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Title: Erik Nielsen papers
Dates: 1970-1992
Collection Number: 1992-14
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Erik Nielsen papers contain materials related to his career as a party producer in the 1970s and 1980s.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Erik Nielsen papers. Collection Number: 1992-14. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
The Erik Nielsen papers contain materials related to his career as a party producer in the 1970s and 1980s. Nielsen (1952-1992)
moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s and later in the decade worked in Artist Management with Fantasy Records, where
he represented Sylvester, Two Tons O' Fun, Patrick Cowley, Jeanie Tracy, Martha Reeves and Fever. In 1982 he started his own
production company, Spectrum Productions, and was involved with or produced the Galleria parties, several Cable Car Awards
shows, "Men Behind Bars IV," Gay Games I and II and numerous events at the Trocadero Transfer. The collection includes a wide
variety of materials documenting parties he produced and artists he represented, including autographed photographs and personal
snapshots; financial records; event binders from several Spectrum Productions; flyers, programs and other promotional materials;
correspondence, clippings; and artists’ publicity files. There is also some personalia, including materials related to an
attempted assault on Nielsen and his friend Richard MacIntyre in the Castro that was broken up by whistle-blowing gays, and
a scrapbook of obituaries of friends who died of AIDS. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008517; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008529;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004300; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
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