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Down There Press records, 1975-2005.
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Title:

Down There Press records, 1975-2005

Creator/Contributor:

Down There Press, creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

Blank, Joani, 1937-, publisher.

Abstract:

Contains author correspondence, publicity materials, manuscript submissions, catalog listings, advertising, book reviews, etc. Also contains some material about the Good Vibrations store.

Date:

1975 (issued)

Subject:

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Booksellers and bookselling -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Publishers and publishing -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Feminism -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Erotic literature
Women -- Sexual behavior
Teenagers -- Sexual behavior
Erotica
Féminisme -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Littérature érotique
Femmes -- Sexualité
Adolescents -- Sexualité
Booksellers and bookselling
Erotic literature
Feminism
Publishers and publishing
Teenagers -- Sexual behavior
Women -- Sexual behavior
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Down There Press -- Archives
Down There Press -- Correspondence
Good Vibrations (Firm)
Good Vibrations (Firm)
Blank, Joani -- 1937-
Blank, Joani -- 1937-

Note:

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
Down There Press was founded by sex educator Joani Blank in 1975 in San Francisco, California. It was an independently run feminist book, DVD, and audiobook publisher that focused on sexuality. They were well-known for their publications regarding youth and adolescent sexuality. Blank was also the founder of Good Vibrations, a sex positive retail store for sexual pleasure enhancement products.
In English.
Down There Press records, BANC MSS 2007/202, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Ephemera
manuscripts for publication.
printed ephemera.
Archives.
Ephemera.
Personal correspondence.
Ephemera.
Documents éphémères.

Physical Description:

print
15 (12

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.

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