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Table of contents What's This?
  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Rick Jasany Papers
    Dates: 1960-2008 (bulk 1975-1985)
    Collection Number: GLC 118
    Creator/Collector: Jasany, Rick (1937-2012).
    Extent: 1 cubic foot (1 box)
    Online items available
    Repository: San Francisco Public Library. James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center
    San Francisco, California 94102
    Abstract: The collection contains photographs, slides, and magazines, that document the work of Rick Jasany. His subjects included daily life in San Francisco and street life in the gay community in the 1970s and 1980s. For the magazine "Vector," Jasany created photo essays on bathhouses and gay male erotica. The papers contain a handful of "Vector" issues from 1974-1976 with Jasany's published work. There are some photos of Harvey Milk and Pat Norman, and formal shots for models.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    The collection is available for viewing during the San Francisco History Center's Photo Desk hours: Tues.: 1-5; Thurs.: 1-5; Sat.: 10-12, 1-5.

    Publication Rights

    All rights held by San Francisco Public Library.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Rick Jasany Papers. Collection Number: GLC 118. San Francisco Public Library. James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center

    Acquisition Information

    Donated by Richard A. Jasany, March 28, 2006.

    Biography/Administrative History

    Rick Jasany (August 15, 1937-November 22, 2012) was a photographer who worked in Harvey Milk and Scott Smith's Castro Camera store in the late 1970s. His work includes commercial magazine photography, and art photography, as well as more informal documentation of the gay community. His work is largely credited under the name Rick Jarrett, and was published in "Vector" magazine, among others.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection contains photographs, slides, and magazines. Jasany's subjects included daily life in San Francisco and street life in the gay community in the 1970s and 1980s. For the magazine "Vector," Jasany created photo essays on bathhouses and gay male erotica. The papers contain a handful of "Vector" issues from 1974-1976 with Jasany's published work. There are some photos of Harvey Milk and Pat Norman, and formal shots for models.

    Indexing Terms

    Gay men--California--San Francisco.
    Gays--California--San Francisco--Social life and customs--20th century--Photograph collections.
    San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Photograph collections.
    Gay erotic photography.
    Milk, Harvey, 1930-1978--Photographs.
    Jarrett, Rick.
    Jasany, Rick--Archives.