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Title: Lyal H. Stevens erotic writings
Dates: 1972-1979
Collection number: Coll2006-009
Creator:
Stevens, Lyal H., 1927-1995
Collection Size: 5 achive boxes.
2.1 ft.
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Carbon copy typescripts of 29 gay erotic novels
(and a work copy of one additional novel) and three gay erotic short stories
written by Lyal H. Stevens between 1972 and 1979 using a variety of pseudonyms,
including Peter Pepper, Sebastian Lamb, Llewellyn Hollingsworthy, E. Rex Dix,
and Lon Savage.
Languages: Languages
represented in the collection: English
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Box #, folder #, Lyal H. Stevens Erotic Writings, Coll2006-009, ONE
National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Date of acquisition unknown.
Formerly housed in boxes 102-14, 102-16, and 103-8. Collection processed
by Michael Palmer,
December 18, 2006; latest revision,
July 16, 2007
Processing this collection has been funded
by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.
Lyal H. Stevens was born on July 29, 1927, probably in New Jersey, where
his Social Security card was issued. Few biographical details on Stevens are
available. By 1970, he had moved to Los Angeles, and had begun writing gay
erotic fiction. His first published novel,
Coq Le
Grand
, was published by Greenleaf Classics in 1970, and in the following
year he sold seven other manuscripts to several publishers of erotica. Although
Stevens may have worked at the Mirish Corp. (the draft of one of his novels is
typed partly on the letterhead of that company's publicity director) his erotic
fiction appears to have been his chief source of income, and he wrote under a
number of pseudonyms, including Peter Pepper, Sebastian Lamb, Llewellyn
Hollingsworthy, E. Rex Dix, and Lon Savage. He died in Los Angeles on April 15,
1995.
Source:
Draft correspondence from 1970-1971 later reused to type the draft of
[Brown Bodies] Naked in the Sun / Brown Bodies (Swede
Lips)
(box 1, folder 2).
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of carbon copy typescripts of 29 gay erotic
novels (and a work copy of one additional novel) and three gay erotic short
stories written by Lyal H. Stevens between 1972 and 1979 using a variety of
pseudonyms, the most common of which are Peter Pepper, Sebastian Lamb,
Llewellyn Hollingsworthy, E. Rex Dix, and Lon Savage. Most of the texts are
accompanied by several title pages, each with a different title and author,
suggesting that Stevens submitted the same text to different publishing houses.
Each novel and short story was originally sealed in a cardboard container or
envelope, with the title and a date printed on the outside.
The materials are arranged in date order, with authors' names given in
parentheses, and alternate titles and pseudonyms separated by "/" slashes.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stevens, Lyal H., 1927-1995.
Gay erotic literature.
Bates, William Astor
Brown, Pierce
Dix, E. Rex
Eaton, Peter
Garrison, Grady
Hardwick, Stoney
Hoffman, Jake
Hollingsworthy, Llewellyn
Hunter, Peter
Kirby, Adam
Lamb, Sebastian
McCandless, Chance
Pepper, Peter
Robbins, T. H.
Sanderson, Loren
Savage, Lon
Sawyer, Leo
Sellwynn, Llewellyn
Toomey, "Socket"