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Hermes newsletter of North Chicago

Hermes newsletter of North Chicago was a bimonthly publication that was active for a few years in the early 1970's. Its claimed interest was love and sex between adult men and boys "in the classical Greek tradition". The editor was Rusty Wake and the circulation was a few hundred copies per issue.

Issues consisted of several letter paper size pages xeroxed or printed on one side only and stapled together. Copy was black and white. Mostly the paper consisted of brief articles and reader comments with a few line drawings and small photographs. The layout was amateurish and the reproduction quality low. Some of the material might be considered child pornography today. It is not clear if Hermes was intended to be a commercial activity or if it was mainly a group interest affair. Possibly its purpose was to provide sexual contacts for pricipals.

Hermes ceased publication in 1974 when Mr. Wake was arrested on various charges. Few copies of the issues are extant. Internet searches generally are not productive. This article does not contain input from editors or contributors to Hermes. Comments and contributions are welcome.

intended references in paragraph order

Midwestern Gay Academic Journal, issue of 1974, article by D.W. Nichols, Towards a Boy Lovers Perspective

Library catalog entry of University that has extant copies

Articles in Chicago Tribune and Ann Arbor (Michigan) News from May 1974 concerning arrest of Mr. Wake and related matters including the so-calle Delta Project