Damian Markus memorial display and photographs
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Scope and Contents
Photographs, clothing, affirmation writings, and a memorial program for Damian Markus, who died in 2000. The collection includes photographs of presumed lesbian women and their families and friends. Among the people in the photographs are Markus, actress Stephanie Faracy, Peggy Albrecht, and jewelry designer Pepi Kelman. The collection also includes a program from the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, a Los Angeles organization for women recovering from addiction.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1949-2000
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Damian Markus was born in 1938 in New York. In 1980 she left New York for rehabilitation at Los Angeles' Friendly House, where she would eventually come to work alongside its director Peggy Albrecht. Markus passed away in October 2000 in Los Angeles.
Extent
1.3 Linear Feet (2 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs, clothing, affirmation writings, and a memorial program for Damian Markus, who died in 2000. The collection includes photographs of lesbian women and their families and friends. The collection also includes a program from the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, a Los Angeles organization for women recovering from addiction.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by Yolanda Retter, 2000.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Chelsea Gibbs, 2017.
Subject
- Markus, Damian, 1938-2000 (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid to the Damian Markus memorial display and photographs, circa 1949-2000
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Loni Shibuyama
- Date
- © 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
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