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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Robert J. Manners papers
creator:
Manners, Robert J.
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.067
Physical Description:
5.3 Linear Feet
4 boxes, 1 carton, and 1 shoebox
Date (inclusive): 1953-2010
Abstract: This collection mainly comprises Robert Manners' correspondence, newspaper clippings, catalogs, bibliographies, administrative
records, and other material, 1953-2010. Manners was the owner and operator of the home-based gay and lesbian mail order catalog
Books Bohemian (Pasadena, California) from 1977 to 2004.
Robert J. Manners owned and operated Books Bohemian, a home-based mail order book catalog, for 27 years (1977-2004). During
his tenure as a book distributor, he corresponded with a number of incarcerated gay men who wrote him requesting gay literature.
Manners provided books free of charge to gay inmates, many of whom kept in contact for several years through letters. Manners
also corresponded with a number of gay and lesbian writers and collected their bibliographies, book reviews, and biographies.
Manners is also an activist for LGBTQ rights and interests.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
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 Robert J. Manners, May 16, 2010.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Robert J. Manners Papers, Coll2014-067, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection processed by Cooper Moll, September 2014.
This collection comprises Robert Manners' correspondence, newspaper clippings, catalogs, bibliographies, administrative records,
and other material, 1953-2010. The collection primarily consists of administrative records from Books Bohemian, correspondence
with gay inmates, and correspondence with gay and lesbian writers whose books he sold through the catalog.
This collection is divided into two series: (1) Correspondence, and (2) Administrative records and subject files.
The following have been separated to the ONE Archives periodical collection:
ACLU Lesbian & Gay Rights Chapter Newsletter, 2000-2002
Amsterdam Columbia Fun Map, 1998
Barfly, 1970
BLK Magazine, 1993-1994
The Frontlines Newsletter, 2007
Gay Academic Union Los Angeles Chapter Newsletter, 1978-1981
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Newsletter, 1995
Gay & Lesbian Studies List (Bolerium Books), 2000-2002
Gay Sunshine 10th Anniversary Issue, 1980
Highways Program, 2004
Jim Kepner's Song & Dance, 1993-1997
Lambda Legal Impact Newsletter, 2007-2009
LifeLines, Project Angel Food Newsletter, 2005-2009
ONE Institute/International Gay and Lesbian Archives Bulletin, 1998
Outfest Programs, 2000-2009
Parsonage News, The, 1986
Pride Magazine, 2005
Rainbow Report, The, 1983-1987
Refining the Future of Destiny Catalog, 2007-2008
Star News, 1977
Ten Percent, UCLA's Gay Newsmagazine, 1980
UPDATE, Southern California's Gay Newspaper, 1984
"Looking for Langston" (1989) VHS has been seperated to the ONE Archives video collection.
"Elizabethan Songs & Negro Spirituals" by Bayard Rustin (circa 1952) LP has been separated to the ONE Archives record collection.
A 1993 March on Washington button has been seperated to the ONE Archives button collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Booksellers and bookselling
Clippings
Gay and lesbian writers
Gay prisoners
Gays in literature
Prisoners -- Correspondence
Manners, Robert J.
Books Bohemian