Finding Aid to the Blue Max Motorcycle Club Records, 1922-1996
Coll2013-055
Rachel Roque and Loni Shibuyama
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
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Los Angeles, California 90007
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Blue Max Motorcycle Club records
creator:
Blue Max Motorcycle Club
creator:
Hegge, Hal (Hjalmer M.)
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-055
Physical Description:
17.2 Linear Feet
2 archive boxes, 15 archive cartons, and 7 flat archive boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1922-1996
Abstract: Administrative records, slides, photographs, film, video recordings, sound recordings, objects, textiles, buttons, and ephemera
from the Blue Max Motorcycle Club, a gay motorcycle club founded in Los Angeles in 1968. The materials document club events
such as motorcycle runs, anniversary celebrations, fundraisers, officer ceremonies, gay pride festivities, and other events.
Administrative History
Excerpted from Little Fairy on the Prairie, Red Baron 1991 program: "The Blue Max Motorcycle Club was founded on June 7, 1968
with an original membership of eleven, and became incorporated on June 23, 1968. In the Fall of 1968, we joined the Council
of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs. The first chapter of "The Rose of No Man's Land" was presented at Badger Flats in
1968. Over the years, our membership has grown as high as twenty-three and dropped as low as seven."
Blue Max held monthly meetings, organized benefits for community groups, and organized annual motorcycle runs throughout California.
The Blue Max was known for its reverence of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia and the Red Baron with members' uniforms resembling
Prussian military regalia. In 1969, Blue Max organized its first annual Red Baron Run. Hal Hegge, the donor of this collection,
served as one of Blue Max's early presidents and Chancellors and was involved with the club from its founding through the
late 1970s. Blue Max continued to operate into the 1990s.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. The films in this collection are deposited in conjunction with the Outfest Legacy Project
at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Advance notice is required for researchers wishing to access these materials.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Hal Hegge, circa 1996.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Blue Max Motorcycle Club Records, Coll2013-055, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Processing Information
A portion of this collection was formerly housed in box #103-358 and A235. Collection processed by Rachel Roque and Loni Shibuyama,
December 2014.
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises administrative records, slides, photographs, film, video recordings, sound recordings, objects, textiles,
buttons, and ephemera from the Blue Max Motorcycle Club, a gay motorcycle club founded in Los Angeles in 1968. The administrative
records and scrapbooks document Blue Max's activities, such as its Red Baron motorcycle runs, beer busts, monthly meetings,
officer ceremonies, and fundraisers; as well as events of other motorcycle clubs and the Council of Southern California Motorcycle
Clubs. The photographs, slides, and audiovisual material document Blue Max and other motorcycle clubs' events. The objects,
textiles, and ephemera include buttons from Blue Max and several other motorcycle clubs, accoutrements for Blue Max's elaborate
uniforms, and flags and props likely used for Blue Max's annual performance, "The Rose of No Man's Land." Personal papers
and photographs from Hal Hegge are also included.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into five series:
Series 1. Administrative records
Series 2. Photographs and slides
Series 3. Film and video recordings
Series 4. Sound recordings
Series 5. Objects, textiles, and ephemera
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Acetate film
Buttons (information artifacts)
Gay men
Gay motorcycle clubs -- Los Angeles, Calif.
Slides (photographs)
Sound recordings
Videotapes
Blue Max Motorcycle Club
Hegge, Hal (Hjalmer M.)
Box 1-3
Administrative records Series 1
1955-1996
Scope and Contents
This series comprises bylaws, scrapbooks, minutes, flyers, membership rosters, clippings, events calendars, drawings, programs,
manuscripts, scripts, merchandise catalogs, newsletters, and other administrative records, 1955-1996, from Blue Max Motorcycle
Club. The scrapbooks document Blue Max's activities, such as its Red Baron motorcycle runs, beer busts, monthly meetings,
officer ceremonies, and fundraisers; as well as events of other motorcycle clubs and the Council of Southern California Motorcycle
Clubs, in which Blue Max was a member. The scripts and notes are primarily from "The Rose of No Man's Land," an annual performance
organized by Blue Max members. This series also includes personal papers of former Blue Max Chancellor Hal Hegge.
