The Directory. Colorado Edition. Spring '80 [Cover title]

Denver, Colorado: The Directory, Ltd., a division of SEA Corporation, 1980. Very good +. 9" x 4". Stapled self wrappers. pp. 80. Very good plus: wrappers rubbed; internally fine.

This is a rare Colorado LGBTQ+ periodical/directory hybrid that was apparently intended as a quarterly and whose title is a bit of a misnomer. It's not a directory in the sense that there is no organizational structure nor any generic line-by-line business listings separated into geographic areas. It's not quite a news source as there are only three short articles, one of which has nothing to do with Colorado.

The book has nearly 150 business listed with display ads throughout, and a three page alphabetized list of those businesses in numerous categories. Listings are statewide, with an emphasis on Denver, and includes standard fare such as bars, baths and restaurants but also includes a chimney sweep and mobile disco.

The closest we've come to any insight as to the publishers or compilers is that an Ed Novak and Steve Dougherty both lived at Allen Hall at Southern Illinois State Normal University-a nice coincidence but no guarantee they are the same men who created this publication.

OCLC locates no copies. Various iterations of Google searches reveal nothing similar.


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