Paul Mariah papers
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Title: Paul Mariah papers
Dates: 1972-1984
Collection Number: 1997-18
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .25 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection consists of materials related to the late San Francisco Bay Area poet Paul Mariah, a pioneer of the gay literary
scene.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Paul Mariah papers. Collection Number: 1997-18. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of materials related to the late Bay Area poet Paul Mariah, a pioneer of the gay literary scene.
Mariah founded "ManRoot" poetry magazine and ManRoot Press in San Francisco in 1969. He was also a member (and former president)
of Council of Religion and the Homosexual. Materials include articles by Mariah, a broadside, correspondence, flyers for events
and poems. The collection also contains the following chapbooks: "Poems to an army Deserter Who Is in Jail," "Letter to Robert
Duncan while Bending the Bow," "This Light Will Spread: Selected Poems: 1960-1975," and "Apparitions of a Black Pauper's Suit:
13 Eulogies." There are also materials related to ManRoot Press, including catalogs, publication announcements and chapbooks.
GSSO linked terms: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008091; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
Literature
Gay men