Gay Sunshine collection

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GLBT Historical Society

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San Francisco, California 94103

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Gay Sunshine collection

Dates: 1965-1985

Collection Number: 1996-25

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 2 folders

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: This collection contains letters written to Winston Leyland and Gay Sunshine Press and other related material.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Gay Sunshine collection. Collection Number: 1996-25. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains letters written to Winston Leyland and Gay Sunshine Press. Notable correspondents include composer Ned Rorem; Daniel Curzon (aka Daniel R. Brown, author of "Something You Can Do in the Dark"); Alain-Emmanuel Dreuilhe (author of "La Societe Invertie" and "Corps a Corps"); Jean-Luc Pinard-Lectry (editor of "Masques" and author of "La Maman et le Pederaste"); and poet Edward Field. There are also a few photographs of Rorem and an interview with Curzon and the first two-thirds of an article possibly titled "The Lineage" about Gavin Arthur and his relationship with Edward Carpenter, and their connection to Walt Whitman. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008091

Indexing Terms

Literature