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Title: Performing Arts collection
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2007.016
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
63.75 linear feet
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1980-2000
Date (inclusive): 1937-2012
Abstract: Programs, flyers, press kits, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings including reviews, and periodicals primarily
documenting gay and lesbian actors and theater 1980-2000. The core of this artificial collection was formed from performing
arts materials from the collection of Ken Dickmann, supplemented with materials from the Purple Circuit collection, an information
clearinghouse for gay and lesbian theater, founded by Bill Kaiser.
creator:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the
physical owner. Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in the materials. Note that ONE
National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials directly from the copyright
holder(s).
Box #, folder #, Performing Arts Collection, Coll2007-016, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Materials acquired from the collections of Ken Dickmann and the Purple Circuit.
Finding aid derived from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Performing Arts Collection InMagic database (I:\Catalogs\ADAMS\pac.tba).
Date of compilation and identity of compiler of database unknown. Database converted and edited by Michael Oliveira, December
2007.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
The core of this collection consists of performing arts materials from the collection of Ken Dickmann, supplemented by materials
from the Purple Circuit, an information clearinghouse for gay and lesbian theater, founded Bill Kaiser.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of programs, flyers, press kits, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings including reviews,
and periodicals documenting gay and lesbian actors and theater from 1980-2000. This collection was assembled from performing
arts materials from the collection of Ken Dickmann and the Purple Circuit, an information clearinghouse for gay and lesbian
theater, founded Bill Kaiser.
The collection has been arranged alphabetically original folder title, which includes proper names and performance titles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dickmann, Ken (Kenneth H.), 1942-1995
Kaiser, Bill, 1950-
Authors and theater
Comedy
Drag shows
Drama
Gay actors
Gay dramatists
Gay theater
Historical drama
Homosexuality and theater
Homosexuality in the theater
Lesbian actresses
Lesbian dramatists
Lesbian theater
Monologue
One-act plays
Performing artists
Radical theater
Stage adaptations
Theater