Finding Aid to the William Moritz and Harry Frazier Collection, 1902-2007 Coll2014.001
Loni Shibuyama
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: William Moritz and Harry Frazier collection
creator:
Moritz, William
creator:
Frazier, Harry
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.001
Physical Description:
17.6 Linear Feet
3 archive boxes, 6 archive cartons, 3 binder boxes, 6 flat archive boxes, 1 mapcase drawer.
Date (inclusive): 1902-2007
Abstract: Personal papers, motion picture history files, photographs, film, video, audiotape, artworks, posters, clothing, and memorabilia,
1902-2007, from film professor and animator William Moritz and actor Harry Frazier. Moritz and Frazier were friends and collaborators
on several short films and other creative projects throughout the 1970s-1990s, some of which documented bohemian and hippie
gay communities in Los Angeles, as well as the Radical Faeries. Moritz is best known for his expertise on animation and experimental
film. However, the majority of this collection documents his other work and interests, including poetry, film history, and
the gay liberation movement. The collection also includes personal papers from "Buddha" John Parker and Robert Opel, famous
for streaking on stage at the 1974 Academy Awards.
Biography
Excerpted from the William Moritz biography on the Center for Visual Music website, http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Moritz.htm#bio
(accessed June 9, 2014):
"Dr. William Moritz was a world-renowned expert on animation, experimental film, and visual music, and authored more than
100 articles, chapters, and program notes. His biography on [Oskar] Fischinger,
Optical Poetry, is the culmination of 34 years of research and work with the Fischinger Archive.
"Born May 6, 1941 in Williams, Arizona, Moritz was raised in Arizona and Southern California. He received his doctorate from
the University of Southern California in 1968 (Comparative Literature, minor in Cinema). He began teaching at Occidental College
in 1965, and continued teaching film and humanities at institutions including Otis Art Institute, Pitzer College, American
University Center (Calcutta, India), UCLA, Art Center College of Design, USC and CalArts. He worked as a researcher and translator
for the television show
Ripley's Believe It or Not; with the film distributor Creative Film Society; and at radio station KPFK as a film and music critic. He promoted experimental
film and visual music through venues like Los Angeles Filmmaker's Cooperative, Theatre Vanguard, and Los Angeles Film Oasis;
and was a member of the Visual Music Alliance in the 1980s.
"Moritz' own 34 films, both experimental and animation, have screened at museums in Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Tokyo,
and venues including Pacific Film Archive, Anthology Film Archive, San Francisco Art Institute, Academy of Fine Arts (the
Hague), and Filmforum (Los Angeles). He toured giving poetry readings and had many of his poems published. Two of his plays
were produced, including a number of performances of
The Midas Well Show.
"[Moritz] published widely on animation, visual music, and experimental film[...] He served as president of the Society for
Animation Studies, and lectured at film festivals, museums, universities and conferences worldwide. He was actively involved
in preservation work on numerous films and received a Film Preservation Award from Anthology Film Archive. He curated film
exhibitions and was a guest curator for several art exhibitions, including "The Spiritual in Art" and 'Degenerate Art' at
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He appeared in television documentaries including the French
Paths of Light, the British
Abstract Cinema, and the American
Camera Three. In 1993, he was honored with a lifetime achievement trophy for service to Visual Music by the Royal Academy of the Netherlands.
In 1995, he received an American Film Institute Independent Filmmakers Grant for his film,
All My Lost Lovers. He was faculty at California Institute of the Arts, and a member of the Board of Advisors and a founder of the Center for
Visual Music. Dr. Moritz died on March 12, 2004 in Mokelumne Hill, California, after a long struggle with cancer."
Biography
Harry Frazier, born on July 30, 1929 in Elk County, Pennsylvania, was an actor in Los Angeles, whose white beard landed him
numerous film and television roles playing Santa Claus. Beginning in the 1960s, Frazier worked regularly in local Shakespeare
companies throughout Southern California, including Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. He also worked as a character
actor mostly in television, with guest starring roles on
Batman,
Cheers,
Hill Street Blues, as well as TV movies such as
The Elf Who Saved Christmas and its sequal
The Elf and the Magic Key.
Frazier was also a photographer and amateur experimental filmmaker, and he worked closely with film professor William Moritz
on Moritz's short films and theatrical productions. Frazier died of complications from diabetes on May 26, 2007 in Los Angeles.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. The original films in this collection are deposited in conjunction with the Outfest
Legacy Project at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Advance notice is required for researchers wishing to access these
materials.
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.
Researchers wishing to publish or quote from William Moritz materials must seek permission from the Center for Visual Music,
which retains the copyright to all materials created by Moritz.
