Category Six Bookstore records, 1979-2015, 1982-1990.

Category Six Bookstore (Denver, Colo.), creator.

C MSS WH2383

Finding aid available online and in repository.

1979-2015.

2 linear ft. (2 boxes), 2 oversize boxes

Category 6 Bookstore was the first gay oriented book store in Denver, Colo. Founded in 1982 by Neil Woodward and Daniel Otero, the store was originally located at 909 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colo. Category Six provided information and a gathering place for Gays and Lesbians from the Denver-Metro area. The bookstore later moved to 1029 E. 11th Avenue. In 1991, Jim Schneider bought the business from Woodward and Otero and in 1996 moved the store to 42 South Broadway. Schneider later sold the business to manager, James Dovali in 1997. In 2002, the business was renamed: Relatively WIlde. The bookstore eventually transitioned into a online venue before closing sometime after 2011.

Collection is primarily made up of materials assembled during the tenure of ownership by Neil Woodward and Daniel Otereo and contains articles about Category SIx, signed memorabilia of speakers and writers at the book store, publisher correspondence, March on Washington Rainbow Flags, and other ephemera (1982-1990).

Woodward, Neil, -- Archives.

Otero, Daniel L., 1940- -- Archives.

Category Six Bookstore (Denver, Colo.) -- Archives.

Gay business enterprises -- Colorado -- Denver -- 20th century.

Bookstores -- Colorado -- Denver -- 20th century.

Business records.

Correspondence.

Ephemera.

GLBT Community Center of Colorado (Denver, Colo.) sponsor.

The name: Category Six was derived from the Kinsey scale, also called the Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale. The scale typically ranges from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual.

Collection acquired through the Colorado LGBT History Project sponsored by the GLBT Community Center of Colorado.

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

Contact Special Collections and Archives Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Forms part of: Colorado LGBT History Project.

Gift; Neil Woodward and Daniel Otero; 2017.