Finding Aid of the Kitty Tsui Papers LSC.1949
Finding aid prepared by Stacy Wood, 2011 and Sabrina Ponce, 2017; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 28 August 2017.
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Title: Kitty Tsui papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1949
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1996
Abstract: Although born in Hong Kong in 1952, Kitty Tsui spent her childhood in California. She earned a degree in Creative Writing
from San Francisco State University. Her poetry and prose has been published in over 35 anthologies, and she has published
three books. Tsui is also a competitive body-builder. She earned a bronze medal at the Gay Games in San Francisco in 1986
and a gold medal in Vancouver in 1990. This collection contains work by and about the poet, activist, and bodybuilder Kitty
Tsui. Most of the materials contained are concerning her bodybuilder accomplishments and her regular sports writing featured
in San Francisco news outlets.
Physical location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Tsui, Kitty
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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[Identification of item], Kitty Tsui Papers (Collection 1949). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6956308
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library .
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2011. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
Although born in Hong Kong in 1952, Kitty Tsui spent her childhood in California. She earned a degree in Creative Writing
from San Francisco State University. Her poetry and prose has been published in over 35 anthologies including
Chloe Plus Olivie (1994) and
Lesbian Erotics (1995). She received the CLAGS 1995 Ken Dawson Award for research in gay and lesbian history and was also listed as one of
the 50 most influential people in gay and lesbian literature by Lambda Book Report. She has been featured in three films,
Women of Gold (1990),
Framing Lesbian Fashion (1992), and
Cut Sleeve (1992). Tsui is also a competitive body-builder. She earned a bronze medal at the Gay Games in San Francisco in 1986 and
a gold medal in Vancouver in 1990. Tsui is the author of three books:
The Words of a Woman who Breathes Fire,
Breathless, and
Sparks Fly.
Breathless won the Firecracker Alternative Book Award at the ABA in Chicago in 1996. Her third book,
Sparks fly, was penned by her alter ego, Eric Norton, a gay leatherman in pre-AIDS San Francisco.
This collection includes prose writings, correspondence, clippings, reviews, and poetry by Kitty Tsui. The majority of the
collection consists of newspaper clippings from San Francisco area news outlets. The subject matter focuses on Kitty Tsui's
sports writing and bodybuilding career.
Materials are maintained in their original order.
Asian Pacific Islander Collection 1980-2001 . The collection is housed in University of California, Santa Cruz Special Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Tsui, Kitty -- Archives
Asian American women authors--California--Archives.
Women bodybuilders--California--Archives.
Box 1, Folder 1
Box 1, Folder 2
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 5
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folders 7-8
Publications and news coverage 1975 September - 1993 June
Newspaper articles and publications that grapple with activism, media blackout, identity politics, and other issues within
the LGBT community, some of which mention Kitty Tsui's work and are written by her for San Francisco-based news outlets. Also
includes sports coverage, poetry, and event and athlete profiles. Folder 7 contains materials dating from August 1981 to September
1992. Folder 8 contains materials dating from September 1975 to June 1993.