Acquisition
The bulk of this collection was donated by the Center for Visual Music on March 29, 2007; July 3, 2007; January 17, 2008;
June 12, 2008; February 17, 2009; and February 18, 2014. The remaining materials were believed to be donated by William Moritz
to the International Gay & Lesbian Archives, date unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] William Moritz and Harry Frazier Collection, Coll2014-001, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, May 2014.
Related Archival Materials
William Moritz Collection, Special Collections, Center for Visual Music, Los Angeles, California.
Robert Opel Los Angeles Christopher Street West Gay Pride Parade Photographs, Coll2012-145, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Writings and personal papers
Series 2. Motion picture history and photographs
Series 3. Personal photographs
Series 4. Sound recordings
Series 5. Film and video recordings
Series 6. Art works and posters
Series 7. Objects and clothing
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises personal papers, motion picture history files, photographs, film, video, audiotape, artworks, posters,
clothing, and memorabilia, 1902-2007, from film professor and animator William Moritz and actor Harry Frazier. The bulk of
the personal papers includes writings by Moritz, research material, and subject files covering a variety of Moritz's interests
such as poetry, literature, performing arts, gay film history, and gay liberation movement. The motion picture history files
are Moritz's collection of publicity still photographs and research material on American film history, particularly silent-
and studio-era actors. The personal photographs are those of Moritz and Frazier; and Robert Opel and "Buddha" John Parker
to a lesser extent. The sound recordings are primarily recordings created for Moritz's unfinished documentary Crown Prince
Arcadia, and interviews with Harry Hay and Radical Faeries groups. The bulk of the film reels are productions elements for
short films created by Moritz or Frazier, including Call It Maya for Now, Crown Prince Arcadia, and Kissing. The film reels
also include home movies of Alaska, gay pride events, Theatricum Botanicum, Radical Faeries gatherings; and interviews with
Robert Opel. The bulk of the videocassettes are short films by Frazier, or television shows in which Frazier appeared.
The collection also includes personal papers, photographs, and film from Moritz's friends, "Buddha" John Parker and Robert
Opel, including documents and posters from Opel's Fey Way Studios.
Separated Materials
The following have been separated to the ONE Archives library:
Allen, Donald, ed.
The Selected Poems of Frank O'Hara. New York: Vintage Books, 1974.
Busch, Charles.
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and Other Plays. New York: Grove Press, 2001.
Chamberlin, J.E.
Ripe was the Drowsy Hour. New York: Seabury Press, 1977.
Croft-Cooke, Rupert.
Feasting with Panthers. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
Ellison, Alfred.
Portrait of Joey. Los Angeles: Ultima Books, 1969.
Fernandez, Dominique.
Porporino or the Secrets of Naples. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1976.
Field, Andrew.
Djuna, The Life and Times of Djuna Barnes. London: Secker and Warburg, 1983.
Freedman, Florence Bernstein.
William Douglas O'Connor, Walt Whitman's Chosen Knight. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1985.
Ginsberg, Allen.
Gay Sunshine Interview with Allen Young. Berkeley, CA.: Grey Fox Press, 1974 (signed).
Grand-Carteret, John.
Derriere "Lui". Paris: GKC, 1992.
Hamlyn, Paul.
The Age of Louis XV. Milan, Italy: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1966.
Hoffman, William M.
As Is. New York: Random House, 1985.
Hyland, Wendy Elliott.
Forward in Reverse. London: Minerva Press, 1996.
Jarman, Derek.
Queer Edward II. London: British Film Institute, 1991.
Lowenfels, Walter, ed.
The Tenderest Lover: The Erotic Poetry of Walt Whitman. New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1970.
Meeker, Richard.
Better Angel. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1990.
Mitzel, John.
Myra and Gore. Dorchester, MA.: Manifest Destiny Books, 1974.
Rechy, John.
The Sexual Outlaw. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1977.
Shively, Charley, ed.
Calamus Lovers, Walt Whitman's Working Class Camerados. San Francisco, CA: Gay Sunshine Press, 1987.
Shively, Charley, ed.
Drum Beats, Walt Whitman's Civil War Boy Lovers. San Francisco, CA: Gay Sunshine Press, 1989.
Shockley, Ann Allen.
The Black and White of It. Tallahassee, FL: Naiad Press Inc., 1980.
Steinberg, Leo.
The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion. New York: Pantheon Books, 1983.
Worsley, T.C.
Fellow Travellers. London: GMP Publishers Ltd., 1984.
18 buttons have been separated from the collection and placed in ONE Archives' button collection; and 3 matchbooks have been
separated and placed in ONE Archives' matchbook collection.
