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Title: Thomas Mayer papers
Dates: circa 1947-circa 1998
Collection Number: 1998-40
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 5 linear feet (three cartons, one medium oversize box, and a painting)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Thomas Mayer papers document the Friends of 1800’s successful campaign to convince the board of the Community Center Project
(CCP) to preserve the Fallon Building – a Victorian building at 1800 Market Street – and incorporate it into the design of
the future LGBT Community Center. The collection includes materials related both to the Friends and to Mayer, who was one
of the organizers of the Friends and a former co-owner of the Roxie Cinema in the Mission District.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Thomas Mayer papers. Collection Number: 1998-40. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Thomas J. Mayer on December 5, 1998.
Biography/Administrative History
The Thomas Mayer papers document the Friends of 1800’s successful campaign to convince the board of the Community Center Project
(CCP) to preserve the Fallon Building – a Victorian building at 1800 Market Street – and incorporate it into the design of
the future LGBT Community Center. Mayer was one of the organizers of the Friends and a former co-owner of the Roxie Cinema
in the Mission District.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes materials related both to the Friends and to Mayer personally. Materials related to the Friends cover
the year 1997 and include brochures; buttons; fact sheets; flyers; fundraising materials; mass mailings; memoranda; news clippings;
newsletters; stickers; and a videotape. There are also CCP Board materials, a copy of the CCP feasability study, city planning
documents, and various materials related to preservation issues and neighborhood associations. The collection also includes
Mayer’s personal correspondence from the 1980s and 1990s and photographs dating back to the 1940s.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008494; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000297
Historic preservation
Gay men
Motion pictures