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Guide to the Robert Prager Papers, 1961-2003
1998-20  
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Series: 1:
Correspondence, 1964-2003

Physical Description: 4 Boxes, 3 Folders

Scope and Content Note

This series includes correspondence, the majority of which was exchanged between Prager and published gay male authors and others within the publishing industry. The most extensive and important exchanges were with Daniel Curzon (author of Something You Do in the Dark), Andrew Holleran (author of Dancer from the Dance), and Dirk Vanden (author of I Want It All). The content of these letters focuses on gay literature and the creative process as well as personal opinions and issues. A small number of letters are photocopies of correspondence from the personal collections of various authors including Daniel Curzon and Dirk Vanden. The authors are listed by pen names, real names follow in parantheses.
With the exception of Prager and Vanden, the authors of the letters have not been asked to provide the GLBTHS with copyrights to their correspondence; therefore, the correspondence may be read but may not be quoted or reproduced without the prior permission of the authors. Vanden has retained copyright of his correspondence until the time of his death, at which point it is to be transferred to the GLBTHS.
Box-folder 1/1

Prager, Robert, Biographical Information, 2001-2003

Box-folder 1/2

Abelove, Henry, 1990-1992

Box-folder 1/3

Barnard, Ian, 1990-2002

Box-folder 1/4

Bergman, David, 1993-1999

Box-folder 1/5

Booth, Glenn, 1982-1992

Box-folder 1/6

Cooper, Dennis, 1985, 1995

Box-folder 1/7-1/15

Curzon, Daniel (Daniel Brown)

Box-folder 1/7

1982-1983

Box-folder 1/8

1984

Box-folder 1/9

1985

Box-folder 1/10

1986

Box-folder 1/11

1987

Box-folder 1/12

1988

Box-folder 1/13

1989

Box-folder 1/14

1990

Box-folder 1/15

Daniel Curzon/Joyce Carol Oates Letters, 1974-1976

Box-folder 1/16

Dowell, Coleman, 1986-1990

Box-folder 1/17

Fertig, Jack, 1986-1990

Box-folder 1/18

Gershman, Elizabeth, 1985-1985

Box-folder 1/19

Greene, Harlan, 1984-1985

Box-folder 1/20-Oversize Box

Hachtman, Tom

Box-folder 1/20

1984-1986

Box-folder Oversize Box

Cartoon Envelope, 1985

Box-folder 2/1-3/15

Holleran, Andrew (C. Eric Garber)

Box-folder 2/1-3/7

Incoming

Box-folder 2/1

1983

Box-folder 2/2

1984

Box-folder 2/3

1985

Box-folder 2/4

1986

Box-folder 2/5

1987

Box-folder 2/6

1988

Box-folder 2/7

1989

Box-folder 2/8

1990

Box-folder 2/9

1991

Box-folder 2/10

1992

Box-folder 2/11

1993

Box-folder 2/12

1994

Box-folder 2/13

1995

Box-folder 3/1

1996

Box-folder 3/2

1997

Box-folder 3/3

1998

Box-folder 3/4

1999

Box-folder 3/5

2000

Box-folder 3/6

2001

Box-folder 3/7

2002

Box-folder 3/8-3/15

Outgoing

Box-folder 3/8

1985-1987

Box-folder 3/9

1988-1989

Box-folder 3/10

1990

Box-folder 3/11

1991

Box-folder 3/12

1992

Box-folder 3/13

1993-1994

Box-folder 3/14

1995

Box-folder 3/15

n.d.

Box-folder 4/1

Kopelson, Kevin, 1993

Box-folder 4/2

Kramer, Larry, from Robert Prager, 1987-1992

Box-folder 4/3

Labonte, Richard, 1990-1994

Box-folder 4/4

Lobdell, David, 1990

Box-folder 4/5

Mattos, Francisco, 1985-1991

Box-folder 4/6

Norse, Harold, 1984-1991, 1998

Box-folder 4/7

Parker, Robert Miles, 1985-1990

Box-folder 4/8-4/9

Patrick, Robert (O'Conner)