Arrangement
A newsletter clipping describing the Blue Max collection donation is at the beginning of this series, followed by Blue Max
bylaws and scrapbooks. The remaining folders are arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
ONE/IGLA Bulletin article about Blue Max collection
1996
Box 1, Folder 2
Blue Max Motorcycle Club bylaws
March 13, 1975
Box 1, Folder 9-10
Blue Max charter, roster and scrapbook
1968
Box 1, Folder 11-12
Bike Scene 1970 scrapbook
1970
Box 1, Folder 13-15
Bike Scene 1971 scrapbook
1971
Box 1, Folder 16-18
Bike Scene 1972 scrapbook
1972
Box 1, Folder 19-21
Bike Scene 1973 scrapbook
1973
Box 1, Folder 22
Red Baron Run: A Wild Boar Hunt scrapbook
1971
Box 1, Folder 23
Mad King Ludwig Run scrapbook
1973
Box 1, Folder 24
Administrative records
1968-1986
Box 1, Folder 25
Announcements, flyers, and publicity material
1974-1994
Box 22, Folder 1
Announcements, flyers, and publicity material
1976-1979
Box 2, Folder 1
Announcements, flyers, and publicity material
1978
Scope and Contents
Includes flyers for "No on 6," the campaign against the California Proposition 6 Briggs Initiative.
Box 2, Folder 2-3
Augustan Society "Noble Company of the Rose" newsletters
1992-1995
Box 22, Folder 2
Award certificates
1972, 1981
Box 22, Folder 3
Blue Max handmade Red Baron posters
1975
Box 1, Folder 3
Buddy Motorcycle Club constitution
undated
Box 2, Folder 5
Corporate development plan for Blue Max Sportsman's Lodge
undated
Box 2, Folder 6
Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs charter and records
1969-1975
Box 2, Folder 9
Flags: clippings, newsletters
1992-1995
Box 2, Folder 10
Chancellor Hegge's papers
1968-1981
Box 2, Folder 11
Chancellor materials; drawings and schematics
1974-1975
Box 2, Folder 12
Clippings about Hegge
1953, 1981
Box 2, Folder 14
Correspondence from H.P. Loft and Louie F.
1918, 1971
Box 2, Folder 15
Education and employment records
1955-1982
Box 2, Folder 16-17
Heraldry clippings, newsletters, and pamphlets
1955-1995
Box 2, Folder 25
Installation of Chancellor, program and notes
June 1976
Box 2, Folder 19-24
Iron Cross Motorcycle Club
Box 2, Folder 19
Anniversary runs
circa 1977
Box 2, Folder 22
Meeting minutes
April 1979
Box 2, Folder 23
Membership applications and rosters
1975-1980
Box 2, Folder 27-29
Kaiserzeit issues
1978-1992
Box 2, Folder 30-31
Membership rosters of motorcycle clubs
1968-1979
Box 2, Folder 32
Military information and publications
1975-1983
Box 2, Folder 33
Motor Cross records
1977-1979
Box 3, Folder 1-3
Motorcycle Academy Awards booklets
1978-1992
Box 3, Folder 4
North American Vexillological Association newsletter and correspondence
1991-1996
Box 2, Folder 26
Philip Eulenburg: The Kaiser's Friend, by Johannes Haller (photocopy)
1971
Box 22, Folder 5
Posters of Kaiser Wilhelm, Bismarck
undated
Box 3, Folder 6
Red Baron Run materials
1974
Box 3, Folder 7
Schulteis, Chuck and Charles Duncan funeral material
1971, 1981
Box 3, Folder 8-16
Scripts and notes, Rose of No Man's Land productions
1970-1980
Box 2, Folder 34
Scripts, notes, and playlists (found with audiotapes)
circa 1975
Box 3, Folder 17
Scripts, notes, and schematics
1974-1975
Box 3, Folder 18
Stationary and awards
1973-1977
Box 3, Folder 19
Uniform supplies order forms
undated
Box 3, Folder 21
World War II military products catalog
1973
Box 4-14
Photographs and slides Series 2
1922-1996
Blue Max Motorcycle Club photographs, sample
Scope and Contents
This series comprises photographs, negatives, and slides from Blue Max Motorcycle Club, circa 1922-1996.
