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Gay and Lesbian Drama Scripts Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-003

Scope and Content of Collection

Stage and motion picture scripts, screenplays, synopses, treatments, and music and lyrics for musicals, most with a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender theme or possibly by a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1938-2005
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000

Creator

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.

Extent

15 Linear Feet (13 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Stage and motion picture scripts, screenplays, synopses, treatments, and music and lyrics, most with a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender theme or possibly by a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person.

Arrangement

The documents are arranged alphabetically by author, then alphabetically by title. Works by anonymous or unknown authors and works whose titles are unknown are listed at the end of the collection.

Acquisition Information

This collection was assembled from scripts removed from various other collections acquired by ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives and its predecessors prior to 2006.

Processing Information

Processed by Michael C. Oliveira, with assistance from Jim D. Deaton and Sócrates Silva, February 2008. An additional 6 linear feet was added to the collection and processed by Michael Oliveira, May 2013.

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Title
Inventory of the gay and lesbian drama scripts collection
Status
Completed
Author
Michael C. Oliveira
Date
© 2008, 2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in: English
Sponsor
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Repository Details

Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository

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