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Carlos Roy Lavender Papers

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
SCRC 79
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
  • 13.5 linear feet (27 boxes)
  • 0.001 gigabytes (20 digital files)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carlos Roy Lavender Papers, SCRC 79, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
circa 1939-2004 (inclusive) and 1999-2002 (inclusive)
Creator:
Lavender, Carlos Roy, 1919-2007
Form:
Fantasy fiction, 35mm (photographic film size), Born digital, Clippings, Correspondence, Printed ephemera, Fanzines, Floppy disks, Manuscripts, Negatives, Objects, Periodicals, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Slides, Speeches (documents), VHS (TM), and video recordings (physical artifacts)
Abstract:

Roy Lavender was an aerospace engineer, science fiction fan, frequent convention attendee and organizer, and author of essays describing fan life in the early years of science fiction and the "pulp era." Lavender was a member of First Fandom, and a founder of Midwestcon.

This collection contains extensive numbers of photographic prints and 35mm slides of various science fiction conventions, including examples of cosplay. Also included are convention booklets and ephemera, fanzines, correspondence, memorabilia, a scrapbook of Harlan Ellison's column, "The Glass Teat: A Column of Opinion about Television," publications, and other materials.

The collection is arranged into 8 series as follows:

  • Series 1: Correspondence and ephemera, 1958-2000, modified 1999-2000
  • Series 2: Photographs, 1949-1992
    • Subseries 2.1: Photographic prints and negatives, 1949-1992
    • Subseries 2.2: Slides, 1958-1979
    • Subseries 2.3: Scrapbooks, 1955-1988
  • Series 3: Convention publications, 1979-2001
  • Series 4: Fanzines, 1967-2004
  • Series 5: Writings, ephemera, and other materials, 1966-1998
  • Series 6: Harlan Ellison scrapbook, circa 1968-1972
  • Series 7: January 2008 additions, circa 1939-1988, undated
  • Series 8: September 2012 additions, 1949, undated

Gift of the Carlos Roy Lavender Trust, October/November 2007, with additions on January 9, 2008 and on September 14, 2012. Envelope with typewritten notes from Dean Grinnell in box 1, folder 23, donated September 19, 2011, by the Carlos Roy Lavender Trust.

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Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy. Original storage media containing digital records may not be used. All digital records in this collection have been migrated to a library server, and digital use copies can only be accessed onsite in the SCRC reading room. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Finding aid prepared in November 2007. Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in July 2014 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services. Further revisions made by Katy Rawdon in September 2015. Digital records processed and finding aid revised in October 2022 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist.

People
Subject

Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist
Finding Aid Date
October 2022
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Carlos Roy Lavender Papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated. Rights to commercial use of the C. R. Lavender Photographic collection are reserved to the Carlos Roy Lavender Trust.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains files organized by personal or organization name, including letters, photographs, ephemera, newsletters, directories, writings, and other materials. This series also includes html pages from Lavender's personal website including text of "Fandom Is A Way Of Life" and "Suits and Seats" and four digitized photographs from the 1949 Midwestcon.

Physical Description

0.8 Linear Feet2 boxes

Austin, Bill, 1994-1996. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Barnes, Creighton, 1988-2000. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Beam, Ray, 1984-1996. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bowers, Bill, 2000. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Budrys, Algis, editor of Tomorrow, 1993. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Cantor, Marty and Robbie, 1985-1986. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Chike, Keith and Rebecca, 1995-1996. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Clareson, Tom, 1984-1990. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Clarke, A. Vincent, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Coger, Dal and Greta, 1987-1996. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Cowden, Joan (Megan) and Charles E. Richardson, 1994-1995. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Cox, Arthur Jean, 1987-1993. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Daugherty, Walt and Mary Ellen Robogliatti, 1967-1990. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

DragonCon, 1997-1998. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Engle, Ted and Jean, 1986, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Finder, Jan Howard, 1976-1998. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fitch, Don, 1990-1999. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fox, Janet, Scavenger Newsletter, 1991. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 18
Physical Description

1 Folders

Freas, Kelly, 1975-2000. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 19
Physical Description

1 Folders

Girard, Benoit, The Frozen Frog, 1991-1994. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 20
Physical Description

1 Folders

Glyer, Mike, 1993. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 21
Physical Description

1 Folders

Gonzer, Wally, 1991. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 22
Physical Description