The following have been separated to the ONE audiovisual collection:
The Charles Pierce Show, 1993 (VV2644).
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen, 2002 (VV0915).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Amateur films
Audiocassettes
Audiotapes
Film stills
Gay and lesbian film festivals
Gay artists
Gay community
Gay men's writings, American
Gays in motion pictures
Motion pictures -- History
Performance art -- United States
Publicity photographs
Video tapes
Moritz, William
Frazier, Harry
Opel, Robert
Parker, John
Radical Faeries
Box 1-4, 14, 18
Writings and personal papers Series 1
circa 1955-2005
Scope and Contents
This series comprises writings, poetry, correspondence, research material, subject files, publicity material, clippings, interview
transcripts, and other material primarily from William Moritz. Included are manuscripts, scripts, and poetry written by Moritz;
as well as production and publicity materials for his play The Midas Well Show and his film All My Lost Lovers. Clippings,
research material, and subject files cover a variety of Moritz's interests, including music, poetry, film, performing arts,
gay history, gay literature, and historic figures such as Harry Hay and Walt Whitman. Some materials document Moritz's participation
in Radical Faeries gatherings and other gay and lesbian events. This series also includes writings by other authors and personal
papers from Harry Frazier, "Buddha" John Parker, and Robert Opel. The bulk of this series is believed to be from Moritz, and
other creators are identified wherever they are known.
Arrangement
Clippings about William Moritz or Harry Frazier are at the beginning of this series, followed by Moritz's writings. The remaining
folders are arranged alphabetically.
Box 3, Folder 1
Clippings about Moritz or Frazier
circa 1970-2000
Box 3, Folder 2-6
All My Lost Lovers
circa 1990-2000
Box 14, Folder 4-5
All My Lost Lovers production material
circa 1990-2000
Physical Description: [2 oversize folders]
Box 18
All My Lost Lovers production material
circa 1990-2000
Box 13
"Ashes" oversize photographs and sequential images believed to be for "Ashes"
circa 1990-2005
Box 1, Folder 5
The Midas Well Show script
1982
Box 1, Folder 6-7
The Philoctetes of Agathon
1967
Box 1, Folder 8
AIDS and HIV
circa 1985-1991
Box 1, Folder 9
Art gallery flyers and programs
1975-1991
Box 1, Folder 10
Articles and book chapters (photocopies)
circa 1955-1980
Box 3, Folder 7
Books, bookstore flyers, and catalogs
circa 1970-2000
Box 1, Folder 11
Brown, Foreman, writings and flyers
undated
Box 1, Folder 12
Das Buch Pyg (The Pyg Book)
undated
Box 1, Folder 13
Business cards and miscellaneous papers
undated
Box 1, Folder 14
California Institute of the Arts
1989-1991
Box 1, Folder 15
Clayton, Devon, biography and memorial program
1996
Box 14, Folder 8
Clippings and articles, photocopies
circa 1970-2000
Physical Description: [1 oversize folder]
Box 3, Folder 8-10
Clippings, general
circa 1969-1995
Box 3, Folder 11
Clippings, erotic
circa 1970-1992
Box 1, Folder 7-8
Correspondence, Moritz
circa 1973-2003
Box 1, Folder 19
Comic books and cartoons
circa 1970-1980
Box 14, Folder 3
Comic strips
circa 1970-1990
Physical Description: [1 oversize folder]
Box 1, Folder 34
La Dame a la Louve translation manuscript
undated
Box 1, Folder 20-22
D'eon, Chevalier
1966, undated
Box 1, Folder 23
A Different Light
1980-1996
Box 1, Folder 25
Film screening flyers and programs; video catalogs
circa 1965-2000
Box 1, Folder 26
Finger (photocopy)
undated
Box 1, Folder 27
Flyers and publicity material, various organizations
circa 1960-2000
Box 1, 3
Frazier, Harry
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Frazier, Harry
Box 3, Folder 12-13
Biographical information (photocopies)
circa 1969-1995
Box 1, Folder 29
American Film Institute grant
1982-1984
Box 1, Folder 31-32
Personal papers
circa 1975-2000
Box 1, Folder 33
The Skin of Our Teeth flyer
1980
Box 2, Folder 2
Gay and AIDS clippings and articles
circa 1985-1999
Box 3, Folder 14
Gay and lesbian centers and pride parades
circa 1980-1995
Box 2, Folder 3
Gay and Lesbian Media Coalition
1992
Box 3, Folder 15-16
Clippings, correspondence and writings (photocopies)
circa 1934-1990
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence and writings (photocopies)
circa 1950-1980
Box 2, Folder 6
Manuscript, incomplete
undated
Box 2, Folder 7
Timmon, Stuart, manuscript drafts
1987, 1996
Box 2, Folder 8
"The Hollywood Kids" newsletter
1989
Box 2, Folder 9
Indiana Gay Awareness Conference
1974
Box 2, Folder 10
International Gay and Lesbian Archives
1980-1987
Box 3, Folder 17
International film clippings and publicity material
circa 1980-1995
Box 2, Folder 11
International Scientific Conference on Gay and Lesbian Studies
1987
Box 2, Folder 12
Interview transcripts, with Earl Robinson, Chuck Rowland and Sai
1986
Box 2, Folder 13
Johnson, Steve,
Blood Confessions manuscript
undated
Box 2, Folder 14
Lambert, David Michael.
