TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Lyon-Martin House oral histories, 2023-52 | Oral history recordings and supplemental material for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project. Interviewees include: Kendra Mon, Pauline Shulman, Diane McCarney, Kate Kendell, Marcia Gallo, and Margie Adam. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. The oral history project documents the narrators’ memories of the Lyon-Martin House as a social and activist space, as well as of Lyon and Martin. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Kate Kendell oral history interview transcript | Oral History Interview: Kate Kendell, Interviewed by Keilina Heinz for the Lyon- Martin House Project.
ABSTRACT:
Kate Kendell is former longtime (1996-2018) Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and current Chief of Staff at the California Endowment. She met Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon in 1993 or 1994 at an American Civil Liberties Union or National Center for Lesbian Rights event. Soon after she began monthly lunches with them in their home, where they would regale her with stories and history. She discusses the home, the living room with their chairs and the view, and their kitchen nook as special places in the home. She discusses parties from the 1950s and 1960s she had heard about there, including the curtains they would put up so women would feel comfortable dancing together. Kendell also underscores the importance of the outside stairs and position of the picture window from the sidewalk, where she could wave to Phyllis in her advanced age and they would blow each other a kiss. She underscores the parallel of the house’s modesty to Del and Phyllis’s modesty as “how they moved in the world.” Kendell imagines the space being used for LGBTQ and women’s political salons, community conversations, and community gardening. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Kendra Mon oral history interview recording | Kendra Mon oral history interview recording for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project.
ABSTRACT:
Kendra Mon is Del Martin’s biological daughter, from Martin’s first marriage. She lived with Del and Phyllis sometimes as a teenager and as an adult was in their lives across the rest of their lives. She describes the early decor of the home and her initial impressions of how small it was. She also describes some early parties in the home. Kenrda also describes how the house was adapted to Del and Phyllis’ needs as they aged. In addition, she notes the archival quality of their home, where they collected photos, news clippings, books related to women’s accomplishments, lesbian and gay issues, their own publishing, and records of their lives and activism, stored in the basement and throughout the house. Kendra also discusses how Phyllis’ caregiving was funded through community-based small loans against the assumed resale value of the property after she passed. She describes holidays at their home. Her vision for the house is to move it to some kind of LGBTQ “pioneer village” where it would be a tourist attraction with other well-known LGBTQ people’s homes. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Kendra Mon oral history interview transcript | Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project interview with Kendra Mon.
ABSTRACT:
Kendra Mon is Del Martin’s biological daughter, from Martin’s first marriage. She lived with Del and Phyllis sometimes as a teenager and as an adult was in their lives across the rest of their lives. She describes the early decor of the home and her initial impressions of how small it was. She also describes some early parties in the home. Kenrda also describes how the house was adapted to Del and Phyllis’ needs as they aged. In addition, she notes the archival quality of their home, where they collected photos, news clippings, books related to women’s accomplishments, lesbian and gay issues, their own publishing, and records of their lives and activism, stored in the basement and throughout the house. Kendra also discusses how Phyllis’ caregiving was funded through community-based small loans against the assumed resale value of the property after she passed. She describes holidays at their home. Her vision for the house is to move it to some kind of LGBTQ “pioneer village” where it would be a tourist attraction with other well-known LGBTQ people’s homes. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Marcia Gallo oral history interview recording [part 1] | Marcia Gallo oral history interview recording [part 1] for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project.
ABSTRACT
Dr. Marcia Gallo, is an activist and professor of history. She met Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon when working for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to fight against state propositions to ban teaching about queer topics and also regulating pornography in the 1970s and ‘80s. Dr. Gallo discusses getting to know Martin and Lyon best when interviewing them for her book on the Daughters of Bilitis lesbian rights organization. She describes spending the most time in the living room and kitchen of their home. She also discusses Martin and Lyon’s memories of earlier times in the home, including parties, closing the curtains of their picture window for protection, writing in the home office, etc. Dr. Gallo suggests that the home would make for an excellent writer’s retreat for grant recipients. She concludes with a discussion of her different relationships with Martin and Lyon, and the ways those relationships evolved over time, particularly her relationship with Lyon after Martin passed away. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Marcia Gallo oral history interview recording [part 2] | Marcia Gallo oral history interview recording [part 2] for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project.
