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Title: David M. Lindahl papers
Dates: 1971-1994
Bulk Dates: (bulk
1980-1989)
Collection number: Coll2006-006
Creator:
Lindahl, David M.,
1957-1994
Collection Size: 13 archive boxes
5.2 linear feet
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Journals, performance pieces, poetry, prose, and
plays, primarily 1980-1989, relating to the life, literary and artistic careers
of David M. Lindahl (1957-1994), author, AIDS activist, graphic and performance
artist, and assistant editor of
The James White Review.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
The collection is open to researchers when ONE National Gay and Lesbian
Archives is open, and at other times by appointment. There are no access
restrictions.
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
David M. Lindahl papers, Coll2006-006, ONE National Gay and Lesbian
Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Upon Lindahl's death in 1994, his papers, together with those of Tom
Young, which he had inherited upon the latter's death in 1989, passed to Philip
H. Willkie.
Gift, together with the James L. White Papers, James White Review
Association Records, and the Tom Young Papers, of Philip H. Willkie, March 21,
2004.
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, November 09, 2006.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the
National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
David M. Lindahl was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 15,
1957, and was raised in Ledyard, Connecticut. He earned a B.A. in Landscape
Architecture in 1979 from the University of West Virginia, where he also
pursued an interest in writing. He then moved to Minneapolis, where he
continued his literary pursuits, frequenting the Loft writing center and
joining the Writers Support Group for Men. When
The James White Review (TJWR) was founded in
1983, members of the Support Group formed the core of original contributors,
and the first issue, published in October 1983, included poetry and graphics by
Lindahl. He served as an editor of
TJWR from 1985-1989, and toured to promote
the
TJWR and poetry. He also contributed prose,
poetry, and graphics to
Streamlines, Evergreen Chronicles, Hungry Mind
Review
, and
Equal Time. As a performance artist, Lindahl
wrote and performed his own works, including benefits for various community
AIDS organizations. Additionally, he served on the staff of the Minnesota AIDS
Interfaith Council and was a co-founder the Radical Faerie HIV Action Group.
Lindahl died on August 26, 1994, in Minneapolis.
Sources:
Lindahl, David.
Voices Over the River: Poems and
Illustrations
. Minneapolis, Minn.: Daisy Publications,
1993.
Willkie, Phil. "From the Publisher,"
James White Review, 11 no. 5 (Fall 1994):
2.
Weaver, Read. "Some of a Kind: Publications of Special Interest: Gay
Publications."
Utne Reader , July/August 1987,
115.
Scope and Content of Collection
Lindahl's personal journals form the bulk of the collection. The
journals are composed of traditional entries, interspersed with drafts of
poetry and correspondence. Other materials include plays, poetry, prose, and
reviews of the writings of others, in various stages of development. The
materials are arranged by genre: journals, performance pieces, plays, poetry
anthologies and poetry drafts, prose, and reviews. The journals are arranged
chronologically by the first dated entry; however, they do not run
consecutively, and there is some overlap between various volumes. The other
materials within each genre category are arranged alphabetically by final
title, when known. Stage directions, works, flyers, and reviews document his
performance pieces. Lindahl re-worked pieces over time, and early drafts of
some his pieces can be found in the "Homework" folders, which also contain
Lindahl's schoolwork, primarily from his high school and college writing
classes. The arrangement of the untitled works reflects the order in which they
were found.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
James White Review
Association
Gay men's writings, American
Gays in literature
Gays' writings
Performance art--United States
Poets, American--20th century
James L. White Papers, Coll2006-003, ONE National Gay and Lesbian
Archives, Los Angeles, California.
James White Review Association Records, Coll2006-004, ONE National Gay
and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Tom Young Papers, Coll2006-005, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives,
Los Angeles, California.