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Title: Steve Conley papers
Dates: 1950-2008
Collection Number: 2013-17
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Extent: 1 carton
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains materials related to progressive activist Steve Conley (1950-2009). Conley was a Vietnam veteran,
writer, director, media and radio producer, DJ, poet, teacher, journalist, community organizer, percussionist and performing
artist.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Steve Conley papers. Collection Number: 2013-17. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Michael Nulty, executor of Steve Conley’s estate, on September 10, 2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains materials related to progressive activist Steve Conley (1950-2009). Conley was a Vietnam veteran,
writer, director, media and radio producer, DJ, poet, teacher, journalist, community organizer, percussionist and performing
artist. He was involved with The Noodle Factory, a performance space in West Oakland, and he produced the Tenant Leadership
Summits, which brought together community organizations active in a wide variety of issues. The collection has DVDs, CDs,
DAT tapes and Sony mini-disks that have recordings of the Tenant Leadership Summit [2004], and with Tiny Garcia from Poor
Magazine; materials from Conley’s work on air and on the board at KPFA and KPFK; photographs of events like Up Your Alley;
artwork; business letters; and musical projects Conley produced and/or designed. There are also snapshots and negatives of
political protests, family, friends and Conley’s travels in Asia, Egypt and Europe. These date from 1978 to 2008. The collection
also includes some of Conley’s personal effects, such as jewelry, tarot cards, harmonica, and percussion instruments, a datebook,
conference badges and ID cards.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007675; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_006371
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