Arrangement
This series is divided into two subseries: (2.1) Photographs and negatives, and (2.2) Slides.
Photographs and negatives
circa 1922-1995
Scope and Contents
This series comprises photographs and negatives from the Blue Max Motorcycle Club, circa 1922-1996. The photographs document
Blue Max and other motorcycle clubs' events such as motorcycle runs, officer ceremonies, and fundraisers. Personal photographs
from Hal Hegge are also included.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
Box 4, Folder 5
Hal Hegge's photographs
circa 1922-1970
Box 4, Folder 2
Hal Hegge album
1956-1972
Box 4, Folder 6
Bike Clubs albums
1970-1985
Box 4, Folder 3
Motorcycle club events
circa 1970s
Box 4, Folder 11
Motorcycle club events
circa 1970s
Box 4, Folder 7
Christmas cards with photographs
1971-1985
Box 4, Folder 9
Badger Flats, Penguin Picnic, Pacific Coast Run
September 1972 - October 1972
Physical Description: Negatives.
Box 4, Folder 8
Motorcycle event, unidentified
circa 1972
Box 4, Folder 12
Installation of Bill Robertson (Red Baron), Kaiser's Birthday Party
June 1973 - April 1974
Physical Description: Photographs and negatives.
Box 4, Folder 10
Events, various
circa 1973
Box 4, Folder 13
Easter Run and San Andreas Run
1974
Box 4, Folder 14
Hal Hegge's collection
circa 1975-1978
Box 4, Folder 15
Saddleback, Spring 1977
1977
Box 4, Folder 16
Griff and the motorcycle run
August 1977
Box 4, Folder 17
Events, various
circa 1979
Box 4, Folder 19
Jay Leno at the Motorcycle Heritage Museum
circa 1980s
Box 4, Folder 20
Wedding, unidentified
circa 1980s
Box 4, Folder 21
Motorcycle events
circa 1980s
Box 4, Folder 25
Assorted framed photos
undated
Box 4, Folder 26
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Negatives.
Slides
1959-1996
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises slides from the Blue Max Motorcycle Club, 1956-1996. Images document Blue Max and other motorcycle
clubs' events, such as motorcycle runs, officer ceremonies, anniversary celebrations, beer busts, and fundraisers. Also included
are images of flags and historical figures from Germany and World War I, possibly used for Blue Max ceremonies and performances.
