Larry Blagg gay club matchbook covers and ephemera

Collection — Box: 2 (unprocessed)

Identifier: 7738

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Over 300 matchbook covers from gay bars, discos, private clubs, restaurants, and bathhouses across the United States. Most from the early 1970s are from New York City, and matchbooks from the 1980s are mostly from Los Angeles. Included are some from Germany in the 1970s. There are also over 30 business cards from these establishments and over 30 personalized membership cards from private clubs of the early 1970s in New York. These precursors to Studio 54 include Flamingo, 12-West, Buttermilk Bottom, Starship Discovery, Les Mouches, Galaxy 21, and Truck Stop.

Dates

1969-1989.

Creator

Blagg, Larry. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Blagg assembled this collection by visiting at least 90 percent of the establishments from which these items come. Friends who knew he was collecting matchbook covers from gay bars and clubs around the country gave him the rest. Blagg was a member of a number of private New York City clubs in the early 1970s.

Extent

.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Over 300 matchbook covers from gay bars, discos, private clubs, restaurants, and bathhouses across the United States. There are also over 30 business cards from these establishments and over 30 personalized membership cards from private clubs of the early 1970s in New York.

RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting Program: Human Sexuality Collection.

Physical Description

Matchbook covers, business cards, membership cards.

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:: Brenda Marston
Date completed:: January 2007
EAD encoding:: Michael Luther, January 2007Sarah Keen, March 2010
Date modified:: Jude Corina, May 2018

NOTES

Gift of the Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association.

Collection was initially cataloged incorrectly as "Larry Bragg" and was corrected in June 2016.