Richard Hudson collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Richard Hudson collection
Creator: Hudson, Richard A.
Inclusive Dates: 1839-2015
Language(s): English
Extent: 9 Linear Feet 6 boxes, 3 oversized boxes, 2 oversized folders
Collection Number: ms4456
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Dr. Richard Hudson (1960-2022) was a family medicine specialist and book collector from Atlanta, Georgia. He worked closely with patients from underserved communities especially focusing on patients from the AIDS, transgender, and deaf and deaf-blind communities. Originally from Michigan, the youngest of three children born to Richard and Carol Patton Hudson.

Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, sheet music, screenplays, writing, and art produced by a wide array of gay writers, poets, musicians, and artists. It also includes printed material, artifacts and ephemera regarding LGBT subject matter.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Richard Hudson collection, ms4456, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence
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1	1	Dr. Richard Hudson
1	2	Dr. Richard Hudson - family
1	3	Dr. Richard Hudson - email
1	4	Neil Ritchie, 1983-1988
1	5	Frederic Prokosch, 1985
1	6	Roden Noel, 1881, 1885
1	7	W.H. Auden, 1936
1	8	Carl Van Vechtin, 1951
1	9	F. T. Prince, 1909
1	10	Fitz-Greene Halleck - Note, cabinet card, 1839, 1859
1	11	Peter Orlovsky - Ted Wilenz, 1962-1978
1	12	Charles John Vaughn - Note, photograph
1	13	Sacheverell Sitwell - Anthony Hobson, 1972-1978
1	14	Anthony Hobson, 1966, 1980
1	15	Walter Breen - Stephen Foster, 1975-1980
1	16	H.G. Dakyns, 1888-1900
1	17	Peter Quennell - George Cukor, 1951
1	18	Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster - Evy Newbury, 1975-1987
1	19	E.R. Warren, 1921
1	20	Christopher Isherwood - card, photograph, 1960
1	21	Crompton MacKenzie, 1960
1	22	Catherine Marsh
1	23	Alfred Cathie, 1935
1	24	Austin Dobson, 1894
1	25	John B.L. Warren "de Tabley", 1893
1	26	Shane Leslie, 1922-1964
1	27	G.E. Woodbury, 1920
1	28	Albert Viney, 1950, 1953
1	29	Edward Carpenter, 1921
1	30	Charles Warren Stoddard - Correspondence, writing
1	31	A.J.A. Symons - Desmond Flower, 1931-1941
1	32	A.J.A. Symons - Editorial notes
1	33	Donald Weeks
1	34	John Addington Symonds, 1878-1891
1	35-42	Ronald Firbank - Lady Firbank, 1897-1924
1	43	Ronald Firbank - Mr. Wiggins, 1925
1	44	Letters from sellers, buyers - regarding Ronald Firbank
1	45	Edgar Savage - regarding Ronald Firbank, 1931
1	46	Donald Windham, 1992-1998
1	47	Miscellaneous

 

2. Photographs
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1	48	Dr. Richard Hudson - personal
1	49	Nazi Brownshirts, 1933-1934
1	50	Tin types - Double portraits
1	51	Cased images - Double portraits
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2	1	Portrait of young Donald Weeks
2	2	Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo - reproduction
2	3	Wilhelm von Gloeden - male nudes
2	4	Eugen Sandow - postcards, reproduction photographs
2	5	Miscellaneous
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1		Eugen Sandow - Mounted photographs - "Amicus Humani Generis"
1		Mounted photograph - male nude group

 