ABSTRACT
Dr. Marcia Gallo, is an activist and professor of history. She met Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon when working for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to fight against state propositions to ban teaching about queer topics and also regulating pornography in the 1970s and ‘80s. Dr. Gallo discusses getting to know Martin and Lyon best when interviewing them for her book on the Daughters of Bilitis lesbian rights organization. She describes spending the most time in the living room and kitchen of their home. She also discusses Martin and Lyon’s memories of earlier times in the home, including parties, closing the curtains of their picture window for protection, writing in the home office, etc. Dr. Gallo suggests that the home would make for an excellent writer’s retreat for grant recipients. She concludes with a discussion of her different relationships with Martin and Lyon, and the ways those relationships evolved over time, particularly her relationship with Lyon after Martin passed away. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Marcia Gallo oral history interview transcript | Oral History Interview: Marcia Gallo Interviewed by Keilina Heinz for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project
ABSTRACT
Dr. Marcia Gallo, is an activist and professor of history. She met Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon when working for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to fight against state propositions to ban teaching about queer topics and also regulating pornography in the 1970s and ‘80s. Dr. Gallo discusses getting to know Martin and Lyon best when interviewing them for her book on the Daughters of Bilitis lesbian rights organization. She describes spending the most time in the living room and kitchen of their home. She also discusses Martin and Lyon’s memories of earlier times in the home, including parties, closing the curtains of their picture window for protection, writing in the home office, etc. Dr. Gallo suggests that the home would make for an excellent writer’s retreat for grant recipients. She concludes with a discussion of her different relationships with Martin and Lyon, and the ways those relationships evolved over time, particularly her relationship with Lyon after Martin passed away. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Margie Adam oral history interview transcript | Margie Adam Interview Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project
ABSTRACT
Margie Adam is a singer-songwriter and activist. She met Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon in the 1970s through her partner. She talks about walking up to the Lyon-Martin house as a “pilgrimage” for lesbian feminists of her generation, noting that their picture window looked out on San Francisco and the world. This was symbolic of Del and Phyllis’ expansive view of life and activism. She describes the power of the small house, going to parties there in “shifts,” because so many people wanted to attend, but couldn’t fit inside the house at the same time. Margie was also part of a group of women who took it upon themselves to help Del and Phyllis stay in their home as they aged, trying to get a chairlift installed and arranging for caregivers (or “carers” as Margie describes them). She imagines the future use of the house as an archive or retreat focused on lesbian history, broadly defined. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Pauline Shulman and Diane McCarney oral history interview recording | Pauline Shulman and Diane McCarney oral history interview recording for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project.
ABSTRACT:
Pauline Shulman and Diane McCarney were neighbors of Del and Phyllis from 1994 onward, across the street at Newburg and Duncan, three doors down. They had sightlines into one another’s homes from their kitchen windows. Their friendship evolved as Pauline and Diane supported them in their aging. Diane drove them to their 2004 marriage before then-Mayor Gavin Newsom, and they were their escorts to their 2008 City Hall marriage. They tell stories of the longtime goodwill of the neighborhood toward Del and Phyllis going back to the 1950s. They describe how Del and Phyllis politicized them initially through neighborhood politics related to gentrification. They give a lot of details of the furnishings and art as well as how Del and Phyllis used the garden and rooms in the house, including at the end of Phyllis’ life. They also detail the caregiving model in her later years. They describe their walkthrough video of the house after Phyllis passed, which has also been donated. They express interest in the space being recreated in ways that give the rooms “narratives” about its lived-in history for Del and Phyllis as well as an artist-in-residency and lecture/salon program, in a “living and breathing kind of way, not like a stilted sort of museum sort of thing....Something with a community spirit.” Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Pauline Shulman and Diane McCarney oral history interview transcript | Pauline Shulman and Diane McCarney oral history interview for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History project.
ABSTRACT:
Pauline Shulman and Diane McCarney were neighbors of Del and Phyllis from 1994 onward, across the street at Newburg and Duncan, three doors down. They had sightlines into one another’s homes from their kitchen windows. Their friendship evolved as Pauline and Diane supported them in their aging. Diane drove them to their 2004 marriage before then-Mayor Gavin Newsom, and they were their escorts to their 2008 City Hall marriage. They tell stories of the longtime goodwill of the neighborhood toward Del and Phyllis going back to the 1950s. They describe how Del and Phyllis politicized them initially through neighborhood politics related to gentrification. They give a lot of details of the furnishings and art as well as how Del and Phyllis used the garden and rooms in the house, including at the end of Phyllis’ life. They also detail the caregiving model in her later years. They describe their walkthrough video of the house after Phyllis passed, which has also been donated. They express interest in the space being recreated in ways that give the rooms “narratives” about its lived-in history for Del and Phyllis as well as an artist-in-residency and lecture/salon program, in a “living and breathing kind of way, not like a stilted sort of museum sort of thing....Something with a community spirit.” Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Pauline Shulman video tour of the Lyon-Martin House | Pauline Shulman video tour of the Lyon-Martin House, supplemental material for the Lyon-Martin Oral History Project. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
Kate Kendell oral history interview recording | Kate Kendell oral history interview recording for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project.
