- MS-15-10, SF Box 7, Folder 40
- File
- [ca. 1997]
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains information on how to prepare and present oneself in the leather contest.
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Archival DescriptionTightRope website printouts, pamphlets, event participation certificates, correspondence
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 5
- File
- 1998-2000
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains printouts from the TightRope website containing information about TightRope's purpose, membership rules and regulations, and events; two TightRope pamphlets; one certificate of participation in the McNab's Island Massacre 2000 awarded by TightRope to Mask and a thank you card from Mask; two certificate of participation awarded to TightRope by the Mr. Leather Ottawa-Hull organization for participation in their 1999 and 2001 contests; and correspondence between TightRope and Mr. Leather Ottawa-Hull.
- MS-15-10.2020-009, OS Box 17, Folder 7
- File
- [between 1997 and 2007]
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains one black leather vest adorned with patches and pins, and one black cotton t-shirt with printed with the TightRope logo.
- MS-15-10, SF Box 105, Folder 19
- File
- [200-?]
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains one promotional poster for the TightRope leather brotherhood.
- MS-15-10, PB Box 20, Folder 33
- File
- [ca. 1997]
Part of Don Murchy collection
File includes photographs of bondage equipment, and TightRope members engaging in bondage play.
TightRope party at Don Murchy's place
- MS-15-10, PB Box 3, Folder 43
- File
- [ca. 1993]
Part of Don Murchy collection
File includes photographs of a TightRope party at Don Murchy's home. Photographs feature bondage play and equipment.
TightRope party at Bruce Eisner's place
- MS-15-10, PB Box 3, Folder 39
- File
- [ca. 1996]
Part of Don Murchy collection
File includes photographs featuring bondage play and equipment.
TightRope membership lists and application form
- MS-15-10, SF Box 7, Folder 3
- File
- 1999 - 2005
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains TightRope membership lists, contact information, and application form.
- MS-15-10, SF Box 7, Folder 41
- File
- [between 1997-2007]
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains two badges worn by TightRope members. One badge is printed with text saying "TIGHTROPE MEMBERSHIP", and the other is printed with text that reads "Membership Chairman—TIGHTROPE".
TightRope mailing and membership lists
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 2
- File
- 1992-2000
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains TightRope mailing and membership lists, and mailing labels.
TightRope logo ; photographs from meet-up on McNab's Island
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 6
- File
- 1999
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains one TightRope logo and five printouts of photographs from a TightRope meet-up on McNab's Island in Halifax in 1999.
- MS-15-10, PB Box 3, Folder 40
- File
- [ca. 1996]
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains one photograph of TightRope members. From left to Right : Russell Mitchell; Tony Caruso; Mike Sangster; Paul Davison; Don Murchy; Glenn Degeer; Al Stewart; Billy ?; Bruce Eisner.
TightRope event notices ; leather organization newsletters, correspondence, and event notices
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 11
- File
- 1999-2002
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains notices and flyers for events held by the TightRope Leather Brotherhood, as well as newsletters, correspondence, and event notices from other leather organizations. Materials include copies of the newsletters Smoke Signals, produced by Poconowarriors in Pennsylvania, and The Brand, produced by the Chicago Hellfire Club; correspondence, pamphlets, and registration forms from Spearhead Leather/Denim Social club in Toronto; event notices and registration forms from East Coast Bears, based in Fredricton; correspondence from the Ottawa Knights; one registration form for the Toone Towne event held by Firedancers Texas ; and notices for TightRope events held between May and August, 1999.
- MS-15-10.2020-009, SF Box 7, Folder 4
- File
- 1997 - 1998
Part of Don Murchy collection
Files contains the original TightRope by-laws and the by-laws revised in 1998.
TightRope barbeque at Brian Milberry's place
- MS-15-10, PB Box 3, Folder 41
- File
- 1990
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains photographs of various people who attended the TightRope barbeque at member Brian Milberry's home.
