Ron Wright oral history collection

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GLBT Historical Society

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Ron Wright oral history collection

Dates: 1993-1994

Collection Number: 1997-29

Creator/Collector:

Extent: .2 linear feet

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: The Ron Wright oral history collection contains two audiotaped interviews, photographs, draft transcripts, and a final manuscript, "Foretellings: A Life History." Wright, who died of AIDS in 1994, was a pioneer in the lesbian and gay parenting community.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Ron Wright oral history collection. Collection Number: 1997-29. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

The Ron Wright oral history collection contains two audiotaped interviews, photographs, draft transcripts, and a final manuscript, "Foretellings: A Life History." Wright, who died of AIDS in 1994, was a pioneer in the lesbian and gay parenting community. In telling his life story, Wright also talks about general LGBT history in the San Francisco Bay Area, his relationship with filmmaker Derek Jarman and his childhood in Canada. The interview was conducted by his friend, oral historian Jeff Friedman. Friedman conceived and initiated the Legacy Oral History Program at the Museum of Performance & Design in San Francisco. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008519

Indexing Terms

Oral history