Mickle Street script
1986
Box 3, Folder 18
Lonidier, Lynn,
Female Freeway poems
1970
Box 2, Folder 16
Mariah, Paul, poetry
1974
Box 2, Folder 17
Mr. Arm manuscript, unknown author
1990
Box 2, Folder 18
Manuscript with footnotes, untitled
undated
Box 3, Folder 21
Muse of the Violets flyers
undated
Box 2, Folder 20
Music newsletters and clippings
1990-1991
Box 2, Folder 21
Notes for photographs
circa 1970-1995
Box 2, Folder 22-23
Notes, unidentified
undated
Box 2, Folder 24
One Incorporated flyers
1980
Box 2, Folder 25
Opel, Robert, papers
1973-1980
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Opel, Robert
Box 4, 14
Parker, "Buddha" John
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Parker, John
Box 4, Folder 1-4
Clippings
circa 1970-2000
Box 14, Folder 7
"Buddah" John papers
circa 1970-2000
Physical Description: [1 oversize folder]
Box 4, Folder 5
Photographs
circa 1950-2000
Box 2, Folder 26
Photograph printouts
undated
Box 2, Folder 27
Poetry, miscellaneous
circa 1970-1990
Box 2, Folder 28
Postcards and greeting cards, blank
undated
Box 14, Folder 11
Publicity posters (Moritz)
1980-1981
Physical Description: [1 oversize folder]
Box 2, Folder 29
Radical Faeries
circa 1980-1989
Box 2, Folder 31
San Diego Lesbian and Gay Archives; San Diego directory
1978-1988
Box 2, Folder 32
Sound Tunnel flyer and program
circa 1970-1980
Box 3, Folder 22-23
Theater and performing arts clippings and publicity material
circa 1970-2000
Box 2, Folder 33-35
Thompson, Mark, interview transcripts
Box 2, Folder 43
Timmons, Stuart, correspondence
1988
Physical Description: Includes 2 color photographs.
Box 2, Folder 36
Timmons, Stuart, manuscripts
1997
Box 3, Folder 24
T-Shirts and Assorted Shorts flyers and programs
1980
Box 2, Folder 38
Uncle Stan's Calendar
1991
Box 2, Folder 40
Vance, Jasper,
An Evening with Oscar manuscript
undated
Box 2, Folder 41
Vance, Jasper,
Snapdragons manuscript
undated
Box 3, Folder 25
Clippings and research
1982-1987
Box 3, Folder 26-28
Dear Love of Comrades clippings, flyers and programs
1980
Box 2, Folder 42
"Seven Glimpses," essay for
Gay Spirit
circa 1988
Box 5-8
Motion picture history and photograph files Series 2
circa 1920-1994
Scope and Contents
This series comprises publicity still photographs, negatives, slides, clippings, and other research material on American film
history, particularly silent- and studio-era actors, collected by William Moritz. The bulk of the series is publicity stills
of numerous entertainers, as well as research material on silent film actress Jetta Goudal and director Dudley Murphy.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 5, Folder 50
Columbia Pictures Corporate Brochure
1978
Box 7, Folder 6
Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie
Box 7, Folder 28
Garbo, Greta (and Parisienne women)
Box 5, Folder 1-23
Goudal, Jetta
circa 1922-1985
Box 5, Folder 3
Portraits
circa 1922-1985
Box 5, Folder 4
Roles lost
circa 1922-1985
Box 5, Folder 9
Salome of the Tenements
1925
Box 5, Folder 20
Lady of the Pavements
1929
Box 5, Folder 22
Business and Pleasure
1932
Box 5, Folder 36
Horak, Jan-Christopher; Eastman House
Box 8, Folder 43
Science fiction and special effects
Box 8, Folder 58
Television and educational
Box 8, Folder 59
Television stars, later famous
Box 8, Folder 84-87
Unsorted publicity stills
Physical Description: [4 folders]
Box 9-12, 18
Personal photographs Series 3
1902-2007
Scope and Contents
This series comprises photographic prints (mounted and unmounted), negatives, contact sheets, and slides, circa 1902-2007.
