Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 13
Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-005
Abstract
Meeting minutes, event records, promotional material, clippings, photographs, correspondence, membership records, newsletters and other material, 1980-1992, from the Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Entertainment Industry (AGLA), formed to encourage the responsible portrayal of gays and lesbians in entertainment media. Materials in the collection document the organization's most active period, particularly when it produced an annual awards show for gay and lesbian representation...
Dates:
circa 1980-1992
An all-star reading of Valley of the Dolls collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2014-056
Abstract
A flier, cast photograph, and signed program of an all-star reading of "Valley of the Dolls." The production was held on July 26 and 27, 2001, at the Renberg Theater at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center as a benefit performance for the Victory Fund.
Dates:
July 26-27, 2001
Celebration Theatre collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2007-017
Abstract
Early executive committee minutes, performance budgets, programs, flyers, press kits, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, including reviews, documenting the activities of the Celebration Theatre, 1982-2006. The collection consists of materials from the collections of Jim Kepner, the first Vice Chairman, of Robert Schrock, a former artistic director, and of the Purple Circuit, an information clearinghouse for gay and lesbian theater, founded by Bill Kaiser.
Dates:
1982-2018
Deadlee collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2014-059
Abstract
Fliers, programs, and clippings of openly gay rapper and hip hop artist, performance artist, and actor, Deadlee (Joseph Lee). The materials document his career from 2001-2009.
Dates:
1967, 1997-2009
Samson DeBrier papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2014-005
Abstract
Correspondence, notes, photographs, clippings, biographical material, and other personal papers, 1948-1995, from actor, artist, and raconteur Samson DeBrier. After working as an actor in the 1910s and 1920s, most notably in the film Salome, the eccentric DeBrier remained in Hollywood and literati circles throughout his life and was known for hosting salons with creative locals in his Hollywood home. The bulk of the collection is correspondence sent to...
Dates:
1948 - 1995
Ken Dickmann papers and photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-063
Abstract
Personal papers, writings, theater production records, publicity material, correspondence, photographs, negatives, slides, and other material, circa 1920-1995, from Ken Dickmann. Materials document Dickmann's life as an Air Force veteran, writer, performer, director, publicist, and gay activist in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. The collection includes his published and unpublished articles related to theater and film criticism and issues in the gay community; material from his work...
Dates:
circa 1920-1995; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1995
George Ellsworthe and Bud Vinci photograph albums
Collection
Identifier: Coll2016-010
Abstract
Approximately 1500 photographic prints, primarily candids of assorted sizes and mediums, produced by Ellsworthe, Vinci, their friends and family. The images emphasize the couple’s domestic life, leisure activities as well as professional pursuits and business ventures. Photographs document the couple’s home, holiday parties, social events, vacations, and hobbies. There are several images of various television, stage and film appearances that each man made, including two images of both Vinci...
Dates:
circa 1900-2007
Philip Cary Jones papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-103
Abstract
Meeting minutes, correspondence, scripts, theater publicity material, photographs, clippings, manuscripts, notes, sheet music, and equity theater administrative records, bulk 1952-1978, from gay actor, director and stage manager Philip Cary Jones. The bulk of the collection documents Jones' role as chairman of the Equity Theatre Project, a group of Los Angeles actors who formed in 1952 in an attempt to create a Los Angeles chapter of New York's Equity Library Theatre. Equity Library...
Dates:
1921 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1978
Michael Kearns papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-009
Abstract
Clippings, flyers, manuscripts, photographs, programs, posters, scripts, and VHS videotapes of the works, theatrical performances, and appearances of Michael Kearns; a parent, playwright, producer, director, actor, author, and activist, who is openly gay and HIV-positive.
Dates:
1950 - 2014
Charles Pierce Photographs, Papers, Costumes, and Memorabilia
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-019
Abstract
Photographs, clippings, programs, correspondence, lyrics, music, costumes with accessories, audio and video recordings, and souvenirs from the life and performances of Charles Pierce (1926-1999), impressionist and comedian, one of the foremost American female impersonators of the second half of the 20th century. The bulk of materials date from 1970-1990.
