Finding aid to the Entertainment West records, 1972-1976
Coll2011-038
Dione Surdez Oliver and Marc LaRocque
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
2015
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007
askone@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Entertainment West records
creator:
Entertainment West
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011-038
Physical Description:
0.6 Linear Feet
2 boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1972-1976
Abstract: Article typescripts and editorial content, correspondence, advertising information, distribution records, notes, contact sheets,
photographs, publicity photographs, affidavits, newspaper clippings, and surveys, 1972-1976, from the national bi-monthly
gay and lesbian newsmagazine,
Entertainment West, based in Hollywood, California.
Container: 1-2
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Biographical / Historical
Entertainment West was a national bi-monthly gay and lesbian newsmagazine published in Hollywood, California. The first issue published in
February 1970. The publication ended circa 1975. John W. Rowberry and Manuel Gonzales were general partners. Rowberry and
Jim Kepner served as the editors.
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Publication Rights
Researchers wishing to publish material must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives as the
physical owner of the material. Note that permission to publish does not constitute copyright clearance. ONE National Gay
& Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold copyright. It is the responsibility
of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials from the copyright holder(s).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name]
Entertainment West Records, Coll2011-038, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Dione Surdez Oliver and Marc LaRocque, November 2015.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes editorial content, correspondence, advertising information, distribution records, notes, contact sheets,
photographs, publicity photographs, affidavits, newspaper clippings, and surveys, 1972-1976, from the national bi-monthly
gay and lesbian newsmagazine,
Entertainment West, published in Hollywood, California. The editorial content includes article typescripts, notes, contact sheets and other
material used in the newsmagazine's publication.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay community
Gay journalists
Gay press publications
Photographs
Typescripts
Entertainment West
Box 1, Folder 1
Administrative records
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 2
Affidavits/statements
1975
Box 1, Folder 3-4
Article transcripts
1972-1975
Box 1, Folder 5-6
Article transcripts, Jim Kepner
1972-1975
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence and papers, Tom McNamara
1972-1975
Box 2
Photographs
circa 1970-1979
Scope and Contents
Chris Travis in The Portrait of Dorian Gray; Airport 1975 images; Empress V Missy at the Los Angeles Coronation; Emperor III
Alan Missy at the Los Angeles Coronation; Emperor I Luigi and Empress III Andrea at the Emperor and Empress de Los Angeles
1975; Donald von Wiederman, Caleb Stonn, Toni Basil, and Kay Dennis in New Faces of 1975; Donald von Wiederman in Portrait
of the Artist as a Collage; Stand By Your Bad Boys!; Dancing with the boys...; A Bigger Splash; Hearts and Minds; David Huffman
in The Gun; George C. Scott in The Savage Is Loose; Trish Van Devere in The Savage Is Loose; Janis Joplin in Janis Lives!;
Texas Slim, Boxcar Myrtle, Midnight Mission, Pennsylvania Kid, Hard Rock Kid, Connecticut Slim, and Slow Motion Shorty of
Last of the American Hobos; Randy Varney as Scott and Gary Bridwell as Chris in Kiss The Sky; Romany; Charles Pierce as Bette
Davis; The Imperial Coronation of Empress III de Santa Monica; Gay Nazis; Empress I La Rey of The Maggie Awards; J. C. Gaynor
as Shirley Bassey and Claude Sacha as Barbra Striesand in French Dressing; All that is essential is invisible to the eye;
The Nubian Slave from Aida; Josie I, Mistress of Ceremonies of The Queen Mary and The Queen of Hearts; Diane Ladd and Ellen
Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore; Love Scene?; Roz Wyman of The Political Woman and The Gay Vote; Krazy Krotch presents
The Strap...; Ron Sossi as Rip; Young Michael from Another Part of the Forest; Herbert Lom as Wotton and Richard Todd as Basil
in Dorian Gray; Helmut Berger as Dorian Gray and Richard Todd as Basil in Dorian Gray; Janis Joplin at Noe Street Home, San
Francisco; Richard O'Brien as Riff Raff, Tim Curry as Frank N. Furter, the Transylanians, Peter Hinwood as Rocky, Susan Sarandon
as Janet, and Patricia Quinn as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show; 12 people in circus show; Gotham; Ray Davies on
RCA Records and Tapes; Saturday Night at the Baths; Joseph Hillstrom, I.W.W. Leader; Kiss the Sky proof sheets; Alan Bergmann.
Box 1, Folder 11
Programs and flyers
1975-1976
Box 1, Folder 12
Theater productions
undated
