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Gay authors -- United States -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

A Different Light Bookstore in West Hollywood records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-016
Abstract

Sales and store inventory records of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender literature as well as bestseller information from A Different Light Bookstore in West Hollywood. Includes documentation of publishers, wholesalers and distributors as well as retail competitors from 1998-1999.

Dates: 1998-1999

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

Harry Hay papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2011-003
Abstract Manuscripts, notes, published research sources, correspondence, interviews, clippings, financial and employment records, legal papers, photographs, posters, original and reproduced graphic material, flyers, memorabilia and other material documenting the life of Harry Hay. Hay conceptualized and was a co-founder of the Mattachine Society (1950), the first organization to advocate defense of the civil rights of gays and lesbians on the grounds that they were an oppressed minority. He would...
Dates: circa 1867-2002; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990

James Morrow papers

 Collection — Box 3
Identifier: Coll2008-018
Abstract

Materials created and collected by James (Jim) Morrow, including a photograph album, autograph books, and miscellaneous items from A Different Light Bookstore, in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles; organizational papers from institutions with which Morrow was associated (Emergence and the Alliance); bibliographical notes and article photocopies on GLBT youth and suicide; notes from self-defense workshops and a panel on hate crimes and gay-bashing; and personal items.

Dates: 1981-1999

Waide Aaron Riddle writings

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2008-036
Abstract

Typescripts of seven poems, 1996-2002, by writer Waide Aaron Riddle, who began writing poetry in 1995. The collection includes his 1996 award-winning poem, "Two Men Kissing," as well as a photograph, circa 2002, of the author himself.

Dates: 1996-2002

Michael Shere papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-015
Abstract

This collection consists of Michael Shere's written works and personal papers, 1971-1994. Michael Shere worked as a theatrical performer, script writer, set and sound designer, and composer for 25 years. He also was an activist for the LGBT community, including for AIDS organizations such as Artists Confronting AIDS and the AIDS Service Center.

Dates: 1971-1994

Stephen Stewart photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2010-006
Abstract

Photographs and the resulting published work documenting icons, iconic places, and events of the United States lesbian and gay movement, 1982-1984. The collection primarily consists of Stephen Stewart's published and unpublished black and white photographs from his work, Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, along with other Stewart photographs.

Dates: 1982-1984