Finding aid to the Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) Project records, 1985-1996
Coll2008-020
Michael C. Oliveira, revised by Loni Shibuyama
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
© 2008, 2016
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Southeastern Arts, Media and Education Project records
creator:
Ranson, Rebecca (Rebecca Hargett)
creator:
Southeastern Arts, Media & Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.)
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2008-020
Identifier/Call Number: 541
Physical Description:
5.25 Linear Feet
5 boxes and 1 oversize item.
Date (inclusive): 1985-1996
Abstract: Play submissions, correspondence, membership information, administrative records, and publications of the Southeastern Arts
Media and Entertainment (SAME) Project, 1985 to 1996.
Container: 1
Access
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Preferred Citation
[Box #, Folder #], Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) Project Records, Coll2008-020, ONE National Gay and Lesbian
Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Acquisition Information
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira and Sócrates Silva, May 22, 2008. An additional 1.25 linear foot was added to
the collection, and the finding aid was revised in 2016.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
The following folders have been separated from the collection due to physical damage:
Bailiwick (1989-1993)
Buddies in the Bad Times (1989-1990)
Gay Performances Company (1980-1990)
Gay Sweatshop (1975-1992)
The Glines (1989-1993)
Kaliyuga Arts (undated)
Keller, Lawrence (1991)
Theatre Rhinoceros (1992)
Three Dollar Bill (undated)
Administrative History
The Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) project, 1985-1996, was a multidisciplinary Atlanta based gay and lesbian
nonprofit arts organization whose mission was to utilize arts for social change. During its first ten years, 1985-1995, SAME
produced over 70 plays, original film and video works, including
Promise of Life, a documentary on people living with AIDS, and published
Amethyst, a semi-annual journal of creative writing and visual arts. SAME, along with
Southern Voice newspaper, co-produced the Southeastern Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, which screened over 50 films in 1994, a major event
for the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian community. SAME also organized numerous visual arts exhibitions and an annual arts and crafts
festival.
Scope and Content of Collection
The records of the Southeastern Arts and Media Entertainment Project, (SAME), 1985-1996, consist of administrative records,
including an operational handbook, correspondence, financial ledger sheets and statements, membership lists, publications,
scripts, t-shirts, and a banner. The collection is organized in five series: (1) Adminstrative Records, (2) Publications,
(3) Scripts, (4) Ephemera, and (5) Production Files.
Related Material
Rebecca Ranson Papers, Coll2008-021, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Southeastern Arts, Media & Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1986-1996, Manuscript Collection Number 1015, Emory University.
Separated Materials
Amethyst, Winter 1987.
Cookin' with pride! [cookbook] A project of Southern Point Press, under the auspices of SAME, the Southeastern Arts, Media
and Education Project, Inc. (book)
Different [musical], Dan Pruitt, Patrick Hutchinson, and Rebecca Ranson, VV0220. (video VHS)
The Report Line newsletter of the Southeastern Arts, Media and Education Project, Inc. (newsletters)
Southern Voice, Vol. 1, No. 12 (August 4, 1988).
"Special Black Gay Pride Issue" Venus (Aug./Sept. 1996).
Index
Ball, Charlene
Bumbalo, Victor, 1948-
Calabria, Deb
Cloutier, Martin
Cyr, Dave
Dana, Mary
Dillon, David
Field, Aden
Fields, Mike
Fries, Kenny
Garner, Terry Cammon, 1953-
Grimsley, Jim, 1955-
Hill, Stebbo
Imhotep, Akbar
Lawes, Lisa
Olson, Donald S.
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943-
Raphel, Kenneth
Smith, Don
Sojourner, Sabrina
Underwood, Lolita
Wertheim, Aubrey
Yeoman, Cal
Youngblood, Shay
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay dramatists
Gay theater
Homosexuality and theater
Lesbian dramatists
Administrative Records Series 1.82974
1987-1995
Series Scope and Content
The bulk of the Records Series consists of correspondence, membership information, publicity material, and other administrative
records. Correspondence and related materials concerning FEDAPT, an organizational assistance program for the performing arts,
can be found in the Atlanta Theatre Coalition folder. Other files include financial records and minutes.
Box 7, Folder 1
Alice B. Theatre
1986-1993
Box 7, Folder 6
Atlanta, City of liquor license
1988-1992
Box 7, Folder 7
Atlanta Entertainment Media
1994
Box 7, Folder 8
Atlanta Theatre Coalition
1990-1994
Box 1, Folder 6
Atlanta Theatre Coalition records 82980
1990-1991
Box 7, Folder 9
Building; new member forms
undated
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence 82984
1987-1995
Box 1, Folder 1
Financial records 82985
1987-1988
Box 7, Folder 12
Future Performers
1988-1993
Box 7, Folder 15
Image Film & Video Center
1994
Box 1, Folder 5
Membership forms and mailing list 82981
1990
Box 1, Folder 4
Operations handbook 82982
1990
Box 1, Folder 7
Out Proud subscription mailings 82979
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 8
Out Proud logo 82978
circa 1990
Box 7, Folder 26-27
Playwright's Correspondence
1988-1994
Box 7, Folder 28
Playwriting Forms
undated
Box 7, Folder 38
Weinberg, Tom Wilson
1993-1994
Publications Series 2:82968
1988-1996
Series Scope and Content
SAME produced a number of publications including a newsletter; the
Southern Voice newspaper;
Amethyst, a journal of creative writing and visual arts; and the program of the local Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The project also
contributed to the publication of a pamphlet of still photographs taken by Royce Augustine Hoyle of television programs 1957-1962.