ABSTRACT:
Kate Kendell is former longtime (1996-2018) Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and current Chief of Staff at the California Endowment. She met Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon in 1993 or 1994 at an American Civil Liberties Union or National Center for Lesbian Rights event. Soon after she began monthly lunches with them in their home, where they would regale her with stories and history. She discusses the home, the living room with their chairs and the view, and their kitchen nook as special places in the home. She discusses parties from the 1950s and 1960s she had heard about there, including the curtains they would put up so women would feel comfortable dancing together. Kendell also underscores the importance of the outside stairs and position of the picture window from the sidewalk, where she could wave to Phyllis in her advanced age and they would blow each other a kiss. She underscores the parallel of the house’s modesty to Del and Phyllis’s modesty as “how they moved in the world.” Kendell imagines the space being used for LGBTQ and women’s political salons, community conversations, and community gardening. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home of lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) and Del Martin (1921-2008). In 2021, the City of San Francisco designated the Lyon-Martin House a City Landmark in recognition of its association, through Lyon and Martin, with the lesbian rights, homophile, and marriage equality movements. |
2022 to 2023 | |
BAYBLAG pamphlet | A pamphlet describing the Bay Area Black Lesbians and Gays. This item is undated. |
1988 | |
Sandy Holmes photograph | A photograph of Sandy Holmes. This item is undated. |
1988 | |
Article announcing the formation of NCBLG Bay Area | An article announcing the formation of the Bay Area chapter of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays. This item is undated. |
1988 | |
NCBLG AIDS education plan | A typed plan to conduct AIDS and sexuality education for Black homosexuals. This item is undated. |
1988 | |
AIDS/ARC Theatre Group interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 100 label: "AIDS/ARC Theatre Group. 11/5/1988." |
1988 | |
AIDS/ARC Theatre Group interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 100 label: "AIDS/ARC Theatre Group. 11/5/1988." |
1988 | |
Danny Castelow and Steven Abel interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 36 label: "Danny Castelow and Steve Abel: AIDS Play. February 1988." Includes discussions of Shanti Project, dance, theater and performance, AIDS |
1988 | |
Danny Castelow and Steven Abel interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 36 label: "Danny Castelow and Steve Abel: AIDS Play. February 1988." Includes discussions of Shanti Project, dance, theater and performance, AIDS |
1988 | |
Janet Allen, John-Michael Olexy, and Joe Durano interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 118 label: "Side A: Janet Allen, John-Michael Olexy, and Joe Durano. FLAG. 7/29/1988." Federal Lesbians and Gays (FLAG). Includes conversations with other FLAG members. |
1988 | |
Janet Allen, John-Michael Olexy, and Joe Durano interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 118 label: "Side A: Janet Allen, John-Michael Olexy, and Joe Durano. FLAG. 7/29/1988." Federal Lesbians and Gays (FLAG). Includes conversations with other FLAG members. |
1988 | |
Answering machine recordings | Tape 206 label: "Side A: Bow-Wow Beauties (3). August 1988. Side B: Bow-Wow Beauties (4). August 1988". Topics: HIV/AIDS, PAWS |
1988 | |
Bear SF contest interviews with Mary Richards | Tape 88 label: "Side A: Bear SF 1988 / Beard Contest. 4/8/1988. Side B: Gardening-Michael O’Connor. June 1988." |
1988 | |
Bow Wow Beauty Pageant recordings and interviews with Mary Richards | Tape 206 label: "Side A: Bow-Wow Beauties (3). August 1988. Side B: Bow-Wow Beauties (4). August 1988". Topics: HIV/AIDS, PAWS |
1988 | |
Michael O'Connor interview with Mary Richards (Side B, Tape 88) | Tape 88 label: "Side A: Bear SF 1988/Beard Contest. 4/8/1988. Side B: Gardening - Michael O’Connor. June 1988." |
1988 | |
Coits interview with Mary Richards | Tape 129 label: "Coits: 25th Anniversary I. June 1988." |
1988 | |
George Birmisia of Arcadia Body Building Society interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 177 label: "Side A: George Birimisa [sic]. Arcadia Bodybuilding. February 1988". Topics: Sports, bodybuilding |
1988 | |
George Birmisia of Arcadia Body Building Society interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 177 label: "Side A: George Birimisa. Arcadia Bodybuilding. February 1988". Topics: Sports, bodybuilding |
1988 | |
Katherine Krebs and Darien Delorenzo interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 110: “Bringing Up Baby.” March 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Katherine Krebs and Darien Delorenzo interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 110: “Bringing Up Baby.” March 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Mary Richards answering machine messages | Tape 131 label: "Side A: Adult Children of Alcoholics/National Condom Week. January 1988." |
1988 | |
