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Jenni Olson collection
1997-04  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Jenni Olson collection
    Dates: circa 1960-2010
    Collection Number: 1997-04
    Creator/Collector: Olson, Jenni
    Extent: 16 linear feet
    Repository: GLBT Historical Society
    San Francisco, California 94103
    Abstract: The collection consists of material collected by curator, filmmaker and author Jenni Olson, a national authority on queer film. Materials include national and international queer film festival records; film-related ephemera, subject files, and artifacts; audiovisual materials; and press packets, advertisements, and posters of queer and sexploitation films, dated circa 1960-2010.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Jenni Olson collection. Collection Number: 1997-04. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Jenni Olson, 1997-2017.

    Biography/Administrative History

    A leading figure in the LGBTQ film world, Jenni Olson has been making connections between queer films and audiences for more than 30 years. She is one of the world's leading experts on LGBT cinema history and was also one of the founders of PlanetOut.com.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection consists of material collected by curator, filmmaker and author Jenni Olson, a national authority on queer film. Materials include national and international queer film festival records, including programs; subject files related to classic and newly released LGBTQ films; papers related to Queer Nation, Outfest, Wolfe Video, Frameline and PlanetOut.com; film-related ephemera and artifacts, including T-shirts; audiovisual materials, including photographic slides, queer music CDs and film DVDs; and press packets, advertisements, and posters of queer and sexploitation films, dated circa 1960-2010. A preliminary inventory of the collection and posters is available in the archives. Contact the archivist for more information. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000297; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004300

    Indexing Terms

    Gay men
    Lesbians
    Transgender people
    Motion pictures
    Music