Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Doric Wilson Papers
- Dates:
- 1957-1984
- Creators:
- Wilson, Doric
- Abstract:
- Play programs, playbills, flyers, correspondence, interview transcripts, clippings, publicity photographs, negatives, and other material, 1957-1984, documenting the career of playwright, director, and gay activist Doric Wilson. Wilson was a pioneer of the alternative theater movement in New York during the early 1960s, and in 1974, he co-founded The Other Side of Silence (TOSOS), the first professional gay theater company in New York City.
- Containers:
- Folder: 1-2
- Extent:
- 0.1 linear foot. [2 folders]
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Box #, folder #, Doric Wilson Papers, Coll2012-006, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
Background
- Scope and content:
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Play programs, playbills, flyers, correspondence, interview transcripts, clippings, publicity photographs, negatives, and other material, 1957-1984, documenting the career of playwright, director, and gay activist Doric Wilson. Wilson was a pioneer of the alternative theatre movement in New York during the early 1960s; in 1974 he was a co-founder of The Other Side of Silence (TOSOS),the first professional gay theatre company in New York City. Wilson was also an active participant in the civil rights, anti-war, and gay rights movements during the the 1960s and 1970s.
- Biographical / historical:
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Born in Los Angeles in 1939, playwright, producer, director and gay activist Doric Wilson achieved early success with a series of satirical plays produced off-off-Broadway in the early 1960s. He was an active participant in the civil rights, anti-war, and gay rights movement during the the 1960s and 1970s and claims to have been present at the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969. In 1974, he co-founded The Other Side of Silence (TOSOS), "the first professional theatre company to deal openly and honestly with the gay experience."
- Processing information:
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In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- (c) 2012
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-11-26T12:35-0800
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Contact ONE archivist regarding access restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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Contact ONE archivist regarding publication and use restrictions.
- Preferred citation:
-
Box #, folder #, Doric Wilson Papers, Coll2012-006, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
- Location of this collection:
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909 West Adams BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007, US
- Contact:
- (213) 821-2771