DATE: ca.1973-1974
CREATOR: Moore, Don
EXTENT: 50 items (1 box)
SCOPE: Materials related to gay motorcycle clubs collected ca.1973-1974 by Don Moore, an officer of the Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club of Los Angeles, California. Most items were produced by California clubs, including the Satyrs, Barbary Coasters, Oedipus, Buddy, San Andreas, Levi Guy, and the Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club. However, the collection spans the United States, including the Border Riders from Washington state, The Rocky Mountaineers from Colorado, and the Celtic Motorcycle Club from Mississippi.
Content includes social event invitations, motorcycle race information, Christmas cards, and administrative correspondence from the various clubs. Highlights include a 1973 directory of United States and global gay motorcycle clubs compiled by the World Brotherhood of Clubs in San Francisco, and a magazine, titled The Second City Link, about the gay leather and motorcycle scenes of Chicago, Illinois.
ACCESS: This is collection M-724. This collection is available for on-site use only in the Rare Book and Manuscripts Reading Room. Some of the collection may be photocopied, digitally scanned or photographed, depending on condition. Researchers are advised to call ahead concerning changes in hours due to University intersessions and holidays. The St. Louis Mercantile Library is located on levels one and two of the Thomas Jefferson Library building. More information about conducting research with the archival collections of the Library, including current building hours and reading room policies, can be found on our Research page.
RESTRICTIONS: None
Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.”
INVENTORY
| Item ID | Item Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| M-724-1 | The Second City Link newsletter | 1973-11 |
| M-724-2 | The Buddy Motorcycle Club Rose of England Run brochure, with British Tourist Authority brochure and “How to speak British” pamphlet inside (3 pieces) | 1974 |
| M-724-3 | Thank you card from Mr. Brian C. Smith, with envelope | 1973-11 |
| M-724-4 | Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Christmas Card, signed | c.1973 |
| M-724-5 | Christmas Card, signed | c.1973 |
| M-724-6 | 4 empty envelopes, addressed to the Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club in Los Angeles, CA | 1973-11 |
| M-724-7 | Southern Cross: newsletter of the Celtics M.C. [Motorcycle Club], Mississippi Gulf Coast, inside envelope addressed to Mr. Don Moore | 1973-11 -- 1973-12 |
| M-724-8 | Invitation to Pacific Motorcycle Club mixer honoring the Satyrs Motorcycle Club (3 pieces) | 1973-11 |
| M-724-9 | Thebans Motorcycle Club Christmas Card | c.1973 |
| M-724-10 | Invitation to "Meet California's star in the national galaxy, Mrs. Frank E. La Cauza, for the office of Historian General on the slate of Mrs. Henry Stewart Jones" | 1973-12 |
| M-724-11 | Motorcycle club ballot, with blanks for 14 superlatives about the best bike events, run sites, and riders | c.1973-1974 |
| M-724-12 | Invitation to Buddy Motorcycle Club event to introduce new officers | 1974-02 |
| M-724-13 | Program for Oedipus Motorcycle Club of Los Angeles, "The Coronation of Oedipus Rex XXXII" (2 copies) | 1974-01 |
| M-724-14 | Invitation to Satyrs Motorcycle Club 39th installation of officers | 1974-05 |
| M-724-15 | Oedipus Motorcycle Club application | c.1973-1974 |
| M-724-16 | Invitation to Oedipus Motorcycle Club "coronation" and celebration of new Oedipus Rex XXXI (2 pieces) | c.1973-1974 |
| M-724-17 | Invitation to Buddy Club's Blazing Buddies of England | c.1973-1974 |
| M-724-18 | Invitation to San Andreas M.C. L.A. 9th Annual Blessing of the Bikes | 1973-12 |
| M-724-19 | The Satyrs MC Announces its Nineteenth Annual Field Meet, event information, maps, and blank application | 1973-09 |
| M-724-20 | Invitation to Boys Ranch Benefit, RMMC [Rocky Mountaineers Motorcycle Club of Colorado) | 1973-12 |
| M-724-21 | Recon Motorcycle Club Christmas Card | 1973-12 |
| M-724-22 | Invitation to Border Riders Motorcycle Club Fourth Annual Anniversary Roughout, with application (2 pieces) | 1973-02 |
| M-724-23 | Letter from Bill Robertson, secretary of the Council of Southern California Motorcycle Clubs | 1973-11 |
| M-724-24 | Invitation to The Bronco's first open meeting | 1974-01 |
| M-724-25 | Invitation to Blue Max Motorcycle Club event celebrating the 115th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm II | 1974-01 |
| M-724-26 | Dispatch, Rocky Mountaineers Club of Colorado newsletter, November and December 1973 (2 sheets) | 1973-11 -- 1973-12 |
| M-724-27 | Invitation to Wrangler MC Mardi Gras event | 1974-02 |
| M-724-28 | Invitation to Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club open meeting | 1974-01 |
| M-724-29 | Invitation to San Andreas M.C. L.A. open meeting | 1974-02 |
| M-724-30 | "Be on Larry's confidential mailing list" application | c.1973-1974 |
| M-724-31 | The Rocky Mountaineers M.C. of Colorado Christmas Card | c.1973-1974 |
| M-724-32 | Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club Mount Etna Run guide (2 copies) | 1974-05 |
| M-724-33 | Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club Mount Etna Run map | 1974-05 |
| M-724-34 | Invitation to Oedipus Motorcycle Club open meeting | 1974-05 |
| M-724-35 | Invitation to breakfast with the Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club before the Mt. Etna Run (2 copies) | 1974-05 |
| M-724-36 | Thank you letter from Dub Keith to the Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club | 1973-11 |
| M-724-37 | Invitation to Falcon's Lair Holiday Shopper Stopper event | c.1973-1974 |
| M-724-38 | Invitation to event celebrating "Griff's first anniversary" | 1973-11 |
| M-724-39 | Invitation to Pacific Coast Motorcycle Club mixer honoring the Satyrs Motorcycle Club (3 copies) | 1973-11 |
| M-724-40 | Invitation to Levi Guy Club "Xmas in November Party" | 1973-11 |
| M-724-41 | Invitation to Oedipus Motorcycle Club "Grimm weekend with the Oedipus in fairy tale land" | 1974-05 |
| M-724-42 | Two tickets and rule sheets for "ZTI's Radical Chic" event and costume content, in West Hollywood, CA | 1974-04 |
| M-724-43 | Invitation to ZTI "Spring Extravaganza, Radical Chic" | 1974-04 |
| M-724-44 | Program and schedule for Oedipus Motorcycle Club "Grimm weekend" | 1974-05 |
| M-724-45 | Two invitations to Oedipus Motorcycle Club's Christmas charity event, "An Oedipus Boy Party," with envelope (3 pieces) | 1973-12 |
| M-724-46 | Map for motorcycle event "Oedipus Grecian Games" | c.1973-1974 |
| M-724-47 | Two letters, invitation to and information about planning meeting for Barbary Coasters Motorcycle Club "Academy Awards" | 1973-11 |
| M-724-48 | Calendar of Southern California motorcycle club events | 1974-04 -- 1974-05 |
| M-724-49 | Roster and directory of motorcycle clubs that are members of the WBC [World Brotherhood of Clubs], San Francisco, with envelope | 1973-11 |
| M-724-50 | Empty envelope addressed to Pacific Coast M.C. | 1973-12 |