Stephen Stewart Photographs
Coll2010-006
Renee Saito, edited by MIchael C. Oliveira
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007
(213) 821-2771
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Stephen Stewart photographs
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2010-006
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
2 clamshell binders.
Date (inclusive): 1982-1984
Abstract: Photographs and the resulting published work documenting icons, iconic places, and events of the United States lesbian and
gay movement, 1982-1984. The collection primarily consists of Stephen Stewart's published and unpublished black and white
photographs from his work,
Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, along with other Stewart photographs.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1.
Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America book
Series 2. People
Series 3. Places, events, and symbols
Series 4. West Hollywood incorporation
Biographical note
Stephen Joe Stewart was born November 23, 1953 in southern California. He graduated from California State University, Los
Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts. During the 1970s and 1980s he was employed as a advertising artist and freelance photographer
in Hollywood. His work appeared in the
Advocate, prior to his three year journey to document lesbian and gay history. Subsequent to publishing
Positive Image he wrote
Gay Hollywood,
The Voyeur Video Guide, and other titles using the name, Steve Stewart. He has also published under the pseudonym, Bruce Wayne.
MARC Display. Library of Congress, [cited December 15, 2010]. Available from http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?AuthRecID=3373465&v1=1&HC=1&SEQ=20101218214037&PID=uLJMBa35anVtwDFkZU0hnXWzwO-45.
Stewart, Stephen.
Gay Hollywood Film & Video Guide. Laguna Hills,Calif.: Companion Publications, 1994.
Stewart, Stephen.
Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1985.
Processing Information
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Stewart's photographs formerly housed in the ONE subject files were brought together in this collection. Collection processed
by Renee Saito, February 26, 2011.
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of Stephen Stewart's published and unpublished black and white photographs from his work,
Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, along with a few other Stewart photographs. Stewart sought to document the people, places, events, and symbols of the United
States gay liberation movement. From 1982 to 1984, he traveled the United States photographing gay men, lesbians, and iconic
places and events. The photographs of the West Hollywood incorporation include 6 photographs documenting voter registration
and election night.
Preferred Citation
Box #, folder #, Stephen Stewart Photographs, Coll2010-006, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Related Archival Materials
Box 67, Folder 100, Pat Rocco Papers, Coll2007-006, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California. - Rocco
at home including photographs with his motion picture library and in his living room (4 photographs and contact sheet) 1983
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay men
Gay couples -- United States
Gay actors
Female impersonators
Photographs
Photography of men
Political activists
Women political activists
Gay athletes
Poets, American -- 20th century
AIDS activists -- California -- Los Angeles
Lesbian artists -- United States
Gays in the military -- United States
Gays in higher education
Gay rights -- California
Gay pride parades -- California -- Los Angeles
Metropolitan Community Church
Women musicians -- United States
Indian women activists
Gay activists
Women artists
Gay authors -- United States -- 20th century
Gay actors -- United States
Asian American gays
Women's music festivals -- United States
Isherwood, Christopher -- Pictorial works
Kelley, Bill -- Pictorial works
Kight, Morris -- Pictorial works
Gittings, Barbara -- Pictorial works
Goodstein, David -- Pictorial works
Hay, Harry -- Pictorial works
Rowland, Chuck (Charles D. Rowland) -- Pictorial works
Endean, Steve -- Pictorial works
Farmer, Mary -- Pictorial works
Fierstein, Harvey -- Pictorial works
Ginsberg, Allen -- Pictorial works
Amaro, Hortensia -- Pictorial works
Apuzzo, Virginia -- Pictorial works
Amaro, Armando -- Pictorial works
Bunch, Charlotte -- Pictorial works
Burnham, Michael -- Pictorial works
Brown, Rita Mae -- Pictorial works
Costanza, Midge -- Pictorial works
Davis, Larry -- Pictorial works
Hill, Stephen -- Pictorial works
Chin, Lisa -- Pictorial works
Lyon, Phyllis -- Pictorial works
Martin, Del -- Pictorial works
Kopay, David -- Pictorial works
Lorde, Audre -- Pictorial works
Millett, Kate -- Pictorial works
Maupin, Armistead -- Pictorial works
O'Connor, Connie -- Pictorial works
Near, Holly -- Pictorial works
Pahe, Erna -- Pictorial works
O'Leary, Jean -- Pictorial works
Perry, Troy D. -- Pictorial works
Sklamberg, Lorin -- Pictorial works
Pilshaw, Elliot -- Pictorial works
Schrader, Rand -- Pictorial works
Russo, Vito -- Pictorial works
Thomas, Jim -- Pictorial works
Scott, Glen -- Pictorial works
Ulrich, Lisa -- Pictorial works
Tyler, Robin -- Pictorial works
Watkins, Perry -- Pictorial works
Wine, Dottie -- Pictorial works
Anderson, Pokey -- Pictorial works
Bottini, Ivy -- Pictorial works
Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America
Series
1983-1985
Scope and Contents
The series includes a copy of Stewart's book once owned by Chuck Rowland, autographed by Stewart and his editor, Thomas J.
