Polk Street Project collection

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GLBT Historical Society

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Polk Street Project collection

Dates: 1990-2010

Collection Number: 2011-05

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 2 manuscript boxes and oral history recordings

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: The 'Polk Street: Lives In Transition' project was an oral history project by Joey Plaster examining Polk Street's history through the lens of current neighborhood change. It also was a traveling multimedia exhibit, an hour-long radio documentary at transom.org, a historical narrative with OutHistory, a series of neighborhood dialogues and events. The collection contains over 70 oral histories, press materials about the project, photographs, correspondence, research files and other project related documents.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Polk Street Project collection. Collection Number: 2011-05. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Joey Plaster on July 12, 2013.

Scope and Content of Collection

The 'Polk Street: Lives In Transition' project was an oral history project by Joey Plaster examining Polk Street's history through the lens of current neighborhood change. It also was a traveling multimedia exhibit, an hour-long radio documentary at transom.org, a historical narrative with OutHistory, a series of neighborhood dialogues and events. The collection contains over 70 oral histories, press materials about the project, photographs, correspondence, research files and other project related documents.