Finding Aid to the David Cunard and Walter Shuster Motorcycle Club Collection Coll2015.004

Kyle Morgan
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: David Cunard and Walter Shuster Motorcycle Club Collection
creator: Cunard, David
creator: Shuster, Walter
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2015.004
Physical Description: 6.1 Linear Feet 2 archive boxes + 4 flat archive box + 1 archive shoebox
Date (inclusive): 1965-2004
Abstract: Motorcycle club administrative records, event records, programs, flyers, buttons, pins, medals, clothing, and other ephemera and realia collected by Walter Shuster and David Cunard, 1965-2004. David Cunard, also known as David Gooch, and Walter Shuster were motorcycle enthusiasts and members of the Buddy Motorcycle Club and The Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs (CSCMC).

Content Description

Motorcycle club programs, flyers, buttons, pins, medals, clothing, event challenges, and other ephemera and realia collected by Walter Shuster and David Cunard, 1965-2004. The collection includes bylaws, event records, guidebooks, policies, meeting minutes, and other administrative records of the Buddy Motorcycle Club and the Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs, 1965-1985.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deed of gift signed by Cunard and Shuster on August 3, 2010. Deed of gift signed by Riley J. Black on December 21, 2011.

Separated Materials

Separated to the ONE audiovisual collection:
The Oedipus M/C Motorcycle Madness, 1985-1994. (2 DVDs: VDD0187R and VDD0189R)
Strike up the Grand Hinge and Bracket Farewell Performance, Trouper's Hall, Los Angeles, December 12, 1981. (1 DVD: VDD0185R)
Separated to ONE periodical collection:
Compass, v.10, no.12, September 1982.
MSC London News, v.11, no.2, February 1985.
Separated to the ONE program collection:
Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists, Media Awards, third annual, September 19, 1983.
Separated to the ONE poster collection:
Text at top: "The Griffin Lives…." Text at bottom: "7754 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90038." A shirtless man in leather pants stands with arms crossed astride a griffin. At the bottom left corner is the symbol for Griff’s Bar. Signed, 78 out of 250. Black and white.
Text at top: "The Griffin Lives…." Text at bottom: "7754 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90038." A griffin mounts a man with a leather collar. At the bottom left corner is the symbol for Griff’s Bar. Signed, 78 out of 250. Black and white.
Text at top: "Griffs." Text at bottom: "7754 Melrose Avenue / Los Angeles / On the Leather Strip" A man stands in a tight T-shirt with his arms crossed, a beer in his left hand, flanked by two other men, one wearing a leather jacket, the other a buttoned down long sleeve shirt. Black and white.
Text at top: "The 1979 International Mr. Leather Contest." Text at bottom: "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., May 18, 19, & 20." Text on the side: "For more information contact The Gold Coast, 501 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A." A shirtless man stands holding his belt in black books, black leather pants, black leather jacket, and a black uniform hat. Created by Etienne. Black and white.
White text on a red banner down the left side: "Gold Coast." Text at bottom: "501 N. Clark, Chicago." Against a yellow and green backdrop, a shirtless man stands holding his belt in black books, black leather pants, black leather jacket, and a black uniform hat. Signed by Etienne, 1978. Color.

Conditions Governing Access

The records are restricted due to mold damage.

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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder #, or item name] David Cunard and Walter Shuster Motorcycle Club Collection, Coll2015-004, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2015.