3. Writing
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2	6	Dr. Richard Hudson
2	7	Ronald Firbank - Manuscript - "Mr. White-Morgan"
2	8	Eugen Sandow article - Harmsworth Magazine, 1888-1889
2	9	Anythony Hobson - notes on books
2	10	Dr. Robert Deisher - Speech - "Medical Aspects of Homosexuality"
2	11	John Addington Symonds - Souvenir printed page
2	12	Unknown - Notes on ancient Latin poetry
2	13	Unknown - Paper on "Degeneration"
2	14	Geoffrey Charlesworth - Speech
2	15	Owen Dodson - "Countee Cullen"
2	16	John Davenport - "Lines on Christopher Sykes", 1955
2	17	Robert Peters - "Love Poem", 1972
2	18	F.T. Prince - "Strafford"
2	19	Tom Meyer - "Autumnal", 1975
2	20	Anthony Reid correspondence - Tom Meyer poems
2	21	Franklin Abbott
2	22	Andrew Alan Clarke/Alan Clarke Jenkins
2	23	Charles Rann Kennedy - writing, printed materials
2	24	Bayard Taylor - "Goethe", 1878
2	25	Berl Boykin - Copies, originals
2	26	Lynn Riggs
2	27	Lynn Riggs - Dialogue - Final shooting script ""The Garden of Allah", 1936
2	28	Lynn Riggs - Typescript - "Dark Encounter", 1946
2	29	J.R. Ackerley - Screenplay - "We Think the World of You", 1988
2	30	Terrance McNally - Production script - "The Ritz", 1975
2	31	Sigfried Sassoon - "Aftermath" - Literary Digest, 1927
2	32	Jan Morris - Draft - "An Introduction to 'The Time of Changing of Kings' by Leslie Glass"
2	33	Steven Spera - Draft - "Vampyr"
2	34	Robert Peters - Correspondence, portion of "Feather: A Child's Life and Death"
2	35	Robert Peters - Correspondence, "The Blood Countess"
2	36	Glenn Crawford - Manuscript - "Graveyard Chronicles"
2	37	Bernard Mathieu - Drafts, notes - Translation of Rimbaud's "Illuminations"
2	38	Gil Barber, Barry Bendel - Draft, notes - "No Son of Mine is Gonna be an Ingrid Bergman"
2	39	Paul Mariah - Press, poetry
2	40	Paul Mariah - Manroot Press material
2	41	Paul Mariah - Richard Tagett writing -"Jonas & a Jug & a Joint", 1970
2	42	Paul Mariah - "Jack Foley" poetry zine
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1		Paul Mariah - Printed poem - "The Figa" - Camels Coming Press
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2	43	Rick Mullins - "Mental Sabers", 2003
2	44-45	Rick Mullins - Correspondence, advertisements - "Silent Predator", 2006
2	45	Rick Mullins - Draft - "Silent Predator", 2006
2	46	Richard George-Murray - Manuscript - "Burn This!"
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3	1	Typescript - "Unpublished Letters of Baron Corvo", 1909-1910
3	2	George C. Ives - Notebooks
3	3	Jean Loggins - Manuscript - "Smiling USA"
3	4	James Aiello - Typescript - "Forbidden Child - Secrets Revealed", 2015
3	5	Albert Viney - Typescript - "Ballet of Moments Unborn"
3	6	David Streeter - Draft - "Alice B. Tolkas - A Preliminary Checklist", 1995
3	7	David Streeter - Draft - "Joseph Hanson - A Checklist", 1996
3	8	Donald Weeks - Correspondence, "Rolfe Letter to Claud" print
3	9	Donald Weeks - Manuscript with illustrations - "London Types"
3	10	Cyril Connolly - Manuscript - "Shade Those Laurels", 1989
3	11	Cyril Connolly - Corrected typescript - "Shade Those Laurels", 1990
3	12	Cyril Connolly - Reviews - "Shade Those Laurels", 1990
3	13	Cyril Connolly - Manuscript - Review of Michael Faraday biography of Pierce Williams
3	14	Cyril Connolly - Draft - Introduction to Christopher Isherwood "All the Conspirators"
3	15	Cyril Connolly - Draft - Introduction to TV poetry show
3	16	Cyril Connolly - Manuscript - "Imaginary Portrait"
3	1	Shane Leslie - Bound draft manuscript - "Men Were Different"
3	2	Guy Endore - Bound typescript - "Marque De Sade" - copy 6/10
3	3	Ralph Chubb - Manuscript - "The History of David Such", 1921
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4	1	Cyril Connolly - Manuscript draft - "Les Pavillions"
4	2	Cyril Connolly - Typescript - "Les Pavillions"
4	3	Cyril Connolly - Galley proofs, cover - "Les Pavillions"
4	4	Cyril Connolly - Draft - "Follies & Pavillions"
4	5	Cyril Connolly - Manuscript, notes - "Avaritia"
4	6	Cyril Connolly - Galley proof - "Books 6"
