Cecil Knockherworst Weatherbee collection

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GLBT Historical Society

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Cecil Knockherworst Weatherbee collection

Dates: circa 1970

Collection Number: 2002-23

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1.2 linear feet

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: The collection consists of materials collected by Cecil Knockherworst Weatherbee (Danny), a columnist for the Bay Area Reporter (BAR). Knockherworst was active in the Imperial Court and the collection contains materials related to the court system and San Francisco bars.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Cecil Knockherworst Weatherbee collection. Collection Number: 2002-23. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of James E. Gordon, as the last legal representative of the Harvey Milk Archives (where this material was originally donated) on February 27, 2002.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists of materials collected by Cecil Knockherworst Weatherbee (Danny), a columnist for the Bay Area Reporter (BAR). Knockherworst was active in the Imperial Court and the collection contains materials related to the court system and San Francisco bars. It includes drawings of Empress Shirley for the BAR; photographs of Weatherbee, Jose Sarria, Lori Shannon, Sweetlips, Empress Crystal, and other notables in the San Francisco Imperial Court System; programs and a dinner menu for the Sagittarius Dinner of Empress of San Francisco III Shirley (Weatherbee) and the Honorable John Robert Pollard (1970); and correspondence. The collection also includes the following artifacts: buttons commemorating Whetherbee’s “hanging” of Sweet Lips (1971-1989), a Sweet Lips maraca, a “Miss Lithuania” trophy from the Gangway (1977), a Royal Oak Gay Community Award (1979), and a whip. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001443; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008497; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008517; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008511

Indexing Terms

Imperial Court System

Journalism

Drag

Nightlife

Gay men