The bulk of the slides are believed to have been photographed by Hal Hegge.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 5, Folder 2
Events, various
1965, 1969
Box 5, Folder 4
Motorcycle runs; Death Valley, Indio, Queen Mary, San Andreas
1967-1968
Box 5, Folder 7
Saddleback Easter Run; Buddy Club; Circus Cycle; Camp Bandido
April-May 1968
Box 5, Folder 8
Saddleback 4th Annual Rodeo Meet; Recon Invitational Flight, San Francisco; 4th Indio Tour Pacific Coasters Motorcycle Club
October 1968
Box 5, Folder 9
Coasters Motorcycle Club Run, Rainier Creek; Satyr Run Badger Flats
July 1968, November 1968
Box 5, Folder 10
November Runs: Boynfit, Armistice Day, Fasching Tag
November 1968, November 1969, November 1970
Box 5, Folder 11
Oedipus Grecian Games VIII
1969-1973
Box 5, Folder 12
1st Blue Max Kaiser's Birthday Party; Satyr Run, San Diego; Dirty Laundry Run
April 1969, January 1970
Box 5, Folder 13
Oedipus Grecian Games, motorcycle club
May 1969
Box 5, Folder 14
San Andreas Motorcycle Club, Sons of the Beach Run, Saddleback Easter Run
May 1969
Box 5, Folder 15
Spring Scrambler, Mod Mod World, Buddy Motorcycle Club
May 1969
Box 5, Folder 17
Badger Flats, Indio; Southern California Motorcycle Club Council Olympics
September-October 1969
Box 5, Folder 16
1st Red Baron Run, Kaiser's 2nd Birthday Party
June 1969
Box 5, Folder 18
Blessing of the Bikes
December 1969
Box 6, Folder 2
Barbary Coasters Academy Awards; Recon Picnic, Mt. Diablo
April 1970
Box 6, Folder 3
Silver Spurs Installation, Buddy Club Carnival, Gladiators Motorcycle Club Elevation
May 1970
Box 6, Folder 4
Red Baron Run; Oedipus Grecian Games V
May 1970, July 1970
Box 6, Folder 5
Wachewechsel; Red Baron Run
June-July 1970
Box 6, Folder 6
Black Pipe and Friends; Buddy Club Motorcycle; Yankee Doodle Scrambles
July 1970
Box 6, Folder 7
Labor Day Badger Flats; Satyr Run
September 1970
Box 6, Folder 8
Satyr Anniversary, 6th Blessing of the Bikes with Bishop Edmond Sheehan
November-December 1970
Box 6, Folder 13
8th Annual Kaiser's Birthday Party, Coronation of Oedipus Rex XXVI
January 1971
Box 6, Folder 14
Oedipus Cupid Run, Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club New Members, Buddy Club Installation, The Stud
February 1971
Box 6, Folder 15
Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs (CSCMC) Olympics and Blue Max open meeting
March 1971
Box 6, Folder 16
Silver Spurs 1st Anniversary Trooper's Hall, Gladiators Motorcycle Club Elevation
March 1971
Box 7, Folder 1
Barbary Coasters Academy Awards
April 1971
Box 7, Folder 2
Saddleback 6th Easter Run
April 1971
Box 7, Folder 3
Oedipus Grecian Games VI
May 1971
Box 7, Folder 4
Christopher Street West
June 1971
Box 7, Folder 5
Blue Max Motorcycle Club 3rd Anniversary
June 5, 1971
Box 7, Folder 6
Red Baron Boar Hunt, San Bernardino
August 1971
Box 7, Folder 7
Red Baron Wild Boar Hunt
August 7-8, 1971
Box 7, Folder 8
Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club, Indio Motorcycle Tour, LCs Reception, Australian SPMC Sydney
October 1971
Box 7, Folder 9
Blue Max [illegible], Satyr Anniversary, San Andreas Bike Blessing
November-December 1971
Box 7, Folder 10
Golden State Cowboy Dinner, Oedipus Royal Dinner, First Ladies Run
December 1971
Box 7, Folder 12
Guard Change, [illegible] San Francisco, Motorcycle Club Jamboree Bakersfield, CCMC Run
1972-1973, 1983
Box 7, Folder 14
Kaiser's Birthday Party, Coronation Oedipus Rex XXVIII, Argonauts 1st Anniversary
January-February 1972
Box 7, Folder 15
Barbary Coasters 6th Annual Academy Awards
February-March 1972
Box 7, Folder 13
Changing of the Guard, T Extras Mainly Iron Cross, Hal Hegge
1972, 1975, 1976
Box 7, Folder 16
Warrior Motorcycle Club 3rd Annual Run, Mark Monday's Bike Christening, Warrior 3rd Anniversary
February 1972, April 1972
Box 7, Folder 17
Open meeting Black Pipe; Saddleback Easter Run, San Luis Obispo
March-April 1972
Box 8, Folder 1
Saddleback Easter Run (part 2), Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs Olympics
