Manuscripts

The Ladder

Description: Two issues of the literary magazine The Ladder with articles by Hansen: "The Homosexual Identity" (September 1968) and "Uses of Sexual Guilt" (April/May 1970) published under the pen name James Colton.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1968, 1970
Call number: mssHansen
Creator: Hansen, Joseph (1923-2004)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The majority of the collection was received as the gift of Joseph Hansen, August 1996 and July 1998.; gift of the Estate of Joseph Hansen, April 2013.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; RESTRICTED: Boxes 83-92 and oversize folder 1: Fragile, available with curatorial approval.

Tangents

Manuscripts

Issues of the literary magazine Tangents containing short stories by Hansen, with some published under the pen name James Colton: cover illustration by Joe Hansen (vol. III, nos. 8-10, May-July 1969); "Enking" by James Colton (vol. III, nos. 11-12, Aug.-Set. 1969, 2 copies); "A Talk with Leo Laurence" by Joe Hansen (vol. IV, nos. 1-3, Oct.-Dec. 1969, 2 copies); and "The Teenage Homosexual (vol. IX, nos. 4-6, Jan.-Mar. 1970).

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Tangents

Manuscripts

Issues of the literary magazine Tangents containing short stories by Hansen, with some published under the pen name James Colton: "Snowfall Part III" by James Colton and "The Homosexual Joke" by Joseph Hansen (vol. 1, no. 5, February 1966, 2 copies); "The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault [book review]" by James Colton (vol. II, no. 1, October 1966); "The Piano Player" by James Colton (vol. II, no. 2, November 1966); [articles by authors "with graphics by Joe Hansen"] (vol. II, no. 3, December 1966, 2 copies); and "Sonnets for a Portuguese" by James Colton (vol. III, nos. 2, 3, 4, Nov., Dec., Jan. 1968/1969, 2 copies).

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One

Manuscripts

Four issues of the literary magazine One with essays by Hansen: "The Right to Read" by Joseph Hansen and "Legacy a story" by James Colton (vol. XIII, no. 4, April 1965); "Suicide and the Homosexual" by Joseph Hansen (vol. XIII, no. 5, May 1965); "Getting Rid of Mr. Grainger" by James Colton (vol. XIII, No. 6, June 1965); and "Science Looks at Homosexuality" by Joseph Hansen (vol. XIII, no. 8, August 1965).

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Homosexual Information Center

Manuscripts

Approximately 20 items including the Directory of Homosexual Organizations and Publications (1977); a few HIC newsletters; copyright assignments; a typescript interview with Dr. Clay Colwell (1970); a draft of a "Homosexual Attitudes Survey" with handwritten corrections; a 1969 letter related to a settlement in ONE Incorporated vs. Slate, et al; by-laws for HIC; and an outline for "Homosexuals: A Minority in Trouble."

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Broadside

Manuscripts

Pages 26-30 from the publication Broadside (February 1967) containing "The Unfair World of the Homosexual."

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Quorum

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Clipping from Quorum of article "Homosexual as Hero."

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