Albert P. Busendorfer papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of manuscripts, scripts, notebooks, clippings and magazines, anthologies, organizational flyers and other material, 1986-2009, from gay writer, Albert P. Busendorfer. The collection includes Busendorfer's published and unpublished short stories, poetry and novels. The bulk of the collection consists of material Busendorfer produced after his retirement. Materials also document his participation in gay and lesbian senior citizen organizations.
Dates
- Creation: 1986 - 2009
Creator
- Busendorfer, Albert Peter (Creator, Person)
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.
Biography
Albert Peter Busendorfer was born in New York on October 9, 1932. He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 and worked as a Transportation Analyst for the United States Borax and Chemical Corporation. In his spare time, he was an aspiring writer and took creative writing classes. Later in his life, he taught writing classes for the Senior Services program of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, and he made regular contributions to West Hollywood's annual anthology of writings by senior citizens, Senior Moments.
Busendorfer died in Los Angeles on February 25, 2010.
Sources:
Box 1, Folder 13, Albert P. Busendorfer Papers, Coll2013-062, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
St. John, Stevie, "The Personal is Always Poetic," Vanguard: The Monthly Newsletter of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (May 2008).
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 archive box.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Manuscripts, scripts, notebooks, clippings and magazines, anthologies, organizational flyers and other material, 1986-2009, from gay writer, Albert P. Busendorfer. The collection includes Busendorfer's published and unpublished short stories, poetry and novels. Materials also document his involvement in senior citizen organizations.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Acquisition
Gift of John Fournier, July 19, 2010.
Separated Materials
The following books have been separated from the collection and are cataloged in the ONE Archives library and the USC Cinema Library, respectively:
Reigns, Steven, Jenny Walters, and Dorothy Allison. My life is poetry: An anthology of writings by gay, lesbian, and bisexual seniors. Los Angeles: Grendier P, 2008.
Zimmerman, Tom, Ray Jones, and John Jones. Light and illusion: The Hollywood portraits of Ray Jones. Glendale, CA: Balcony P, 1998.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, June 2013.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid to the Albert P. Busendorfer papers, 1986-2009
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Loni Shibuyama
- Date
- (c) 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is 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
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
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