Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Tilchen, Maida mss. book collection, 1858-2024 (bulk 1931-1999), consists of the pulp paperbacks and library of journalist, author, lesbian activist, and scholar of lesbian pulp novels Maida Tilchen.
- Extent:
- 6 Boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Tilchen, Maida mss. book collection, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Maida Tilchen is a journalist, author, lesbian activist, and scholar of lesbian pulp novels. While living in Bloomington, Indiana during the 1970s, Tilchen helped organize the Bloomington Gay Rights Coalition and the Bloomington Gay Women's and Men's Literary Circle, also attending Lesbian Writers' Conferences in Chicago. In 1980, Tilchen moved to Boston to serve as the promotion manager for Gay Community News. Her significant collection of lesbian pulp novels, which also served as the subject for her first published article, resides at the Lilly Library and the Lesbian Herstory Archive.
- Scope and Content:
The Tilchen, Maida mss. book collection, 1858-2024 (bulk 1931-1999), consists of books removed from the Tilchen, Maida mss. and described separately. The bulk of the collection consists of pulp paperbacks written by or featuring lesbians, as well as some gay men; also included are nonfiction works about LGBTQ literature.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase: 2025
- Processing information:
Catalogued by Lindsay Weaver in 2025.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged alphabetically by author.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable copyright holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish Form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Tilchen, Maida mss. book collection, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@iu.edu