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Title: Nick Shelbi papers
Dates: circa 1970-2020
Collection Number: 2022-85
Creator/Collector:
Nick Shelbi
Extent: 3.5 linear feet (2 cartons, 1 oversize box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Nick Shelbi was a gay man and founding member of ACT UP Golden Gate. He was active in the leather scene in San Francisco and
won the Mr. Drummer contest in 2000. This collection includes his personal papers, photographs, posters, home movies, and
other ephemera. It also includes materials related to his activist work.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of item]. Nick Shelbi papers. Collection Number: 2022-85. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Terry Beswick, 2021.
Scope and Content of Collection
Nick Shelbi was a gay man and founding member of ACT UP Golden Gate. He was active in the leather scene in San Francisco and
won the Mr. Drummer contest in 2000. This collection includes his personal papers, photographs, posters, home movies, and
other ephemera. It also includes materials related to his activist work.
LGBTQ
Gay men
Leather
Kink
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)