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Black MythBy: Edward D. Wood, Jr.Pseudonym: Dick Trent with Dr. T. K. Peters, 1971

 Item — Box: 2

Scope and Contents

Publisher: SECS Press, Los AngelesPhoto Illustrated (color/b&w)"Sex Education Clinical Series vol. XXII" ["A detailed analysis of the sexual and sociological misinformation surrounding black sexuality." It was suggested by reported ex-Pendulum/Calga writer Leo Eaton, that Dr. T. K. Peters was in fact actually a real card-carrying doctor, his website relays: "Pendulum had bought a serious, boring and excruciatingly long scientific study of sexuality from Dr. T. K. Peters. It was an unpublished manuscript that the doctor had probably labored on for years without finding a buyer (he was a Kinsey-style researcher). I hate to think what he was paid – probably peanuts – but he was very old (semi-senile was the word around the office) and he’d let it go without realizing what use would be made of it. The manuscript gave Bernie [Bloom] a sort of ‘semi-legitimacy’ for the books and magazine articles and we were all encouraged to make use of it whenever and wherever possible. Adding Dr. Peter’s name as co-writer added a spurious legitimacy." (http://www.eatoncreative.com/memories/working-with-ed-wood-jr.php)

Dates

  • 1971

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)

Physical Description

Pages: 192

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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