Chuck Arnett collection

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GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, California 94103

(415) 777-5455

reference@glbthistory.org

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Chuck Arnett collection

Dates: circa 1970-1980

Collection Number: 1997-42

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 10 linear feet (works of art, 5 oversized boxes, 2 manuscript boxes)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: Collection includes papers and original works of art by San Francisco artist, dancer, and leather community activist, Chuck Arnett (1928-1988).

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Chuck Arnett collection. Collection Number: 1997-42. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of William Tellman, November 1997 and July 1999. Gift of Michael Caffee, September 2007. “Enjoy” painting gift of David Barnard, Mike Caffee, and Kerry Bowman, April 2009. Peace symbol work donated by Gayle Rubin, June 2019. John Bix portrait donated by Sue Davies, March 2019. Moon Signs donated by Mike Caffee in 2022.

Scope and Content of Collection

Collection includes photographs, ephemera, oversize sketches and sketchbooks, papers, artifacts, and original works of art by San Francisco artist, dancer, and leather community activist, Charles "Chuck" Arnett (1928-1988). Works of art include: a pastel abstract figure with arm & fist (163' x 222') fisting, “Dildo, In Memory of Kerry Bowman,” two smaller, unmounted, watercolors (102' x 14' each) featuring male figures skateboarding, “Skateboarders,” 1 day-glo painting by Chuck Arnett titled 'Enjoy' (48 in. h x 34 in. w), circa 1970; peace symbol painting; portrait painting of John Bix. Papers include “Arnett Scrapbook with Autobiographical Notes by Mike Caffee,” and 33 “Moon Signs” used to tell bar patrons the current astrological location of the moon. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000268; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004299

Indexing Terms

Leather

Gay men

Art

Dance