Damian Markus memorial display and photographs, circa 1949-2000

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Summary

Abstract:
Photographs, clothing, affirmation writings, and a memorial program for Damian Markus, who died in 2000. The collection includes photographs of lesbian women and their families and friends. The collection also includes a program from the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, a Los Angeles organization for women recovering from addiction.
Extent:
1.3 Linear Feet 2 boxes.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Damian Markus Memorial Display and Photographs, Coll2017-019, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs, clothing, affirmation writings, and a memorial program for Damian Markus, who died in 2000. The collection includes photographs of presumed lesbian women and their families and friends. Among the people in the photographs are Markus, actress Stephanie Faracy, Peggy Albrecht, and jewelry designer Pepi Kelman. The collection also includes a program from the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, a Los Angeles organization for women recovering from addiction.

Biographical / historical:

Damian Markus was born in 1938 in New York. In 1980 she left New York for rehabilitation at Los Angeles' Friendly House, where she would eventually come to work alongside its director Peggy Albrecht. Markus passed away in October 2000 in Los Angeles.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by Yolanda Retter, 2000.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Chelsea Gibbs, 2017.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Damian Markus Memorial Display and Photographs, Coll2017-019, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
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