Online content
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lee, Eileen
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 0.4 linear feet (1 manuscript box)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Eileen Lee papers. GLBT Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains materials related to Eileen Lee and Marilyn Abbink’s Women of Gold, a documentary about Asian and Pacific Islander women participating in Celebration ‘90: Gay Games III and Cultural Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Materials include VHS and U-Matic copies of the film; photographic prints, negatives, and contact sheets; film screening ephemera; and printed materials and ephemera from Gay Games 1990 and Gay Games 1994.
- Biographical / historical:
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Eileen Lee was born in New York state and grew up in Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines. She attended San Francisco State University, graduating with a degree in broadcasting arts. She and Marilyn Abbink co-founded Lee/Abbink Productions to produce Women of Gold in 1990. In a May 1991 article in Outlines in which Lee and Abbink discuss the video, Lee commented on motivations for making the film: “I want other Asian lesbians to not feel like they’re alone.”
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Eileen Lee, December 2018.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National Archives' National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
- Terms of access:
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Copyright to materials created by Eileen Lee 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. Copyright to other materials in the collection may be held by their creators, or the creators' heirs or assigns. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Preferred citation:
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Eileen Lee papers. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455