Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hendrix, Kathleen
- Abstract:
- Kathleen Hendrix, humanitarian and former Los Angeles Times journalist, was a friend of both Paul Monette (1945-1995) and his partner in later life, Winston Wilde. Monette is best known for his contributions to contemporary gay American literature as a novelist and poet. The Kathleen Hendrix collection on Paul Monette includes materials gifted to Hendrix by Monette, including a limited edition two volume set of essays and poems, as well as items collected by Hendirx related to Monette and his work. The collection contains photographs, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and ephemera.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet (1 half document box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Kathleen Hendrix collection on Paul Monette (Collection 2118). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Kathleen Hendrix collection on Paul Monette contains greeting cards, photographs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera, a limited edition set of essays and poems, and documents related to Monette and his work. Newspaper clippings include author interviews with Monette from the Los Angeles Times and New York Times, as well as award announcements, obituaries, and memorial pieces. Documents include Monette's descriptions of arrangements for the Monette/Horowitz Trust and the Kolzak Prizes after his death; also included in the collection are three items written by Monette for Stephen Kolzak, a variety of handwritten notes from Monette to Hendrix inscribed on the title pages of novel manuscripts, and a program from Paul's memorial service in 1995.
- Biographical / historical:
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Kathleen Hendrix was a friend of both Paul Monette (1945-1995) and his partner in later life Winston Wilde. From 1974-1993 Hendrix worked as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, reporting on a variety of social and political issues in America and abroad including feminism, activism, the Vietnam War, and globalization. Hendrix also worked for the United States Department of State where she focused on human rights issues and assisted in planning the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. Paul Monette is known for his work as a novelist and poet in the genre of contemporary gay American literature. His work includes Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir (1988); Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story (1992), which won the National Book Award for nonfiction the same year; and Last Watch of the Night: a collection of essays (1994). The Hendrix Collection on Paul Monette contains materials acquired by Hendrix during their friendship, including a gifted limited edition collection of essays and poems by Monette, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings and ephemera.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Kathleen Hendrix, 2012.
- Processing information:
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Kathleen Hendrix collection on Paul Monette (Collection 2118). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988