1 Folders

Grennell, Dean A., 1969, 1997. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 23
Physical Description

1 Folders

Hensley, Joe, 1992-1993. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 24
Physical Description

1 Folders

Hubbard, Carrie, 1990-1992. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 25
Physical Description

1 Folders

Jeeves, Terry, ERG Quarterly, 1995-2000. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 26
Physical Description

1 Folders

Jensen, Charles, 1976-1993. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 27
Physical Description

1 Folders

Johnson, Robin, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 28
Physical Description

1 Folders

Larsen, Soren, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 29
Physical Description

1 Folders

Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, 1988-1998. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 30
Physical Description

1 Folders

Legman, Gershon, 1958-1963. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 31
Physical Description

1 Folders

Lindsay, Eric, 1994-1998. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 32
Physical Description

1 Folders

MarCon, 1993. 1 Folders.
Box 1 Folder 33
Physical Description

1 Folders

Moffatt, Len and June, 1975, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Moore, Ken, Kubla Khan, 1990-1996. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Niven, Larry and Fuzzy, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Orange County Science Fiction Club, 1989-1991. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Petard Society, 1971-1987. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Raney, Nancy, 1981, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Schulzinger, Mark, 1986-1994. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Shibano, Takumi, 2000. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Shirvin, Stan, 1970-1999. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Smith, Dick and Leah, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Stavdal, Bill, 1998. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Stone, Merlin, 1987-1990. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Uhlmeyer, Virginia, 1994, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wadey, Bob and Kate, 1987-1992. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 14
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wayne, Taral, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 15
Physical Description

1 Folders

Willis, Madeleine, 1986. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 16
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, includes floppy disk, 1971-2000, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 2 Folder 17
Physical Description

1 Folders

Personal website pages and digitized photographs, 1999-2000. 1 Digital Folder(s).
Digital Folder(s) 1
Physical Description

1 Digital Folder(s)

Scope and Contents

This series consists of photographic prints, slides, negatives, and scrapbooks primarily of science fiction and fantasy conventions, events, professional guest speakers, conventioneers, and cosplayers. Photos are grouped together as found, and arranged by name of primary convention and date.

Physical Description

7.4 Linear Feet19 boxes

Aquarian Con, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon II, 1985. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Bouchercon, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Chicon IV, 1982. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Dangerous Visions, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

DeepSouthCon, 1989. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Denvention II, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Denvention II, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Denvention II, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Denvention II, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 3 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Denvention II “and some other stuff”, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Faire, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Faire, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Faire, Sci Fi Weekend, unidentified, circa 1978-1981. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Faire X, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Faire X, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Faire, Midwestcon, Loscon, Inconjunction, Denvention, Seacon, Chicon, 1979-1988. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Inco, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Inconjunction, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 4 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, Conquistador, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Leprecon, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Leprecon, 1989. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, 1979-1980. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, 1989. 1 Folders.
Box 5 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Loscon, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Marcon, 1982. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon (with typescript recollection), 1949. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, Fantasy Faire, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, Fantasy Faire, 1981. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, Inconjunction, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 6 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, Inconjunction, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, Inconjunction, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, 1989. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, 1992. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, Fantasy Faire, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Randomcon, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 7 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scancon, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Science Fiction Research Association, 1990. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Science Fiction Weekend, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Seacon, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westcon, 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon XX, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Worldcon, 1984. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Worldcon, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 8 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Worldcon Brighton, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Various photocopies, 1950-1988. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1983. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1985. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1991. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1991. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 9 Folder 13
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Negatives: Midwestcon, Inconjunction, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Negatives: Worldcon XXX, LACon, 1972. 1 Folders.
Box 10 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 11 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Aussiecon, unidentified, 1975, 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 12 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Faire, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Faire, Iguanacon, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Jazz, 1973. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Kansas City, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

L.A.con, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

L.A.con, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

L.A.con, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Leprecon, Christmas, 1977-1978. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Midwestcon, 1972. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Noreascon, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 13 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Petards at Edco’s, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Presicon, symposium, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

St. Louis, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Suncon, Discon II, Filmcon II, 1974-1977. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Suncon costumes, 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

