Sizzle drag show photographs

Collection context

Summary

Abstract:
Photographs and other material from Sizzle, the first Gay Pride Night held at the Carriage Trade Restaurant and Lounge in Palm Springs, California, on June 28, 1986.
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet 1 archive carton.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Sizzle Drag Show Photographs, Coll2014-038, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of this collection is comprised of photographs from the drag show Sizzle, the first Gay Pride Night held at the Carriage Trade Restaurant and Lounge in Palm Springs, California, on June 28, 1986. The bulk of the collection is a scrapbook album that includes color photographs and publicity material. The collection contains 33 black and white photographs and 246 color photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Directed by H. Gordon Chavez and Peter T. Romich, Sizzle was a two-act drag show celebrating Palm Springs' first Gay Pride Night on June 28, 1986.

Acquisition information:
Donor and date of acquisition unknown.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Cooper Moll, August 2014.

Arrangement:

The Sizzle Scrapbook is at the beginning of the collection. Remaining folders are arranged in alphabetical order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Sizzle Drag Show Photographs, Coll2014-038, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771