Adult Children of Alcoholics interview with Mary Richards and San Francisco AIDS Foundation interview with Mary Richards about National Condom Week | Tape 131 label: "Side A: Adult Children of Alcoholics/National Condom Week. January 1988." |
1988 | |
Chris Puccinelli and Gayle Atwell interview with Mary Richards | Interview with Chris Puccinelli, a yearly volunteer for the Women's Float of the Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade and Gayle Atwell, a volunteer for the first ever Women's Float in 1979. They discuss how the women's float has evolved over the years, including how communities had to organize in 1988 to achieve the same success as they did in 1979.Topics include gender, nightlife, Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day Parade, women, lesbian, and parade. Tape 158: Side A: Women’s Flat. Maud’s 10th Anniversary. 9/18/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
International Ms. Leather recording and interview with a judge | Audio recording of the 1988 International Ms. Leather Competition. Included is an interview with a judge of the competition and a speech from the first International Ms. Leather, Judy Tallwing McCarthey. Topics include gender, leather, International Ms. Leather Competition, and Lesbians. Tape 144 label: Side A: International Ms. Leather. 3/26/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Gary D’Alois interview with Mary Richards (Side A, Tape 179) | Tape 179 label: "Gary D’Aldis [sic]-Paris I. February 1988." Topics: HIV/AIDS, Paris, France |
1988 | |
Kevin McGowan interview with Mary Richards to discuss his restoration of the organ at the Sacred Heart Church (Side A) | Interview with Kevin McGowan to discuss his restoration of the Pipe Organ at the Sacred Heart Church. He highlights his career, his personal life, the process of restoration, AIDS meetings, his experience as a man living with AIDS, and his lack of a support group.Topics include music, pipe organ, religion, AIDS, AIDS groups, and healthcareTape 37 label: Side A: Kevin McGowan. AIDS Restored Organ. August 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Kevin McGowan interview with Mary Richards to discuss his restoration of the Organ at the Sacred Heart Church (Side B) | Interview with Kevin McGowan to discuss his experience restoring the Pipe Organ at the Sacred Heart Church. Topics include music, pipe organ, LIFE Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, AIDS, Tape 37 label: Side B: Kevin McGowan. AIDS Restored Organ. August 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Father John McGrann interview with Mary Richards to discuss Kairos House (Side A) | Interview with Father John McGrann to discuss Kairos House, a house he founded that offered a safe space to those caring for AIDS. McGrann discusses AIDS, the goals of the Kairos House, religion, healthcare, and medical workers. Topics include religion, AIDS, healthcare, acceptance, sanctuary, and educationTape 111 label: Side A: Father John McGrann, Kairos House. 7/30/1988. |
1988 | |
Father John McGrann interview with Mary Richards to discuss Kairos House (Side B) | Interview with Father John McGrann to discuss Kairos House, a house that offered a safe space to those caring for AIDS. McGrann discusses his founding of the house, his view on AIDS, religion, healthcare, medical workers, and the evolution of the house. Topics include religion, AIDS, healthcare, acceptance, sanctuary, and educationTape 111 label: Side A: Father John McGrann, Kairos House. 7/30/1988. |
1988 | |
Ann Meredith interview with Mary Richards to discuss her AIDS Photo Show (Side A) | Interview with Ann Meredith, a photographer, to discuss her AIDS Photo Show, in which she photographs women with AIDS. She discusses the logistics of putting on the show, her photography career, and her financial struggles as a photographer.Topics include AIDS, gender, women, photography, class, and artTape 56 label: Side A: Ann Meredith AIDS Photo Show. January 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Ann Meredith interview with Mary Richards to discuss her AIDS Photo Show (Side B) | Interview with Ann Meredith, a photographer, to discuss her AIDS Photo Show, in which she photographs women with AIDS. She discusses social stigmas of people with AIDS, the experiences of women with AIDS, and gendered inequality.Topics include gender, AIDS, women, photography, social stigmas, stereotyping, and familyTape 56 label: Side B: Ann Meredith AIDS Photo Show. January 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Clarissa Ward Interview With Mary Richards to Discuss the Gray Panthers (Side A) | Tape 164 label: Side A: Gray Panthers. 11/19/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Interviews with participants in the 1988 International Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day Parade and interviews with participants in the 25th anniversary of the Coits | Interviews by Mary Richards with participants in the 1988 International Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day Parade, followed by interviews by Richards with participants in the 25th anniversary celebration of the LGBTQ organization the Coits (side A). Tape 194 label: Side A: Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade and COITS II. June 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Clarissa Ward Interview With Mary Richards to Discuss the Gray Panthers (Side B) | Tape 164 label: Side A: Gray Panthers. 