The bulk of the images are personal, professional, and family photographs of William Moritz and Harry Frazier. Also included
are photographs of Robert Opel, "Buddha" John Parker, Stuart Timmons, Harry Hay, Joel Singer, and James Broughton; as well
as a photograph taken by Robert Opel titled "Pledge Your Allegiance," which he produced as a poster (the poster can be found
in Series 6: Art works and Posters).
Arrangement
Photographs of William Moritz and Harry Frazier are at the beginning of this series. The remaining photographs are arranged
alphabetically with miscellaneous photographs at the end.
Box 18
William Moritz (mounted photographs)
undated
Physical Description: 3 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 9, Folder 1
William Moritz (mounted photographs), by Robert Opel or Harry Frazier
circa 1969-1979
Physical Description: 15 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 10
William Moritz and Harry Frazier portraits
circa 1990-2004
Physical Description: 3 photographs + 5 contact sheets: b&w.
Box 10
William Moritz and Robert Opel photographs, by Harry Frazier
circa 1965-1975
Physical Description: 16 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 10
William Moritz, friends, and family photographs
circa 1941-2000
Physical Description: 94 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 10
William Moritz on television show with unidentified woman
circa 1970-1979
Physical Description: 5 photographs: b&w.
Box 12
Moritz family photographs
1902-1936
Physical Description: 21 photographs: b&w.
Box 9, Folder 2
Harry Frazier headshots
circa 1970-1990
Physical Description: 23 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 11
Harry Frazier personal and acting photographs
circa 1944-2000
Physical Description: 4 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 11
Harry Frazier portfolio
circa 1935-1995
Physical Description: 27 photographs + 27 negatives: b&w.
Box 11
Harry Frazier portrait
circa 1990-2007
Physical Description: 2 photographs: col.
Box 11
Harry Frazier nudes
1997
Physical Description: 6 photographs: col.
Box 11
Almagamated order of real bearded Santas, 2nd annual luncheon
January 26, 1997
Physical Description: 16 photographs: col.
Box 18
Negatives
undated
Physical Description: 35 negatives: col.
Box 11
Miscellaneous personal photographs
circa 1950-2000
Physical Description: 1 negative + 18 photographs + 10 slides: b&w, col.
Box 9, Folder 7
Cast portrait, unidentified production
circa 1965-1980
Physical Description: 1 photograph + 1 negative: b&w.
Box 9, Folder 6
[Male figure on the beach]
undated
Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w.
Physical Description: [6 copies]
Box 9, Folder 3
Opel, Robert
circa 1965-1979
Physical Description: 2 photographs: b&w.
Box 10
Opel, Robert
circa 1965-1979
Physical Description: 15 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 18
Opel, Robert contact sheet
undated
Physical Description: 1 oversize contact sheet: b&w.
Box 9, Folder 11
Parker, "Buddha" John
undated
Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w.
Box 18
Parker, "Buddha" John (mounted photograph)
undated
Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w.
Box 18
Parker, "Buddah" John, negatives
undated
Physical Description: 35 negatives: col.
Box 9, Folder 5
Photographs by Robert Opel or Harry Frazier
circa 1969-1979
Physical Description: 4 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 9, Folder 9
Singer, Joel shaving James Broughton, photograph by Moritz
circa 1980-1999
Physical Description: 1 photograph: col.
Box 18
Timmons, Stuart and Harry Hay
circa 1980-2002
Physical Description: 26 negatives: col.
Box 9, Folder 8
Timmons, Stuart with others at a private gathering
circa 1990-2000
Physical Description: 5 photographs: col.
Box 9, Folder 4
Turnbull, Patrick and Collie Valadez ("Pledge Your Allegience")
1974
Physical Description: 2 photographs: b&w.
Box 10
Unidentified men
circa 1965-1979
Physical Description: 6 photographs: b&w.
Box 11
Unidentified outdoor theatrical production
1980
Physical Description: 22 photographs + 11 negatives: col.
Box 11
Unidentified theatrical production, backstage photographs
undated
Physical Description: 26 negatives: col.
Box 12
Miscellaneous photographs
circa 1970-2007
Physical Description: 1 negative + 79 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 9, Folder 10
Miscellaneous oversize photographs
undated
Physical Description: 3 photographs + 1 negatives: b&w, col.
