Robert Martin Collection on Gay Sexuality and Education

Call Number

MSS.499

Dates

1935-1986, inclusive

; 1960-1970, bulk

Creator

Martin, Robert

Poynton, Jerome (Role: Donor)

Extent

4 Linear Feet in 4 record cartons

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Robert Martin (1916-2015) served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was Chief of the U.S. Army Research Laboratories Sci-Tech Information Division in Natick, Massachusetts for 25 years. He lived the majority of his life in West Virginia. This collection contains gay erotic pulp novels; non-fiction books on homosexuality and sexual education; and a small collection of erotic images of homosexual and heterosexual activities.

Biographical Note

Robert Martin (1916-2015) was born in Ohio, and eventually moved to Wheeling, West Virginia. Martin acquired degrees from both Bethany College and Vanderbilt University, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was Chief of the U.S. Army Research Laboratories Sci-Tech Information Division in Natick, Massachusetts for 25 years. He eventually moved back to West Virginia, where he passed away at the age of 98.

Source: "Robert Martin."; "The Intelligencer. Ogden Newspapers," 9 February 2015. Web. 30 March 2017. http://www.theintelligencer.net/obituaries/2015/02/robert-martin/

Arrangement

The collection was been arranged by a Fales student worker by item type. The pulp novels and non-fiction books are listed separately, in alphabetical order by author's last name, followed by the one folder of photographs.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains gay erotic pulp novels from the 1930s to the 1980s; non-fiction books covering topics such as homosexuality and society, sexuality, and sexual education from the 1940s to the 1970s; and a small collection of undated photographs, playing cards, and photographic reproductions of erotic artwork of homosexual and heterosexual activities. This collection illustrates the informational and recreational material accumulated by a gay man living in Massachusetts and West Virginia during the 1950s through 1980s.

Subjects

Genres

Gay erotic literature.

People

Poynton, Jerome (Role: Donor)

Topics

Gay erotica.; Photography, Erotic.; Gay men -- Sexual behavior.; Sex instruction -- United States; Erotic stories, American; Homosexuality -- United States.; Sexual health

Donors

Poynton, Jerome

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers. Appointments are necessary for the use of manuscript and archival collections.

Conditions Governing Use

NYU's Fales Library & Special Collections is not the copyright owner for this collection. Collection use is subject to all copyright laws. Researchers wishing to reproduce collection material should contact rights holders for permission.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Robert Martin Collection on Gay Sexuality and Education; MSS 499; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.

Location of Materials

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated by Jerome Poynton in August 2016; the accession number associated with this gift is 2017.089.

Custodial History

An unknown individual purchased Robert Martin's estate after his death in 2015, discovered this collection of material, and gave it to Jerome Poynton, who then donated the collection to the Fales Library in 2016.

Collection processed by

Stacey Flatt, with folder title listings written by Jessica Merliss.

About this Guide

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Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Between 2016 and 2017, a Fales Library student worker rearranged, foldered, and reboxed the novels and books. The photographs were refoldered and left in their original order. A student worker also created folder titles and entered them into a spreadsheet. In 2017, the spreadsheet was ingested into the finding aid to provide a folder level inventory.

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections

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Anderson, Robert. Tea and Sympathy, 1956, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Books)

Atkinson, Hugh. The Games, 1968, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Books)

Burgess, Preston. Confessions of a Married Man, 1966, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Books)

Chorier, Nicolas. The Dialogues of Luisa Sigea, 1966, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Books)

Cione, Jack. What do you say to a naked waiter?, 1974, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Books)

Cleland, John. Memoirs of a Coxcomb, 1963, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Books)

Cray, Ed. The Fifteen Plagues of Maidenhead and Other Forbidden Verse, 1966, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Books)

Davidson, Chris. A Different Drum, 1967, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Books)

Davidson, Chris. Go Down, Aaron, 1967, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Books)

Douglas, Dean. Man Divided, 1954, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Books)

Dowd, Harrison. The Night Air, 1950, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Books)

