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Coll2014.015
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Title: Michael Shere papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.015
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.9 linear feet.
2 archive boxes + 1 archive carton + 1 flat archive box
Date (inclusive): 1971-1994
Abstract: This collection consists of Michael Shere's written works and personal papers, 1971-1994. Michael Shere worked as a theatrical
performer, script writer, set and sound designer, and composer for 25 years. He also was an activist for the LGBT community,
including for AIDS organizations such as Artists Confronting AIDS and the AIDS Service Center.
creator:
Shere, Michael, 1943-1994
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.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
A resident of Pasadena, California, Michael Shere was involved in the theatrical world as a performer, script writer, set
and sound designer, and composer for 25 years. He was also involved in staging movie premiers for Universal Studios, Columbia
Pictures, and events for the music industry. Shere was a writer of short stories, novels, and poems. In addition, he was a
board member of GLAAD and a member of the Purple Circuit promoting LGBT theater. He was also involved in AIDS organizations
such as Artists Confronting AIDS and the AIDS Service Center. Shere was born on January 4, 1943, and passed away on August
28, 1994, from AIDS-related complications.
Date and method of donation unknown.
This collection consists of Michael Shere's written works and personal papers, 1971-1994. The collection includes his scripts,
novels, short stories, and poems. Shere's theatrical work is documented through his sound and set design notes and layouts,
as well as musical pieces. Shere's medical records, spiritual papers, greeting cards, correspondence, address books, and daily
planners are also included.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Michael Shere Papers, Coll2014-015, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection processed by Lizzie Hernandez and Phyllis Rudzitis, March 2014.
Separated to ONE Archives library
Project 10 handbook
Shock Value by John Waters, 1981
Separated to ONE Archives periodical collection
Aware, Winter 1990
Being Alive, September 1989
Female fyi, September 1994
Happenings, v.7, no.7, September 1986
NAMES project magazine, undated
On the Purple Circuit, v.1, no.2, Winter 1992
PI Perspective, no.7, November 1989
Sexvibe, August 1994
HIV/AIDS subject files materials separated to ONE Archives AIDS History Project Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay authors--United States--20th century
Gay dramatists
Gay men's writings, American
Gay theater
Musical theater
Scripts (documents)