Separated to the ONE T-shirt collection

White with black symbols. Front design: Eight rings, each with different colored glitter, around a number 1 in glitter.
Black with white text. Front text: Oedipus M.C. Los Angeles. Front design: A crown.
White with black text. Front text: Oedipus M.C. Front design: A crown. The front text and design are duplicated on the back.
Red with black text. Front text: The Grand Tour, July 1-4, 1983, Joint Run, Loboc M/C Buddy. Front design: A four car train going around a bend.
White with red text. Front text: Rosenfriege 2 1993. Front design: Text inside a red flower.
White with blue text. Front text: Buddy Motorcycle Club. Front design: Two crossing checkered flags.
Red with black text. Front text: David. Back text: San Andreas M/C Inc, So. Ca. Back design: A rounded triangle with wings inside another triangle (presumably the symbol for the San Andreas Motorcycle Club).
Red with black text. Front text: Walter. Back text: San Andreas M/C Inc, So. Ca. Back design: A rounded triangle with wings inside another triangle (presumably the symbol for the San Andreas Motorcycle Club).
Light blue/grey with dark purple text. Front text on the righthand corner: “The Royal Outing.” Front design on the righthand corner: Two mirrored griffins with a shield in the middle and a crown atop.
Light blue/grey with black text. Front text on lefthand corner: Star Trik, Warriors CCMC, 1991. Back text: Star Trik, The Gay Generation. Back design: Front view of the Starship Enterprise above the symbols for CCMC (written across a shield) and W Los Angeles (the symbol of the Warriors).
White with black text. Front text: Bunkhouse Los Angeles. Front brown design: A belt with gold buckle.
White with black text. Front design: A W flanked by spears, each with two feathers (the symbol of the Warriors).
Grey with deep brown text: Front text: Airplane, The Run, 1995, We’re Back!, CCMC, Warriors @ Camp Wasewagon. Front design: An airplane rudder over rolling hills.
Grey with deep brown text: Front text on lefthand corner: Hocus Pocus, Warriors/CCMC 1994. Front design on lefthand corner: An upsidedown hat with rabbits ears sticking out. Back design: A bearded wizard with stars between upraised hands and banners of Warriors and CCMC on his chest.
White with black text: Front text: Folsom Prison. Front design: The back of a naked man behind bars and a ball and chain on his leg with “1898 Folsom” on it.
White with Green text: Front text: Saint Patrick’s Run 1978. Front design: A hat with a three leaf clover on it and a smoking pipe.
White with black text. Front text: Rosenfriege 1978. Front design: Red petal and green leaf flower with text inside.
Green with white text. Front text: Brotherhood of Los Angeles.
Dark blue with light blue text. Front text on the lefthand corner: Blue Max M.C. L. A. Front design: Crest of Blue Max. Back text: Blue Max M/C Franco-Prussian! Red Baron 1982. Back design: Germany’s admiral flag with a wreath behind and text inside.
White with red text. Front text: Americana MC. Front design: Blue eagle.
Grey with red text. Front text: Buccaneer’s Bounty, The Blue Max – Red Baron Run, 1989. Front design: Pirate ship on water.
White with red text. Front text: 1980 Brotherhood Run, London England – San Francisco California. Front design: Blue heads of an eagle and lion.
White with black text: Front text: Blue Max – Red Baron, Bavarian Tour, 1986. Front design: A griffin inside a shield with a shield inside the griffin.
Red with black text. Front text: Red Baron, Blue Max Motorcycle Club LA, 1985. Front design: A helmet over a banner over a serpent with four clawed legs.
Light blue with dark blue text. Front text: “Miss Liberty Goes Nashville”, June 13, 14, 15, Warriors. Front design: The head of the Statue of Liberty with a tag reading $55.00.
White with grey/blue text. Front text: Blue Max Motorcycle Club, Wilhelm of Arabia, Red Baron, 1980. Front design: A speared man on a camel.
White text with red design. Front design: Woman sitting before a pillared mansion with trees.
Red with yellow text. Front text: Dante’s Inferno RB 90, Red Baron Run 1990. Front design. A blue banner with text inside and flames on top.
Dark blue and light blue text. Front text: Rock & Roll Classics, Warriors Motorcycle Club, The Sixties… A Night at the Grammies, June 12, 13, 14 1987. Front design: A gramophone with text inside.
Yellow with blue text. Front text: 20th Anniversary, est. 1968, Oktoberfest 1988, Red Baron Run, The Blue Max Motorcycle Club. Blue design: Drinking mug with a banner around it.
Dark blue with white text. Front text: Hawks.
White with green text. Front text: Tahitian Treat, 1987, Blue Max M/C, Red Baron Run. Front design: Three palm trees and a banner.
White with blue text. Front text: Kronprinzessin Cecilie 1979, the last voyage… Front design: An anchor across a key.
Pink with black text: Front text: First Ladies 1978.
White with blue text. Front text: Semi-Tough. Back text: Many Thanks, Burt Reynolds. Back design: A heart in the middle of the text.
Light blue with dark blue text. Front text: Warriors, June 19, 20, 21, Happy Haunting Run, 1981. Front design: The text around a demon’s head.
White with white text. Front text: Lackaroos Melbourne. Front design: The head of a longhorn bull with text on brown banners.

Biographical / Historical

David Cunard, also known as David Gooch, and Walter Shuster were motorcycle enthusiasts and members of the Buddy Motorcycle Club and The Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs.

Related Materials

Blue Max Motorcycle Club Records, Coll2013-055, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Peter Bromilow Collection on Gay Motorcycle Clubs, Coll2013-086, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Scott Shot Oedipus Motorcycle Club Photographs, Coll2012-023, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gay motorcycle clubs
Programs (documents)
Fliers (printed matter)
Cunard, David
Shuster, Walter
Cunard, David
Shuster, Walter

Box 2, Folder 1-2

76ers, Argonauts, and Blue Max Motorcycle Clubs event programs 1980-1993

Box 5

Award plaque for "Second Place Buddy" at Badger Flat for Anno XXV 1979

Box 3

Award plaque presented to Walter Shuster in appreciation for his contributions to the motorcycle community from the First Ladies of the Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs 1976

