Harold L. Call Papers

Description: Correspondence, manuscripts, financial records, family papers, notes, clippings, paste-ups, legal papers, flyers, erotica, photographs, slides, home movies, videotapes, memorabilia and other material created or collected by gay activist, publisher, and businessman, Harold (Hal) Leland Call. One of the founding members of the San Francisco chapter of the Mattachine Society, Call created and edited the Mattachine Review, one of the earliest periodicals dedicated to discussing issues of the homosexual community. He later owned and operated several business ventures, including Pan-Graphic Press, Grand Prix Photo Arts and Adonis Enterprises. The collection comprises material from his family papers; his childhood growing up in Missouri; his early work as a journalist and editor for regional newspapers; his time in the World War II Infantry and the Army Reserves; his world travel; his collection of over 5,000 gay erotic films and videos; his many businesses; and his contributions to the Mattachine Society and the gay and lesbian community.

Dates Covered: 1852 -- 2000

Holding Institution: University of Southern California

Archive: ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives

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LIST BOOK

written by Pan-Graphic Press, in Harold L. Call Papers, of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood) (May 1958); in Pan-Graphic Press Book List, May 1958, Pan-Graphic Press, Inc. Subseries 2.1. 1954-1974, Box 4, Folder 8: Dorian Book Service and Pan-Graphic Press 1955 - 1969: Book lists and sales catalogs circa 1958 - 1964

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LIST BOOK

written by Pan-Graphic Press, in Harold L. Call Papers, of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood) (1958); in Pan-Graphic Press Book List, Winter 1958, Pan-Graphic Press, Inc. Subseries 2.1. 1954-1974, Box 4, Folder 8: Dorian Book Service and Pan-Graphic Press 1955 - 1969: Book lists and sales catalogs circa 1958 - 1964

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Titles now in print

written by Pan-Graphic Press, in Harold L. Call Papers, of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood) (1963); in Pan-Graphic Press: Twelve Titles of Lasting Interest; plus The 1963 AB Bookman's Yearbook, Pan-Graphic Press, Inc. Subseries 2.1. 1954-1974, Box 4, Folder 6: Dorian Book Service and Pan-Graphic Press 1955 - 1969: Advertising copy and tear sheets circa 1956 - 1964

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one confidential

written by ONE Confidential (Newsletter), in Harold L. Call Papers, of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood); in Publishers List from ONE Confidential, Undated, Pan-Graphic Press, Inc. Subseries 2.1. 1954-1974, Box 4, Folder 12: Dorian Book Service and Pan-Graphic Press 1955 - 1969: Other book services Undated

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in Harold L. Call Papers, of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood); in Sample Mailing Material from Judson Crews to Hal Call, Pan-Graphic Press, Inc. Subseries 2.1. 1954-1974, Box 4, Folder 12: Dorian Book Service and Pan-Graphic Press 1955 - 1969: Other book services Undated

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