Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Stan Williams collection
- Dates:
- 1971, 2010
- Creators:
- Williams, Stan
- Abstract:
- A manuscript and accompanying CD-ROM, and seven photographs from a 1971 issue of Life Magazine documenting Stan Williams and the Hoover Street Commune, a communal residence for core activists from the Los Angeles Gay Liberation Front.
- Containers:
- item: Acc2010.009
- Extent:
- 1.4 Linear Feet 1 flat archive box.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
[Box/folder #, or item name] Stan Williams Collection, Coll2014-034, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection comprises a manuscript and accompanying CD-ROM, and seven photographs from a 1971 issue of Life Magazine documenting Stan Williams and the Hoover Street Commune, a communal residence for core activists from the Los Angeles Gay Liberation Front. The manuscript, written by Williams, and CD-ROM includes annotated photographs and digital audio files describing Williams' experience in the Hoover Street Commune, which was active from 1970-1971.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Hoover Street Commune was created to be the headquarters of the Los Angeles Gay Liberation Front, beginning in 1970. Located at the corner of Sunset Place and North Hoover Street in the Silver Lake neighborhood, the house was the site of GLF's weekly meetings. Williams, Don Kilhefner, Tony De Rosa, Lee Helfin, and Ray Powers were some of the core members who lived in the house, or were there on a daily basis. The Hoover Street Commune became inactive in 1971.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of George Drury Smith, April 26, 2010.
- Processing information:
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Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, August 2014.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Sponsor:
- Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2014-11-19 15:56:00 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Copyright to Life Magazine and the photographs in this collection are retained by Time, Inc. Researchers wishing to quote or publish from these materials must obtain permission from the copyright holder.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder #, or item name] Stan Williams Collection, Coll2014-034, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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909 West Adams BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007, US
- Contact:
- (213) 821-2771