11/19/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Kitty Tsui interview with Mary Richards | Interview with Kitty Tsui, a participant of Gay Games II. She discusses her relationship to bodybuilding and her experiences training and competing. Topics include Gay Games, Castro Theater, bodybuilding, gay men, and lesbians. Tape 148 Label: Side B: Rosemary Mitchell. BAPHR. January 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Andre Laventure interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Andre Laventure interview with Mary Richards to discuss his newsletter for People with AIDS, PWA Voice (Side A). Tape 203 label: Side A: Andre Laventure-PWA Newsletter. May 1988. Side B: Andre Laventure. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Over Our Heads improv group show recording (Side B, Tape 123) | Live audio recording of a 1988 show by the improv group "Over Our Heads." The group consists of Annie Larson, Marion Damon, Teresa Chandler, and Karen Ripley. Topics include Improv, performance, sex, porn, comedy, gender, comedy, live performance, night life, and entertainment. Tape 123: Side B: “Over Our Heads.” March 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Alan Selby interview with Mary Richards (Tape 12, Side B) | Interview with Alan Selby, who set up a thriving leather business in San Francisco. He discusses leather competitions in San Francisco, achieving pleasure through sadomasochism, and the various uses of leather and rubber.Topics include leather, Britain, latex, pleasure, sadomasochism, sex, gay, lesbian, and gay business. Tape 12: Side B: Alan Selby. 8/10/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Alan Selby interview with Mary Richards (Tape 13, Side A) | Interview with Alan Selby, who set up a thriving leather business in San Francisco. He discusses sadomasochism in relation to AIDS, including advice for those who do not like condoms and AIDS fundraising. Topics include leather, Britain, AIDS, safe sex, latex, pleasure, sadomasochism, sex, gay, lesbian, and gay business. Tape 13: Side A: Side 3: Alan Selby. August 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Alan Selby Interview with Mary Richards (Tape 12, Side A) | Interview with Alan Selby, who set up a thriving leather business in San Francisco. He discusses his personal life, his background as a British man, and materials he sells such as leather and latex. Topics include leather, Britain, immigration, latex, pleasure, sex, gay, lesbian, and gay business. Tape 12: Side A: Alan Selby. 8/10/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Randy Schell interview with Mary Richards | Interview with Randy Schell, who worked for Community United Against Violence (CUAV). He discusses a case in which Jay Wilson was unable to see his partner, Michael Fasano, during his final battle against AIDS because the two were unable to get married. Topics include marriage equality, gay rights, Community United Against Violence (CUAV), legal rights, AIDS, hospitals, family, and homophobia. Tape 180 Side A: Randy Schell CUAV. 1/18/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Chuck Lewis and Martha Wood interview with Mary Richards (Tape 130, Side A) | Interview with Chuck Lewis, who administered a "Night Ministry" in the streets of the Tenderloin. The ministry would walk around the Tenderloin and ensure people that the ministry was there for them emotionally, psychologically, and as an overall resource. Included is also an interview with Martha Wood, coordinator of volunteers for the ministry. Topics include religion, Tenderloin, gay, lesbian, AIDS, counseling, suicide, drugs, alcohol, marriage, family, and nightlife. Tape 130: Side A: SF Night Ministry-C. Lewis. June 1988. Audio Cassette |
1988 | |
Bill Camilo and Bobby Moske interview with Mary Richards | Interview with Bobby Moske and Bill Camilo, co-producers of the Bow-Wow Beauty Pageant, the first ever dog beauty pageant in the Castro. The revenue for the show benefitted the Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) organization for People With AIDS. They discuss the type of dogs involved in the show and why they chose to do a dog beauty pageant. Topics include pets, dogs, AIDS, AIDS fundraising, Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS), People With AIDS, and Castro District. Tape 13 label: Side B: Side 3: Alan Selby. August 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Gary D'Alois interview with Mary Richards (Tape 180, Side B) | Interview with Gary D'Alois, a successful cartoonist and Bay Area resident who was diagnosed with AIDS. He discusses his travels to various cities despite being diagnosed with AIDS, including trips to Paris, Hawaii, and the East Coast. Topics include travel, AIDS, AIDS stigma, health, and hospitals. Tape 180: Side B: Gary D’Aldis [sic]-Paris II. February 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians interviews with Mary Richards (Side B, Tape 59) | Interview with members of the Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians Club, a group of gay and lesbian vegetarians that would congregate regularly. Members spanned from the Russian River to Santa Cruz. Members such as Rick Haze describe