TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Opus One patrons | Patrons at the Opus One club, which featured live classical music and catered to gay men. |
1951 | |
Black Cat menu | A menu from the Black Cat. |
1950 | |
Black Cat menu, front | A menu from the Black Cat bar. |
1950 | |
Logandice (Francine) papers | Francine Logandice was a transgender entrepreneur who owned a resort on the Russian River and a number of successful bars in San Francisco – the 222 Club on Hyde, the Black Rose, The Depot in the Outer Mission, Francine’s, Elaine’s, Déjà Vu and Café San Marcos. The collection contains correspondence, books, book lists, notes, and research related to Logandice's passion project, the Bibliography of Impersonation, Transvestism and Transexualism. |
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Wide Open Town History Project records 2003-05 | |||
Bathhouse contact sheet, circa 1978 | 1978 | ||
Maria Sanchez in bathhouse tub | 1978 | ||
Summer Celebration invitation | Invitation for a party where Maria Sanchez DJed/spun records. |
1979-06-16 | |
Baseline Bay Area Disco Report, Issue 3 (excerpt) | Excerpt of issue 3 of Baseline Bay Area Disco Report. Baseline was a disco zine that Sanchez regularly contributed to. This issue includes a piece by Sanchez called, The Beat Steams On. |
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Eve Finocchio's mink stole (front) | Mink stole belonging to Eve Finocchio, the owner of Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Eve Finocchio's mink stole (rear) | Mink stole owned by Eve Finocchio, the owner of Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's doorman hat [1] | Hat worn by Finocchio's doormen. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's doorman hat [2] | Hat worn by Finocchio's doormen. This item is undated. |
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Green lace gown (rear) | Green lace gown worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Large format photograph of Finocchio's performer | Large format photograph of performer that was displayed at Finocchio's. This item is undated. |
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Large format photograph of Finocchio's performer (rear) | Large format photograph of performer that was displayed at Finocchio's (rear). This item is undated. |
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Portrait of performer wearing yellow flower (front) | Painted portrait of a performer that was displayed at Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Portrait of performer wearing yellow flower (rear) | Painted portrait of a performer that was displayed at Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Red lace Pat Campano dress (front) | Red lace gown worn by performers at Finocchio's. This garment was designed by Pat Campano and is undated. |
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Red lace Pat Campano dress (rear) | Red lace gown worn by performers at Finocchio's. This garment was designed by Pat Campano and is undated. |
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Pink hat with feather [1] | Pink feathered hat worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Pink hat with feather [2] | Pink feathered hat worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Red folding fan [1] | Red folding fan used by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Red folding fan [2] | Red folding fan used by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Sanchez (Maria) Papers 2006-19 | Maria Sanchez was a popular San Francisco DJ who spun records at many venues including the Sutro Bathhouse and the Fairoaks Hotel. She was a member of the Bay Area Disco DJ Association (BADDA) and wrote a monthly disco gossip column in "Baseline: Bay Area Disco Report." |
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Dewsnap James 1999-19 | The James Dewsnap collection contains two full-length nude portraits of Scott O'Hara by San Francisco artist David Ross; transcripts of 16 interviews from 1994 that Dewsnap conducted with Jackie Phillips, the lead "comedienne" at Finocchio's from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s; and an unpublished book-length typescript on Phillips’ life, called "Oh, what a drag! The life and career of Wacky Jackie Phllips, Finocchio's riotous redhead, as told to Jim Dewsnap." |
1994 | |
BUS-EPH Flyer for Club Q | Black and white flyer advertising "Club Q. A Dance Party for Women" taking place on June 23, 1989. With Mixtress Page Hodel. This item is undated. |
1989 | |
BUS-EPH Flyer for Club Uranus | Black and green colored flyer advertising Club Uranus. This item is undated. |
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BUS-EPH Flyer for BOY party | Black and white flyer advertising BOY party. This item is undated. |
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BUS-EPH Flyer for The Box [2] | Black and white flyer advertising the dance club "The Box. "Everybody's Dance Club. A Dance Club for Gay Men and Women Together." With "Mixtress Page Hodel & Annie 'Fingertips' Buerhaus." This item is undated. Advertising "Special After Parade Dance Party" on Sunday June 30, 1991. |
1991-06-30 | |
BUS-EPH Flyer for The Box [1] | Black & white flyer advertising "The Box. A Homosexual Dance Club. San Francisco's first dance club for gay men and women together." With "Mixtress Page Hodel." This item is undated. Advertises "A special after the parade party" taking place on June 24, 1990 |
1990 | |
BUS-EPH Flyer for Club SKIRTS | Black and white flyer advertising club SKIRTS. "MT Productions Presents: SKIRTS. A Hot New Night Spot For The Gal with Gumption." With DJ Page Hodel. This item is undated. |
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BUS-EPH Flyer for The Box [3] | Black and white flyer advertising the dance club The Box. With "DJ Page Hodel." This item is undated. |
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BUS-EPH Flyer for Fe-Be's Bar | Black and white flyer depicting classical male nude sculpture dressed in motorcycle gear. Does not contain text. This item is undated. |
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BUS-EPH Advertisement for Club Colossus [2] | 4 x 5 in. black and white cardstock advertisement [back] for Club Colossus "Life, Liberty & The Pursuit Of Happiness Campaign Kick Off Party." |
1990-04 | |
BUS-EPH Advertisement for Club Colossus [1] | 4 x 5 in. black and white cardstock advertisement [front] for Club Colossus "Life, Liberty & The Pursuit Of Happiness Campaign Kick Off Party." |
