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Clark (Robert) Photographs and Papers
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Robert Clark photographs and papers
creator:
Clark, Robert
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2012-139
Physical Description:
4.6 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1850-2003
Abstract: Photographs, papers, and organizational records of Robert Clark primarily documenting his life and travels, 1992-2003, as
well as AIDS organizations in the Illinois and Missouri area, 1991-2001. Robert Clark, a gay rights activist from the St.
Louis area, lived with his partner Tom Gibbons for over 50 years.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Photograph albums, VHS, and portraits donated by Alice Clifner, December 17, 2011. Other materials donated by Robert J. Clark
at an unknown time.
Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2014. Accrual processed by Claire Forsyth, 2016.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Robert Clark Photographs and Papers, Coll2012-139, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Robert Clark is a gay rights activist from the St. Louis area. He lived in Los Angeles with his partner, Tom Gibbons. Gibbons
and Clark were together for more than 50 years and their domestic partnership was recognized by a certificate from the State
of California in July 2003. They also received a certificate of commendation from the Mayor of West Hollywood, who declared
July 9, 2000, to be Tom Gibbons and Bob Clark Day in the City of West Hollywood in honour of their 50th anniversary.
Photographs, papers, and organizational records of Robert Clark primarily documenting his life and travels, 1992-2003, as
well as AIDS organizations in the Illinois and Missouri area, 1991-2001. The collection includes photographs of St. Louis
area and national LGBT-related events, photographs of presumed gay or bisexual men from the turn of the 19th century, photograph
albums and VHS of Robert Clark and Tom Gibbons' lives and travels together, and home movies from the 1950s. The collection
also includes meeting minutes, reports, directories, correspondence, pamphlets, project proposals, program descriptions, financial
records, and fliers of AIDS services organizations based in Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio, 1989-2001.
The collection is arranged in four series:
Series 1. Photographs, circa 1850-1937, 1991-2001
Series 2. Photograph albums of Tom Gibbons and Robert Clark, 1999-2003
Series 3. AIDS-related records, 1989-1999
Series 4. VHS and drawings, circa 1950-2000
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS (disease) -- Patients, services for -- Illinois
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients, Services for -- Missouri -- St. Louis
Events -- United States
Gay community -- Illinois
Gay community -- Missouri -- St. Louis
Photographs
Photograph albums
Clark, Robert