Watson. The book also contains the autographs of some of the subjects of his work, including Glen Scott, Jim Kepner, Ivy Bottini,
Morris Kight, Harry Hay, Dottie Wine, and David Kopay. An introduction to the planned work from 1983 and a collection inventory
of the images complete the series.
box-binder 2
Early Introduction to Book
1983
Physical Description: 2 items.
box-binder 2
Collection Inventory
circa 1985
People Series
1982-1984
Scope and contents
The series consists of Stewart's black and white photographs of gays and lesbians from across the United States, who have
made a positive contribution to their communities. The bulk of the images are published and unpublished portraits from Stewart's
book,
Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, along with additional Stewart portraits.
Arrangement
The photographs of people are arranged alphabetically by the subject's last name.
box-binder 1
Virginia Apuzzo, National Gay Task Force
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Armando Amaro and Hortensia Amaro
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Ivy Bottini
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Rita Mae Brown
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Charlotte Bunch
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Michael Burnham and Stephen Hill
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Larry Davis
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
United States Senator Christopher Dodd
1984
box-binder 1
Exler, Andrew
1984
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Harvey Fierstein
1983
Physical Description: [4 b&w]
box-binder 1
Allen Ginsberg
1984
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
box-binder 1
David Goodstein
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Henry Hay and Chuck Rowland
1983
Physical Description: [4 b&w]
box-binder 1
Christopher Isherwood
1983
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
box-binder 1
Bill Kelley
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Jim Kepner
1982
Physical Description: [2 b&w & 1 contact sheet]
box-binder 1
Morris Kight
1983
Physical Description: [7 b&w]
box-binder 1
David Kopay
1984
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
box-binder 1
Audre Lourde
1984
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Kate Millett
1984
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
box-binder 1
Holly Near
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Sheriff Connie O'Connor
1984
box-binder 1
Jean O'Leary
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Erna Pahe, President of Gay American Indians
1983
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
box-binder 1
Reverend Troy Perry
1983
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
box-binder 1
Elliot Pilshaw and Lorin Sklamberg
1983
box-binder 1
Vito Russo
1984
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Glen Scott
1982
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Judge Rand Schrader
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Jim Thomas, Editor, Gay News-Telegraph
1983
box-binder 1
Robin Tyler and Lisa Ulrich
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 1
Sergeant Perry Watkins
1983
Physical Description: [6 b&w]
box-binder 1
Dottie Wine
1983-1984
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
Places, events, and symbols Series
1982-1984
Scope and contents
The series consists of Stewart's published and unpublished black and white photographs documenting places, events, and symbols
of the United States LGBT movement. He traveled the United States from 1982 to 1984, photographing iconic places and events
for his work,
Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America.
