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Title: Collection of personal journals
Dates: 1982-1993
Collection Number: 2013-19
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 manuscript boxes
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This is a collection of eight personal journals written by an unknown gay male author. The journals were discovered at a flea
market and date from 1982-1993. They are handwritten and typed, numbered and bound, and the collection includes Book III and
Books VI-XII. Subjects include coming out, drugs, sexuality, HIV, family, a partner named John, the Seth books, spiritual
seeking and day to day events. They provide an intimate portrait of one gay man’s life in San Francisco during these years.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Collection of personal journals. Collection Number: 2013-19. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Gabrielle Ekedal on September 17, 2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
This is a collection of eight personal journals written by an unknown gay male author. Contextual information indicates that
the author may have been John Lindy. The journals were discovered at a flea market and date from 1982-1993. They are handwritten
and typed, numbered and bound, and the collection includes Book III and Books VI-XII. Subjects include coming out, drugs,
sexuality, HIV, family, a partner named John, the Seth books, spiritual seeking and day to day events. They provide an intimate
portrait of one gay man’s life in San Francisco during these years. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/MESH/D019497
AIDS (disease)
Diaries
Gay men