Brittin's collection of counterculture material is comprised of erotica (photographs,
publications, and other papers); advertisements/pamphlets on health, drugs, and
spiritual movements. This series also contains Brittin's collection of theater/film
papers, film stills, and ephemera, including his membership in the Hollywood Film
Society and materials on Orson Welles.
Arrangement
The series is arranged in three groups: erotica, theater/film and
advertisements/pamphlets.
box
28, 62-65, 98-99
Erotica, 1937-2000 (bulk 1960s)
box
folder
62
1-3
Publications, 1937-1968
Includes the periodical, Physique Pictorial, vol.13,
no.4 (1964).
box
62-63
Papers, circa 1965-1968
box
folder
62
4-7
Ephemera
box
folder
63
1-5
Various
Contains more ephemera, drawings and clippings.
box
28, 63-65
Photographs, 1960s
Box 63 and 64 contain large commercial photographs as well as photographs taken by
Brittin and Bob Alexander. More erotica photographs and negatives with Bob
Alexander, Anita Alexander, Zack and Beverly Walsh can be found in Beverly Walsh:
Erotica files.
box
folder
63
6-7
Prints, contact sheets
box
64
11 x 14 inch prints
box
65
Small, mass-produced prints
box
folder
28
9
Negatives
box
98-99
Items added later, 1970, 1990-2000, undated
Brittin materials integrated into the archive in 2012.
box
folder
99
1-3
Papers, 1970, 1990-2000, undated
Also includes black-and-white photographs and one publication.
box
98
Color negatives, undated
box
66, 99, 133
Theater/Film, 1942-2005, undated
box
folder
66
1-4
Papers, 1942-1971
Also includes black-and-white photographs and publications.
box
99, 133
Items added later, 1947-2005, undated
Brittin materials integrated into the archive in 2012.
box
folder
99
4-7
Papers, 1947, 1967, 1999-2005
99
8-10
Photographs, undated
Film stills.
box
folder
133
11
Posters, undated
Kenneth Anger posters.
133
12
Dashing Stage Beauties of the
World,
undated
Print portfolio with 12 plates of female performers.
box
66, 80*
Advertisements/Pamphlets circa 1942-1969, undated
box
folder
66
5
Metaphysics/Philosophy, circa 1942-1957
Booklets and pamphlets on spiritual movements such as Rosicrucianism and
Mentalphysics.
