Gay Poetry Circle records

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2023


Descriptive Summary

Title: Gay Poetry Circle records
Dates: 1983-1987, undated
Collection Number: 2008-18
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .5 linear feet (one manuscript box)
Repository: GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: 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. The collection consists entirely of poems and short fiction, most of it photocopied. This collection also contains poems by the poet, academic, and disability activist Christopher Hewitt (1946-2004).
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Gay Poetry Circle records. Collection Number: 2008-18. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by Carl Wiener in 2008.

Biography/Administrative History

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.

Scope and Content of Collection

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

Indexing Terms

Gay men
Literature

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