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Markus (Damian) memorial display and photographs
Coll2017-019
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Damian Markus memorial display and photographs
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2017-019
Physical Description:
1.3 Linear Feet
2 boxes.
Date (inclusive): circa 1949-2000
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.
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
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.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by Yolanda Retter, 2000.
[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.
Collection processed by Chelsea Gibbs, 2017.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lesbian couples
Lesbians
Memorial service
Markus, Damian, 1938-2000