Content Description Bern Hansen papers document the collecting and research activities of Bern Hansen in 20th-century gay male culture, physique photography, erotica, and related visual and commercial materials dating predominantly from the 1920s to 2000s. The papers contain amateur and professional photographs, photo-postcards, physique photography, publications, exhibition catalogues and brochures, erotica catalogues, calendars, magazines, art reproductions, narrative erotic drawings, mimeographed narrative...

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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.