Kevin Bentley collection of H. Drew Crosby materials

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2023


Descriptive Summary

Title: Kevin Bentley collection of H. Drew Crosby materials
Dates: 1991-1998
Collection Number: 1998-06
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .2 linear feet
Repository: GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection consists of materials that writer Kevin Bentley compiled about lesbian book collector and dealer H. Drew Crosby, who died in 1996 at the age of 85. There is a videotaped oral history with Crosby from 1991, snapshots of Crosby and her friends, and a 1998 essay Bentley wrote about his relationship with Crosby.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Kevin Bentley collection of H. Drew Crosby materials. Collection Number: 1998-06. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Kevin Bentley on March 5, 1998.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection consists of materials that writer Kevin Bentley compiled about lesbian book collector and dealer H. Drew Crosby, who died in 1996 at the age of 85. There is a videotaped oral history with Crosby from 1991, snapshots of Crosby and her friends, and a 1998 essay Bentley wrote about his relationship with Crosby. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008091; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008519

Indexing Terms

Lesbians
Literature
Oral history