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Joani Blank papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7827

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Office files, videotape, posters, copies of articles by others, vibrators and massagers, and books reflecting Blank's work and interests as a sex educator and owner of Down There Press and Good Vibrations. Included are many articles by Susie Bright and Annie Sprinkle. Also included is Blank's personal massagers and vibrators collection (1902-2003) with photographs, pamphlets, and ephemera.

Dates

  • circa 1989-1999.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Sex educator and founder of Good Vibrations, the first sex-positive, woman-friendly adult store in the United States, with branches in San Francisco and Berkeley, California. Blank also wrote A kid's first book about sex and The playbook for kids about sex, and founded Down There Press.

Extent

12.5 cubic feet. (12.5 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Office files, videotape, posters, copies of articles by others, vibrators and massagers, and books reflecting Blank's work and interests as a sex educator and owner of Down There Press and Good Vibrations. Included are many articles by Susie Bright and Annie Sprinkle. Also included is Blank's personal massagers and vibrators collection (1902-2003) with photographs, pamphlets, and ephemera.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Files

Series II. Audio Visual Material

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Books catalogued individually

  1. Anal Pleasure and Health, Jack Morin. 2010.
  2. Anal Pleasure and Health, Jack Morin. 1986.
  3. Anal Pleasure and Health, Jack Morin. 1998. Signed.
  4. Aural Sex and Verbal Intercourse, Isadora Alman. 1984.
  5. Femalia, Joani Blank, editor. 1993Signed.
  6. Herotica 1, Susie Bright, editor. 1988.
  7. Herotica 2, Susie Bright and Joani Blank, editors. 1992.
  8. Herotica 3, Susie Bright, editor. 1994.
  9. Herotica 5, Marcy Sheiner, editor. 1998.
  10. Herotica 6, Marcy Sheiner, editor. 1999.
  11. A Kid's First Book About Sex, Joani Blank and Marcia Quakenbush. 1986.
  12. A Kid's First Book About Sex, Joani Blank and Marcia Quakenbush. 1983.
  13. Sex Spoken Here, Carol Queen and Jack Davis, editors. 1998.
  14. First Person Sexual, Joani Blank, editor. 1996.
  15. Any 2 People, Kissing, Kate Dominic. 2003.
  16. Herotica, Susie Bright, editor. 1988In Dutch.
  17. In Piacere Negato, Jack Morin. 1994.
  18. Still Doing It: women and men over 60 write about their sexuality, Joani Blank, editor. 2000.
  19. Good Vibrations: the Complete Guide to Vibrators, Joani Blank. 1982.
  20. Good Vibrations: the Complete Guide to Vibrators, revised, Joani Blank. 1982.
  21. Good Vibrations: the Complete Woman's Guide to Vibrators, Joani Blank. 1976.
  22. Sex Toy Tales, Joani Blank. 1997.
  23. My First Vibrator: True Life Vibrator Tales, Joani Blank. 1992.
  24. Period, JoAnn Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Lopez, Marcia Quackenbush. 1979.
  25. Period, revised, JoAnn Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Lopez, Marcia Quackenbush. 1981.
  26. The Big Book of Masturbation: From Angst to Zeal, Martha Cornog. 2003.
  27. Period, JoAnn Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Lopez, Marcia Quackenbush. In Japanese.
  28. Die Regel, JoAnn Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Lopez, Marcia Quackenbush. 1979. In German.
  29. Ongesteld, JoAnn Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Lopez, Marcia Quackenbush. 1979.
  30. Periodo, JoAnn Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Lopez, Marcia Quackenbush. 1986. In Spanish.
  31. The Playbook for Women about Sex, Joani Blank. 1979.
  32. The Playbook for Women about Sex, Joani Blank. 1975.
  33. The Playbook for Men about Sex, Joani Blank. 1975.
  34. The Playbook for Men about Sex, Joani Blank. 1981.
  35. The Playbook for Men about Sex, Joani Blank. 1976.
  36. Cunt Coloring Book, Joani Blank. 1975.
  37. I Am My Lover, Joani Blank and Honey Lee Cottrell. 1978.
  38. The Sensuous Coloring Book, Patricia Waters. 1980.
  39. The Playbook for Kids about Sex, Joani Blank. 1990.
  40. The Playbook for Kids about Sex, Joani Blank. 1980Three copies..
  41. Photo Sex: Fine Art Sexual Photography Comes of Age, David Steinberg, editor. 2003.
  42. The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex, Cathy Winks, Anne Semans. 2002.
  43. Good Vibrations: the New Complete Guide to Vibrators, Joani Blank. 2000.
  44. The Good Vibrations guide: the G-Spot, Cathy Winks.
  45. I Am My Lover, Joani Blank, editor. 1997.
  46. Erotic by Nature, David Steinberg, editor. 1995.
  47. San Francisco: Love and Sex, 2015.
  48. Zeig Mal Mehr, Will McBride.

Physical Description

Audio recordings, correspondence, legal documents, manuscripts.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
October 2016
EAD encoding:
Jude Corina, October 2016
Date modified:
Marcie Farwell, March 2017

NOTES

Books are to be cataloged individually.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
March 2017
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

https://rare.library.cornell.edu/
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)

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