Michel (Kirsten) Photographs and Videotapes Collection, 1992-2009

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Title:: Kirsten Michel Photographs and Videotapes Collection,
Dates:: 1992-2009
Creators:: Michel, Kirsten
Abstract:: Michel's photographs and videotapes document San Francisco Bay Area LGBT life and activities from 1992-2009.
Extent:: 2.25 cartons
Language:: Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Kirsten Michel Photographs and Videotapes Collection (GLC 82), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Scope and content:: The photographs document many San Francisco and East Bay pride parades and Dyke marches. In addition, there are images from women's weekends in Guerneville, the LAVA awards, International Women's Flag Football, famous lesbians, and the Festival of Babes. There are fewer images of various benefits, a drag king contest, halloween in the Castro, the Brick Hut Cafe's closing, and San Francisco's LGBT Film Festival.
Biographical / historical:: Kirsten Michel is a photographer who has documented LGBT life and events in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is an ecologist, an activist, and has trained as a veterinary assistant. Michel maintains a website of her own (http://kirstenmichel.com/) with links to examples of her work.
Acquisition information:: Donated by Kirsten Michel, February 25, 2010.
Arrangement:: Arranged into two series: Series 1. Photographs; and, Series 2. Videotapes.
Physical location:: The collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Gay Pride Day
Gays--California--San Francisco--Social life and customs--20th century.
Lesbians--California--San Francisco--Social life and customs--20th century.
Lesbians--Social life and customs--20th century--Photograph collections
Names:: Michel, Kirsten--Pictorial works

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson
Date Prepared:: 2014
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-04-19T17:37-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is available for use during Photo Desk hours: Tuesdays 1-5 pm; Thursdays 1-5 pm; and Saturdays 10 am-12 noon, 1-5 pm. The videotapes are unavailable at this time pending transfer to digital format.
Terms of access:: All photographs copyright Kirsten Michel (ecologyproduction@gmail.com). All use/publication must credit her and include her name and website address.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Kirsten Michel Photographs and Videotapes Collection (GLC 82), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:: San Francisco Public Library, James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center

San Francisco Public Library

100 Larkin Street

San Francisco, CA 94102, US