Finding Aid to the Brian Kevin Beck Papers, circa 1970-2007
Coll2013.119
Finding aid prepared by Loni Shibuyama
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
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Title: Brian Kevin Beck papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.119
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet.
1 archive carton.
Date (inclusive): circa 1970-2007
Abstract: Information packets, workshop material, letters to the editor, clippings, flyers, poetry, and gay organization material, circa
1970-2007, from writer and educator Brian Kevin Beck from Whitewater, Wisconsin. Included are articles and manifesto-like
writings regarding homosexuality, homophobia, and the intersections of art and activism.
creator:
Beck, Brian Kevin
Biography
Brian Kevin Beck is a writer, educator, and artist. He's the author of the books
Poison-Pen Personnel-Portrait Portfolio (2002),
But So Did Her Brother (2006),
The Potato Kronikles (2006), and
Teaching Thinking (2007), as well as contributions to liberal arts journals and poetry anthologies.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries 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.
Acquisition
Donated by Brian Kevin Beck, 2007.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Brian Kevin Beck Papers, Coll2013-119, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Formerly housed in box A251. Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, December 2013.
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises information packets, workshop material, letters to the editor, clippings, flyers, poetry, and gay
organization material, circa 1970-2007, from writer and educator Brian Kevin Beck from Whitewater, Wisconsin. The bulk of
the collection is articles and manifesto-like writings regarding homosexuality, homophobia, and the intersections of art and
activism. Also included are materials from the National Gay Task Force, the Gay Peoples Union in Milwaukee, and the gay student
group at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Separated Materials
Brian K. Beck's book,
But So Did Her Brother, has been separated and cataloged in ONE's book collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay activists
Homophobia
Homosexuality and education
Poetry
Wisconsin
Box 1, Folder 1
Biographical information
2007
Box 1, Folder 2
Boy with Arms Akimbo
1989
Box 1, Folder 3
Flyers
circa 1980-1995
Scope and Contents note
Includes a flyer for the Gay and Lesbian Student Union, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Office of Student Affairs,
and one "homophobic leaflet that was thrown from a passing truck last Friday during a protest of the recent assaults on lesbian
minister Lynn Griffis."
Box 1, Folder 4
Gay Peoples Union; Gay Information Data Bank's Resource Packet
circa 1970-1979
Box 1, Folder 5
Gay poetry
circa 1980-1995
Box 1, Folder 6
"Good artistry is not political--or is it after all?" presentation module booklet
2006
Box 1, Folder 7
"Language of Oppression" flyer
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Resource Packet for Teaching About Homophobia
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Letters to the editor and clippings
1990-2002
Box 1, Folder 10
National Gay Task Force resolutions packet
1974
Box 1, Folder 11
[Poster with gay quotations and cartoons]
undated
