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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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New Press records, 1992-2014, bulk 1993-2011

99 linear feet
The New Press is an independent, non-profit, book publisher. It was established in 1992 by André Schiffrin and Diane Wachtell. The Press focuses on publishing books that are in the public interest. The records include appointment books, catalogs, correspondence, clippings, contracts, drafts, financial records, meeting notes, proposals, production records, reviews, rolodexes, and sales reports.
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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Stephen King Papers, 1979-1995, bulk 1984-1992

5 linear feet
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Bound & Gagged records, 1987-2005

20 Linear Feet

A nearly complete run of 106 issues of Bound & Gagged magazine, plus 125 original drawings, and several portfolios of artwork and miscellaneous binders. In addition there are ca. 10 record storage boxes of supporting correspondence and archives. It is likely that this collections will include videos and DVDs.

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Howard Cruse Papers, 1941-2019

145 linear feet
Personal and professional papers of comics artist Howard Cruse (1944-2019). Cruse was author of the graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby (1995), the comic strips Wendel (1983-1989) and Barefootz (1971-1979), and founding editor of the anthology Gay Comix (1980-1991).
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Rick Shur papers, 1949-2016, bulk 1970-2003

27 linear feet
The Rick Shur Papers document the life and work of New York City video artist, gay activist, English as a Second Language teacher, and cultural critic Rick Shur (1953-2016). As "Rick X," he hosted The Closet Case Show, a popular Manhattan cable access TV show featuring safer sex gay "edurotica" along with commentary on culture and politics. Shur attended Columbia College (1971-1975) and Teacher's College (1977-1979), and led the Gay Alumni of Columbia organization through the 1980s.
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Series IV: Gay Culture, Activism, and Community, circa 1978-2003

Series IV brings together materials related to Shur's other gay community activities, including the

Series IV brings together materials related to Shur's other gay community activities, including the Gay Switchboard, Outweek magazine, WBAI's Gay Show, and gay theater productions, as well as research and subject files and other periodicals and ephemera on gay topics.

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Ben Duncan and Dick Chapman papers, 1939-2000

2.15 linear feet
Ben Duncan (1927-2016) was an American-born English writer and advertising executive. His partner, Dick Chapman (1930-2012), was an English advertising executive. The collection includes correspondence Duncan and Chapman exchanged between 1956 and 1957, when Chapman worked in New York City, away from the couple's home in England. It also includes Duncan's literary manuscripts and published materials.
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