Forberg, Friedrich-Karl. The Manual of Exotic Sexualia, 1965, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Books)

Harmon, Jackson. Perverted Psychologist, 1968, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Books)

Hirschman, Jack. Teleny, or the Reverse of the Medal, 1967, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Books)

Hunter, John Francis. The Gay Insider, 1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Books)

Jackson, Charles. The Fall of Valor, 1955, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Books)

Jadaway, J. J. 7 Erotic Minutes, 1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Books)

Jourdan, Eric. Two, 1963, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Books)

Kent, Nial. The Divided Path, 1951, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Books)

Knight, John. The Story of my Psychoanalysis, 1953, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Books)

Kovar, Dallas. One to Share…, 1968, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Books)

Lindop, Audrey Erskine. The Tormented, 1956, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Books)

Little, Jay. Maybe—Tomorrow, 1965, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Books)

Martin, Cort. Bolt: Six-Guns and Silk, 1986, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Books)

Niles, Blair. Strange Brother, 1952, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Books)

The Pearl: A Journal of Voluptuous Reading, 1968, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Books)

Purdy, James. Eustace Chisholm and the Works, 1968, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Books)

Rogers, Rosemary. The Insiders, 1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Books)

Rose, Dustin. Fiery Fists, 1977, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Books)

Sanderson, Douglas. Dark Passions Subdue, 1952, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Books)

Shrader, Bert. Gay Tutor, 1968, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Books)

Taylor, Dyson. Bitter Love, 1957, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Books)

Tellier, Andre. Twilight Men, 1950, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Books)

Tesch, Gerald. Never the Same Again, 1966, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Books)

Therese, Marie. I'm for Hire: The Memoirs of a Prostitute, 1966, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Books)

Wagman, Paul. Hollywood Homo, 1963, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Books)

Watson, J. The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1971, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Books)

Wilhelm, Gale. We Too Are Drifting, 1935, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Books)

Wylie, Philip. The Disappearance, 1952, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Books)

Brecher, Edward and Ruth. An Analysis of Human Sexual Response, 1956, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Books)

Caprio, Frank S. Female Homosexuality: A Modern Study of Lesbianism, 1962, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Books)

Cory, Donald Webster and John P. LeRoy. The Homosexual and his society: A view from within, 1963, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Books)

d'Arcangelo, Angelo. The Homosexual Handbook, 1969, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Books)

Edwardes, Allen and R.E.L. Masters. The Cradle of Erotica, 1963, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Books)

Geddes, Donald Porter and Enid Curie. About the Kinsey Report, 1948, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Books)

Geddes, Donald Porter. An Analysis of the Kinsey Reports on Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Female, 1954, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Books)

Gordon, David Cole. Self-love, 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Books)

Greenblat, Bernard R. A Doctor's Marital Guide for Patients, 1959, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Books)

Hegeler, Inge and Sten. An Adult View of Love and Sex, 1963, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Books)

Jorgensen, Christine. Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Books)

Kronhausen, Eberhard and Phyllis. Sex Histories of American College Men, 1960, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Books)

Lindsey, Hal. The Late Great Planet Earth, 1973, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Books)

Mansfield, Jayne and Mickey Hargitay. Jayne Mansfield's Wild, Wild World, 1963, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Books)

Marlowe, Kenneth. Mr. Madam: Confessions of a Male Madam, 1965, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Books)

Masters, R.E.L. The Homosexual Revolution, 1962, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Books)

Patai, Raphael. Sex and Family in the Bible, 1959, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rogers, James C. Sex Outcast, 1966, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ruitenbeek, Hendrik M. The Problem of Homosexuality in Modern Society, 1963, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Schultz-Larsen, J. The Morphology of the Human Sperm: Electron Microscopic Investigations of the Ultrastructure, 1958, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Shepard, Martin. Ecstasy: The Moneysworth Marriage Manual, 1977, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stearn, Jess. The Grape Vine: A Report on the Secret World of the Lesbian, 1964, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tobin, Kay and Randy Wicker. The Gay Crusaders, 1972, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, undated, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)