Box 18
Miscellaneous oversize photographs
undated
Physical Description: 4 photographs: b&w.
Box 12
Miscellaneous slides
circa 1965-2005
Physical Description: 184 slides: b&w, col.
Sound recordings Series 4
circa 1960-1990
Scope and Contents
This series comprises open reel audiotape and audiocassettes, circa 1960-1990.
Arrangement
This series is divided into two subseries: (4.1) Open reel audiotape and (4.2) Audiocassettes.
Item ARR0439-ARR0448
Open reel audiotape Subseries 4_1
circa 1960-1980
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises 10 open reel audiotapes, the majority of which are recordings created for Moritz's unfinished documentary
short film,
Crown Prince Arcadia, about a street performer named Prince.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
item ARR0439
Crown Prince Arcadia 1; Taking a Bath; Dancing in the Bar
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0440
Crown Prince Arcadia 2; bar music; prince dancing; read proclamation
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0441
Crown Prince Arcadia 3; Prince discussing himself
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0442
Crown Prince Arcadia 4; arrest continued
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0443
Crown Prince Arcadia, beach and home talk
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0444
Crown Prince Arcadia, Ghirardelli Square, questions
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0445
Crown Prince Arcadia last interview
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0446
Crown Prince Arcadia, last prince, hula palace discussion
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0447
Reverend Troy Perry and gay community awareness for broadcast; gay religious oppression
July 3, 1974
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
item ARR0448
Untitled Robert Opel
undated
Physical Description: 1 open reel audiotape (1/4 in.)
Item AC2380-AC2484
Audiocassettes Subseries 4_2
circa 1971-1990
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises 104 audiocassettes, circa 1971-1990, the bulk of which are interviews with gay pioneering activist
Harry Hay. The audiocassettes also include recordings from a Radical Faerie event, various gay and lesbian events, poetry
readings, and performances from gay singers and musicians.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
item AC2472
All Our Love is Here-in Contained
1971
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2468
Bloods
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2477
Choice of Hercules
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2457-AC2463
Colorado Fairy Gathering
August 11-15, 1980
Physical Description: 6 audiocassettes.
item AC2482
Frazier, Harry; At Last; Someone Like You
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2483
Frazier, Harry, Spring 1989
1989
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2474
Fruit Punch; Fairy gathering, part 1
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2478
Gay American Composers
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2479
Gay Men's Chorus
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2442-AC2443
Gruber, John
February 4-11, 1989
Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes.
Item AC2380-AC2441
Hay, Harry, interviews
1976-1990
Physical Description: 62 audiocassettes.
item AC2480
Hay, Harry, sings
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2469
Homoerotic poetry, read by Peter Dillingham
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2464-AC2467
Interview, speakers unknown
undated
Physical Description: 4 audiocassettes.
item AC2444
Johnson, Luke
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2446, AC2470
Kilhefner, Don
November 1989
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2445
Killbounce
July 2, 1989
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2447
Kopay
April 19, 1989
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2471
Lambda Rising Bookshop, Washington, D.C.
December 4, 1990
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2448
Legg, Dorr
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2449
Littell, Philip
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2450
Loud, Lance
February 7, 1989
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2473
Outing Symposium
May 12, 1990
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2451-AC2452
Stevens, Konrad
December 5, 1988
Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes.
item AC2453
Thompson, Mark
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2484
[Untitled "Buddha" John Parker cassette]
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2454-AC2456
Walker, Mitch
undated
Physical Description: 3 audiocassettes.
item AC2475
Wallywilly
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2476
WNYC
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
item AC2481
Svejda, Jim: Gay Musicians
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
Film and video recordings Series 5
circa 1965-2004
Scope and Contents
This series comprises film reels (Super8, 16mm, and Super16) and videocassettes (VHS and U-matic), circa 1965-2004.
Arrangement
This series is divided into two subseries: (5.1) Film reels and (5.2) Videocassettes.
Film reels Subseries 5_1
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises film reels (Super8, 16mm, and Super16) including raw footage and film elements to short films by
William Moritz or Harry Frazier, including
Call It Maya For Now,
Crown Prince Arcadia, and
Kissing; home movies mostly by Harry Frazier of Alaska and gay community events; interviews with Robert Opel; and footage of all-male
ceremonies in the desert believed to be Radical Faeries gatherings.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
Access
The film reels in this subseries are deposited in conjunction with the Outfest Legacy Project at the UCLA Film and Television
Archive. Advance notice is required for researchers wishing to access these materials.
