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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Len Evans Collection
Creator:
Evans, Len, 1943-2003
Identifier/Call Number: SC.LE
Extent:
4.95 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1941-1996
Abstract: Len Evans (1943-2003) was an historian
and collector who wrote several articles and chronologies discussing the history of
homosexuality in the United States and in Mexico. The collection helps to document that
history within the United States and consists of information compiled as part of the Gay
History Project in San Francisco (ca. 1983-1984) and Mr. Evans' collection of "Physique" Art
and Photography.
Language of Material: English
The
Len Evans Collection documents the legal and social
history of homosexuality in the United States and consists of information compiled as part
of the Gay History Project in San Francisco ca. 1983-1984, as well as Mr. Evans' collection
of "Physique" Art and Photography. Topics include McCarthyism, what Evans' calls the "gay
milieu," facts about bars, literature, the homophile movement, laws and their enforcement,
erotica, and sex research as it related to homosexuals. The collection has been divided into
two series: Series I,
Gay History Project, San Francisco
(1941-1994), and Series II, "
Physique" Art and Photography
(1949-1996).
Series I,
Gay History Project, San Francisco, consists of
materials gathered during the course of that project (ca. 1983-1984). These materials were
arranged topically in binders and include information on several facets of gay life in
America. These include censorship, public opinion, and security, which includes government
surveillance as well as those listed above. There is a small amount of material relating to
Evans' work with the Peace and Freedom Party in the 1960s. Materials are arranged
alphabetically.
Series II,
"Physique" Art and Photography, consists of
photographs and illustrations depicting the male form. Many of these images depict
full-frontal nudity. This series also includes a written history of "Physique" photography
compiled and written by Mr. Evans.
Series I: Gay History Project, San Francisco, 1941-1994
Series II: "Physique" Art and Photography, 1949-1996
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
01/26/2000
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Len Evans. 08/04/1999. 01/26/2000
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April Feldman, 2015
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Photographs
Audiovisual materials