Box-folder 4/8

1991

Box-folder 4/9

1992

Box-folder 4/10

Picano, Felice, 1995-1996

Box-folder 4/11

Troxell, Jane, 1990-1992

Box-folder 4/12

Trubiani, Nicole, 1993

Box-folder 4/13-4/16

Vanden, Dirk (Richard Fullmer),

Box-folder 4/13

Letters from Vanden, 1996-2001

Box-folder 4/14

Dirk Vanden/Richard Amory Letters, 1970-1972

Box-folder 4/15

Dirk Vanden/Tim Ashley Letters, 1964-1972

Box-folder 4/16

Dirk Vanden/John Francis Hunter Letter, 1971

Box-folder 4/17-4/18

White, Edmund

Box-folder 4/17

From Edmund White, 1982-2002

Box-folder 4/18

From Robert Prager, 1988-1996

Box-folder 5/1

Whitehead, Jack, 1982-1989

Box-folder 5/2

Windham, Donald, 1987-1991

Box-folder 5/3

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1983-2001

 

Series: 2:
Gay Authors Research and Writings, 1961-2002

Physical Description: 1 Box, 16 Folders

Scope and Content Note

This series includes a small cache of critical writings by Prager; miscellaneous subject files; interviews with selected gay male authors; and copies of drafts and other unpublished writings by authors represented in the correspondence series.
With the exception of Prager and Vanden the authors have not been asked to provide the GLBTHS with copyrights to their published and unpublished writings; therefore, the drafts may be read but may not be quoted or reproduced without the prior permission of the authors. Vanden has retained copyright of his unpublished writings until the time of his death, at which point they will be transferred to the GLBTHS.
Box-folder 5/4-5/5

Writings by Robert Prager

Box-folder 5/4

"Dirk Vanden, A Retrospective", n.d.

Box-folder 5/5

Miscellaneous, 1991

Box-folder 5/6-5/9

Interview Transcripts

Box-folder 5/6

Libby, Russ, 1999

Box-folder 5/7

Vanden, Dirk, 2001

Box-folder 5/8

White, Edmund, 1997

Box-folder 5/9

Wright, Joseph Arthur, 1995

Box-folder 5/10-5/15

Subject Files

Box-folder 5/10

The Hun, 1988-1993

Box-folder 5/11

My Place Bar, 1991-1993

Box-folder 5/12

The Sling, 2000-2002

Box-folder 5/13

Syracuse University, 1991-1996

Box-folder 5/14

Tom of Finland, 1977

Box-folder 5/15

Miscellaneous Documents, n.d.

Box-folder 5/16-6/8

Writings by Author

Box-folder 5/16-5/18

Arnold, C. D.

Box-folder 5/16

"King of the Crystal Palace" - San Francisco Production, 1983

Box-folder 5/17

"King of the Crystal Palace" - Los Angeles Production, 1983

Box-folder 5/18

Miscellaneous Scripts, 1980-1981, 1993

Box-folder 5/19-5/20

Curzon, Daniel

Box-folder 5/19

"The Third Part of Henry the Fourth", n.d.

Box-folder 5/20

Miscellaneous Writings, n.d.

Box-folder 6/1-6/8

Vanden, Dirk

Box-folder 6/1

Life Chronology, 2001

Box-folder 6/2

Diary and Miscellaneous Documents, 1961, 1971

Box-folder 6/3-6/4

"Pissing in the Ocean"

Box-folder 6/3

Folder A, 2001

Box-folder 6/4

Folder B, 2001

Box-folder 6/5

"Hatters and Hares", 1969, 1996

Box-folder 6/6-6/8

"To Themselves Unknown"

Box-folder 6/6

Folder A, n.d.

Box-folder 6/7

Folder B, n.d.

Box-folder 6/8

Folder C, n.d.

 

Series: 3:
Chuck Arnett Project Research, 1964-2000

Physical Description: 1 Box

Scope and Content Note

This series includes documents relating to the life and work of artist and pioneer leatherman Chuck Arnett; along with a cache of correspondence Arnett wrote in the 1960s, this series includes transcripts of interviews Prager conducted with individuals who knew Arnett.
Releases were never obtained from the oral history interviewees, therefore the GLBTHS does not own the copyright to the contents of the interviews. Interviews, then, may be read but may not be quoted or reproduced without the prior permission of the interviewee.
Box-folder 7/1

Chronology and Biographical Notes, 1988, 1997

Box-folder 7/2

Arnett Artwork, Prager Collection, n.d.

