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Partyka (Eugene) and Philip Stuart papers
Coll2015-008
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Eugene Partyka and Philip Stuart papers
creator:
Partyka, Eugene J. (Eugene John)
creator:
Stuart, Philip (Philip Stuart Smith)
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2015-008
Physical Description:
13.5 Linear Feet
3 boxes, 4 cartons, 2 photo album boxes, 3 shoeboxes, 4 flat boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1961-2000
Abstract: Correspondence, journals, notebooks, photographs, slides, negatives, drawings, scrapbooks, film (home movies), sound recordings,
video recordings, uniform accoutrements, and other material, 1961-2000, from Eugene Partyka and Philip Stuart. Materials
in the collection document the relationship between Partyka and Stuart, as well as Partyka and his former partner Val Sondergaard.
The bulk of the collection is Partyka and Stuart's visual works and other creative projects mostly involving photography,
writings, drawings, and abstract geometic designs. Also included are documents and memorabilia related to Partyka's status
as a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Eugene John Partyka was born on November 2, 1938 in Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from
Michigan Technological University before serving in the United States Navy from 1961-1971. He received his Masters of Science
degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in 1971. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Partyka worked
in sales and program development in multi-media design companies, including Laser Images, Inc. Partyka died November 26, 2000
in Los Angeles, California.
Source:
Box 1, Folder 1, Eugene Partyka and Philip Stuart Papers, Coll2015-008, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Philip Stuart Smith was born on June 15, 1937. Stuart was partner and creative collaborator to Eugene Partyka. He was also
a photographer, and often used the pseudonym Thor Smith. Philip Stuart died of complications from AIDS in February 1986.
Source:
Box 1, Folder 29, and Box 2, Folder 15, Eugene Partyka and Philip Stuart Papers, Coll2015-008, ONE National Gay & Lesbian
Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor and method of acquisition unknown.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Eugene Partyka and Philip Stuart Papers, Coll2015-008, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California.
Formerly boxes #102-A126B, 103-179, 103-180, 103-181, 103-182, 103-183, 103-184, 103-185, 103-186, 103-188, and 103-343. Collection
processed by Loni Shibuyama, March 2015.
The collection comprises correspondence, journals, notebooks, photographs, slides, negatives, drawings, scrapbooks, film (home
movies), sound recordings, video recordings, uniform accoutrements, and other material, 1961-2000, from Eugene Partyka and
Philip Stuart. Materials in the collection document the relationship between Partyka and Stuart, as well as Partyka and his
former partner Val Sondergaard. The bulk of the collection is Partyka and Stuart's visual works and other creative projects
mostly involving photography, writings, drawings, and abstract geometic designs. Also included are documents and memorabilia
related to Partyka's status as a veteran of the Vietnam War.
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Six film reels of gay erotic content and one VHS videocassette, First Class Male: Smooth Touch, have been separated to the
ONE Archives audiovisual collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gays -- Correspondence
Drawings (visual works)
Notebooks
Veterans
Partyka, Eugene J. (Eugene John)
Stuart, Philip (Philip Stuart Smith)