Box 1, Folder 10
The Report Line,
The Inside Line newsletters
82973
1988-1996
Box 1, Folder 11
TV Photographer: 1957-1962
82972
1988
Box 4, Folder 2 (Oversize)
Southern Voice newspaper
82971
March 1, 1988
Box 4, Folder 3 (Oversize)
Gay & Lesbian Film Festival programs 82970
1989-1996
Scripts Series 3:82929
circa 1990
Series Scope and Content
The Script Series consists of scripts submitted to SAME; each script is accompanied by the playwright's correspondence, and
occasionally copies of clippings. The series also includes the only script in the collection of a play known to have been
performed by SAME, Rebecca Ranson's
Homes, which includes a flyer for the performance.
Ball, Charlene 82966
1993
Box 2, Folder 1
Article of Faith
82967
1993
Bumbalo, Victor 82963
1991
Box 2, Folder 3
Show,
And Then,
Tell
82964
1992
Cloutier, Martin 82961
1996
Box 2, Folder 4
Necessary Delusions
82962
1996
Box 2, Folder 5
Vivid Nounclouds and Etc.
82960
1991
Dana, Mary; Kenneth Raphel; Stebbo Hill; Deb Calabria; Mike Fields; Don Smith; Akbar Imotep; Lisa Laws; Lolita Underwood 82957
circa 1990
Box 2, Folder 6
Alternate Concerns
82958
circa 1990
Box 2, Folder 8
Coffee, Beer, Never Fear
82954
1987
Box 2, Folder 9
Music for a While
82952
1989
Garner, Terry Cammon 82949
1984
Box 2, Folder 10
Livin' on Salvation Street
82950
1984
Grimsley, Jim 82946
circa 1990
Box 2, Folder 11
The Borderland
82948
circa 1990
Box 2, Folder 11
Man with a Gun
82947
circa 1990
Olson, Donald S 82944
1991
Ranson, Rebecca 82942
1989
Sojourner, Sabrina 82940
1989
Box 3, Folder 3
Becoming Visible
82941
1989
Wertheim, Aubrey 82938
1991
Box 3, Folder 4
Make Way for Dyklings
82939
1991
Yeoman, Cal 82934
1979-1987
Box 3, Folder 5
Poems, Fragments, Pieces, Pictures
82937
1987
Box 3, Folder 7
Richmond Jim
82935
1979-1987
Youngblood, Shay 82930
1988-1993
Box 3, Folder 9
Shaking the Mess Outta Misery
82932
1988
Realia Series 4:82919
circa 1990
Series Scope and Content
The T-shirts and a banner in this series document SAME events and projects: the Gay America Loves You billboard project, the
Network Q program on PBS, Out Proud Theatre,
Southern Voice newspaper, and a banner from
Etcetera Magazine. Also included are T-shirts from Olivia cruise line and the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus.
SAME T-shirts and banner 82923
circa 1990
Box 4
"Gay America Loves You" T-shirt 82928
circa 1990
Box 4
"
Network Q, Out Across America, On Location. In Your Life. Every Week. On PBS" T-shirt
82927
circa 1990
Box 4
"Out Proud Theater" T-shirt 82926
circa 1990
Box 4
"SOVO
Southern Voice Newspaper; Black and White and Read All Over" T-shirt
82925
circa 1990
Item 6
"Etcetera Magazine salutes SAME's 10th Year Anniversary" banner 82924
1995
Other T-shirts 82920
circa 1990
Box 4
"Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus" t-shirt 82922
circa 1990
Box 4
"Olivia Anniversary" t-shirt 82921
circa 1988
Production Files 82975
1985-1996
Scope and Contents
The Production Files series consists of scripts, correspondence, publicity materials, publicity photographs, clippings and
other documenting the production of plays and public events.
Box 7, Folder 4
At the Foot of the Mountain
1989
Box 7, Folder 5
At the Stonewall Inn, 7th Pride Show
1994
Box 7, Folder 11
Faggots of the Coronado
1994
Box 1, Folder 9
Flyers, programs, paper paddle fan 82977
1985-1994
Box 7, Folder 14
Great Canadian Women, a play
1987
Box 7, Folder 21-22
The Night I Kissed Larry Kramer
1994
Box 4, Folder 1 (Oversize)
Performance posters 82976
1985-1994
Box 7, Folder 29
Pomo Afro Homos
1991-1992
Box 7, Folder 30
Publicity photos, unidentified play
undated
Box 7, Folder 31
Potential Plays
1992-1993
Box 7, Folder 33-34
The Sum of Us Production
1990-1994
Box 7, Folder 35-36
The Time at the End of This Time Production
1993-1994