Box 2, Folder 28

Award plaques and certificates 1974-1986

Box 4

Award ribbons, assorted events 1978-1985, unated

Physical Charateristics

[15 ribbons, 2 with attached plastic motorcycles]
Box 1, Folder 1-4

Barbary Coasters event programs and policies 1975-1983

Box 1, Folder 5-24

Buddy Motorcycle Club records 1965-1985

Scope and Contents

Administrative records, bylaws, event records, event programs, flyers, invitations, guidebooks, policies, and meeting minutes. Includes some records of the Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs.
Box 6

Buddy Motorcycle Club logo silkscreen screen circa 1975-1985

Box 2, Folder 3-9

The Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs (CSCMC) records 1978-1983

Scope and Contents

Administrative records, membership records, and flyers. Includes some records of the Motor Cross Foundation and Buddy Motorcycle Club.
Box 2, Folder 29

Ephemera and realia circa 1975-1995

Scope and Contents

Includes stud earrings, a brooch, patches, club cards, seals, and other ephemera. Also includes photocopies of motorcycle club buttons, pins, medals, belt buckles, dog tags, and tokens that were separated to the ONE ephemera collection.
Box 7

Ephemera and realia, objects circa 1975-1985

Scope and Contents

Two Buddy Motorcycle Club mugs with transparent bottoms, one Buddy Motorcycle Club 60 milliliter bottle, one trophy top of a biker on a motorcycle, two Barbary Coasters motorcycle award trophies (1978-1979), one "First Ladies -- CSCMC" purple sash with a pin (1978), "Greetings from FIG!" cardboard audio box, and one Motorcycle Club Championship Awards seal stamp.
Box 5, Folder 2

Ephemera and realia, oversized circa 1968-1985

Scope and Contents

Includes a chainmail necklace, a 1968 American Motorcycle Association certificate of registration for the Buddy Motorcycle Club, Buddy Motorcycle Club colors created by a silkscreen, and flyers.
Box 6

Ephemera and realia, small objects undated

Scope and Contents

Includes 4 rubber stamps, 2 sets of earrings, 2 single cufflinks, 1 pair of cufflinks, 1 Griff's Bar lighter, and 1 small chess pawn piece with a horseshoe-like symbol on the bottom.
Box 2, Folder 27

Images undated

Scope and Contents

Images of unidentified people and negatives for the Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs promotional material.
Box 2, Folder 11-12

Institute of Motorcycle Research and Loboc Motorcycle Club event programs 1979-1985

Box 2, Folder 10

Interclub mailing list, membership records 1984, undated

Box 5, Folder 3

Mockups of promotional material, primarily for the Buddy Motorcycle Club circa 1975-1985

Box 2, Folder 13

Motor Cross Foundation administrative records and event programs 1974-1985

Box 2, Folder 14-17

Motorcycle club records 1975-1989

Scope and Contents

Administrative records, event records, flyers, invitations, motorcycle run challenges, and programs.
 

Motorcycle club vests circa 1975-1985

Scope and Contents

Two Buddy Motorcycle Club white denim vests with Los Angeles stitched in the front in blue, one with a Walter name pin and other pins and buttons, one plain.
Two Oedipus Motorcycle Club white leather vests with the Oedipus logo on the back, one with a Walter name pin, one with a David name pin.
Two Warriors Motorcycle Club blue denim vests with the Warriors logo on the back, one with a Walter name pin and other pins and patches, one with two pins and two patches.
 

Motorcycle club dress shirts circa 1975-1985

Scope and Contents

Three white shirts with Buddy Motorcycle Club patches on the sleeves, two long-sleeved, one short-sleeved.
One navy blue shirt with Buddy Motorcycle Club patches on the sleeves and pins.
Two white shirts and one black shirt with the Oedipus Motorcycle Club symbol on the back, one white shirt has "Honorary" and "David" stitched in black, one white shirt has "Honorary" and "Walter" stitched in black and patches on each sleeve, and one black shirt has "Honorary" and "Walter" stitched in white, a medal, and a white fabric aiguillette.
One gray and navy blue shirt with the San Andreas Motorcycle Club symbol on the back, a Walter name pin, and a red fabric aiguillette.
Box 2, Folder 18-19

Oedipus Grecian Games and Oedipus Rex coronation programs 1978-1994

Box 2, Folder 20

Olympic event motorcycle challenges 1977-1985

Box 2, Folder 21-23

Saddleback, San Andreas, and Satyrs Motorcycle Clubs event programs 1976-2004

Box 2, Folder 24

Shuster, Walter personal papers 1955-1986

Scope and Contents

Awards, employment records, correspondence, ephemera, military records, resumes, and student records.
Box 2, Folder 25

Subject files 1969-1986

Box 2, Folder 26

Warriors Motorcycle Club event programs 1978-1994