Randall Alfred papers

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2023


Descriptive Summary

Title: Randall Alfred papers
Dates: circa 1970-2017
Collection Number: 2018-23
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.5 linear feet (1 carton, 1 oversized folder)
Repository: GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Randall Alfred (also known as Randy Alfred) was a freelance journalist and radio talk show host in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1970s-1980s. The papers include a variety of materials related to gay men and LGBTQ life collected by Alfred.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright to material created by Randy Alfred has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Randall Alfred papers. Collection Number: 2018-23. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Randall (Randy) Alfred, 2017-2019.

Scope and Content of Collection

Randall Alfred (also known as Randy Alfred) was a freelance journalist and radio talk show host in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1970s-1980s. The papers include a variety of materials related to gay men and LGBTQ life. Papers include: Alfred’s oral history transcript (corrected and edited version of Randy Alfred’s oral history (98-031), donated by Alfred in 2017, and meant to be a supplemental guide to the original recording); Framed collage with clippings of Bobbi Campbell newspaper columns in the San Francisco Sentinel, cartoons, and a photograph of Bobbi Campbell, Gift to Randy Alfred in 1982 or 1983; Gay Games II 1986 poster; poster by Opal 1974 (2 men on bus bench); Stop Briggs Rally poster; Yes on T District Election of Supervisors poster; 45 record “The Epic of Dan White” by Ken Clarke and the Clarke Tones 1980 and “Chappaquiddick Boo Boo” Warped Records; sbQA tank top (circa 2000s South Bay Queer Asians); 2008 Parade Panel and South of Market (SOMA) Leather History papers; 1970s dough sculpture, artist: Nancy Fried, San Francisco lesbian, gift to Randy Alfred; Book: Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples by Hayden Curry and Denis Clifford, 1980; designs by Alfred for the Annual ‘City of Flags’ Flag Design Competition, in coordination with The Flag Store, circa 1987. See also: Randy Alfred collection of “Gay Power, Gay Politics” records (2013-16) and Randy Alfred subject files and sound recordings (1991-24). GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003729; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008497; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007641; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008497; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008525

Indexing Terms

Gay men
Journalism
Radio
Latinx people