1990-04 | |
Finocchio's Collection, 1999-79 | This collection contains materials relating to Finocchio’s, one of the oldest and best-known female impersonation clubs in the world. The term, "female impersonators" is a historic term that comes from a straight-coded Victorian theatrical form and continued until the mid-20th century before merging into what we now call drag. Finocchio's performers included what we now know as drag queens, trans people, and cis men in drag. |
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Finocchio's flyer | 1999-02 | ||
Finocchio's emcee lines [1] | A list of jokes performed by Finocchio's emcees during shows. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's emcee lines [2] | A list of jokes performed by Finocchio's emcees during shows. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's performer [1] | 1985 to 1999 | ||
Young's Wigs business card | Business card for Young's Wigs, located in Oakland, California. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's performer [2] | 1985 to 1999 | ||
Finocchio's hours of operation sign | Sign with hours of operation of Finocchio's. This item is undated. |
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Red lace Pat Campano dress | Red lace gown worn by performers at Finocchio's. This garment was designed by Pat Campano and is undated. |
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Green dirndl dress | Green dirndl dress worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's doorman hat | Hat worn by Finocchio's doormen. This item is undated. |
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Group photograph of Finocchio's performers | 1980 to 1990 | ||
Finocchio's performer with patrons [1] | 1995 | ||
Finocchio's performer with patrons [2] | 1995 | ||
Eve Finocchio's mink stole | Mink stole owned by Eve Finocchio, the owner of Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's decorative textile | Decorative textile from Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Multicolor top and skirt | Multicolor top and skirt worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Run of show [1] | A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Run of show [2] | A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Finocchio's promotional postcard | Promotional postcard advertising Finocchio's nightclub. This postcard uses the term "female impersonators" to describe performers, which is a historic term that comes from a straight-coded Victorian theatrical form and continued until the mid-20th century before merging into what we now call drag. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Finocchio's coupon | 1990 to 1999 | ||
Red folding fan | Red folding fan used by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Enrico's Menu | Illustrated menu for the restaurant, Enrico's, which was directly below Finocchio's. The illustration depicts the facade of both Enrico's and Finocchio's and was created by Wendy Wheeler. |
1968 | |
Portrait of performer wearing yellow flower | Painted portrait of a performer that was displayed at Finocchio's nightclub. This item is undated. |
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Large format photograph of Finocchio's performer | Large format photograph of performer that was displayed at Finocchio's. This item is undated. |
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Silver necklace | Silver necklace worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Pearl necklace | Pearl necklace worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Pink hat with feather | Pink feathered hat worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Finocchio's performer [3] | 1985 to 1999 | ||
Finocchio's performer [4] | 1985 to 1999 | ||
Black velvet dress | Black velvet dress worn by Finocchio's performers. This item is undated. |
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Sylvester receiving award | Photograph of Sylvester receiving an award. In this photo Sylvester is wearing one of his sequined jackets designed by Pat Campano. |
1979 | |
Sylvester Christmas dance party postcard | Promotional postcard for a holiday dance event called, All I Need For Christmas, where Sylvester performed. This postcard was originally addressed to Steve Fabus, a San Francisco-based DJ who was active in the disco and underground music scene at the time. |
1982-12-18 | |
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 | |
Stud bar exterior | A scanned slide showing the exterior of the Stud. |
1970 | |
Demolition of Tool Box bar | Scanned negative showing the demolition of the Tool Box bar, which Henri Leleu co-owned. One of Chuck Arnett's murals is visible on the wall adjoining the neighboring building. |
1971 | |
Missouri Mule bar exterior | A scanned slide showing the exterior of the Missouri Mule bar. |
1970 | |
Tool Box mural recreation | A contemporary recreation (by the original artist) of one of Chuck Arnett's locally iconic Tool Box murals. This mural was originally painted on the window of the bar; when a patron broke the window, Arnett recreated it on particleboard, and it is now the only one of the murals that survives. |
1962 | |
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 | |
Marcia Gallo and Phyllis Lyon | Photograph of Phyllis Lyon and Marcia Gallo, supplemental material for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project. |
2019 | |
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 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 011 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 012 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 013 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 014 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 015 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 016 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 017 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 018 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 019 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 020 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 002 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 003 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 001 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 | |
Event and Sylvester Concert Slides 004 | Image from a collection of 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by the donor, Deborah Deegan. |
1970 to 1977 |