Texas Tomboy collection, circa 1970-2014

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Starr, Tex Tomboy, Texas
Abstract:
Extent:
12.25 linear feet (9 cartons, 2 manuscript boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Texas Tomboy collection. GLBT Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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:

Texas Tomboy collection. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:
989 Market Street, Lower Level
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Contact:
(415) 777-5455