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·希德（Henry FitzGerald Heard，笔名杰拉尔德·希德（Gerald Heard）、D. B. 维斯特（D. B. Vest））与威廉·兰伯特（William Lambert，笔名W. 多尔·莱格（W. Dorr Legg））之间的往来书信，书信涵盖诸多议题：包括狒狒、美国科学促进会（American Association for the Advancement of Science）、佛教相关猫咪、就美国最高法院淫秽裁决事宜致以祝贺、寻水探测术，以及希德对暴露自身D. B. 维斯特身份的担忧；此外，一篇题为《情色文献勘误》（Errata in Erotica）的短文探讨了《Esquire》《Eros》《ONE》《Playboy》等杂志在审查制度演进中的作用，同时涉及男女时尚演变的意义、戴高乐将军、夏威夷原住民、讲座相关内容、《生活》杂志（Life magazine）、清教主义、性学、禁忌、分类学、刊登于《曼彻斯特卫报》（Manchester Guardian）的《第三性》（Third Sex）一文、杰拉尔丁·杰克逊（Geraldine Jackson，本名贝蒂·珀杜（Betty Perdue））、斯滕·拉塞尔（Sten Russell，笔名斯特拉·拉什（Stella Rush）），以及将女性视作少数群体并将其置于议题前沿的重要性；数据集还包含一篇简短的演讲引言草稿，以及一张1953年至1971年的纪念卡片。