"Celluloid Closet", 1995
Scope and Contents
Documents relating to On Our Backs magazine. Issues of the publication; various files pertaining to the business of producing OOB, as well as the Stormy Leather catalog, the OOB 1989 Lesbian Sex Calendar and Fatale Video; and articles that account for the critical and popular reception of OOB as well as OOB’s contribution to the Sexual Revolution and Feminist Porn Wars. Personal photographs, letters, papers and works of and by the OOB staff document the lives of the women behind the magazine and their experience working for OOB and attending OOB related events. Also included is a collection of slides from pornographic films.
Dates
- 1995
Creator
- From the Collection: Bright, Susie, 1958- (Person)
- From the Collection: Cottrell, Honey Lee. (Person)
- From the Collection: Kinney, Nan. (Person)
- From the Collection: Sundahl, Deborah. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:
Access to Box 16, Folders 22-24 (Erotic Film and Video Survey questionnaires) restricted to permission of the curator.
Access Restrictions:
Access to Box 25 is closed.
Extent
23.6 cubic feet.
221.6 gigabytes.
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu