Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Starr, Tex Tomboy, Texas
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 12.25 linear feet (9 cartons, 2 manuscript boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Texas Tomboy collection. GLBT Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Texas Tomboy collection contains materials from video artist Texas Tomboy, aka Tex Starr, one of the stars of Monika Treut’s film “Gendernauts” (1999) and Cary Cronenwett’s “Maggots and Men” (2009). The collection is unprocessed and includes: films and video art by or starring Tomboy; DV footage of trans events in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, New Zealand and other places; black & white negatives and slides from the Texas Tomboy Brand Prod Archive; personal photographs; ephemera and personalia; the essay “Texperimental”; grant applications; G-Drives; publications; an Elvis doll and a Michael Jackson doll; diaries / journals; correspondence; and Frameline material and other film related material. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154; http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000297; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000372
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Tex Starr, 2009-2019.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright to materials in this donation created by Texas Tomboy (Tex Starr) is retained by Starr until his death, at which point it will transfer to the GLBT Historical Society. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society 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 by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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Texas Tomboy collection. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455