San Francisco Jacks records, 1983-2018

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
San Francisco Jacks (Organization)
Abstract:
Extent:
.8 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

San Francisco Jacks records. GLBT Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

San Francisco Jacks, or SF Jacks, is a men’s social masturbation group founded in San Francisco in 1983. The collection includes records documenting the founding and operation of the group; correspondence; artwork; SF Jacks newsletters; and promotional material and other event ephemera, include sign-in sheets. The SF Jacks records also include newsletters and ephemera from other social masturbation groups, including Fraternity/Los Angeles Handjob Fraternity, New York Jacks, and Rochester Rams.

Acquisition information:
Gift of John Karr, March 2018, and Gerald Zientara, July 2018.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Individual names of event participants and event sign-in sheets may not be reproduced, published, or photographed. Researchers may not disclose the individual identity of any person named in the collection.

Terms of access:

Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred citation:

San Francisco Jacks records. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:
989 Market Street, Lower Level
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Contact:
(415) 777-5455