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)本数据集收录亨利·菲茨杰拉德·赫德（Henry FitzGerald Heard，笔名杰拉尔德·赫德、D. B. 韦斯特）与威廉·兰伯特（William Lambert，别名W. 多尔·莱格/W. Dorr Legg）之间的往来通信，内容涉及多元议题：涵盖狒狒、美国科学促进会（American Association for the Advancement of Science）、佛教猫咪、针对美国最高法院淫秽物品裁决案的贺词、寻水探测术；赫德关于暴露自身D. B. 韦斯特身份的顾虑；另有短论《色情作品勘误》（Errata in Erotica），探讨《Esquire》（《时尚先生》）、《Eros》（《爱欲》）、《ONE》、《Playboy》（《花花公子》）杂志在审查制度演变中的作用；同时涉及男女时尚演变的意义、戴高乐将军、夏威夷民众、演讲活动、《Life》（《生活》）杂志、清教主义、性学、禁忌（tabu）、分类学、《曼彻斯特卫报》（Manchester Guardian）刊载的《第三性》（Third Sex）、杰拉尔丁·杰克逊（Geraldine Jackson，本名贝蒂·珀杜/Betty Perdue）、斯滕·拉塞尔（Sten Russell，本名斯特拉·拉什/Stella Rush），以及将女性视为少数群体并维持其前沿地位的重要性；此外还包含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。