April 1-2, April 23 1972
Box 8, Folder 2
Blue Max 4th Anniversary, Golden State Cowboys Marlboro Country
June 1972
Box 8, Folder 3
Adam's Sacramento Trip
June 1972
Box 8, Folder 4
Carl Todd Memorial Run, San Andreas Christmas in July
July 1972
Box 8, Folder 5
Red Baron Guns of August Run, Barton Flats San Bernardino Mountains
August 1972
Box 8, Folder 6
Constantine Run
August 1972
Box 8, Folder 7
Red Baron Guns of August Run, Constantine Run Brannon Island
August 1972
Box 8, Folder 8
Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club 2nd Anniversary Run, Installation of Officers, Indio Run
September - October 1972
Box 8, Folder 9
Blue Max Open Meeting
October 1972
Box 8, Folder 10
November Runs
November 1972
Box 8, Folder 11
Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club Miner Warehouse, San Andreas Blessing of the Bikes
December 1972
Box 8, Folder 12
Blessing of the Bikes, Golden State Cowboys, Oedipus Royal Dinner
December 1972
Box 8, Folder 13
Saddleback Easter Run
circa 1972
Box 9, Folder 16
Orange Balloon Event (Saddleback?)
1973
Box 8, Folder 15
Badger, Guard Change, Blue Max meeting at Hal's house
1973, 1974, 1975
Box 8, Folder 16
Argonaut's 2nd Anniversary, 7th Annual Barbary Coasters Academy Awards
February 1973
Box 8, Folder 17
Kaiser's 10th Birthday Party, Coronation of Oedipus Rex XXX
February-March 1973
Box 8, Folder 18
Academy Awards #2, Warrior Motorcycle Club Flight of the Green Trojan
March 1973
Box 8, Folder 19
Saddleback Easter Run "Bunny of Oz"; Blue Max open meeting, outcast
March-April 1973
Box 9, Folder 1
Saddleback Easter Run "Bunny of Oz"
April 1973
Box 9, Folder 2-4
Oedipus Grecian Games, Space Odyssey, Angeles Forest
May 1973
Box 9, Folder 5
Blue Max 5th Anniversary, Larchmont Hall
June 9, 1973
Box 9, Folder 6-7
10th Annual CMC Rainier Creek Run
June 30-July 2, 1973
Box 9, Folder 8-9
Red Baron Mad Ludwig Run
August 1973
Box 9, Folder 10
Constantine Run, Della Run
August 1973
Box 9, Folder 11
[Untitled]
August-September 1973
Box 9, Folder 12
Harley of Glendale Grand Opening, Runs
October 1973
Box 9, Folder 13
Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs (CSCMC) Olympics, Burbank
October 21, 1973
Box 9, Folder 14
Loboc Motorcycle Club 1st Anniversary Run, Blue Max meeting
November 1973
Box 10, Folder 1
Buddy Club, Broncos, Oedipus Grecian Games
1973-1974
Box 10, Folder 2
Coronation of Oedipus Rex XXXII, Academy Awards
January 1974
Box 10, Folder 3
Kaiser's Birthday Party, Larchmont Hall
January 1974
Box 10, Folder 4
[Unidentified]
February-March 1974
Box 10, Folder 5-10
Runs, various
April-August 1974
Box 10, Folder 11
Bike Christening, Stud Bar; Oedipus Anniversary Run
October 1974-March 1975
Box 13, Folder 9-11
Events
August 1979, December 1974, May 1983
Box 10, Folder 17
Broncos-Blue Max Run
1974, 1975, 1979
Box 10, Folder 16
Kaiser's Birthday Party
1974-1975
Box 10, Folder 14-15
Oedipus Grecian Games, Saddleback
1974-1975
Box 11, Folder 2
Flags and Banners
1974-1981
Box 12, Folder 4
Events
March 28, 1976 - April 13, 1976
Box 12, Folder 5
Bronco Christening and Iron Cross Wedding
May 1976
Box 12, Folder 6
Christopher Street West
June, 1976
Box 12, Folder 7-18
Events
June 1976-September 1977
Box 13, Folder 1
Great Western Gun Show
November 1977
Box 13, Folder 2-6
Events
January 1978-April 1979
Box 13, Folder 7-8
Christopher Street West Gay Pride
July 1979
Box 14, Folder 17-20
Flags, landscapes, miscellaneous
1980-1996
Box 13, Folder 12
Nude and erotic stills
August 1983-1974
Box 14, Folder 14
Flags
April 1981, October 1983, August 1984, 1985
Box 13, Folder 13-15
Events
March 1984, July-August 1984, August 1986
Box 14, Folder 23
Stills from erotic and other films
undated
Film and video recordings Series 3
1956-1993
Scope and Contents
This series comprises film (8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm) and videocassettes (VHS) documenting Blue Max events and runs, and those
of other motorcycle clubs, 1956-1993.
