Lowe (Joah) Collection, circa 1982-1986

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Scope and content:: Joah Lowe was a gay San Francisco-based choreographer, dancer, and healer. He died in 1988 from AIDS. The collection includes material collected by Charlie Halloran, a dancer who worked with Lowe. Halloran died in 1993 from AIDS. The collection includes: theater, performance and dance ephemera, including flyers, magazines, and programs, with material related to Joah Lowe dance and lessons in the art of flying, Christopher Beck and Company, Theatre Rhinoceros, Cal Performances, and others; a costume sketch by Charlie Halloran; performance and dance production notes, including material for Fire in the Lake; a T-shirt picturing Joah Lowe; a portrait painting of Joah Lowe by Bill Samios; a small amount of correspondence; newspaper clippings related to Joah Lowe; and an oversized “death mask” (in the shape of a skull/face) used in a dance by Joah Lowe. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004299; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004301; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521
Acquisition information:: Gift of Nancy Halloran, September 2019.

Subjects:: Dance
Gay men
Theater
AIDS (disease)
Gay men--California--San Francisco.
AIDS
Names:: Lowe, Joah
Halloran, Charlie

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: circa 1982-1986
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright owned by the donor has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. Certain material may remain copyrighted to the creator. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US