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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
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Jenni Olson collection. Collection Number: 1997-04. GLBT Historical Society
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
Gay men
Lesbians
Transgender people
Motion pictures
Music