Richard Skidmore photographs, circa 1977-2006

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Scope and content:: The collection includes over 800 photographic slides and photographic prints and negatives documenting various LGBTQ events in San Francisco from the late 1970s-2006. The images were taken by Richard Skidmore. Major subjects include Halloween in the Castro, Tricycle Races and The Mint, Pink Saturday, the Pride Parade, Castro Theater, and Folsom Street Fair. People and groups pictured include Joan Baez, Pansy Division, Holly Near, Armistead Maupin, Voice Farm, Sharon McNight, Julie Newmar, Willie Brown, Tom Ammiano, Harry Hay, John Burnside, Gavin Newsom, Jonathan Katz, Nancy Pelosi, Dennis Peron, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Ian McKellan, Twin Peaks, Gay Men’s Chorus, Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band, Marga Gomez, Chi Chi Larue, Mark Leno, Laura Linney, Kamala Harris, Donna Sachet, Jose Sarria, Cecil Williams, and others. A preliminary inventory of the collection is available in the archives; contact the archivist for more information. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001236; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001021; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381
Acquisition information:: Gift of Richard Skidmore, January 2020. Additions in June 2020.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US