Gerald Heard, letters (1953-1971)

Gerald Heard (D. B. Vest)(Henry FitzGerald Heard), correspondence between the author and William Lambert (W. Dorr Legg) touching upon a variety of topics including baboons and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Buddhist cats, congratulations on the Supreme Court obscenity ruling, dowsing, Heard's concern about revealing his identity as D. B. Vest, and in a brief article Errata in Erotica, the role of the magazines Esquire, Eros, ONE, and Playboy in evolution of censorship, the significance of the evolution of men and women's fashion, General de Gaulle, Hawaiians, lectures, Life magazine, puritanism, sexology, tabu, taxonomy, the Third Sex from the Manchester Guardian, Geraldine Jackson (Betty Perdue), Sten Russell (Stella Rush), and the importance of recognizing women as a minority and keeping them on the forefront, and including a brief draft of an introduction to a talk, and a memorial card (1953-1971)

本数据集收录杰拉尔德·赫德（本名亨利·菲茨杰拉德·赫德，笔名D. B. 韦斯特）与威廉·兰伯特（W. 多尔·莱格）之间的往来信件，内容涉及诸多议题：狒狒、美国科学促进会、佛教猫咪、对美国最高法院淫秽物品裁决的祝贺、探水占卜、赫德对暴露自身D. B. 韦斯特身份的担忧；此外还包含一篇刊载于《色情作品勘误》的短论，探讨《君子》（Esquire）、《爱神》（Eros）、《ONE》与《花花公子》（Playboy）杂志在审查制度演变中的作用、男女时尚演进的意义、戴高乐将军、夏威夷民众、演讲活动、《生活》（Life）杂志、清教主义、性学、禁忌（tabu）、分类学、《曼彻斯特卫报》刊载的《第三性》、杰拉尔丁·杰克逊（贝蒂·珀杜）、斯滕·拉塞尔（斯特拉·拉什），以及承认女性为少数群体并将其置于议题前沿的重要性；同时收录一篇演讲引言的简短草稿，以及一张1953年至1971年的纪念卡片。