Stud File

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http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/07/25/books/20100726-secret-4.html



Steward, who died in 1993, left behind 80 boxes full of drawings, letters, photographs, sexual paraphernalia,  manuscripts and other items, including an autograph and reliquary with pubic hair from Rudolph Valentino.

Among the artifacts was "a green metal card catalog labeled 'Stud File,' which contained a meticulously documented record on index cards of every sexual experience and partner — Rock Hudson, Thornton Wilder, 'One-eyed Sadist' — that Steward said he had had over 50 years."

"On each of the 746 cards that ultimately made up his alphabetized Stud File, Steward listed his sexual partner's name, his place in the lineup (i.e., the 354th person Steward had sex with), the dates and locations of every encounter, a coded description of penis size and of every specific sexual activity, and a brief comment."


Sexual Outlaw on the Gay Frontie
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/books/26secret.html?_r=1

There are great photos in the slideshow.
There is an interesting video....

You think he really recorded every single trick in his stud file?

I don't know much about the late 40's gay aesthetic.


Gay wasn't so grim in 1940's fiction.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gay+wasn%27t+so+grim+in+1940%27s+fiction.-a0192646448

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