Ram Studios records

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GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, California 94103

(415) 777-5455

reference@glbthistory.org

http://www.glbthistory.org/

2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Ram Studios records

Dates: circa 1980-1996

Collection Number: 2003-22

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 5.1 linear feet

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: This collection contains records from Ram Studios, an art and erotic photography studio in San Francisco owned by photographer Frank Tarsitano, aka Franco. The records include administrative and model files; financial and legal records; a small amount of correspondence; photographs of models, benefits and events; negatives; proof sheets; and posters. Franco photographed a wide variety of subjects, from gay men to lesbians to bisexuals to transgender and genderqueer people and the leather scene.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research. Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals will be restricted for 20 years. The erotica in this collection may only be viewed by researchers age eighteen and over and it is made available for educational and research purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Ram Studios records. Collection Number: 2003-22. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Wendy Bignall on June 17, 2003. Bignall received the material from Frank Tarsitano.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains records from Ram Studios, an art and erotic photography studio in San Francisco owned by photographer Frank Tarsitano, aka Franco. The records include administrative and model files; financial and legal records; a small amount of correspondence; photographs of models, benefits and events; negatives; proof sheets; and posters. Franco photographed a wide variety of subjects, from gay men to lesbians to bisexuals to transgender and gender queer people and the leather scene. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001590; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130

Indexing Terms

Erotica

Photography

Art

Gay men

Lesbians

Bisexual people

Transgender people