why they are vegetarian and detail the dishes they brought to the potluck.Topics include vegetarian, food, potluck, gay, lesbian, and animal cruelty. Tape 59: Side B: Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians Club recording of potluck (Side A, Tape 59) | Live audio recording of a potluck meeting for the Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians Club, a group of gay and lesbian vegetarians that would congregate regularly. Members spanned from the Russian River to Santa Cruz. Topics include vegetarian, food, potluck, gay, lesbian, and animal cruelty. Tape 59: Side A: Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Chris Nunez interview with Mary Richards | Chris Nunez, a member of the Gay and Lesbian Youth Advocacy Council, interview with Mary Richards to discuss support for LGBTQ youth in school. Tape 108 label: Side A: Chris Nunez-Gay/Lesbian Youth. March 1988. Side B: Bob Birle-School Teacher. March 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Over Our Heads Improv Group Interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Interview with members of the improv group "Over Our Heads." Included are conversations with the four women who form the group, Annie Larson, Marion Damon, Teresa Chandler, and Karen Ripley. They discuss their preferred performance style, their experience working together, and the integration of sex into their shows. Topics include Improv, performance, sex, porn, comedy, gender, comedy, night life, and entertainment. Tape 77 label: Side B: “Over Our Heads” Interview. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Johanna Poethig interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Interview with Johanna Poethig, an artist who painted a 1987 mural of Harvey Milk in Duboce Park. She discusses her artistic process, an event she planned for the unveiling of the mural, and the evolution of the mural project. Topics include art, Harvey Milk, gay, politics, mural, Duboce Park, and public art. Tape 151: Side A: Johanna Poethig-Milk Mural. 3/26/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
José Sarria speech and honorary dinner (Tape 3, Side A) | Live audio recording of a dinner at the Galleon to honor José Sarria, who held the title of first Empress de San Francisco and the Widow Norton. Included is a speech by Sarria, in which he discusses a play titled In Memory of Friends, which brought funds to people with AIDS. Included is also a speech by Scott Johnson and recordings of musical performances at the event. Topics include Widow Norton, José Sarria, AIDS, AIDS benefit, theatre, Palace of Fine Arts, and music. Tape 3: Side A: José Sarria-Widow Norton. 10/1/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Edwin Ellis at Adult Children of Alcoholics convention interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 33 label: "Side A: Ed Ellis: Adult Children of Alcoholics. February 1988. Side B: Mimi Goodwin/Ed Ellis" |
1988 | |
San Francisco Precision Whip Drill Team interviews with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 182 label: "SF Precision Whip Drill Team. February 1988". Topics: Lesbians, Leather, S/M Kink |
1988 | |
Ken Westray of Sacred Heart Church interview with Mary Richards and Bow Wow Beauties recordings | Tape 205 label: "Side A: Ross Critch (2). Bow-Wow Sydney (1). August 1988. Side B: Bow-Wow Beauties (2). August 1988." Topics: Church organ, Bow Wow Beauties dog contest, PAWS, HIV/AIDS, Pets |
1988 | |
Gary D’Alois interview with Mary Richards (Side B, Tape 179) | Tape 179 label: "Gary D’Aldis [sic]-Paris I. February 1988." Topics: HIV/AIDS, Paris, France |
1988 | |
Ross Critch interview with Mary Richards (Tape 72, Side A) | Tape 72 label: "Side A: Ross Critch-Sidney [sic]. August 1988". Sydney, Australia, HIV/AIDS, Bars |
1988 | |
Ross Critch interview with Mary Richards (Tape 72, Side B) | Tape 72 label: "Side A: Ross Critch-Sidney [sic]. August 1988". Sydney, Australia, HIV/AIDS, Bars |
1988 | |
Ross Critch interview with Mary Richards Part II and Bow Wow Beauties recordings (Tape 205, Side A) | Tape 205 label: "Side A: Ross Critch (2). Bow-Wow Sydney (1). August 1988. Side B: Bow-Wow Beauties (2). August 1988." Topics: HIV/AIDS, Pets, PAWS |
1988 | |
Coits 25th Anniversary interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 43 label: "Side A: Coits: 25th Anniversary. June 1988" |
1988 | |
Coits 25th Anniversary interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 43 label: "Side A: Coits: 25th Anniversary. June 1988". Topics: Coits, Pride parade and events, LGBTQ history |
1988 | |
Richard Carrazza interview with Mary Richards and recordings about PAWS | Tape 199 label: "Side A: Richard Carrazza-PAWS. March 1988. Side B: Steve Crider-PAWS. March 1988". Topics: CUAV, Speakers Bureau, Youth Outreach, HIV/AIDS, PAWS, Pets and animals |
1988 | |
Steve Crider interview with Mary Richards and recordings about PAWS | Tape 199 label: "Side A: Richard Carrazza-PAWS. March 1988. Side B: Steve Crider-PAWS. March 1988". Topics: HIV/AIDS, PAWS, Pets and animals |
1988 | |
Edwin Ellis and Mimi Goodwin at Adult Children of Alcoholics convention interviews with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 33 label: "Side A: Ed Ellis: Adult Children of Alcoholics. February 1988. Side B: Mimi Goodwin/Ed Ellis" |