Arrangement
This series is divided into two subseries: (3.1) Film, and (3.2) Video recordings (VHS).
Film
1956-1977
Scope and Contents
This series comprises film (8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm), 1956-1977, of Blue Max events, such as motorcycle runs, anniversary
celebrations, officer ceremonies, and fundraisers. Films also document events organized by other Southern California motorcycle
clubs.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
Abercrombie vs. Antelope
February 10, 1956
Physical Description: 1 film reel (16mm) black and white, 400ft.
Abercrombie, Morro Bay
circa 1956-1958
Physical Description: 1 film reel (16mm) color, 400ft.
Morro Bay skin diving
1958
Physical Description: 1 film reel (16mm) color, 400ft.
Redondo Beach
1966
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Saddleback Easter Motorcycle Club Run, Three Rivers
April 1968
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 50ft.
Saddleback Three Rivers Easter Run, Badger Flats-Indio
April 1968
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Bike Blessing; Blue Max Mad Ludwig Run
December-August 1973
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Bike Christening, Brian Edwards
April 7, 1974
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Saddleback Easter Run
April 13, 1974
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Blue Max 6th Anniversary
June 8, 1974
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club Black Mountain Run, part 1
July 20-21, 1974
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club Black Mountain Run, part 2
July 20-21, 1974
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Red Baron Run
August 3-4, 1974
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Loboc Motorcycle Club
September 21, 1974
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Oedipus Grecian Games, reel 1
1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Oedipus Grecian Games, reel 2
1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Blue Max 7th Anniversary and Changing of the Guard
June 6, 1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Christopher Street West
June 27, 1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Rocky Mountaineer Golden Fleece Run Denver
July 4, 1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Constantine Monterey Dons Run
August 1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Red Baron-Von Steuben Run, reel 1
August 1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Red Baron-Von Steuben Run, reel 2
August 1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs (CSCMC) Olympic Games
October 19, 1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
11th San Andreas Blessing of the Bikes
November 30, 1975
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Oedipus Grecian Games
1976
Physical Description: 1 film reel (Super 8mm) color, 400 ft.
Existence and Location of Copies
Preservation copies of this item were created in 2013. These copies (a 16mm internegative, a 16mm answer print, and a Digital
Betacam videocassette) are stored at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. A DVD reference copy is available for onsite viewing:
VDD0906.
Oedipus Rex
1976
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
[Red Baron] El Baron Rojo-Viva Max Run
1976
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
11th Saddleback Easter Run
1976
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Red Baron Fjord Run
August 1977
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 400ft.
Cross and Cockade
September 17, 1977
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Blue Max
undated
Physical Description: 1 film reel (8mm) color, 200ft.
Dempsey Sharkey Rodeo
undated
Physical Description: 1 film reel (16mm) black and white, 400ft.
Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods
undated
Physical Description: 1 film reel (Super 8mm) black and white, 200ft.
