Finding aid to the Albert P. Busendorfer papers, 1986-2009
Coll2013.062
Finding aid prepared by Loni Shibuyama
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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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 The collection includes Busendorfer's published and unpublished short stories, poetry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
Biography
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).
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Acquisition
Gift of John Fournier, July 19, 2010.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Albert P. Busendorfer Papers, Coll2013-062, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, June 2013.
Scope and Contents
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.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Separated Materials
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
Albert P. Busendorfer papers
Box 1, Folder 2
"Dad, Dalliance, Divorce"
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
"Dancin' and Prancin'"
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Echo Park Film Center, Seniors Film Workshop
2008-2009
Box 1, Folder 31
Memorial for Ester Bentley
2004
Box 1, Folder 9
More Than Shelter for Seniors attendance sheet
circa 2009
Box 1, Folder 10-11
Notebooks, untitled
circa 2000-2010
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 13
Pioneer Magazine
1989-1990
Box 1, Folder 14
Poetry in published anthologies
1986-2008
Box 1, Folder 15
Poetry manuscripts
undated
Box 1, Folder 16-17
Riding My Own Rainbow
circa 2007-2010
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 18
Rose manuscript and research
circa 2009
Box 1, Folder 20-22
Satire on the Sleuth
circa 2009-2010
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 1, Folder 23-24
Senior Moments, a Collection of Writings by Seniors
2002-2008
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 25
Untitled "Ben" story
2003
Box 1, Folder 26
Untitled manuscript
circa 2009
Box 1, Folder 28
"Where, Oh Where, Did My Persian Lamb Go?"
undated
Box 1, Folder 30
Writing contests, workshops and anthologies
2009