Everett Boucre scrapbooks

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2023


Descriptive Summary

Title: Everett Boucre scrapbooks
Dates: 1941-1978
Collection Number: 2014-18
Creator/Collector: Boucre, Everett
Extent: 1 oversize box (2 linear feet)
Repository: GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection includes two scrapbooks compiled by Everett Boucre, a dance instructor and performer who lived in Oakland, California. One dates from World War II and contains cut-out pictures of war scenes and soldiers; the other includes pictures of men’s clothed crotches, compiled as part of Boucre's participation in a tongue-in-cheek club of gay men called the Basket Makers of America. The latter book dates from the 1950s-1970s.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research. Funding for processing this collection was provided by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Everett Boucre scrapbooks. Collection Number: 2014-18. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Provenance is unkown.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection includes two scrapbooks compiled by Everett Boucre, a dance instructor and performer who lived in Oakland, California. One dates from World War II and contains cut-out pictures of war scenes and soldiers; the other includes pictures of men’s clothed crotches, compiled as part of Boucre's participation in a tongue-in-cheek club of gay men called the Basket Makers of America. There is a mimeograph page at the beginning of this scrapbook giving more information about the club. The latter scrapbook dates from the 1950s-1970s. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008536

Indexing Terms

Gay men
Erotica
World War, 1939-1945