Guide to the Gerard Koskovich Papers

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.

Note

This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0.


Overview

Call Number: SC0669
Creator: Koskovich, Gerard
Title: Gerard Koskovich papers
Dates: 1967-1996
Bulk Dates: 1981-1983
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet
Summary: Collection includes correspondence and clippings regarding proposed renovations to Stanford's inner quad, 1983; information on chapters of the Student Homophile League, 1967; copy of his paper "Ambiguity, Ideality, and Otherness: Homosexuality and Ideological Strategies in the Art of Charles Demuth," 1982; materials pertaining to performance art by "Ruby Slippers" (Koskovich) for an art class, 1981; and text for an illustrated talk given in 1996 "Private Lives, Public Struggles: The History of Homosexual Students at Stanford University 1891-1975."
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Provenance

Gift of Gerard Koskovich, 1982-2003.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

Gerard Koskovich Papers (SC0669). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Gerard Koskovich (formerly Ray G.) was a graduate student in art history at Stanford in the 1980s.

Description of the Collection

Collection includes correspondence and clippings regarding proposed renovations to Stanford's inner quad, 1983; information on chapters of the Student Homophile League, 1967; copy of his paper "Ambiguity, Ideality, and Otherness: Homosexuality and Ideological Strategies in the Art of Charles Demuth," 1982; materials pertaining to performance art by "Ruby Slippers" (Koskovich) for an art class, 1981; and text for an illustrated talk given in 1996 "Private Lives, Public Struggles: The History of Homosexual Students at Stanford University 1891-1975."

Access Terms

Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Criticism and interpretation.
Koskovich, Gerard
Koskovich, Ray G.
Art--Study and teaching.
Gay college students--California.
Homosexuality in art.


Box 1

Papers