1988 | |
San Francisco Precision Whip Drill Team interviews with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 182 label: "SF Precision Whip Drill Team. February 1988". Topics: Lesbians, Leather, S/M Kink |
1988 | |
José Sarria interview with Mary Richards (Tape 3, Side B) | Interview with José Sarria, who held the title of first Empress de San Francisco and the Widow Norton.He discusses his experience living in Phoenix, Arizona, and his decision to come back to San Francisco for the play In Memory of Friends.Topics include Widow Norton, José Sarria, AIDS, AIDS benefit, theatre, Palace of Fine Arts, and Arizona. Tape 3: Side B: José Sarria-Widow Norton. 10/1/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Over Our Heads Improv Group Interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Interview with members of the improv group "Over Our Heads." Included are conversations with the four women who form the group, Annie Larson, Marion Damon, Teresa Chandler, and Karen Ripley. They discuss their personal backgrounds, what to expect from their shows, and their experience working together. Topics include Improv, performance, comedy, gender, comedy, night life, and entertainment. Tape 77 label: Side A: Interview-“Over Our Heads.” 3/14/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) convention recording | Live audio recording of the first ever Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) Convention and AIDS Service Fund. Included are speeches by Angelo Rosado, Don Hester, and a member of the Gay Softball League. Topics include Deaf people, disability, gay men, lesbians, sports, fundraising, gay groups, lesbian groups, Florida. Tape 80: Side A: RDS AIDS Service Fund. 3/26/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Voices: Bay Area Lesbian Choral Ensemble practice session (Side A) | Recording includes singing, conversation, and ambient noise. (Side A.)Tape 160 label: Side A: Voices-Bay Area Lesbian Choral Ensemble. The Birth. 9/27/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Robert Meslinksi interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Interview with Robert Meslinksi to discuss a project he led in which children wrote cards for people with AIDS. Mary Richards also reads some of the cards children wrote for AIDS patients. Topics include AIDS, children, schools, and AIDS outreach. Tape 71 label: Side A: Robert Meslinksi (Children’s Cards for PWAs). December 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Voices: Bay Area Lesbian Choral Ensemble practice session (Side B) | Tape 160 label: Side A: Voices-Bay Area Lesbian Choral Ensemble. The Birth. 9/27/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians group interview with Mary Richards (Side A, Tape 112) | Tape 112 label: Side A: Gay Vegetarians. 11/20/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians group interview with Mary Richards (Side B, Tape 112) | Tape 112 label: Side A: Gay Vegetarians. 11/20/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
25th anniversary celebration of the Coits | Tape 194 label: Side A: Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade and COITS II. June 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
San Francisco Gay Fathers interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Tape 64 label: Side A: Gay Fathers. 8/7/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
San Francisco Gay Fathers interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 64 label: Side A: Gay Fathers. 8/7/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Chuck Lewis interview with Mary Richards (Tape 141, Side A) | Interview with Chuck Lewis, who administered a "Night Ministry" in the streets of the Tenderloin. The ministry would walk around the Tenderloin and ensure people that the ministry was there for them emotionally, psychologically, and as an overall resource. Lewis discusses AIDS workshops, religion in San Francisco, and the evolution of the gay community from the 1960s to the 1980s. Topics include religion, class, police, poverty, Tenderloin, gay, lesbian, AIDS, counseling, suicide, drugs, alcohol, marriage, family, and nightlife. Tape 141:. Side A: SF Night Ministry III. C. Lewis. May 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Chuck Lewis interview with Mary Richards (Tape 130, Side B) | Interview with Chuck Lewis, who administered a "Night Ministry" in the streets of the Tenderloin. The ministry would walk around the Tenderloin and ensure people that the ministry was there for them emotionally, psychologically, and as an overall resource. Lewis discusses gender, safety precautions when ministering in the streets, and his personal background.Topics include religion, class, poverty, Tenderloin, gay, lesbian, AIDS, counseling, suicide, drugs, alcohol, marriage, family, and nightlife. Tape 130: Side A: SF Night Ministry-C. Lewis. June 1988. Audio Cassette |
1988 | |
Bruce interview with Mary Richards | A San Francisco resident named Bruce discusses his experience of coming out to friends, family, and work acquaintances. He discusses how he felt after coming out and what coming out can mean to others. Topics include coming out, closet, gay, lesbian, happiness, family, and gay relationships. Tape 62: Side B: Bruce on coming out. October 1988. |