Box-folder 7/3

Research Notes, 1997-2002

Box-folder 7/4-7/5

Correspondence

Box-folder 7/4

Arnett, Chuck, 1964-1970

Box-folder 7/5

Tellman, Bill, 1996-2002

Box-folder 7/6-7/23

Oral History Interview Transcripts

Box-folder 7/6

Arnett, Chuck and Mike Caffee by Gayle Rubin, 1984

Box-folder 7/7

Barnard, David, 1996

Box-folder 7/8

Bix, John, 1996

Box-folder 7/9

Caffee, Mike, 1996-1997

Box-folder 7/10

Carvajal, Carlos, 1997

Box-folder 7/11

Coates, Paul, 1996-1999

Box-folder 7/12

Cooper, Dave, 1997

Box-folder 7/13

Doody, Don, 1996

Box-folder 7/14

Feola, Paul, 1997

Box-folder 7/15

Gabet, Ed, 1995

Box-folder 7/16

Gunn, Thom, 1996, 2002

Box-folder 7/17

Helton, Eugene, 1997

Box-folder 7/18

Herman, Bert, 1998

Box-folder 7/19

Jann, Jim, 1999

Box-folder 7/20

Reque, Bill, 2000

Box-folder 7/21

Ritz, Kreemah, 1999

Box-folder 7/22

Spraker, Gus, 1997

Box-folder 7/23

Tellman, Bill, 1996-1997

 

Series: 4:
Audio-Visual, 1982-2000

Physical Description: 1 Box

Scope and Content Note

This series includes the audio-tapes of the interviews Prager conducted with gay male authors and with individuals who knew Chuck Arnett. Also included in this series are a small cache of photographs, including a number of photographs of Prager with the writer Edmund White.
Releases were never obtained from the oral history interviewees, therefore the GLBTHS does not own the copyright to the contents of the interviews. Interviews, then, may be read but may not be quoted or reproduced without the prior permission of the interviewee.
Box-folder Manuscript Photos Box 4

Miscellaneous Photos, 1982-1991

Box-folder Artifact Box 8

Greek Vase by Mike Caffee, n.d.

Box-folder 9/1-9/22

Interviews on Cassette

Box-folder 9/1

Barnard, David, 1996

Box-folder 9/2

Bix, John, 1996

Box-folder 9/3

Caffee, Mike - A, n.d.

Box-folder 9/4

Caffee, Mike - B, n.d.

Box-folder 9/5

Caffee, Mike - C, n.d.

Box-folder 9/6

Caffee, Mike - D, n.d.

Box-folder 9/7

Caffee, Mike - E, n.d.

Box-folder 9/8

Call, Hal, n.d.

Box-folder 9/9

Carvajal, Carlos, 1997

Box-folder 9/10

Coates, Paul with Bill Tellman - A, n.d.

Box-folder 9/11

Coates, Paul with Bill Tellman - B, n.d.

Box-folder 9/12

Feola, Paul, 1997

Box-folder 9/13

Helton, Gene, 1997

Box-folder 9/14

Kelley, Mike, n.d.

Box-folder 9/15

Kepner, Jim, n.d.

Box-folder 9/16

Kriegman, Dick/John Bix, 1996

Box-folder 9/17

Norse, Harold, n.d.

Box-folder 9/18

Tellman, Bill - A, n.d.

Box-folder 9/19

Tellman, Bill - B, n.d.

Box-folder 9/20

White, Edmund/Dave Cooper, 1997

Box-folder 9/21

Group Conversation (Tellman, Caffee, etc.), n.d.

Box-folder 9/22

Gus Spraker/Harlan Reese Dialogue, 1997

Box-folder 9/23-9/30

Interviews on Microcassette

Box-folder 9/23

Caffee, Mike, n.d.

Box-folder 9/24

Coates, Paul, n.d.

Box-folder 9/25

Doody, Don, 1996

Box-folder 9/26

Jann, Jim - A, 1999

Box-folder 9/27

Jann, Jim - B, 1999

Box-folder 9/28

Libby, Russ, 1999

Box-folder 9/29

Reque, Bill, 2000

Box-folder 9/30

Ritz, Kreemah, 1999