TightRope administrative and financial records ; event flyers and calendars ; correspondence
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 3
- File
- 1992-2002
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains records produced as part of the operations of the TightRope Leather Brotherhood. Materials include notices and flyers for events put on by TightRope and the Toronto-based leather club Spearhead between 1992 and 2001; administrative and financial records including general meeting and elections notices from 2000 and 2001, meeting minutes dated 2000 to 2002, budgets and financial statements produced between 1993 and 2000, and a certificate of incorporation from 1997; correspondence regarding TightRope operations dated 2000 to 2003; and dungeon rules and hanky codes
TightRope
TightRope 1992 visit with the Portland Harbourmasters in Portland, Maine
- MS-15-10, PB Box 3, Folder 42
- File
- 1992
Part of Don Murchy collection
File includes photographs of a 1992 meet up between TightRope members and members of the Portland Harbourmasters in Portland, Maine. Photographs feature bondage play and equipment.
Photographs of TightRope trip to Bar Harbour, 1995
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 4
- File
- 1995
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains photographs taken during a TightRope trip to Bar Harbour, Maine, in 1995.
Photographs of TightRope event in Moncton, September 2001
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 7
- File
- September, 2001
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains photographs taken during a TightRope event held near Moncton in September, 1999.
Photographs of Mr. Atlantic Canada (M.A.C.) Leather contest, 2004
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 16
- File
- 2004
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains photographs of TightRope members and other participants of the 2004 Mr. Atlantic Canada (M.A.C.) Leather contest.
Photograph of Tightrope banner at the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 1
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of TightRope members Vernie Murray and Glen Degeer carrying the Tightrope banner.
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 3
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather at the Halifax Pride parade, with Leith Chu standing in the background
Photograph of Mike Teal carrying a megaphone at the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 2
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of Mike Teal carrying a megaphone at the Halifax Pride parade.
Photograph of M.A.C. Leather on Spring Garden Road in the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 10
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of M.A.C. Leather members marching on Spring Garden Road during the Halifax Pride parade.
Photograph of M.A.C. Leather on Queen Street in the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 12
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of M.A.C. Leather members marching on Queen Street during the Halifax Pride parade.
Photograph of M.A.C. Leather on Queen Street at the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 9
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of M.A.C. Leather members marching on Queen Street during the Halifax Pride parade.
Photograph of M.A.C. Leather on Brunswick Street in the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 11
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of M.A.C. Leather members marching on Brunswick Street during the Halifax Pride parade
Photograph of M.A.C. Leather getting ready at the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 4
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of M.A.C. Leather members getting ready at the Halifax Pride parade.
Photograph of M.A.C. Leather at the Halifax Pride parade in front of the Outback
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 5
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of M.A.C. Leather members at the Halifax Pride parade in front of the Outback Patio.
Photograph of Glen Degeer walking in the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 6
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of Glen Degeer walking in the Halifax Pride parade.
Photograph of Glen Degeer and Vernie Mury on Queen Street in the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 13
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of Glen Degeer and Vernie Mury on Queen Street during the Halifax Pride parade.
Photograph of Don Murchy wearing a pink bow in the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 8
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of Don Murchy wearing a pink bow while marching in the Halifax Pride parade.
Photograph of [Al Stewart?] walking up Brunswick Street in the Halifax Pride parade
- MS-15-10, PB Box 25, Folder 25, Item 7
- Item
- [ca. 2001]
Part of Don Murchy collection
One photograph of a TightRope member, likely Al Stewart, walking up Brunswick Street in the Halifax Pride parade.
- MS-15-4
- Fonds
- 2001-2013
Fonds consists of material related to Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] competitions collected by Nathaniel Smith. Includes pamphlets; meeting minutes; financial records; event logo and posters; contest ephemera; organization bylaws; photographs, newspaper clippings; pins; and one mixed music compact disc (CD) played at a MACLeather event.