Alaska, Harry Frazier
circa 1978-1979
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 32 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207597, M207598,
M207599, M207600, M207601, M207602, M207603, M207604, M207605, M207606, M207607, M207608, M207609, M207610, M207611, M207612,
M207613, M207614, M207615, M207616, M207617, M207618, M207619, M207620, M207621, M207622, M207623, M207624, M207625, M207626,
M207627, and M207628.
Alaska, Harry Frazier
circa 1978-1979
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 29 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
All Male Desert Gathering
1978
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 7 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207645, M207646,
M207647, M207648, M207649, M207650, and M207651.
All Male Shawl Ceremonial Gathering, Braiding
circa 1978-1979
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 2 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M218697 and M218698.
All Male Shawl Ceremony Gathering
circa 1978-1979
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 30 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
All Male Shawl Ceremony Gathering; men braiding bracelets, kissing, crowd shots, shawl on ground
circa 1978-1979
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M219101.
Balbons; Seward; Boy Boat; Raven Bus; Cliff
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Bob swings; Bob on rope swing, Bob urinating, Bob smoking, Bob naked in forest
1980
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207594.
Call it Maya for Now, a film by Harry Frazier (from
The Midas Well Show)
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 comp print) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Call it Maya for Now (trims and outs)
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M137622.
Call it Maya for Now workprint material
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (16 mm; 6 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Fischinger; Maya, b-wind eco blowup master
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
F. Maya eco original
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #219108
Maya, eco outs
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Maya, Pan, Pleasure Faire
1978
Physical Description: 9 film reels (Super 8).
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 9 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207629, M207630,
M207631, M207632, M207633, M207634, M207635, M207636, and M207637.
Dress rehearsal (part 1); wedding rehearsal
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Box 18
"A Film by Rodney Evans" film trims
undated
Physical Description: Pieces of 16mm film.
Frazier Clan Gathering (78th); Capistrano and Highland Games
circa 1978-1980
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 2 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207592 and M207593.
Harry Frazier, Crystal Chandelier, Herb Foster Holding a Jar Like a Salesman
circa 1978-1980
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207591.
Frogs
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Lee Frost; Rons; Walt
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Gay Community Services Center
1979
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207587.
Gay Pride
circa 1978-1980
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 4 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207642, M207642,
M207643 and M207644.
Gay Pride Parade Hollywood, Las Palmas Avenue sign
1978
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #207596.
Jack Stripper
circa 1975
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (16mm; 3 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Katanga: The Untold Story (part 1), Phil Stuart
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #219113.
Kissing, a Film by Harry Frazier
1979
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207595.
Kissing composite print
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Lotus, deer, vulture; Friar Lawrence
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207585.
Nude Nick DeMatteo
1978
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 2 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207588 and M207589.
ABC News, Robert Opel interview
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #T107841.
Bob Opel Asleep
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M137623.
Bob Opel, Bobfish 1
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M219115.
Bob Opel, Bobfish 2
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Bob Opel, Bobreel 1
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #219114.
Crown Prince Arcadia
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (16mm; 3 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M137631, 137632, 137633.
Fuck You, Santa Claus
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (16mm; 7 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M137624, 137625, 137626,
137627, 137628, 137629, 137630.
Naked Waiters
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M137640.
Naked Waiters (unedited footage)
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (16mm; 2 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M137641 and 137642.
Unidentified footage from Robert Opel
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (16mm; 6 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M137634, 137635, 137636,
137637, 137638, 137639.
Unidentified footage from Robert Opel (outs)
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M137643.
Out of focus, Underexposed, Underdeveloped; Harry Hay, John Daniel, James B.
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Pan
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (16mm; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
San Diego Gay Pride Event
1978
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207586.
San Diego Lesbian Gathering
1978
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: M219109.
Teddy Bears
circa 1978-1980
Physical Description: 3 film reels (Super 8).
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 3 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207638, M207639,
and M207340.
Tempest at Theatricum Botanicum
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reels (Super 8; 7 reels) are stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Train footage
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Wendell Painting the Bathroom
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original film reel (Super 8; 1 reel) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive: UCLA Inventory #M207590.
Videocassettes Subseries 5_2
Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises video recordings (VHS and U-matic), the bulk of which are television programs and commercials in
which Harry Frazier performed, often as Santa Claus. It also includes videocassette copies of the short films Frazier produced:
Kissing,
Pan, and
Call It Maya for Now.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
Item VU0145
AIDS condom commercials
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original videocassette (U-matic, 1 videocassette) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
item VV3014
Arrowhead, Topanga (camcorder)
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3015
Belgian Bear;
Hey, Sailor!
