, job applications, article, deeds of sale, correspondence, legal documents, lease contracts, business listings,
membership lists, and other material documenting activities of United Men's Health Clubs, 1976-1984. The collection largely
consists of financial documents concerned with the purchase of Glen's for Men, a chain of Turkish bathhouses in five Southern
California locations.
creator:
United Men's Health Clubs, Inc..
United Men's Health Clubs (UMHC) was a business entity that purchased and operated a chain of five Southern California Turkish
bathhouses, previously known as Glen's for Men, circa 1977-1978. UMHC appears to have run the newly acquired properties under
the name "Manspace."
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United Men's Health Clubs Collection, Coll2011-084, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were
given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.
Financial records, job applications, article, deeds of sale, correspondence, legal documents, lease contracts, business listings,
membership lists, and other material documenting activities of United Men's Health Clubs, 1976-1984. The collection largely
consists of financial documents concerned with the purchase of Glen's for Men, a chain of Turkish bathhouses in five Southern
California locations. The collection includes itemized invoices for membership cards issued to members of "Manspace, a service
of United Men's Health Clubs, Inc."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bathhouses
Gay bathhouses
Gay clubs--California--Los Angeles