Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Whitehurst, Alvin
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- .5 linear feet (1 manuscript box)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Alvin Whitehurst manuscript . GLBT Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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Alvin (Al) Whitehurst’s manuscript, “Gay Blades, Straight Arrows,” is a memoir that, in his words, “blends history and current events with anecdotes about my life as a gay man.” The collection includes printed copies of the manuscript along with computer media copies. The manuscript was completed in May 2005 with updates in June 2020. Al Whitehurst is a gay man who lives in Tucson, Arizona. In his words, “During the more than half-century of my life as a gay man, I have watched gay liberation flow and ebb, seen my lover and two former partners die from AIDS, and completed an odyssey from a small city to a big city and back to a small one. I also discovered that my father had been imprisoned for sodomy with another man in the 1940s. Now retired, my career in communications spanned four decades in the travel and healthcare industries. I served two terms as president of an association for gay and lesbian businesspeople. I also served as co-chair on the city’s Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues and held a seat on the city’s Human Rights Commission.”
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Alvin Whitehurst, April 2023.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
- Preferred citation:
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Alvin Whitehurst manuscript . GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455