Tom Baker oral history recording

Audio
Preview
Audio file
Metadata
Content Type
Content Type
Audio
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Baker (Tom) Oral History, 2024-12
Description
Description
Oral history of Tom Baker (S. Thomas Baker), interviewed by Shawn Sprockett in January 2024. At the time of the oral history, Baker was a 93 year-old gay man living in the Castro in San Francisco, CA. He had lived in San Francisco for nearly 50 years. The interview discusses Baker’s early life and teenage years, his coming out experience in the 1950s, his gay community, experiences with gay bars in San Francisco, his interactions with police, and other related topics. The collection includes an mp3 audio recording and pdf transcript of the interview. Also included are matchbooks of bars, collected by Baker and given to Sprockett.
Resource Type
Resource Type
Sound
Extent
Extent
1 item
Subject
Subject
LGBTQ
Gay men
Oral history
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Persons
Persons
Interviewer (ivr): Sprockett, Shawn
Interviewee (ive): Baker, Tom
Date Created
Date Created
2024
Rights
Rights

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