4	7	Cyril Connolly - Correspondence, drafts "Sotheby's and an Education", 1961
4	8	Cyril Connolly - Clippings, photograph, 1963-1968
4	9	Cyril Connolly - Correspondence
4	10	Ralph Chubb - Biographical
4	11	Ralph Chubb - Genealogy
4	12	Ralph Chubb - Broadside - Blake Society paper, 1935
4	13	The Published Book of Raplh Nicolas Chubb - British Museum Library
4	14	Ralph Chubb - File of letters held by Liverpool Library
4	15	Ralph Chubb - Lists of books, paintings
4	16-17	Ralph Chubb - Notebooks
4	18	Ralph Chubb - Notes, sketch
4	19	Ralph Chubb - Poetry, prints
4	20	Ralph Chubb - Correspondence to
4	21	Ralph Chubb - Notes
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2		Ralph Chubb - Genealogy
2		Raplh Chubb - Mounted photograph - Cambridge Chess Club, 1913
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4	22	Ralph Chubb - Galley proofs "10 Engravings, The Book of God's Madness" contents, introduction", 1972
4	23	Ralph Chubb - Typesript announcement - "Three Young Men" exhibit, 1922
4	24	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "The Golden City" title, contents
4	25	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "Treasure Trove" dedication, contents
4	26	Ralph Chubb - Poems (2)
4	27	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "Raphorisms"
4	28	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "Ye Tale of Ye Borringe Horror"
4	29	Photgraphs, reproductions of paintings by Ralph Chubb
4	30	Ralph Chubb - Notes, manuscripts
4	31	Ralph Chubb - Typescripts
4	32	Ralph Chubb - Sketches, engraving proofs (2)
4	33	Ralph Chubb - Childhood writing - "The Wreck" and "Battle of Hastings"
4	34	Ralph Chubb - Childhood writing - "The Cow", "The Castle", "How Radcliffe Castle was Taken"
4	35	Ralph Chubb - Childhood writing - "The Mew", "The Borringe Horror", "The Demon Band" and "The Queling of Faukes de Breaute"
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2		Ralph Chubb - Childhood writing - "The Necromancer of Toledo"
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4	36	Ralph Chubb - Manuscript - "The Bridge Perilous"
4	37	Ralph Chubb - Manuscript - "The Dreamer"
4	38	Ralph Chubb - Manuscript - "The Golden Valley"
4	39-40	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "A Fable of Love and War"
4	41	Ralph Chubb - Proof copy - "An Appendix"
4	42	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "Ballad of the Forest"
4	43	Ralph Chubb - Proof - "Ballad of the Forest"
4	44	Ralph Chubb - Typescripts (2) - The Book of Visions of Nature and Supernature"
4	45	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "The Face at the Window"
4	46	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "The Haunted Wood"
4	47	Ralph Chubb - Typescript - "The Sacrifice of Youth"
4	48	Ethel R. Chubb - Exercise book with sketches
4	49	Muriel Chubb - Manuscript - Preface to Ralph Chubb biography
4	50	Muriel Chubb - Addresses
4	51	Muriel Chubb - Correspondence - Eileen, former employee, 1967, 1969
4	52	Anthony Reid - Ralph Chubb personal collection captions, 1963
4	53	Anthony Reid - Correspondence
4	54	Anthony Reid - Notes
4	55	Anthony Reid - Typescript - "An Appraisal of 'Nick and Moll'", 1963
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5	1	Anthony Reid - Manuscript notes - "Chronology" for his book "Naked Loves"
5	2	Anthony Reid - Manuscript notes - Volume 1-4 of Ralph Chubb's Paintings, Drawings
5	3	Glenway Westcott - Printed cards with poetry, 1934, 1937
5	4	Unknown - Poetry on hand decorated paper, ink sketch
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6		Anonymous - Manuscript in 3 binders - "Gay Smut"
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1		James Payn - Letter and engraved portrait
1		Christine Jorgensen - Correspondence, laminated postcards, 1968-1969
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2		Peter Quennell - Manuscript - "Byron [and] Byron: The Years of Fame", 1930-1935
2		David Diamond - Manuscript score - "Concerto for Chamber Orchestra in Two Parts, 1940

