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Title: Bay Brick Inn records
Dates: 1982-1987
Collection Number: 1994-23
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.85 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The collection contains records from the Bay Brick Inn (also known as the Baybrick Inn), a popular South of Market guest house,
bar and club for women owned by Lauren Hewitt that was open from 1982-1987.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
[Identification of item]. Bay Brick Inn records. Collection Number: 1994-23. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Lauren Hewitt in 1995.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains records from the Bay Brick Inn (also known as the Baybrick Inn), a popular South of Market guest house,
bar and club for women owned by Lauren Hewitt that was open from 1982-1987. The Bay Brick Inn was an important lesbian institution
in San Francisco. There are administrative records, including correspondence; publicity materials, including event calendars
and press releases; information about, and demo tapes from the entertainers -- primarily musicians and comedians-- who performed
at Bay Brick; and photographs. This collection was formerly the Lauren Hewitt papers. The collection has been arranged into
five series: Administrative; Publicity; Entertainers; Photographs; and Audiotapes. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008517
Lesbians
Nightlife
San Francisco (Calif.)