TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Beardemphl (Bill) papers 2022-04 | Bill Beardemphl (1926-2002) was a journalist, activist, and chef who is best known for founding the Society for Individual Rights (SIR), a homophile organization, and publishing its magazine Vector. In the 1980s, he was also the owner of the San Francisco Sentinel. The collection contains Beardemphl’s journalistic notes, subject files, and photographs, as well as early issues of Vector. |
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Bill Beardemphl and Johnny DeLeon | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl with his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon, circa 1960s. |
1960 to 1970 | |
Homosexualizing the City notes | Notes towards an unwritten history of queer San Francisco, potentially titled "Homosexualizing the City," by Bill Beardemphl. |
1990 | |
Johnny DeLeon in costume | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl's lifelong partner, dancer Johnny DeLeon, circa 1960s. This image may have been taken at an Imperial Court of San Francisco event, given DeLeon's Renaissance costume. |
1965 | |
Johnny DeLeon and Bill Beardemphl with car | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl and his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon, circa early 1960s ("must have been taken in '63 or '64" on verso). |
1963 | |
Johnny DeLeon and Bill Beardemphl with car (verso) | Verso of photograph of Bill Beardemphl and his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon, circa early 1960s (labeled "must have been taken in '63 or '64"). |
1963 | |
Bill Beardemphl and Johnny DeLeon with plants | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl and his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon. |
2000 | |
Bill Beardemphl and Johnny DeLeon at waterfront | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl and his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon. |
1970 | |
Group of men in Renaissance costumes | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl (right), his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon (center), and an unidentified friend, circa 1960s. This photo may have been taken at an Imperial Court event, given the Renaissance costumes worn by the men. |
1965 | |
Bill Beardemphl at his desk | A posed photograph of Bill Beardemphl at work. |
1975 | |
Bill Beardemphl and Johnny DeLeon at home | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl with his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon at home. |
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Sirlebrity Capades of 1965 program | The program of the SIRLebrity Capades of 1965, a variety show fundraiser for the Society for Individual Rights, founded in 1964 by Bill Beardemphl. |
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Poetry by David Cannon Dashiell (2) | A collection of poems by David Cannon Dashiell. |
1983 | |
Dashiell (David Cannon) papers 2001-36 | This collection documents the creative works of artist David Cannon Dashiell. This collection includes written, conceptual, and design works produced from the middle 1970s through 1993 when the artist died. Personal items in the collection are limited to a small cache of photographs and slides. |
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Poetry by David Cannon Dashiell (1) | A collection of poems by David Cannon Dashiell. |
1984 | |
Prose by David Cannon Dashiell | Prose works by David Cannon Dashiell. |
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An Imaginary Manifesto | David Cannon Dashiell's "An Imaginary Manifesto." |
1993 | |
David Cannon Dashiell notebook [1] | An art planning notebook by David Cannon Dashiell. |
1989 | |
Invert, Oracle catalog | The catalog to David Cannon Dashiell's tarot-themed exhibition, "Invert, Oracle." |
1989 | |
Photographs of David Cannon Dashiell | PDF scans of photographs of David Cannon Dashiell, his partner, his home, and his friends. |
1980 to 1990 | |
Queer Mysteries exhibition description | Description of David Cannon Dashiell's Queer Mysteries exhibition. |
1993 | |
Music criticism by David Cannon Dashiell | Various music criticism pieces written by David Cannon Dashiell, as "Biff Bourguignon," for the publication California Voice. |
1983 | |
Poetry by David Cannon Dashiell (3) | A collection of poems by David Cannon Dashiell. |
1983 | |
Moran (Camille) Papers, 2000-43 | Camille Moran is a transgender poet and painter, as well as an activist who works against psychiatric abuse of queer and trans youth. This collection includes draft testimony, poetry, a series of satirical notes about her decision to transition, and other writing by Moran, as well as a number of articles she wrote or collected. |
1998 to 2000 | |
Folder 2 | Folder 2 of the Camille Moran papers. |
1998 to 2000 | |
Funny You Should Ask flier | A flier for Funny You Should Ask, a group reading by Jewish lesbian writers. |
1983 | |
Folder 1 | Folder 1 of the Camille Moran papers. |
1998 to 2000 | |
Folder 3 | Folder 3 of the Camille Moran papers. |
1998 to 2000 | |
Passing on the Pen, March 25, 2008 | A collaboration between the GLBT Historical Society and the Lambda Literary Foundation, "Passing on the Pen" was a "series of conversations...designed to pair some of the pioneers of GLBT literature with today’s emerging GLBT storytellers." The March 25, 2008 event featured a conversation with Ann Bannon and Victor J. Banis. This recording is incomplete. |
2008-03-25 | |
Passing on the Pen, July 8, 2008 | A collaboration between the GLBT Historical Society and the Lambda Literary Foundation, "Passing on the Pen" was a "series of conversations...designed to pair some of the pioneers of GLBT literature with today’s emerging GLBT storytellers." The July 8, 2008 event featured a conversation with Jewelle Gomez and Frederick Smith. |
2008-07-08 | |
