Gay Poetry Circle Records, 1983-1987, undated

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Scope and content:: The collection consists entirely of poems and short fiction, most of it photocopied. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008091
Biographical / historical:: The Gay Poetry Circle of San Francisco appears to have been active in the early 1980s and included poets George Berimisa, John Powers, Lloyd Stensrud, Charlie Casey, Wallace Parr, Joe Alderham, Jordan Lee, Don Chan Mark, Loren E. Rhoads, and possibly others. This collection also contains poems by the poet, academic, and disability activist Christopher Hewitt (1946-2004), the bulk of whose papers are with the Hormel Center at San Francisco Public Library.
Acquisition information:: The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by Carl Wiener in 2008.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: 1983-1987, undated
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to material has not 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. 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.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US