1988 | |
Peter Middendorf of BAPHR interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Interview with Peter Middendorf, the co-chair of the Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (BAPHR) Foundation, to discuss the Foundation's awarding of funds to twelve organizations. Among these organizations are the Harvey Milk AIDS Education Fund and the San Francisco Suicide Prevention. Topics include Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (BAPHR) Foundation, AIDS, Gay Rights, Lesbian Physicians, Medicine, and Elitism. Tape 143 label: Side A: Peter Middendorf. BAPHR. 1/21/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
David Lemos interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | David Lemos interview with Mary Richards to discuss his play “More than Names.” (Side B.)Tape 125 label: “More than Names.” David Lemos. 9/1/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Peter Middendorf of BAPHR interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Interview with Peter Middendorf, the co-chair of the Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (BAPHR) Foundation, to discuss the Foundation's awarding of $20,000 to twelve organizations. Middendorf discusses the foundation's goals and its process for choosing the recipients of the funds.Topics include Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (BAPHR) Foundation, gender, AIDS, Gay, Lesbian, Medicine, Project Funding, and Application Procedures. Tape 143 label: Side B: Peter Middendorf. BAPHR. 1/21/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Rosemary Mitchell interview with Mary Richards | Interview with Rosemary Mitchell, member on the board of the Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (BAPHR) Foundation. She notes her qualifications for being a member on the board, her experience as the only woman on it, and her involvement with the Gay Games. Topics include Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (BAPHR) Foundation, gay games, lesbian, gender, and fundraising. Label: Side A: Rosemary Mitchell. BAPHR. January 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Sabina Madden interview with Mary Richards | Interview with Sabina Madden (Fasano) to discuss the misrepresentation of Michael Fasano's relationship to his family in the press. Madden discusses Fasano's parents' support of his sexuality, and their love for him at the time that he died of AIDS. Topics include AIDS, family, disownment, media misrepresentation, and AIDS stigma. Tape 101 label: Side A: Sabina Madden (Fasano). February 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Johanna Poethig interview with Mary Richards and Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) volunteer interview (Side B) | Interview with Johanna Poethig, an artist who painted a 1987 mural of Harvey Milk in Duboce Park. She discusses the content of the mural and the people she collaborated with for the mural. Included is also an interview with a Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) volunteer. Topics include art, Harvey Milk, gay, politics, mural, Duboce Park, AIDS, pets, animals, dogs, Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS), social services, and public art. Tape 151: Side A: Johanna Poethig-Milk Mural. 3/26/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Lesbian Mothers Support Group interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Tape 75 label: Side A: Lesbian Mothers. 10/1/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
1988 International Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day Parade recordings and interviews (Side A) | Tape 200 label: Side A: Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade I. June 1988. Audio Cassette. Topics: Pride |
1988 | |
1988 International Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day Parade recordings and interviews (Side B) | Tape 200 label: Side A: Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade I. June 1988. Audio Cassette. Topics: Pride |
1988 | |
Bea Roman Interview with Mary Richards (Tape 181, Side A) | Interview with Bea Roman, who served as the executive director of the Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation (LGHF) in Washington D.C. She also discusses her past role at the Shanti Project, in which she served as its development director to raise funds and provide services for people with AIDS. Topics include medicine, lesbian, gay, AIDS, Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation, National Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, and Shanti Project. Tape 181: Side A: Bea Roman. Lesbian/Gay Health. October 1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Andre Laventure interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Andre Laventure interview with Mary Richards to discuss his newsletter for People with AIDS, PWA Voice (Side B). Tape 203 label: Side A: Andre Laventure-PWA Newsletter. May 1988. Side B: Andre Laventure. Audio Cassette. |
1988 | |
Lynn McLeod and Nancy Rupprecht interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Lynn McLeod and Nancy Rupprecht interview with Mary Richards to discuss their experiences running a women's garage Called Labrys. (Side B.)Tape 28 label: Side A: LABYRIS: Lynn/Nancy. 6/8/1988. Audio Cassette. |
1988 |