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Descriptive Summary
Title: Bay Brick Inn records
Dates: 1982-1987
Collection Number: 1994-23
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.85 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The collection contains records from the Bay Brick Inn (also known as the Baybrick Inn), a popular South of Market guest house,
bar and club for women owned by Lauren Hewitt that was open from 1982-1987.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Bay Brick Inn records. Collection Number: 1994-23. GLBT Historical Society
Acquisition Information
Gift of Lauren Hewitt in 1995.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains records from the Bay Brick Inn (also known as the Baybrick Inn), a popular South of Market guest house,
bar and club for women owned by Lauren Hewitt that was open from 1982-1987. The Bay Brick Inn was an important lesbian institution
in San Francisco. There are administrative records, including correspondence; publicity materials, including event calendars
and press releases; information about, and demo tapes from the entertainers -- primarily musicians and comedians-- who performed
at Bay Brick; and photographs. This collection was formerly the Lauren Hewitt papers. The collection has been arranged into
five series: Administrative; Publicity; Entertainers; Photographs; and Audiotapes. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008517
Indexing Terms
Lesbians
Nightlife
San Francisco (Calif.)
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