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Scripts (gay and lesbian drama) collection
Coll2008.003
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Gay and Lesbian Drama Scripts Collection
creator:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2008.003
Physical Description:
13.1 Linear Feet
[10 archives boxes, 1 archives carton, 1 archives half-carton]
Date (inclusive): circa 1938-2005
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: Stage and motion picture scripts, screenplays, synopses, treatments, and music and lyrics, most with a lesbian, gay, bisexual,
or transgender theme or possibly by a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person.
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.
Box #, folder #, Gay and Lesbian Drama Scripts Collection, Coll2008-003, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles,
California.
This collection was assembled from scripts removed from various other collections acquired by ONE National Gay and Lesbian
Archives and its predecessors prior to 2006.
Processed by Michael C. Oliveira, with assistance from Jim D. Deaton and Sócrates Silva, February 2008. An additional 6 linear
feet was added to the collection and processed by Michael Oliveira, May 2013.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC).
Scope and Content of Collection
Stage and motion picture scripts, screenplays, synopses, treatments, and music and lyrics for musicals, most with a lesbian,
gay, bisexual, or transgender theme or possibly by a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person.
The documents are arranged alphabetically by author, then alphabetically by title. Works by anonymous or unknown authors and
works whose titles are unknown are listed at the end of the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Drama
Gay dramatists
Gay theater
Lesbian dramatists
Lesbian theater
Motion picture plays
Radical theater
Screenplays
Scripts (documents)
Stage adaptations
Treatments (documents)
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives