Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ed Menerth papers
- Dates:
- 1942-1998
- Creators:
- Menerth, Ed (Edward Franklin)
- Abstract:
- Photographs, coded notes on erotic films, correspondence, and diaries, 1942-1998 of acting and vocal coach, Ed Menerth. Menerth attended Pennsylvania State University and was an acting coach at the University of Miami. He continued his acting and vocal coaching in West Hollywood, California, where he was a literary agent for Dale Garrick International.
- Extent:
- 2.0 Linear Feet 1 archives box, 2 archives cartons.
- Language:
- English and English
- Preferred citation:
-
[Box #, Folder#], Ed Menerth Papers, Coll2014-050, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection, 1942-1998, primarily consists of headshots, coded notes on erotic videos, and Polariods of nude actors. The collection also includes limited correspondence, personal photographs, and two multi-year diaries.
- Biographical / historical:
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One of Menerth's diaries lists his home address as Mountainside, New Jersey which corresponds to the issuing state of his Social Security number. He served in the United States Army Signal Corp in 1944. He earned his master's degree from Pennsylvania State University and by 1953 worked in the drama department at the University of Miami. In 1971 his book, Singing in style: A guide to performance techniques of vocal literature from the Middle Ages to the present day was published. By the mid-1970s he had relocated to West Hollywood, California, where he continued his acting and voice coaching. During this time he also was a literary agent with the Dale Garrick International Agency. And in the mid-to-late 1970s he reviewed books and motion pictures for Drummer magazine, using the pseudonym Ed Franklin. Menerth died in 2001..
Sources:
Ed Menerth Papers, Coll2014-050, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Fritscher, Jack. "The Academy: Incarceration for Pleasure," Drummer 145, December 1990, (as found in Gay San Francisco: Eyewitness Drummer Magazine, at www.JackFritscher.com)
- Acquisition information:
- The Ed Menerth papers were a gift of the attorney for estate of Ed Menerth in 2001.
- Processing information:
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Collection processed by Robert Graves, Patrick Mansfield and Michael C. Oliveira, August 2014.
- Arrangement:
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The materials Menerth collected and placed in numbered binders preceed his papers and photographs arranged in chronological order.
Series 1: Binders
Series 2: Papers and photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Sponsor:
- Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2014-12-12 11:50:57 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Box #, Folder#], Ed Menerth Papers, Coll2014-050, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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909 West Adams BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007, US
- Contact:
- (213) 821-2771