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Title: Tom Baker oral history
Dates: 2024
Collection Number: 2024-12
Creator/Collector:
Sprockett, Shawn
Baker, Tom
Extent: mp3 file of the oral history; pdf file of the interview transcript; 1 folder of matchbooks
Online items available
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Oral history of Tom Baker (S. Thomas Baker), interviewed by Shawn Sprockett in January 2024. At the time of the oral history,
Baker was a 93 year-old gay man living in the Castro in San Francisco, CA. He had lived in San Francisco for nearly 50 years.
The interview discusses Baker’s early life and teenage years, his coming out experience in the 1950s, his gay community, experiences
with gay bars in San Francisco, his interactions with police, and other related topics. The collection includes an mp3 audio
recording and pdf transcript of the interview. Also included are matchbooks of bars, collected by Baker and given to Sprockett.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to materials created by Shawn Sprockett and Tom Baker has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests
for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical
Society Archivist. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[Identification of item]. Tom Baker oral history. Collection Number: 2024-12. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Shawn Sprockett, January 2024.
Scope and Content of Collection
Oral history of Tom Baker (S. Thomas Baker), interviewed by Shawn Sprockett in January 2024. At the time of the oral history,
Baker was a 93 year-old gay man living in the Castro in San Francisco, CA. He had lived in San Francisco for nearly 50 years.
The interview discusses Baker’s early life and teenage years, his coming out experience in the 1950s, his gay community, experiences
with gay bars in San Francisco, his interactions with police, and other related topics. The collection includes an mp3 audio
recording and pdf transcript of the interview. Also included are matchbooks of bars, collected by Baker and given to Sprockett.
LGBTQ
Gay men
Oral history
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)