Passing on the Pen, April 15, 2008 | A collaboration between the GLBT Historical Society and the Lambda Literary Foundation, "Passing on the Pen" was a "series of conversations...designed to pair some of the pioneers of GLBT literature with today’s emerging GLBT storytellers." The April 15, 2008 event featured a conversation with Michelle Tea, Carol Queen, and Rhiannon Argo. |
2008-04-15 | |
Passing on the Pen, June 13, 2008 | A collaboration between the GLBT Historical Society and the Lambda Literary Foundation, "Passing on the Pen" was a "series of conversations...designed to pair some of the pioneers of GLBT literature with today’s emerging GLBT storytellers." The June 13, 2008 event featured a conversation with Katherine V. Forrest and Christopher Rice. |
2008-06-13 | |
Passing on the Pen, May 13, 2008 | A collaboration between the GLBT Historical Society and the Lambda Literary Foundation, "Passing on the Pen" was a "series of conversations...designed to pair some of the pioneers of GLBT literature with today’s emerging GLBT storytellers." The May 13, 2008 event featured a conversation with Robert Glück and Kevin Killian. |
2008-05-13 | |
A City Divided | Video for Rev. Jim Robinson's 1990 San Francisco Board of Supervisors campaign. In the video, Robinson attacks the "Homosexual Dominated Political Establishment." |
1990 | |
MCC Service San Francisco #1 Part 1 | Metropolitan Community Church service. A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective.
In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1973 | Media/glbths_1999-52_018_am.avi |
MCC Service San Francisco #2 1973 | Metropolitan Community Church service. A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective.
In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1973 | Media/glbths_1999-52_019_am.avi |
MCC San Francisco 1973 | Footage of a sermon at the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco and an interview with Reverend Jim Sandmire. This tape also includes footage of two men reading poetry.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1973 | Media/glbths_1999-52_020_am.avi |
Dan Curzon Interview 3 | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes (1999-52). Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective.
In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1971 | |
Dan Curzon 2nd Edit Copy 1 | Footage of an interview with the writer, Dan Curzon about his book, Something You Do in the Dark. Circa 1971.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1971 | |
Dan Curzon 2nd Edit Copy 3 | Footage of an interview with the writer, Dan Curzon about his book, Something You Do in the Dark. Circa 1971.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1971 | |
Dan Curzon Second Edit | Footage of an interview with the writer, Dan Curzon about his book, Something You Do in the Dark. Circa 1971.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1971 | |
Poetry reading and Bobby Seale campaign meeting | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes (1999-52). Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. Although the physical tape is labeled "Egypt 2," the tape primarily includes remnant recordings of a gay poetry reading and a campaign meeting for Bobby Seale's 1973 Oakland mayoral bid.
In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1973 | |
Dan Curzon 2nd Edit Copy 2 | Footage of an interview with the writer, Dan Curzon about his book, Something You Do in the Dark. Circa 1971.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1971 | |
Three Gay Poets | Footage of poetry readings by three gay poets named Norman Lubowsky, Jon Franck, and Larry Seth Stewart. This tape originally aired on the KQED public access program Fury, Flesh and Love presents Queer Blue Light.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1973 | Media/glbths_1999-52_006_am.avi |
Homophile Reunion Miyako Hotel SF (Part 1) | A June 15, 2001 gathering of people who were active in San Francisco homophile organizations during the 1950s and 1960s. The video opens with brief interviews with (in order of appearance) Donald Lucas, Bill Plath, Michael Robert Caffee, Robert Cromey, Al Alvarez (also known as Fred Alvarez), Lewis Durham, Jose Sarria, Herbert Donaldson, Bob Ross, and Nancy May. A roundtable conversation follows. Organizations discussed include the Mattachine Society, Tavern Guild, League for Civil Education, Society for Individual Rights, and Council on Religion and the Homosexual. The audio quality in the first 12 minutes of the video is poor. |
2001-06-15 | |
Homophile Reunion Miyako Hotel SF (Part 2) | A June 15, 2001 gathering of people who were active in San Francisco homophile organizations during the 1950s and 1960s. This tape includes part two of a conversation among Donald Lucas, Bill Plath, Michael Robert Caffee, Robert Cromey, Al Alvarez (also known as Fred Alvarez), Lewis Durham, Jose Sarria, Herbert Donaldson, Bob Ross, and Nancy May. The audio quality is poor. |
2001-06-15 | |
Picketing Jerry Falwell at Los Gatos Christian Church | Footage of a picket of Jerry Falwell's May 7, 1986 speaking engagement at the Los Gatos Christian Church by LGBT activists. Falwell's appearance was sponsored by the Coalition for Christians in Government. |
1986-05-07 | |
Jim Sandmire Funeral tape #3 (May 20, 1989 at Grace Cathedral) | A video from the Charles Cyberski Videotapes collection. Charles Cyberski (February 12, 1949-September 28, 1993) was a gay video journalist and, with his partner Richard Wright (July 5, 1955-October 20, 1990), owner and operator of the mail-order video business Male Entertainment Network (MEN). MEN produced and sold videos documenting gay and lesbian events, including San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parades, numerous leather competitions, and Gay Games; as well as lesbian and gay rights advocacy and AIDS activism.
