San Francisco Jacks records

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GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, California 94103

(415) 777-5455

reference@glbthistory.org

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: San Francisco Jacks records

Dates: 1983-2018

Collection Number: 2018-16

Creator/Collector:

Extent: .8 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: 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.

Language of Material: English

Access

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.

Publication Rights

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

[Identification of item]. San Francisco Jacks records. Collection Number: 2018-16. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

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

Scope and Content of Collection

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.