Leather Archives & Museum: 25 Years
The official catalog celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Leather Archives & Museum. The catalog features essays, collection photographs, and highlights over the LA&M's institutional life. The official catalog celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Leather Archives & Museum. The catalog features essays, collection photographs, and highlights over the LA&M's institutional life.
tossing our history into dumpsters. That there was a safe place to conserve that history simply made more sense. I asked Barry Johnson to join us on the first board of directors and we hired our first curator, Joseph Bean. In no time, the museum was useless as the archives filled every space. Both Tony and I strongly believed we needed to own the building housing the collection. If that property was owned by a tax exempt 501 c(3) non-profit, it would be free from real estate and other taxes. We eventually located the old Greenview Center for the Performing Arts which had occupied an even older Jewish synagogue. We needed $60,000 for the down payment but only had $3,000. From the IML stage, Joseph Bean made an emotional appeal for funds and we passed the baskets. Through the generosity of the leather men and women assembled that night, we raised an incredible $58,000 in cash, checks and pledges. Within a few months the building was ours. A short 5 years later we were facing a balloon payment and again turned to the leather/fetish community for assistance. I honestly don't know how we did it but when the smoke cleared it was the smoke coming from a mortgage burning ceremony. With the help of a lot of dedicated people and through the generosity of the entire community, we owned 6418 N. Greenview free and clear. While its hard to top the mortgage burning ceremony, we can be proud of the continued good work done in the name of the leather/ fetish community. Day-to-day, the work of the Leather Archives and Museum continues both to save our history and make it available to the public as a whole. Chuck Renslow Founder/President Leather Archives & Museum April 2016 18
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