West and South Con, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

West and South Con, 1973. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, Baycon, Tricon, Solacon, Chicon III, Discon I, Detention, Pacificon II, Pilcon, 1958-1968. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, unidentified, 1967-1970. 1 Folders.
Box 14 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, 1970. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, 1970-1974. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, Worldcon, 1970-1975. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, Mythcon, unidentified, 1971-1976. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, 1972. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, Worldcon, 1972. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, 1972, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 15 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Westercon, Equicon, Discon II, Witchcraft and Sorcery Con, 1973-1974. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Worldcon, Trimble Moonwatch, miscellaneous, 1966-1970. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Worldcon, Westercon, Baycon, miscellaneous, 1968-1972. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Worldcon XXX, West and South Con, 1972, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Worldcon, Westercon, Torcon, Equicon, West and South Con, L.A.Con (slide carousel), 1972-1975. 1 Folders.
Box 16 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, 1960s-1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, 1960s-1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, 1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, 1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, 1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, 1970s. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, 1971. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Miscellaneous, 1974. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 17 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1975. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1976. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Unidentified, 1978. 1 Folders.
Box 18 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

"Fans, vol. I", circa 1955-1973. 1 Volumes.
Box 19 Volume 1
Physical Description

1 Volumes

"Fans, vol. II", circa 1964-1973. 1 Volumes.
Box 19 Volume 2
Physical Description

1 Volumes

"Fans, vol. III", circa 1969-1974. 1 Volumes.
Box 20 Volume 1
Physical Description

1 Volumes

"Fans, vol. V", circa 1976-1987. 1 Volumes.
Box 20 Volume 2
Physical Description

1 Volumes

"Fannish", circa 1980-1983. 1 Volumes.
Box 21 Volume 1
Physical Description

1 Volumes

Seacon costumes, Brighton, England, 1979. 1 Volumes.
Box 21 Volume 2
Physical Description

1 Volumes

Midwestcon, Inconjunction, Leprecon, 1988. 1 Volumes.
Box 21 Volume 3
Physical Description

1 Volumes

Physical Description

0.4 Linear Feet1 box

Archon 19, Collinsville. Program book, June 1995. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Ditto 14, Bloomington, IN. Progress fanzine, October 2001. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Kubla Khan 22 (aka Kubla Khatch 22), Tennessee (Lavender was Fan Guest of Honor), May 1994. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Minicon 39, Minneapolis, MN. Five issues of the Bozo Bus Tribune (the official organ of Minicon) and con schedule and booklet, April 2004. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scancon 79, Oslo. Two program booklets, August 1979. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Soonercon 11 Oklahoma City, OK, 1995. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

World Science Fiction Convention: 45th, Brighton, U.K. ("Conspiracy '87" Con). Souvenir Book (Frontier Crossings) and ephemera, August 27-September 1, 1987. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

World Science Fiction Convention: 46th, New Orleans, LA (Nolacon II), September 1-5, 1988. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

World Science Fiction Convention: 54th, Los Angeles/Anaheim, CA. L.A. Con III Progress Report, August 29-September 2, 1996. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

World Science Fiction Convention: 57th, Melbourne, Australia, September 1999. 1 Folders.
Box 22 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Physical Description

0.6 Linear Feet2 boxes

Dal's Journal, Dalvan M. Coger, Memphis, TN, No. 4, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Entr'acte, Wm. N. Austin, No. 7, July 1994. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

ERG, Terry Jeeves, Scarborough, UK, Nos. 130-134, 137-141, 144, 146-151, 153-156, 158-164, July 1995-January 2004. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

File-770, Mike Glyer, Monrovia, CA, Nos. 99, 110, 117, 127, 133, 135, 136, 143, 144, 1993?-2005. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 4
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1 Folders

First Fandom, Membership Rosters, 1998-2002. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Frozen Frog, Benoit Girard, Quebec, Canada, Nos. 5-9, January 1993-May 1994. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Gegenschein, Eric Lindsay, Australia, Nos. 67-70, 72, 80, 82, 84-86, March 1993-September 1999. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 7
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1 Folders

Grue, Dean Grennell, Covina, CA, Nos. 31, 33, August 1969. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Horseshit. The Offensive Review, Thomas and Robert Dunker, Hermosa Beach, CA, No. 2, 1967. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 9
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1 Folders

Janthology, Janice Gelb, Los Altos, CA, no. 1?, 1998. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Mimosa, Nicki and Rich Lynch, Gaithersburg, MD, Nos. 20, 24, 25, 27, 1997-2001. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 11
Physical Description

