Ramon Contreras photograph albums and scrapbooks

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GLBT Historical Society

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Ramon Contreras photograph albums and scrapbooks

Dates: 1968-1994

Collection Number: 2012-09

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 carton

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: This collection contains personal photograph albums and scrapbooks compiled by longtime San Francisco, Potrero Hill resident Ramon Contreras. Originally from Los Angeles, Contreras (1942-2000) moved to San Francisco in the late 1960s or early 1970s and worked as a court clerk. There are personal photos of close friends, family, parties and camping trips to the Russian River; notes, postcards and a small amount of correspondence; invitations to parties and ephemera. The scrapbooks also contain materials belonging to Contreras’ lover of 10 years, John Fred Boyer, who died in 1991.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Ramon Contreras photograph albums and scrapbooks. Collection Number: 2012-09. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Stephen Bucci on September 17, 2012.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains personal photograph albums and scrapbooks compiled by longtime San Francisco, Potrero Hill resident Ramon Contreras. Originally from Los Angeles, Contreras (1942-2000) moved to San Francisco in the late 1960s or early 1970s and worked as a court clerk. There are personal photos of close friends, family, parties and camping trips to the Russian River; notes, postcards and a small amount of correspondence; invitations to parties and ephemera. The scrapbooks also contain materials belonging to Contreras’ lover of 10 years, John Fred Boyer, who died in 1991. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001826; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194

Indexing Terms

Latinos

Gay men

Photography