Mariposa Education and Research Foundation records

Collection — Box: 15 (unprocessed)

Identifier: 7300

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Mariposa's organizational records, including mailings and minutes of meetings. Also educational materials Mariposa created for the public, including posters and brochures, plus some of the ephemera (for example magazines and photographs) and audio-visual materials it collected. Themes include birth control, gay and lesbian rights and legal issues, S/M lifestyle, and other aspects of human sexuality.

Dates

ca. 1951-1987.

Creator

Mariposa Education and Research Foundation (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Mariposa Education and Research Foundation was founded to educate the public and its leaders about human sexuality and to bridge the gap between the accurate information known to researchers and the sexual beliefs held by most other Americans. For its libraries, it collected periodicals and other publications, personal files, legal documents, notes, manuscripts, clippings, and films pertaining to all aspects of human sexuality, and to the gay and lesbian experience in particular.

Extent

8.6 cubic feet. (8.6 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Mariposa's organizational records, plus some of the ephemera and audio-visual materials it collected.

RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting program: Human Sexuality.

Distinct sub-collections are cataloged separately. For a list of these component collections, search the Library catalog under the title Mariposa Education and Research Foundation records.

Physical Description

Printed materials, office files, publications, 8mm film reels, audio reels, cassette tapes, photographs.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Andrea HektorBrenda Marston
Date completed:: August 2003
EAD encoding:: Andrea Hektor, August 2003Sarah Keen, January 2009
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, October 2018