Dates:
1850 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
Filtered By
- Subject: Gay actors X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Gay actors 9
- Gay actors -- United States 5
- Gay theater 5
- Homosexuality and theater 3
- Lesbian actresses 3
- AIDS activists -- California -- Los Angeles 2
- Correspondence 2
- Drag shows 2
- Gay couples -- United States 2
- Gay dramatists 2
- Gay men's writings 2
- Monologue 2
- Motion pictures and gay men 2
- One-act plays 2
- Photographs 2
- AIDS (Disease) -- Dramas 1
- Asian American gays 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Benefit performances 1
- Comedy 1
- Costumes and clothes 1
- Cross dressing -- Competitions -- United States 1
- Drama 1
- Entertainers 1
- Family -- United States -- Twentieth century 1
- Female impersonators 1
- Female impersonators -- United States 1
- Gay activists 1
- Gay artists 1
- Gay athletes 1
- Gay authors -- United States -- 20th century 1
- Gay community -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
- Gay journalists 1
- Gay men 1
- Gay men -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Gay men on television 1
- Gay press publications 1
- Gay pride parades -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Gay rights -- California 1
- Gays -- Correspondence 1
- Gays in higher education 1
- Gays in motion pictures 1
- Gays in the military -- United States 1
- Historical drama -- Archival resources 1
- Homosexuality in the theater 1
- Humorous music 1
- Indian women activists 1
- Labor unions 1
- Lesbian artists -- United States 1
- Lesbian dramatists 1
- Lesbian theater 1
- Lesbianism on television 1
- Lesbians in motion pictures 1
- Male dancers -- United States 1
- Mass media and gays -- United States 1
- Metropolitan Community Church 1
- Minorities in mass media 1
- Musical theater -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Older gay men 1
- Older lesbians 1
- Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- Performance art -- United States 1
- Performing arts 1
- Photography of men 1
- Poets, American -- 20th century 1
- Political activists 1
- Programs (documents) 1
- Rap (Music) -- Homosexuality 1
- Sexual minorities on television 1
- Stage adaptations -- Archival resources 1
- Theater critics -- California 1
- Women artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Women musicians -- United States 1
- Women political activists 1
- Women's music festivals -- United States 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Reynolds, Dale, IV (Arthur Dale) 2
- Actors' Equity Association 1
- Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists 1
- Amaro, Armando 1
- Amaro, Hortensia 1
- Anderson, Pokey 1
- Apuzzo, Virginia 1
- Bottini, Ivy 1
- Brown, Rita Mae 1
- Bunch, Charlotte 1
- Burnham, Michael 1
- Celebration Theatre (Los Angeles, CA.) 1
- Chin, Lisa 1
- Costanza, Midge 1
- Davis, Larry 1
- DeBrier, Samson 1
- Deadlee 1
- Dickmann, Ken 1
- Ellsworthe, George B., 1926-2012 1
- Endean, Steve 1
- Equity Library Theatre West 1
- Farmer, Mary 1
- Fierstein, Harvey 1
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
- Gittings, Barbara 1
- Goodstein, David 1
- Hay, Harry 1
- Hill, Stephen 1
- Isherwood, Christopher 1
- Jones, Philip Cary 1
- Kaiser, Bill (William Kaiser) 1
- Kearns, Michael 1
- Kelley, Bill 1
- Kepner, Jim (James Lynn Kepner, Jr.) 1
- Kight, Morris 1
- Kopay, David 1
- Lorde, Audre 1
- Lyon, Phyllis 1
- Martin, Del 1
- Maupin, Armistead 1
- Mentley, Lee 1
- Millett, Kate 1
- Near, Holly 1
- O'Connor, Connie 1
- O'Leary, Jean 1
- ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives 1
- Pahe, Erna 1
- Pasadena Playhouse 1
- Pierce, Charles 1
- Pilshaw, Elliot 1
- Romovich, Ron 1
- Rowland, Chuck (Charles D. Rowland) 1
- Russo, Vito 1
- Schrader, Rand 1
- Schrock, Robert 1
- Scott, Glen 1
- Scotti, Don 1
- Sklamberg, Lorin 1
- Thomas, Jim 1
- Triangle Square 1
- Tyler, Robin 1
- Ulrich, Lisa 1
- Vinci, Frank James "Buddy" 1
- Watkins, Perry 1
- Wine, Dottie 1 + ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more