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3016
Breakthrough Workshop Camera Class
January 1987
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3017
Body Language
December 12, 1985
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3012
Call It Maya For Now;
Kissing;
Tempest
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
Item VU0142
Commercials, Harry Frazier
undated
Existence and Location of Originals
Original videocassette (U-matic, 1 videocassette) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
item VV3018
Delinquent in Drag
1989
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3019
The Elf Who Saved Christmas
December 10, 1992
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3020
The Elf and the Magic Key
1991
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3021
Furnice! Ten of the Hottest Men from "The Harry Bears Page"
1999
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3022
Generations, "Over My Dead Body Santa"
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
Item VU0143
The Gong Show
circa 1976-1980
Existence and Location of Originals
Original videocassette (U-matic, 1 videocassette) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
item VV3023
Harry Frazier Speaking To Crowd
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3044
Holiday Merchandising
October 15, 1997
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3024
The Home Show
December 17, 1992
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3025
"Joe Camara"
April 11, 1993
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3026
The Judge, Santa's Gift
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3027
KFC Commercial; End of 7Up Commercial
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3013
Kissing;
Pan: A Documentary;
Call It Maya For Now
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3011
Kissing;
Pan;
Call It Maya For Now
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3029
The Life and Times of Morris Kight, Liberator
1999
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3028
Life and Times, Santa
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3030
Medicine at the Crossroads - Pandemic AIDS;
Disordered States;
Fires in the Mirror;
Artificial Intelligence; A Chapter of
Mystery
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3031
My Naked Eye
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3032
Noon Day Demons
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
Item VU0144
Opel, Robert, interview
undated
General
Original inventory #M77.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original videocassette (U-matic, 1 videocassette) is stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
item VV3033
Orlando
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3034
Our Mutual Friend, Part 1 and 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3035
Pearlstein Group; The Hardee's Restaurants
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3036
Pink Narcissus
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3037
Queer TV Show 2, Program 1 and 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3038
Rockin' Reindeer Melody Magic
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3039
Sanctus, Barbara Hammer
2004
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3040
Santa's Christmas Stories
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3041
SEGA
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3042
Shotgun Wedding; Rod Stewart
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3043
Tales of Hoffmann; Chanel;
Private Parts; Quentin Crisp
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3045
View to a Thrill;
Viva Las Vegas
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
item VV3046
Wrestling Chubs
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS).
Box 14, 18
Art works and posters Series 6
circa 1965-2000
Scope and Contents
This series comprises unidentified original paintings, drawings, and posters, circa 1965-2000, including posters created at
Robert Opel's Fey Way Studios.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 18
The Adventures of Mr. Penis comic strip poster, Fey Way Productions
undated
Physical Description: 1 poster
Box 14, Folder 1
Art work, unidentified
undated
Physical Description: Oil paint on board.
Box 14, Folder 2
Art works and reproductions, unidentified
undated
Box 18
Blackglama posters
undated
Physical Description: 2 posters
Box 18
The Committee to Bring Back the Nude Olympics poster, Robert Opel
undated
Physical Description: 2 posters
Map-case 8.5
Drawing, untitled
undated
Scope and Contents
Notes from the Center for Visual Music state that drawing possibly depicts Harry Frazier on stage at Theatricum Botanicum.
Box 14, Folder 9-10
Fey Way Studios and Robert Opel, other posters
circa 1970-1979
Physical Description: [2 oversize folders]
Box 18
Garrick Ohlsson Pianist poster
undated
Physical Description: 1 poster
Box 18
Love Goldie Glitters, Fey Way Productions poster
undated
Physical Description: 1 poster
Box 18
Musician Supplement poster
undated
Physical Description: 1 poster
Box 18
Peter Alsop's First Album poster, with Harry Frazier
undated
Physical Description: 1 poster
Box 18
Pledge Your Allegience poster, by Robert Opel
undated
Physical Description: 1 poster
Box 18
Travel (erotic) poster
undated
Physical Description: 1 poster
Box 14, Folder 6
Miscellaneous posters
circa 1970-2000
Physical Description: [1 oversize folder]
Box 15-16
Objects and clothing Series 7
circa 1970-1995
Scope and Contents
This series comprises a handkerchief and vodka bottle autographed to William Moritz, a pen from Robert Opel's Fey Way Studios,
and clothing items believed to be those of Harry Frazier.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 15
Handkerchief, autographed
1991
Box 16
Pen, Fey Way Studios
undated
Box 15
Purple fedora hat
undated
Box 16
Red and brown platform shoes
undated
Box 15
Red velvet cape with embroidered collar
undated
Box 16
Vodka bottle, autographed
undated
