James Dewsnap collection
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Title: James Dewsnap collection
Dates: 1994
Collection Number: 1999-19
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 half manuscript box
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The James Dewsnap collection contains two full-length nude portraits of Scott O'Hara by San Francisco artist David Ross; transcripts
of 16 interviews from 1994 that Dewsnap conducted with Jackie Phillips, the lead "comedienne" at Finocchio's from the late
1950s to the mid-1970s; and an unpublished book-length typescript on Phillips’ life, called "Oh, what a drag! The life and
career of Wacky Jackie Phllips, Finocchio's riotous redhead, as told to Jim Dewsnap."
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. James Dewsnap collection. Collection Number: 1999-19. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of James W. Dewsnap on April 26, 1999.
Scope and Content of Collection
The James Dewsnap collection contains two full-length nude portraits of Scott O'Hara by San Francisco artist David Ross; transcripts
of 16 interviews from 1994 that Dewsnap conducted with Jackie Phillips, the lead "comedienne" at Finocchio's from the late
1950s to the mid-1970s; and an unpublished book-length typescript on Phillips’ life, called "Oh, what a drag! The life and
career of Wacky Jackie Phllips, Finocchio's riotous redhead, as told to Jim Dewsnap." Also includes audiotapes of the interviews
with Phillips (whose alternate name was Ernst Deltorre), an audio tape labeled Jackie/Harold (also from 1994), and 3 floppy
disks with electronic versions of the manuscript and interview. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001443http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008519
Drag
Oral history
Gay men
Erotica