Finding Aid to the Jim Cavener Papers, 1955-1999
Coll2013.096
Finding aid prepared by Lizzie Hernandez
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
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Title: Jim Cavener papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.096
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.35 linear feet.
3 archive boxes + 1 archive carton
Date (inclusive): 1955-1999
Abstract: This collection primarily consists of Jim Cavener's reviews of theater, artists and art exhibits, music, and community news
and events of the Greater San Bernandino Area from 1987-1997. Clippings from
Upland Magazine,
Rancho Cucamonga News,
Inland Valley Daily Empire and
Ontario Daily Report as well as performing arts clippings comprise the bulk of the materials. The collection also includes event flyers, photographs
of theater productions, correspondence, and general LGBT articles.
creator:
Cavener, Jim
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily consists of Jim Cavener's reviews of theater, artists and art exhibits, music, and community news
and events of the Greater San Bernandino Area from 1987-1997. Clippings from
Upland Magazine,
Rancho Cucamonga News,
Inland Valley Daily Empire and
Ontario Daily Report as well as performing arts clippings comprise the bulk of the materials. The collection also includes event flyers, photographs
of theater productions, correspondence, and general LGBT articles.
Biography
Jim Cavener was born in California and worked in the greater San Bernadino Area for 25 years as a daily print journalist and
theater and arts critic at
Upland Magazine,
Rancho Cucamonga News,
Inland Valley Daily Empire and
Ontario Daily Report. As of 2013, he resides in Asheville, North Carolina where he works as a journalist at the
Asheville Citizen Times. In addition, he is an active member of Quaker community groups such as Society and Friends and Friends for Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns. He is also a trustee for
Friends Journal.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Lizzie Hernandez, October 2013.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Jim Cavener papers, Coll2013-096, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Acquisition
Donated by Jim Cavener on May 30, 2002.
Separated Materials note
Los Angeles Performing Arts publications, November 1990; January 1991; January, April, July, October, November, December 1992; January 1994; and the
Old Globe Theater Festival, July 1992.
Map of Hollywood California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Theater
Theater critics--California--San Bernadino County
Jim Cavener papers
1955-1999
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 3-5
Clippings from other writers
1991-1996
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Scope and Contents
Includes assorted clippings about Jim Cavener and Cavener's editor Brian Soergel, as well as clippings about general topics.
Box 1, Folder 1
Dance review clippings
1990-1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 1, Folder 3
Film review clippings
1990-1997
Language of Material:
English
Box 1, Folder 4
Food review clippings
1990
Language of Material:
English
Box 1, Folder 5-13
Highlights and reviews of community art exhibits, artists and events
1987-1997
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
[9 folders]
Box 1, Folder 2
Lita Gray Chaplin event material
undated
Language of Material:
English
Box 1, Folder 14
LGBT articles
1996-1997
Language of Material:
English
Box 1, Folder 15-16
Music review clippings
1989-1997
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 4, Folder 1-3
Performing arts clippings, gay-related
1955-1999
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 4
Performing arts clippings, obituaries, J through Z
circa 1980-1999
Physical Description:
[3 binders]
Box 3, Folder 5
Performing arts programs and clippings
1979-1996
Box 3, Folder 6
Performing arts programs, fliers, and pamphlets
1990-1997, undated
Box 1, Folder 17-22
Photocopies of reviews and writings
circa 1987-1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
[6 folders]
Box 2, Folder 1-2
Promotional material regarding theater, opera, and television productions.
1989-1992
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographic prints of the stage productions of
Showboat,
The Nutcracker,
Making Porn, and
Loot. Includes flyers, postcards, pamphlets, theater magazines, news releases and programmes.
Box 3, Folder 7
Theater press kits, publicity images, and programs
1996-1997, undated
Box 2, Folder 6-18
Theater review clippings
1989-1997
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
[13 folders]
Box 3, Folder 1-3
Theater review clippings
1989-1997
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 3, Folder 4
Travel, correspondence and notes
undated
Language of Material:
English
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, flyers, letters and notes regarding visits to and reviews of theatrical events, concerts, art exhibits
and museums.