Smith, Nathaniel
Leather event cards, brochures, and programs
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 13
- File
- 2000-2003
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains event cards and brochures for leather contests and meet-ups in Chicago, Illinois and Cincinnatti, Ohio; and one program for the 2002 International Mr. Leather contest, held in Chicago from May 23-27, 2002.
- Series
- 1992-2004
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
Series contains materials collected by Al Stewart as part of his involvement with the Halifax-based TightRope leather brotherhood, which was established in the early 1990s, incorporated in 1997, and disbanded in 2007. Series also contains materials related to the Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] organization, which operated between 1999-2010, and the leather community more broadly. Materials include TightRope administrative and financial records, correspondence, and promotional materials; event cards, flyers, posters, programs, and certificates of participation for TightRope events, MACLeather contests, and leather events across Canada and the United States; photographs of TightRope meet-ups, MACLeather contests, and other leather community events; web print-outs; issues of the Phalia newsletter published by Spearhead leather and denim club in Toronto; erotic gear catalogues; and one copy of the 2002 Men of Pumpjack calendar.
Leather community event calendars and schedules
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 9
- File
- 1994, 2002
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains leather community events calendars and schedules covering events in both Nova Scotia, across Canada and the United States, and some European events. Materials include one schedule for the Mr. Atlantic Canada (M.A.C.) Leather 2003 contest weekend, held October 4-6, 2002; one calendar produced by the TightRope brotherhood featuring both TightRope gatherings and other leather community events across Canada, the United States, and Europe from 1994-1995; and two copies of the Hot Boots calendar for 2002-2003.
Invitation to Jim Turner and Paul Nicholl's wedding
- MS-15-10, SF Box 7, Folder 6
- File
- 2006
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains one copy of the preliminary announcement email and 1 invitation to the wedding of TightRope members Jim Turner and Paul Nicholl, held September 23, 2006. File also contains a cocktail napkin from the event.
- MS-15-12.2020-009, Box 1, Folder 3
- File
- 2007
File contains four flyers for fetish evenings held at Blue Moon Bistro in Halifax during April and May of 2007, and two copies of an information sheet outlining details for these events.
- MS-15-10
- Collection
- 1987 - 2014
Collection is comprised of materials collected by Don Murchy as part of his involvement with the TightRope Leather Brotherhood, a men's leather and denim club that operated in Nova Scotia from the early 1990s to 2007. Materials document TightRope operations, as well as the involvement of TightRope members in Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather contests and Halifax Fetish Ball events. Materials in this collection include administrative records, by-laws and guiding documents, membership lists, posters and other promotional materials, and photographs.
Murchy, Don
Correspondence between TightRope brotherhood members and prospective members
- MS-15-10, SF Box 7, Folder 5
- File
- 2002 - 2007
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains correspondence between TightRope brotherhood members and prospective members.
Certificates of appreciation awarded to TightRope by Spearhead
- MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 1, Folder 1
- File
- 1992, 1993, 1995
Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds
File contains three certificates of appreciation awarded to TightRope by the Spearhead Leather and Denim club in Toronto to commemorate TightRope's participation in Spearhead's 1992, 1993, and 1995 annual round-up events.
Certificate of participation awarded to the TightRope by STARS, M.C. Inc.
- MS-15-10.2020-009, SF Box 7, Folder 7
- File
- 1996
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains one certificate of participation awarded to the TightRope to commemorate the organization's participation in Stars, M.C., Inc.'s 5th Anniversary celebration, held May 31 to June 2, 1996.
Brochures and flyers for TightRope events
- MS-15-10.2020-009, SF Box 7, Folder 2
- File
- 1999 - 2003
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains schedules, brochures, and flyers for TightRope events.
Administrative records of the TightRope brotherhood
- MS-15-10.2020-009, SF Box 7, Folder 1
- File
- 1997 - 2007
Part of Don Murchy collection
File contains meeting minutes and agendas, brochures and financial records.