Finding aid to the Lynda Koolish Photographs Collection, 1972-2001
Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4400
info@sfpl.org
2002
Title: Lynda Koolish Photographs Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1972-2001
Collection Identifier: GLC 40
Creator:
Koolish, Lynda
Physical Description:
2 oversized boxes
(30 photographic prints, black & white; 16 x 20 in., matted.)
Contributing Institution:
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4400
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: Lynda Koolish is a photographer and a professor of English and comparative literature. The collection contains portraits of
gay and lesbian writers. Many of these images appear in Koolish's book
African-American Writers: Portraits and Visions
(Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c2001).
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Access
The collection is available for viewing during Photo Desk hours: Tuesday: 1-5; Thursday: 1-5; Saturday: 10-12, 1-5.
Publication Rights
Copyright retained by Lynda Koolish.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lynda Koolish Photographs Collection (GLC 40), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Provenance
Donated by the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library, 2001.
Biographical Note
Lynda Koolish is a photographer and a professor of English and comparative literature.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains portraits of gay and lesbian writers. Many of these images appear in
African-American Writers: Portraits and Visions (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c2001).
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African American authors -- Portraits.
Lesbians -- United States -- Portraits.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Portraits.
Gay men -- United States -- Portraits.
Koolish, Lynda
photograph 5
Davis, Angela Y.,
April 1989
photograph 6
Delany, Samuel R.,
June 2000
photograph 7
Desmoines, Harriet and Catherine Nicholson,
undated
photograph 15
Hamer, Forrest,
July 2000
photograph 19
Kenan, Randall,
June 2001
Nicholson, Catherine--See: Photograph 7 Harriet Desmoines
photograph 24
Pratt, Minnie Bruce,
undated
photograph 30
Wunderlich, Mark,
undated
