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Title: Harold T. O'Neal collection
Dates: 1939-1989
Collection Number: 2002-03
Creator/Collector:
O'Neal, Harold T.
Extent: 5.25 linear feet
Online items available
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection is the life's work of filmmaker Harold O'Neal. O'Neal started filming in Southern California in 1939 and
continued through the 1980s. His films contain material about a wide variety of subjects on gay and general interest themes.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Harold T. O'Neal collection. Collection Number: 2002-03. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Harold O'Neal on February 25, 2002.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection is the life's work of filmmaker Harold (Hal) O'Neal. O'Neal started filming in Southern California in 1939
and continued through the 1980s. His films contain material about a wide variety of subjects on gay and general interest themes.
Included is footage of the relocation of Japanese Americans to concentration camps in World War II, female impersonators performing
at the Beige Room in San Francisco, gay men socializing in the 1940s including drag and other camp images, and gay freedom
day parades from 1978-1980. There are also numerous reels documenting his travels abroad with his partner of over 50 years.
Selections from the collection have been digitized. Contact the archivist for information regarding access.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000297; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001021; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001443
Motion pictures
Pride parades
Drag
Amateur film