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  • Conditions Governing Use
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  • Biographical note
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Contents
  • Preferred Citation
  • Related Archival Materials

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
    Title: Stephen Stewart photographs
    Identifier/Call Number: Coll2010-006
    Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet 2 clamshell binders.
    Date (inclusive): 1982-1984
    Abstract: Photographs and the resulting published work documenting icons, iconic places, and events of the United States lesbian and gay movement, 1982-1984. The collection primarily consists of Stephen Stewart's published and unpublished black and white photographs from his work, Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, along with other Stewart photographs.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Conditions Governing Access

    The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged in the following series:
    Series 1. Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America book
    Series 2. People
    Series 3. Places, events, and symbols
    Series 4. West Hollywood incorporation

    Biographical note

    Stephen Joe Stewart was born November 23, 1953 in southern California. He graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts. During the 1970s and 1980s he was employed as a advertising artist and freelance photographer in Hollywood. His work appeared in the Advocate, prior to his three year journey to document lesbian and gay history. Subsequent to publishing Positive Image he wrote Gay Hollywood, The Voyeur Video Guide, and other titles using the name, Steve Stewart. He has also published under the pseudonym, Bruce Wayne.
    MARC Display. Library of Congress, [cited December 15, 2010]. Available from http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?AuthRecID=3373465&v1=1&HC=1&SEQ=20101218214037&PID=uLJMBa35anVtwDFkZU0hnXWzwO-45.
    Stewart, Stephen. Gay Hollywood Film & Video Guide. Laguna Hills,Calif.: Companion Publications, 1994.
    Stewart, Stephen. Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1985.

    Processing Information

    Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
    Stewart's photographs formerly housed in the ONE subject files were brought together in this collection. Collection processed by Renee Saito, February 26, 2011.

    Scope and Contents

    The collection primarily consists of Stephen Stewart's published and unpublished black and white photographs from his work, Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, along with a few other Stewart photographs. Stewart sought to document the people, places, events, and symbols of the United States gay liberation movement. From 1982 to 1984, he traveled the United States photographing gay men, lesbians, and iconic places and events. The photographs of the West Hollywood incorporation include 6 photographs documenting voter registration and election night.

    Preferred Citation

    Box #, folder #, Stephen Stewart Photographs, Coll2010-006, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.

    Related Archival Materials

    Box 67, Folder 100, Pat Rocco Papers, Coll2007-006, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California. - Rocco at home including photographs with his motion picture library and in his living room (4 photographs and contact sheet) 1983

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Gay men
    Gay couples -- United States
    Gay actors
    Female impersonators
    Photographs
    Photography of men
    Political activists
    Women political activists
    Gay athletes
    Poets, American -- 20th century
    AIDS activists -- California -- Los Angeles
    Lesbian artists -- United States
    Gays in the military -- United States
    Gays in higher education
    Gay rights -- California
    Gay pride parades -- California -- Los Angeles
    Metropolitan Community Church
    Women musicians -- United States
    Indian women activists
    Gay activists
    Women artists
    Gay authors -- United States -- 20th century
    Gay actors -- United States
    Asian American gays
    Women's music festivals -- United States
    Isherwood, Christopher -- Pictorial works
    Kelley, Bill -- Pictorial works
    Kight, Morris -- Pictorial works
    Gittings, Barbara -- Pictorial works
    Goodstein, David -- Pictorial works
    Hay, Harry -- Pictorial works
    Rowland, Chuck (Charles D. Rowland) -- Pictorial works
    Endean, Steve -- Pictorial works
    Farmer, Mary -- Pictorial works
    Fierstein, Harvey -- Pictorial works
    Ginsberg, Allen -- Pictorial works
    Amaro, Hortensia -- Pictorial works
    Apuzzo, Virginia -- Pictorial works
    Amaro, Armando -- Pictorial works
    Bunch, Charlotte -- Pictorial works
    Burnham, Michael -- Pictorial works
    Brown, Rita Mae -- Pictorial works
    Costanza, Midge -- Pictorial works
    Davis, Larry -- Pictorial works
    Hill, Stephen -- Pictorial works
    Chin, Lisa -- Pictorial works
    Lyon, Phyllis -- Pictorial works
    Martin, Del -- Pictorial works
    Kopay, David -- Pictorial works
    Lorde, Audre -- Pictorial works
    Millett, Kate -- Pictorial works
    Maupin, Armistead -- Pictorial works
    O'Connor, Connie -- Pictorial works
    Near, Holly -- Pictorial works
    Pahe, Erna -- Pictorial works
    O'Leary, Jean -- Pictorial works
    Perry, Troy D. -- Pictorial works
    Sklamberg, Lorin -- Pictorial works
    Pilshaw, Elliot -- Pictorial works
    Schrader, Rand -- Pictorial works
    Russo, Vito -- Pictorial works
    Thomas, Jim -- Pictorial works
    Scott, Glen -- Pictorial works
    Ulrich, Lisa -- Pictorial works
    Tyler, Robin -- Pictorial works
    Watkins, Perry -- Pictorial works
    Wine, Dottie -- Pictorial works
    Anderson, Pokey -- Pictorial works
    Bottini, Ivy -- Pictorial works