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Finding aid to the Albert P. Busendorfer papers, 1986-2009
Coll2013.062
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Title: Albert P. Busendorfer Papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.062
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear foot.
1 archive box.
Date (inclusive): 1986-2009
Abstract: Manuscripts, scripts, notebooks, clippings and magazines, anthologies, organizational flyers and other material, 1986-2009,
from gay writer, Albert P. Busendorfer. The collection includes Busendorfer's published and unpublished short stories, poetry
and novels. Materials also document his involvement in senior citizen organizations.
creator:
Busendorfer, Albert Peter, 1932-2010
Albert Peter Busendorfer was born in New York on October 9, 1932. He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 and worked as a Transportation
Analyst for the United States Borax and Chemical Corporation. In his spare time, he was an aspiring writer and took creative
writing classes. Later in his life, he taught writing classes for the Senior Services program of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian
Center, and he made regular contributions to West Hollywood's annual anthology of writings by senior citizens,
Senior Moments.
Busendorfer died in Los Angeles on February 25, 2010.
Sources:
Box 1, Folder 13, Albert P. Busendorfer Papers, Coll2013-062, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
St. John, Stevie, "The Personal is Always Poetic,"
Vanguard: The Monthly Newsletter of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (May 2008).
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
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.
Gift of John Fournier, July 19, 2010.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Albert P. Busendorfer Papers, Coll2013-062, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, June 2013.
The collection consists of manuscripts, scripts, notebooks, clippings and magazines, anthologies, organizational flyers and
other material, 1986-2009, from gay writer, Albert P. Busendorfer. The collection includes Busendorfer's published and unpublished
short stories, poetry and novels. The bulk of the collection consists of material Busendorfer produced after his retirement.
Materials also document his participation in gay and lesbian senior citizen organizations.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
The following books have been separated from the collection and are cataloged in the ONE Archives library and the USC Cinema
Library, respectively:
Reigns, Steven, Jenny Walters, and Dorothy Allison.
My life is poetry: An anthology of writings by gay, lesbian, and bisexual seniors. Los Angeles: Grendier P, 2008.
Zimmerman, Tom, Ray Jones, and John Jones.
Light and illusion: The Hollywood portraits of Ray Jones. Glendale, CA: Balcony P, 1998.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay and lesbian writers
Gay men's writings
Manuscripts
Poetry
Scripts (documents)
Senior citizens
Short stories