David M. Baker papers
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Title: David M. Baker papers
Dates: 1900-2002
Collection Number: 2004-04
Creator/Collector:
Baker, David M.
Extent: 3.75 linear feet (3 Cartons)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Photographs, photograph albums, scrapbook albums, ephemera, and correspondence of David M. Baker, one of
the writers of the collaborative gay play "Crimes Against Nature". Ephemera and photographs include those specific to the
cast and reviews of the play.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to unpublished manuscript materials has been transferred to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical
Society.
[Identification of item]. David M. Baker papers. Collection Number: 2004-04. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
Photographs, photograph albums, scrapbook albums, ephemera, and correspondence of David Baker, one of the writers of
the collaborative gay play "Crimes Against Nature." Ephemera, scrapbooks and photographs include those specific to the
cast and reviews of the play. Extensive newspaper clippings on the play and performances. Other items include numerous
family photographs, programs and playbills for other plays [with both gay and straight themes], extensive correspondence
with father, cards and postcards, ephemera, and information on his AIDS regimen and alternative therapies. The
correspondence and photographs trace David Baker's relationship with his father from his childhood, through college, and
his subsequent diagnosis with AIDS. Journals have dated entries.
Gay men
AIDS (disease)
Theater
Diaries