Scope and content
18 original pen and ink drawings (5 x 7 ") mounted on stiff board and 8 larger sized (8 x 11") ink drawings and page mockups for different Catalyst publications, with the original mailing envelope addressed to Ian Young at Catalyst Press, covered with doodles by Gleep, and postmarked Oct. 4, 1973. The original letter enclosed with the shipment is not included.
Dates
- ca. 1973.
Creator
- David, Wilton. (Person)
- Gleep. (Person)
- Catalyst Press (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Louisiana pioneer of Gay Hippie art. Gleep's works were exhibited in the National Erotic Art Exhibition in San Diego (1973), the Gabriel Gallery in Madison, Wis., and the International Museum of Erotic Art in San Francisco and were published in GPU News (Gay Peoples Union, Milwaukee), Fag Rag, Gay Sunshine, and Mirage, a transsexual magazine. In June 1976, he was one of 12 patients in the schizophrenic ward research project at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. After that, no more is known of his fate.
Extent
18 items. (18 items.)
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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