Video recordings (VHS)
1979-1993
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises videocassettes (VHS), 1979-1993, of Blue Max events, such as motorcycle runs, anniversary celebrations,
officer ceremonies, fundraisers, and gay pride festivities.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
Item VV3048
Blue Max and Buddy Run camera master
1983
Item VV3049
Blue Max Installation at Christmas
undated
Item VV3050
Blue Max Investiture, New Officers
undated
Item VV3051
Blue Max New York City, "Royal Scandals 93" Events and Show
1993
Item VV3052
Blue Max Run edit copy
1984
Item VV3053
"Bombs, Battleships, and the Blue Max!" Activities; Amateur, Club Show produced by Buddy Ball and John Cochran
August 1991
Item VV3055-VV3064
Carnival Tails (erotic)
undated
Item VV3070
Christopher Street West Gay Pride, camera unit 1 master
July 1, 1984
Item VV3071
Christopher Street West Gay Pride, camera unit 2 master
July 1, 1984
Item VV3067
Christopher Street West Gay Pride, edit master
June 28, 1983
Item VV3072
Christopher Street West Gay Pride, edited copy of the full parade
July 1, 1984
Item VV3066
Christopher Street West Gay Pride from KGAY master
1982
Item VV3065
Christopher Street West Gay Pride Parade slide show
1979-1980
Item VV3068
Christopher Street West Gay Pride, unit 1 master
June 28, 1983
Item VV3069
Christopher Street West Gay Pride, unit 2 master
June 28, 1983
Item VV3074
Legendary Ladies; Yes Live
undated
Item VV3078
Sunset Junction Street Fair
August 21, 1982
Item VV3079
Sunset Junction Street Fair
1983
Item VV3077
Uncut footage; Steve Moore
undated
Item VV3073
Uncut Los Angeles footage; Frenchies uncut (erotic)
undated
Item VV3075
Uncut Los Angeles footage; Men's Room and Men's Room 2 (erotic)
undated
Box 17
Sound recordings Series 4
circa 1960-1980
Scope and Contents
This series comprises audiocassettes, open reel audiotape, and phonograph records from Blux Max, circa 1960-1980.
Arrangement
This series is divided into two subseries: (4.1) Audiocassettes, and (4.2) Open reel audiotape and phonograph records.
Audiocassettes
1970-1980
Scope and Contents
This series comprises audiocassettes, circa 1970-1980, from Blue Max. The bulk of the audiocassettes is music and recordings
used for Blue Max's annual performance, "The Rose of No Man's Land."
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
Item AC2933
(2) Trumpet Fan Faire
undated
Item AC2934
(3) Trumpets and Stuff
undated
Item AC2901
(5) Honorary Kaiser, Duane
undated
Item AC2904
(8) A Pretty Girl
undated
Item AC2905
(9) British Bonanza Tomorrow
undated
Item AC2909
Bill Robertson, Blue Max
undated
Item AC2910
Bill Robertson opening; "Kiss-Kill"
undated
Item AC2911
Bill Robertson rehearsal
undated
Item AC2914
Circus-Circus; Lowell Haver
undated
Item AC2917
Found on HWY 40
August 1978
Item AC2918
God Bless America (vocal)
undated
Item AC2919
Gypsy Dance; Bill Robertson
circa 1970-1979
Item AC2920
He's Our King Forever
undated
Item AC2921
Peter's Introduction
undated
Item AC2927
Rose of No Man's Land, Arab Special
undated
Item AC2928
Rose of No Man's Land #27
June 1979
Item AC2929
Rose of No Man's Land chapter 27
undated
Item AC2930
Rose of No Man's Land chapter 28
January 25, 1980
Item AC2931
Salvation Army (Razor Back)
undated
Open reel audiotape and phonograph records
circa 1960-1980
Scope and Contents
This series comprises 52 open reel audiotapes (1/4 in.) and 27 phonograph records, circa 1960-1980. The bulk of these is
music and recordings used for Blue Max's annual performance, "The Rose of No Man's Land."
