Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection,
- Dates:
- 1977-1979
- Creators:
- Klein, Allen
- Abstract:
- Klein organized the "Moon Over Miami" event in 1977 to benefit the Miami Gay Support Committee's fight against Anita Bryant's anti-homosexual campaign. The success of the benefit led to a few other fundraising events for the anti-Briggs Initiative (a.k.a. No On 6) campaign. Klein also collected additional materials related to gay rights events from 1977-1979.
- Extent:
- 8 folders (7 legal folders; 1 oversized folder)
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection (GLC 109), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Moon Over Miami was a benefit event for the Miami Gay Support Committee which opposed Anita Bryant's "Save Our Children" campaign against homosexuals. The Moon Over Miami event included several entertainers with Armisted Maupin as the master of ceremonies. Maupin refers to the event in his Tales of the City installment which is clipped in the file. Klein was successful in this venture and was involved with additional fundraisers. There are programs for a Hollywood Bowl event "A Star Spangled Night For Rights," "A Little Rights Music," the Concerned Voters of California No on 6 dinner program, and the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade and Celebration.
- Biographical / historical:
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Allen Klein was born in New York, and attended Hunter College and Yale Drama School. He worked as an art director and scenic designer for CBS-TV in New York. He moved to the Haight District in San Francisco and established a silk screen business called The Works. He was a member of a gay fathers group in the 1970s.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Allen Klein, January 28, 2016.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged by format: Subject Files (arranged chronologically) are followed by Photographs.
- Physical location:
- Open for research. The collection is offsite and advance notice is required for retrieval. Material must be requested at least 4 business days in advance of visit.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2016
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2016-10-07 16:42:15 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research and available for use during San Francisco History Center hours. Photographs are available during Photo Desk hours. This collection must be requested at least 4 business days in advance of visit.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection (GLC 109), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.
- Location of this collection:
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San Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102, US
- Contact:
- (415) 557-4567