Screaming Queens collection, 1998-2009

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Extent:
6.25 linear feet (five cartons)
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Preferred citation:

Screaming Queens collection. GLBT Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains production materials from the film, as well as full recordings of the oral histories which are excerpted in the film. These include interviews with Tenderloin residents and other people familiar with the Compton’s riots, including Elliott Blackstone, Felicia Elizondo, Aleshia Brevard, Amanda St. Jaymes, Regina Elizabeth McQuade and Ed Hansen. Other audiovisual materials include the rough and final cuts of the film in various formats, master and VHS copies of the trailer, an audiocassette of the Pacifica Radio show “Cops and Robbers II: Transsexuals and the Police,” (4/10/1968), as well as two VHS copies of documentaries on San Francisco, SF in the 60s and Gay San Francisco. The manuscripts and audiovisual collections contain production materials from Screaming Queens. These include the scripts, production notes, clippings, budgets, invoices, grant applications, list of cast, crew, key personnel, releases, contracts, photographs, and other production materials following the trajectory of the project from the original film proposal in 1996 through screenings in 2005. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000384

Biographical / historical:

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria is a documentary film directed by Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker. The film tells the story of the 1966 riot at Compton’s Cafeteria, a local all-night diner frequented by the queer community in the Tenderloin, and particularly by transgender women.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by Susan Stryker in 2008 with additional materials donated by Victor Silverman in 2022.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Digitization was supported by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library, and John and Zane's Queer Legacy Fund.

Terms of access:

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:

Screaming Queens collection. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:
989 Market Street, Lower Level
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Contact:
(415) 777-5455
reference@glbthistory.org
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