Steve Conley papers

Title: Steve Conley papers

Dates: 1950-2008

Collection Number: 2013-17

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 carton

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

Abstract: This collection contains materials related to progressive activist Steve Conley (1950-2009). Conley was a Vietnam veteran, writer, director, media and radio producer, DJ, poet, teacher, journalist, community organizer, percussionist and performing artist.

Language of Material: English

Collection is open for research.

[Identification of item]. Steve Conley papers. Collection Number: 2013-17. GLBT Historical Society

Gift of Michael Nulty, executor of Steve Conley’s estate, on September 10, 2013.

This collection contains materials related to progressive activist Steve Conley (1950-2009). Conley was a Vietnam veteran, writer, director, media and radio producer, DJ, poet, teacher, journalist, community organizer, percussionist and performing artist. He was involved with The Noodle Factory, a performance space in West Oakland, and he produced the Tenant Leadership Summits, which brought together community organizations active in a wide variety of issues. The collection has DVDs, CDs, DAT tapes and Sony mini-disks that have recordings of the Tenant Leadership Summit [2004], and with Tiny Garcia from Poor Magazine; materials from Conley’s work on air and on the board at KPFA and KPFK; photographs of events like Up Your Alley; artwork; business letters; and musical projects Conley produced and/or designed. There are also snapshots and negatives of political protests, family, friends and Conley’s travels in Asia, Egypt and Europe. These date from 1978 to 2008. The collection also includes some of Conley’s personal effects, such as jewelry, tarot cards, harmonica, and percussion instruments, a datebook, conference badges and ID cards. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007675; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_006371