TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Photographs of David Cannon Dashiell | PDF scans of photographs of David Cannon Dashiell, his partner, his home, and his friends. |
1980 to 1990 | |
Rodgers Bruce 2010-03 | Bruce G. Rodgers was the author of The Queens’ Vernacular: a Gay Lexicon, a dictionary of gay slang. He was born October 15, 1942 in Wisconsin, moved to San Francisco in 1966 and died August 10, 2009. He is buried at the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. Rodgers graduated from Wausau Senior High School in Wausau, Wisconsin in 1959. He attended Barstow Jr. College, 1960-1961 and University of Southern Nevada, 1961-1963. During the 1960s he worked as a teletype operator and supervisor for Review Journal Daily in Las Vegas and as a teletype operator at the Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. In the 1970s he worked in order fulfillment at Western Tape in Mountain View, California, then in the1980s at Albert L. Shultz Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. He retired in 1996. On his resume (circa 1982), Rodgers describes his personal interests: “I have an overriding interest in linguistics and languages. I (sic) am reading fluent in Spanish, French, Judeo-Spanish, and Hebrew, and am knowledgeable of Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Italian, German, and Turkish. I am constantly interested in slang expressions in all languages.” His partner from 1966 to 1989 was Joe Jenkins (1935-1989) who had an interest in George Washington memorabilia. Jenkins’ collection of George Washington memorabilia was donated by Rodgers to the San José Historical Museum (currently History San José) in 1994.
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1942 to 2009 | |
Group photograph of Finocchio's performers | 1980 to 1990 | ||
Rebel Songs! Work, Wit, and Women's Lives flyer | Flyer for an event at Artemis Cafe featuring Janet MacHarg, Marion Wade, and Faith Petric. This event was a fundraiser for the Freedom Song Network. |
1980 to 1990 | |
Sullivan (Louis Graydon) Correspondence with David (2009-02) | Louis Graydon “Lou” Sullivan (1951-1991) was a transgender activist, diarist, and author who often corresponded with other trans men. This small collection comprises eight letters and one photo sent from Sullivan to a trans man named David. |
1980 to 1990 | |
Sadie, Sadie the Rabbi Lady posing in front of a synagogue (1) | Sadie, Sadie the Rabbi Lady poses in front of a synagogue. Sadie, the drag persona of Gilbert Block, was a Jewish nun character and early member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of drag nuns who do charitable work in San Francisco's queer community. The photograph was taken by Jean-Baptiste Carhaix, who photographed the Sisters extensively. |
1980 to 1990 | |
Sadie, Sadie the Rabbi Lady posing in front of a synagogue (2) | Sadie, Sadie the Rabbi Lady poses in front of a synagogue. Sadie, the drag persona of Gilbert Block, was a Jewish nun character and early member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of drag nuns who do charitable work in San Francisco's queer community. The photograph was taken by Jean-Baptiste Carhaix, who photographed the Sisters extensively. |
1980 to 1990 | |
Welcoming Lesbian and Gay Jews Into Our Synagogues | A guide to LGBTQ inclusivity for synagogues. |
1980 to 1990 |