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
Item ARR0389
Blue Max chapter 1 and 2
undated
Item ARR0388
Blue Max Golden State Cowboy Run
June 26-27, 1971
Item ARR0438
Blue Max Motorcycle Club, "Gone With the Wind"
undated
Item ARR0390
Changing of the Guard
1969
Item ARR0391
Changing of the Guard
1970
Item ARR0393
Duane Mollar Made Honorary Kaiser
1971
Item ARR0394
Faithfully Yours?; interview, Jack and nudist colony near San Bernardino
undated
Item ARR0397
R/B (Red Baron) Show #1
1969
Item ARR0401-ARR0426
Rose of No Man's Land, chapter 1-27
circa 1969-1979
Item ARR0427
Rose of No Man's Land Special (Arab)
January 1977
Item ARR0428
Rose of No Man's Land Special (Mexican)
June 11, 1977
Item ARR0396
Used on OGG (Oedipus Grecian Games)
undated
Box 17
Untitled phonograph records
undated
Scope and Contents
27 phonograph records.
Box 15-16, 18-27
Objects, textiles, and ephemera Series 5
1965-1994
Scope and Contents
This series comprises decorative buttons, award plaques, banners, uniform accoutrements, helmets, T-shirts, silk screens,
theatrical props, and other material from Blue Max Motorcycle Club, circa 1965-1994. Included are buttons from Blue Max and
several other motorcycle clubs, accoutrements for Blue Max's elaborate uniforms, and flags and props likely used for Blue
Max's annual performance, "The Rose of No Man's Land."
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 18
Bill Robertson Chancellor plaque
1973-1974
Box 19
Bill Robertson Chancellor plaque and gavel
1982-1983
Box 18
Bill Robertson Man of the Year plaque
1992
Box 18
Bill Robertson Outstanding Assistance plaque
1972
Box 19
Bill Robertson President plaque and gavel
1978-1979
Box 18
Bill Robertson Third President plaque
1970-1971
Box 18
Dave Ramsey "Rose of No Man's Land" record and plaque
June 25, 1974
Box 18
Hal Hegge Activity Award plaque
1969
Box 18
Hal Hegge Activity Award plaque
1970
Box 18
Hal Hegge plaque
July 8, 1978
Box 18
Hal Hegge President plaque
1969-1971
Box 18
Hal Hegge 3rd Place Most Active plaque
1975-1976
Box 18
Hal Hegge 3rd Place Most Trophies plaque
1975-1976
Box 21
Baseball caps
circa 1974-1985
Physical Description: 2 baseball caps.
Box 16, Folder 1
American Motorcycle Association
undated
Box 16, Folder 4
Bar events and beer busts
1967-1986
Box 15, Folder 3
Buddy Motorcycle Club
1967-1986
Box 16, Folder 2
California Council of Motorcycle Clubs
1970-1992
Box 15, Folder 7
Motorcycle clubs, miscellaneous
1969-1994
Box 15, Folder 1
Motorcycle clubs, miscellaneous
1970-1991
Box 15, Folder 6
Oedipus Motorcycle Club
1970-1994
Box 16, Folder 5
Red Baron, Badger Flats, other events
1967-1993
Box 15, Folder 5
Saddleback, Hawks, British clubs
1968-1985
Box 16, Folder 6
Uniform buttons
circa 1970s
Box 15, Folder 2
Warriors and 76ers
1969-1979
Box 20
Helmets and uniform accoutrements
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes two helmets, buttons, fasteners, leather straps, plastic straps, a Koenig golden eagle, and templates for uniform
emblems.
Box 23
Leather vest with buttons attached
undated
Box 21
Patches and ribbons
undated
Box 21
Sashes and armbands
undated
Box 24-26
Screens (screen printing equipment)
undated
Box 21
Miscellaneous textiles, uniform accoutrements, and theatrical props
undated