Gary Menger papers
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Title: Gary Menger papers
Dates: 1973-1998
Collection Number: 2000-29
Creator/Collector:
Menger, Gary
Extent: 1 carton
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Gary Menger papers contain materials related to his life as a cabaret patron, promoter, reviewer and businessman. Menger
(1938-1998) operated Bear Wallow, a gay guest ranch in Boonville in the mid-1970s, managed the Plush Room in the late 1970s,
booked and promoted cabaret vocalists for local clubs and produced two AIDS benefits, both called “In Memory of Friends.”
Menger also wrote columns, reviews and features for a variety of LGBT publications.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Gary Menger papers. Collection Number: 2000-29. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
The Gary Menger papers contain materials related to his life as a cabaret patron, promoter, reviewer and businessman. Menger
(1938-1998) operated Bear Wallow, a gay guest ranch in Boonville in the mid-1970s, managed the Plush Room in the late 1970s,
booked and promoted cabaret vocalists for local clubs and produced two AIDS benefits, both called In Memory of Friends. Menger
also wrote columns, reviews and features for a variety of LGBT publications. The collection includes business memos; scrapbooks
of his articles and a typescript of his unpublished novel, “There Will Be Another Song” (with related correspondence); programs
and photographs from In Memory of Friends; Bear Wallow scrapbooks; awards; the cabaret guide “Sold Out” and other cabaret
ephemera; and materials related to his holidays in Provincetown. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008517; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521
Gay men
AIDS (disease)
Nightlife