Preserving History, Celebrating Diversity
Welcome to the Carter Johnson Library & Collection
I call now through time and space to all who have brought us to this place. Leather folx from ages past please hear me as I call. Come down and bless our efforts here, please join us one and all.
Our Mission and Legacy
The Carter/Johnson Library & Collection is a collective history of various communities who have chosen to live and love differently. The Library, a 501(c)(3) organization, is chartered to bring this history to the communities that it serves. As the only library of its kind, it is our mission to create an interactive relationship with the stories from the past and the present and link them to future generations.
The Library collection includes thousands of leather, fetish, S/m, kink and alternate sexuality books, magazines, posters, art, newspapers, ephemera and memorabilia dating back to the 1700’s. The Carter/Johnson Library is designed to put people in touch with their history by allowing them to hold it, read it, smell it and know it
The Mothership and Her Annexes
4 Corners Annex
Costa Rica Annex
LA Annex
Seattle Annex
Vancouver Annex
Atlanta Annex
Crossroads Annex
Mid-Atlantic Annex
Second Life Annex
Boston Annex
Hampton Roads Annex
Orlando Annex
Singapore Annex
Scholar & Artist Residency
In Partnership with Women of Drummer
Join a transformative journey at the Carter Johnson Leather Library, where scholars and artists delve into the rich tapestry of leather and kink history to create impactful works that honor our past and shape our future.
