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LGTV video collection
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: LGTV video collection
creator:
Rigby, Robin, 1962-
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2019-008
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
1 box.
Date (inclusive): 1991-1997
Abstract: Hi-8 videocassettes, newspaper clippings, and photographic prints, 1991-1997, from Robin Rigby. This collection includes material
related to the Providence, Rhode Island-based television show
LGTV which aired in the early 1990s.
Photographs and documents are at the beginning, followed by videocassettes. The materials are arranged alphabetically.
LGTV started out as a public access television show in the early 1990s in Providence, Rhode Island. This LGBT magazine style television
show originally was conceived by two lesbian women and was enacted by a group of volunteers.
LGTV originally aired in Providence, but after a slot opened up in the statewide programming
LGTV was broadcasted throughout Rhode Island.
The group behind
LGTV covered any LGBT event happening within the state but also managed to secure press passes to national events like the 1993
March on Washington or the
Lighten Up! comedy show in New York City. They also conducted interviews on subjects important to their audience and had a monthly calendar
of events.
LGTV had various segments and included segments shot outside of the studio. One episode included on-location segments of the AIDS
Memorial Quilt exhibition at Rhode Island College, a demonstration at the Mapplethorpe exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary
Art in Boston, the picketing of Brad Gorham and Arthur Read's law offices, and interviews with gay men and residents of Providence
about local news.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robin Rigby, March 2, 2019.
[Box/folder #, or item name] LGTV Video Collection, Coll2019-008, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection processed by Eve Moeykens-Arballo, 2019.
The collection includes 11 Hi-8 videocassettes, newspaper clippings, and 35mm photoraphic prints and negatives. The 8-mm videocassettes
were shot by Robin Rigby and include footage from Rhode Island in the early 1990s such as the Walk for Life in 1991; Gay Pride
in 1991; Gay Pride in 1992; the Stravaganza in 1996; the Simple Justice Protest; Providence Pride in 1993, 1995, and 1997;
footage from the 1993 March on Washington; and footage from the NYC comedy special
Lighten Up! The photographic prints include 3 sets of of photographs taken at the 1993 March on Washington. The newspaper clippings include
reviews of
LGTV in newspapers such as
The Newpaper and
The Providence Journal.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gays in mass media
Homosexuality on television
Lesbians in mass media
Television programs
Videotapes