From 2010 to 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines processed and digitized nearly all of Cyberski’s video collection. Raines added titles and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. Raines also recorded the following notes about this video in the collection finding aid: "Tape #3 (May 20, 1989 at Grace Cathedral)" |
1989-05-20 | Cyberski-Series-1-Reels/glbths_1994-03_1_049_am.avi |
Richard Alan Wright's Ashes/Mass at Tebbe's with Fr. Stan | A video from the Charles Cyberski Videotapes collection. Charles Cyberski (February 12, 1949-September 28, 1993) was a gay video journalist and, with his partner Richard Wright (July 5, 1955-October 20, 1990), owner and operator of the mail-order video business Male Entertainment Network (MEN). MEN produced and sold videos documenting gay and lesbian events, including San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parades, numerous leather competitions, and Gay Games; as well as lesbian and gay rights advocacy and AIDS activism.
From 2010 to 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines processed and digitized nearly all of Cyberski’s video collection. Raines added titles and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. Raines also recorded the following notes about this video in the collection finding aid: "Tape 2-1" |
1990 | Cyberski-Series-1-Reels/glbths_1994-03_1_381_am.avi |
Jim Sandmire Funeral tape #2 (May 20, 1989 at Grace Cathedral) | A video from the Charles Cyberski Videotapes collection. Charles Cyberski (February 12, 1949-September 28, 1993) was a gay video journalist and, with his partner Richard Wright (July 5, 1955-October 20, 1990), owner and operator of the mail-order video business Male Entertainment Network (MEN). MEN produced and sold videos documenting gay and lesbian events, including San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parades, numerous leather competitions, and Gay Games; as well as lesbian and gay rights advocacy and AIDS activism.
From 2010 to 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines processed and digitized nearly all of Cyberski’s video collection. Raines added titles and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. Raines also recorded the following notes about this video in the collection finding aid: "Tape #2 (May 20, 1989 at Grace Cathedral)" |
1989-05-20 | Cyberski-Series-1-Reels/glbths_1994-03_1_043_am.avi |
Jim Sandmire Funeral tape #4 | A video from the Charles Cyberski Videotapes collection. Charles Cyberski (February 12, 1949-September 28, 1993) was a gay video journalist and, with his partner Richard Wright (July 5, 1955-October 20, 1990), owner and operator of the mail-order video business Male Entertainment Network (MEN). MEN produced and sold videos documenting gay and lesbian events, including San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parades, numerous leather competitions, and Gay Games; as well as lesbian and gay rights advocacy and AIDS activism.
From 2010 to 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines processed and digitized nearly all of Cyberski’s video collection. Raines added titles and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. Raines also recorded the following notes about this video in the collection finding aid: "Tape #4" |
1989-05-20 | Cyberski-Series-1-Reels/glbths_1994-03_1_512_am.avi |
Jim Sandmire Funeral tape #1 | A video from the Charles Cyberski Videotapes collection. Charles Cyberski (February 12, 1949-September 28, 1993) was a gay video journalist and, with his partner Richard Wright (July 5, 1955-October 20, 1990), owner and operator of the mail-order video business Male Entertainment Network (MEN). MEN produced and sold videos documenting gay and lesbian events, including San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parades, numerous leather competitions, and Gay Games; as well as lesbian and gay rights advocacy and AIDS activism.
From 2010 to 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines processed and digitized nearly all of Cyberski’s video collection. Raines added titles and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. Raines also recorded the following notes about this video in the collection finding aid: "Tape #1' |
1989-05-20 | Cyberski-Series-1-Reels/glbths_1994-03_1_296_am.avi |