Arrangement
The places, events, and symbol photographs are arranged alphabetically by state then city.
box-binder 2
Mexican Gay Group at The Stud Fundraiser
1983
box-binder 2
Marlboro Man Billboard
1984
box-binder 2
West Hollywood Signs
1984
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
The Greenery Restaurant, Santa Monica Boulevard, Exterior
circa 1983
box-binder 2
Queens Road, Street Sign, West Hollywood
1984
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
"Beefcake" License Plate
1982
Physical Description: 2 photographs
box-binder 2
Fourth Annual West Coast Women's Music and Comedy Festival Set-Up
1983
Physical Description: [6 b&w]
box-binder 2
Liberation, L.A. Gay Community Services Center Building on Wilshire Boulevard
1982
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
Halloween in Hollywood, Young Men in Costume
1982
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
First Annual Run for Gay Pride Runners
1982
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
Exterior of the Palladium, Municipal Elections Committee of Los Angeles (MECLA) Fundraiser
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
Close-up of Sunset Junction Mural, Los Angeles
1983
box-binder 2
Machismo Shop and Sheriffs on Motorcycles During CSW Pride Parade
1982
box-binder 2
Come Out Running, Frontrunners, CSW Pride Parade
1983
box-binder 2
Gay Pride Festival, West Hollywood, "One Half" and "The Other Half" Watching CSW parade
1982
box-binder 2
Christopher Street West Pride Festival, Great American Yankee Freedom Band Kissing Booth
1982
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
AIDS Rally, Westwood
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
CSW Pride Parade, Dykes on Bikes (Before?) Parade
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
Seventh Mr. Gay California Contest, San Diego
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
One Way Sign and Statue of Junípero Serra, San Francisco
1982
box-binder 2
"Billy and Grant 79" Sidewalk Graffiti, San Francisco
1983
box-binder 2
Castro Street, Halloween Men in Conehead Costumes
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
San Francisco, Halloween, Snow and Seven Dwarves
1983
box-binder 2
Barbara Streisand Bumper Sticker, Dade County, Florida
1983
box-binder 2
Exterior of Henry Gerber Home, Chicago Society for Human Rights, 1710 North Crilly Court, Chicago
1983
box-binder 2
Exterior Window of The Closet Bar, Chicago
1983
box-binder 2
Windy City Gay Chorus
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
Graffiti on Newspaper Box, Charles Street, Boston
1983
box-binder 2
Street Scene, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
Reno Gay Rodeo
1983
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
box-binder 2
Gay Street and Christopher Street Signs, Greenwich Village, New York
1983
box-binder 2
Lesbian Grafitti, Greenwich Village, New York
1983
box-binder 2
Exterior of Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse, New York
1983
box-binder 2
La Cage Aux Folles, Broadway
1983
Physical Description: [3 b&w]
box-binder 2
Exterior of Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookstore, New York
1983
box-binder 2
Exterior of Original Location of Stonewall Inn
1983
box-binder 2
Calvin Klein Billboard, Times Square, New York
1983
box-binder 2
Gay News Newspaper Box, Philadelphia
1983
Physical Description: [2 b&w]
box-binder 2
Tennessee Williams' Grave, Calvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri
1983
box-binder 2
City Limit and Bird Sanctury Signs, Lynchburg, Virginia
1983
box-binder 2
Iwo Jima Monument, Washington D.C.
1983
box-binder 2
Is it Safe to Come Out? Channel 9 News, Washington D.C., Photograph of Television Screen
1983
West Hollywood incorporation Series
1984
Physical Description: 6 b&w photographs.
Scope and Contents
The series consists of 6 photographs documenting the process of West Hollywood incorporation from voters registration to tallying
the votes on election night. The series also includes a note from Stewart to "Joan" concerning the photographs.
box-binder 2
West Hollywood Photographs
1984
Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w.[6 b&w]
Scope and Content
Voter Registration, Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood; KCBS Channel 2, Ross Becker interviewing Ron Stone, Bel Age Hotel,
West Hollywood; and tallying election results.
