RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

On Our Backs archive (Ms.2005.26)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Scope & content

This collection contains the records for the magazine "On Our Backs," the first women-run lesbian erotica magazine in the United States, founded in 1984. It contains the files created by the staff during their work to produce the magazine and the spin-off Fatale Video line of erotic movies. It includes articles contributed and offered, photographs, artwork, publicity materials, financial information, correspondence, editorial files, and videotapes. The collection contains content of an explicit sexual nature.