Matthews (Tede) "Some of My Best Friends: poetry", [1981]

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Summary

Title:
Some of my Best Friends: poetry by Tede Matthews,
Dates:
[1981]
Creators:
Matthews, Tede, 1951-1993
Abstract:
Poems written between 1974 and 1981 by gay poet and activist, Tede Matthews.
Extent:
1.0 folder
Language:
Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], "Some of My Best Friends: poetry by Tede Matthews" (GLC 100), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Poems: Mercy & the Hot Rod (12/72); Cold on a Midnite Lamppost (1/74); Savannah; The Drought Affects the Family Trees (74); Norma Rae (3/5/79); Sexual Terror(3/24/79); Pompeii, for Paul; Somewhere Is Rijeka (11/79); Some People (5/1/80); On the Death of Somoza (10/80); Empty Sugar Bowl Blues (12/80); Survival Song (1/3/81); Queer Bashing (1/4/81); Green (1/19/81); The Sin of Admission (1/15/81); The Last Plunge; Cursed.

Biographical / historical:

Tede Matthews (1951–1993) was a poet and activist. He was a collective member of Modern Times bookstore and organized many literary events around San Francisco. He is perhaps best known for his appearance in the 1977 documentary Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives. His interests included AIDS activism, work in solidarity with anti-imperialist struggles in Central and South America, and projects in support of the people's movement in Chile in the 1970s and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua in the 1980s. Tede died of AIDS in 1993.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Mark Weisman, 2015.
Arrangement:

Poems appear in original order.

Physical location:
The collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Gay poets

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson
Date Prepared:
2015
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-03-26T17:56-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], "Some of My Best Friends: poetry by Tede Matthews" (GLC 100), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Contact:
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
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