1 Folders

Mimosa, Nicki and Rich Lynch, Gaithersburg, MD, Nos. 28-30, 2002-2003. 1 Folders.
Box 23 Folder 12
Physical Description

1 Folders

Moffatt House Newsletter, Len and June Moffatt, Downey, CA, Nos. 6-11, 13, December 1984-December 1991. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Moonshine, Len and June Moffatt, Downey, CA, No. 53, May 1985. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Notes from Bob Peterson, Bob Peterson, Colorado, No. 78 (With: "History of SF Fandom in Denver and Colorado."), June 2000. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scavenger's Newsletter, Janet Fox, Orange City, KS, No. 104, October 1992. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scientifiction (First Fandom Report), various Presidents and places, 1998-2006. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

STET, Dick and Leah Smith, Prospect Heights, IL, No. 9 (The Old Fan's Almanac), 1999-2000. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 6
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1 Folders

Vojo de Vivo, Michael J. Lowrey, Milwaukee, WI, No. 1, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 7
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1 Folders

Wholly Berry, John Berry, South Hatfield, Herts., UK, May 2000. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Wondering & Wandering, Don Fitch, Covina, CA, No. 5, Setember 1994. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 9
Physical Description

1 Folders

Zugzwang, Kim Huett, Australia, No. 1, June 1993. 1 Folders.
Box 24 Folder 10
Physical Description

1 Folders

Physical Description

0.4 Linear Feet1 box

Microfiche from NASA, circa 1966-1975. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Convention nametags and buttons, 1975-1998, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 2
Physical Description

1 Folders

Convention nametags and buttons, 1975-1998, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Harlan Ellison issue, July 1977. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Correspondence file with artist George Barr concerning commission for design of a Lavender holiday card, includes negative sheet of artwork, 1979-1986, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Biographical remarks by Lavender for Kubla Kahn 22, and other biographical information, May 1994, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 6
Physical Description

1 Folders

Fan guest of honor at Kubla Katch 22 plaque inscribed to Roy Lavender, May 1994. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Folders

Guest of honor speech by Lavender at Soonercon, Oklahoma City, OK, typescript, October 5, 1996. 1 Folders.
Box 25 Folder 8
Physical Description

1 Folders

Scope and Contents

Clippings of column by Ellison that appeared in the Los Angeles Free Press, with additional Ellison book reviews and appearances in Los Angeles newspapers. With a 1970 inscription to Roy and Dee Dee Lavender by Ellison.

Physical Description

0.25 Linear Feet1 box

Scrapbook of clippings of Harlan Ellison's column, "The Glass Teat: A Column of Opinion about Television", circa 1968-1972. 1 Volumes.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 Volumes

Physical Description

0.2 Linear Feet0.5 box

Correspondence with Ross Rocklynne with copy photograph of attendees of first WorldCon, circa 1939-1988, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 1
Physical Description

1 Folders

Photographs, 1949-1975, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Hannes Bok, Lloyd Eshbach, Carlos Roy Lavender, Vira DeeDee Lavender, and others on roof of Bok's flat in 1950; photographs at Doc Barrett's cottage on Indian Lake, Ohio (Midwestcon, 1949); and others

Physical Description

1 Folders

Fantasy Showcase Tarot deck, compiled and edited by Bruce Pelz, circa 1980. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 3
Physical Description

1 Folders

Letter from Lavender to Paul Oldroyd about Conspiracy '87, August 2, 1986. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 4
Physical Description

1 Folders

Letter from Roy Squires to Lavender, September 16, 1986. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 5
Physical Description

1 Folders

Letter and essay from Tom A. Shippey, undated. 1 Folders.
Box 27 Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Return address of letter, St. John's College, Oxford, England; date December 11, [no year]. Copy of essay "The Golden Bough and The Incorporations of Magic in Science-Fiction."

Physical Description

1 Folders

LosCon Golden Age of SF and Fandom Kost Kontest VHS, undated. 1 Videotapes.
Box 27 Folder 7
Physical Description

1 Videotapes

Physical Description

0.2 Linear Feet0.5 box

Photographs and photocopies, 1949, undated.
Box 27 Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Roy and DeeDee Lavender at an unidentified convention awards ceremony; photocopies of a photograph of Lavender and an article about the 1949 Cincinnati convention.

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