Finding aid to the Ingo Swann papers, circa 1965-1980 Coll2019-012
Loni Shibuyama
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
© 2019
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007
askone@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Ingo Swann papers
creator:
Swann, Ingo, 1933-2013
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2019-012
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
2 boxes.
Date (inclusive): circa 1965-1980
Abstract: Erotic fiction, poetry, and other writings (circa 1969) by gay artist and author, Ingo Swann. The bulk of the collection
comprises manuscripts from his novel,
Pink Neon, which he wrote under the pseudonym Hero Haubold.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Biographical / Historical
Ingo Swann was born September 14, 1933 in Telluride, Colorado, and died on January 31, 2013.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elly Flippen and Swann-Ryder Productions, LLC, on behalf of the Ingo Swann Estate, April 20, 2018.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Ingo Swann Papers, Coll2019-012, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama with assistance from Katie Googe, 2019.
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises erotic fiction, poetry, and other writings (circa 1969) by gay artist and author, Ingo Swann. The
bulk of the collection comprises manuscripts from his novel,
Pink Neon, which he wrote under the pseudonym Hero Haubold.
Related Materials
Ingo Swann Papers, MS-0060, University of West Georgia Special Collections, Carrollton, Georgia.
Additional holdings of Swann's artwork are in the collections of the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore and the Leslie-Lohman
Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York City, New York.
Separated Materials
Three artworks from Ingo Swann have been separated to ONE's art collection.
In addition, the following two books (published under Swann's pseudonym "Defence Eakens") have been separated to the ONE Archives
Library:
Eakens, Defence.
Bigger Than Life. New York: The Traveller's Companion, Inc., 1971.
Eakens, Defence.
Honeymoon Perversion. New York: The Traveller's Companion, Inc., 1971.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay erotic literature
Gay men -- Poetry
Gay men's writings
Box 1, Folder 1
Babylon Blow Factory, manuscript
undated
Box 1, Folder 2
Confessions of an Astrology Addict, manuscripts and notes
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
Honeymoon Perversion, manuscript
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
Neon Tetra, drafts and other papers
undated
Box 2, Folder 1-4
Pink Neon, act 1-4
undated
Box 2, Folder 5-7
Pink Neon, draft
circa 1969
Box 1, Folder 7-8
Pink Neon, manuscript
undated
Box 2, Folder 8
Pink Neon, miscellaneous papers
undated
Box 1, Folder 9-10
Pink Neon, typed original, clean copy
undated
Box 1, Folder 5
Poetry (including Expergere)
undated
