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Gays' writings, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

James Barr papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2008-043
Abstract Manuscripts, correspondence, clippings and photographs relating to gay author James W. Fugaté (1922-1995), who under the pseudonym James Barr, wrote the groundbreaking novel, Quatrefoil (1950), as well as other gay-themed works, including a volume of short stories, Derricks (1951), and a play, Game of Fools (1955). The collection also includes manuscripts of short stories and of articles he...
Dates: 1951-1991

Martin F. Block papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2006-001
Abstract Materials documenting Martin F. Block's activities as a writer, founder and first editor of ONE Magazine, and as a board member of the Celebration Theatre, Hollywood, in the 1980s. The collection includes unpublished poetry and prose 1938-1953 and 1982-1984, by Block, Howard Griffin, and Ramon Mendez, as well as correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and a transcript of an interview relating to Block's career, personal life, and to the founding of ONE...
Dates: 1935-1995 (bulk 1950-1955); Majority of material found within 1950 - 1955

Harold L. Call papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2008-010
Abstract Correspondence, manuscripts, financial records, family papers, notes, clippings, paste-ups, legal papers, flyers, erotica, photographs, slides, home movies, videotapes, memorabilia, card catalogs, and other material created or collected by gay activist, publisher, and businessman, Harold (Hal) Leland Call. One of the founding members of the San Francisco chapter of the Mattachine Society, Call created and edited the Mattachine Review, one of the earliest...
Dates: 1852-2000; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1998

William Capobianco Papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2013-102
Abstract

Correspondence, screenplays, drafts, clippings, photographs, health records and other personal documents relating to gay screenwriter William J. Capobianco (1947-1992), who co-wrote Tenebrae (date unknown) and Medea (1978). The collection includes other screenplays and short story drafts, as well as correspondence with Joe Callahan and David Sherlock. Photographs document the retail store LA Leathers in Los Angeles.

Dates: 1947 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1992

Rob Cole papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2009-019
Abstract The collection consists of materials relating to the life of Rob Cole, in particular his career as editor of the Advocate (1970-1974), as unnamed contributor to the Forum of Southern California (1974), and as founder and first editor of NewsWest (1975). The documents, including correspondence, draft articles, administrative, legal, and financial records, shed light on Cole's role as the...
Dates: 1950-2006 (bulk 1970-1985); Majority of material found within 1970 - 1985

Jim Kepner papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2011-002
Abstract Manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, minutes and organizational records, notebooks, science fiction writings, poetry, erotica, educational material, photographs, computer disks, textiles, ephemera and memorabilia from writer, historian and gay activist, Jim Kepner (1923-1997). Founder of the Western Gay Archives (later renamed the National Gay Archives and then the International Gay & Lesbian Archives), Kepner began collecting gay- and lesbian-related material in the 1940s and began...
Dates: 1933-2010; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1997

Oreste F. Pucciani papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2008-059
Abstract This collection contains materials relating primarily to the private life of Oreste Pucciani (1916-1999), UCLA Professor of French and Sartre scholar, documenting in particular his relationship with his long-time lover, Rudi Gernreich, and his close friends, art director Jacques Faure (1926-1986), poet Stanley Kuniholm (1912-1984), and Lionel Mailles (born 1951). The bulk of Pucciani's personal writings consists of erotic short stories written most probably between 1975 and 1980. The bulk of...
Dates: circa 1890-1998; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1985

Steven Reigns papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-099
Abstract

Writings and poetry, clippings, flyers, CDs, DVDs, a calendar and material about the lesbian writer Sapphire, bulk 2000-2010, from gay writer and poet Steven Reigns. The collection documents Reigns' writing career and also includes Reigns' research and annotated bibliography on the African American lesbian writer Sapphire.

Dates: 1978 - 2011; Majority of material found within 2000 - 2010

Rick Sandford writings

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1
Identifier: Coll2009-001
Abstract Journals, short stories, plays, screenplays, comparative literature, poetry, and annual compendia of literature read, motion pictures seen, and theatrical performances attended by Rick Sandford, 1963-1995. Sandford documented his early life in Tahoe 1958-1969, as a "born again" Christian 1971-1972, and life in Los Angeles 1973-1980, and 1989-1994 in typescript journals. Working in various positions from an usher to a television stand-in Sandford documents life in Los Angeles and his love of...
Dates: 1951 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990

Vernon Ward Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2011-099
Abstract

Poetry typescript and letter proposing the publication of a volume of poetry by Vernon Ward, 1949. Ward was a poet and English professor at East Carolina University (North Carolina) who later founded the literary journal, Tar River Poetry.

Dates: 1949