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Finding Aid to the Cleve Boutell Papers, 1949-2008
Coll2013.114
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Title: Cleve Boutell papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.114
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7.3 linear feet.
4 archive boxes + 2 flat archive boxes + 1 archive binder.
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1956-2007
Date (inclusive): 1949-2008
Abstract: Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, news clippings and other materials from lesbian writer Cleve Marie Boutell (1918-2011).
The bulk of the collection is drafts of fictional works by Cleve Boutell. There is also correspondence with her lesbian sister
Hortense "Bo" Boutell (1913-2006), a lieutenant colonel and the first female logistician in the United States Army.
creator:
Boutell, Cleve M., 1918-2011
Cleve Marie Boutell was born in Minnesota on March 27, 1918. She was a lesbian writer who wrote fictional short stories and
novels, including
The Yellow Basket (1950),
Late in August (1956) and
A Certain Discontent (1992). She was an avid book collector, an active member of the Feminist Writers Guild, and served as art director for
Datamation Magazine. She lived most of her life in Pasadena, California and supported the Pasadena bookstore Page One--Books For and By Women.
Cleve died on March 19, 2011 in South Pasadena, California.
Hortense "Bo" Boutell, Cleve's sister, was born on February 12, 1913 in Minnesota. Hortense was active in the United States
Army and was the first woman to be accepted into the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. She became a lieutenant colonel,
the highest position a woman could obtain at the time, and worked as the Army's first female logistician. After retiring from
the Army, Hortense received her MFA from George Washington University and worked as a stained glass artist. She also was a
producer for the German film company Ariadne Films. Hortense died on July 15, 2006 in Washington D.C.
Sources:
Chiara, Adriana.
Martial Artist.
Crystal City etc. Summer 1993: 10-11, 13. Print.
Box 4, Folder 8, Cleve Boutell Papers, Coll2013-114, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California.
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.
Gift of Patricia Cornelius on November 7, 2011.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Cleve Boutell Papers, Coll2013-114, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection processed by Jennifer Darwent, November 2013.
The collection contains manuscripts, news clippings, correspondence, photographs and other materials from lesbian writer Cleve
Boutell (1918-2011). The fictional writings series comprises drafts, revisions and final manuscripts of
Late in August (1956),
A Certain Discontent (1992) and
Entrevue (1994-2007), as well as her short stories
The Yellow Basket (1950),
Eleanore's Story (1986-1991),
Rope Dancer (1987) and
Uncle Gibeau (1990). The personal papers series comprises correspondence with her lesbian sister Hortense "Bo" Boutell, personal journals,
clippings, information regarding the now closed bookstore Page One, and travel photographs.
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Writings
Series 2. Personal papers
The following materials were separated from the collection and catalogued in the ONE Archives periodicals collection:
Elysian Fields Booksellers catalogs (#36-40).
Lambda Book Report Vol. 3, No. 4 (May/June 1992).
New Women's Times (1979).
Sinister Wisdom #33 (Fall 1987).
Words to the Wise Firebrand catalog (1986).
Write On, Woman! (1979).
One book,
Women's Army Corps 1945-1978 of the Army Historical Series, has been separated from the collection and cataloged in the ONE Archives library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Boutell, Hortense, 1913-2006
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Lesbian authors
Lesbian writings
Manuscripts
Photographs