Smith (Daniel A.) and Queer Blue Light Videotapes, 1973-1978

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Title:: Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light videotapes
Dates:: 1973-1978
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Extent:: 4 linear feet
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Preferred citation:: Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light videotapes. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and content:: This collection contains 109 hours, or almost 100 ½-inch EIAJ-1 open reel tapes, recorded by the early gay video production group Queer Blue Light. Subjects range from politics to culture and include: a 1973 tape on the Bakersfield Gay Student Union; a 1975 demonstration of gay teachers in San Francisco; the 1976 Castro Street Fair; and a provocative 31 minute documentary called Sign 504 Now about a four week long sit-in of disability rights protesters at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. All reels of historical interest have been digitized and available for viewing at the GLBT Historical Society archives. GSSO Linked Terms: http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000297; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
Acquisition information:: Gift of Daniel A. Smith.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: 1973-1978
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Preferred citation:: Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light videotapes. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US