 

4. Printed material, ephemera, artifacts
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5	5	John Austin - Wood engraving - "Alcibiades" - 3 of 25
5	6	Jean Cocteau - Double sided, color lithograph
5	7	Karl-Maria Kertbeny - Engraved portrait
5	8	John Addington Symonds - Articles, reviews
5	9	Frederick Harrison - Article on John Addington Symonds
5	10	Fitz Hugh Ludlow - Articles
5	11	Forrest Reid - Ernest Dowson review
5	12	Oliver Buckley - "Poor Penn - A Real Reminiscience"
5	13	"Prince of Wales at Sandringham" - Harpers Monthly, 1885
5	14	"The Chevalier d'Eon - Who Many Years Passed As a Woman"
5	15	Edmund C. Stedman - "Twelve Years of British Song"
5	16	Gay TWA attendant's diary, 1978
5	17	Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo - Printed materials
5	18	Theater programs - Plays with Ernest Thesiger, 1933, 1936
5	19	Quentin Crisp - "An Evening With Quentin Crisp" ephemera, 1999
5	20	Film, theater - miscellaneous printed materials
5	21	Theater program - "The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe" - Signed by Lily Tomlin, 1989
5	22	Sheet music - "Baby Face", "Satin Doll"
5	23	Sheet music - William Johnson-Cory - Eton Boating song
5	24	Sheet music - Lord Berners - "Trois Chansons", "Luna Park"
5	25-26	Sheet music - David Diamond
5	27	Sheet music - David Hamilton - "A Child Comes Forth", 2006
5	28	Healthy Living guide - Dr. Richard Hudson advertisement
5	29	Catalog - Marquis de Suede
5	30	Catalogs - male nude photography
5	31	Disbound book pages - "Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings with Brief Memoirs"
5	32	Calendar - "Wake up to Whitman", 1973
5	33	Autographs
5	34	Eugen Sandow - Patents
5	35	LGBT issues, organizations
5	36	Transgender issues, organizations
5	37	Atlanta S/M Solidarity
5	38	BLK readership survey
5	39	"Transportation (Van Diemen's Land)" - Communication from Lord Bishop of Tasmania regarding prisoner troubles, 1847
5	40	J.F.G. Nicholson ephemera
5	41	Booklet - "Read This Before Coming Out to Your Parents", 1984
5	42	Jocelyn Brooke - Checklist of writings
5	43	Noel Garde - "The Homosexual in Literature"
5	44	Geoffrey Winthrop Young - Press flyer - "Wind and Hill"
5	45	Ian Young - Gay Liberation and Related Pamphlets List - Photoduplication
5	46	Max Spohr, Publisher - Promotional materials
5	47	Miguel, Monica Molina - Magazine covers
5	48	Eugene Goossens - Portrait print
5	49	W.H. (?) - Ink drawing, 1989
5	50	Karyn Norman - Sheet music
5	51	Tom Martell - Sheet music - "The Gay Bride", 1923
5	52	Lionel (Mike) Ames - Sheet music - In Shadowland", 1924
5	53	Informational booklets on homosexuality (7), 1969-1981
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5	54	Southeastern IDS Conference for Lesbians and Gay Men - Program, 1986
5	55	One, Inc. - One Letter - Newsletter, 1969-1971
5	56	The Gay Desk Calendar - Michael Willhoite, 1990
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6		Gay Bob - doll, 1977
6		How to Get Your Pink Card - board game, 1996
6		Langston Hughes - signed Gideon's Bible, 1943
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1		G.S. Rousseau - NY Times Book Review clipping - "The Letters of John Addington Symonds", 1968
1		Biographical clipping - John Addington Symonds - The Art Interchange
1		Gay Boy, v.1, no.2 - Adult entertainment newspaper
1		"Miss Sybil Thorndike & Mr. Ernest Thesiger in St. Joan" - Print from book
1		Marquis of Londonderry - Engraved portrait and biography from disbound book
1		Rev. C.J. Vaughan - Engraved portrait, biography from disbound book
1		Rev. C.J. Vaughan - "Men of the Day no.48" - Vanity Fair, 1872
1		Poster (3) - Venezia Pride, 2014
1		Richard Hudson - Certificate - AAHIVM HIV Specialist , 2011
1		Gil Barber - posters (2), Photograph, Modelling book
1		Poster - Leslie Jordan Live!, signed
1		Poster - Hadrian VII - Colonial Theatre
1		Lithograph with illustrated poem "Love's Voice"
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1		Clipping - Charles Warren Stoddard review - "Laurels for the Unlaureled"
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3		Gay Monopoly - board game, 1983