Career and activism Series 1.
1978-1996
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet.
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of documents related to Sallie Fiske's work as publisher and editor-in-chief of the
West Hollywood Paper, including original and carbon copies of Fiske's manuscripts, contact and circulation lists, financial documents, advertising
materials, paste-ups, resumes sent to the paper, correspondence, tax documents, a City of West Hollywood Proclamation, and
reporter's notes. This series also includes documents from before and after Fiske's work on the
West Hollywood Paper, including manuscripts written for other magazines and newspapers, public relations press kits, resumes, news clippings,
copies of articles for research, and sketches.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 1
"A Report of Statewide Study," prepared by Public Response Associates, Inc. (Briggs Initiative)
April 1978
Box 1, Folder 2
"Images of Women in Animation," special guest speaker, Sallie Fiske
January 28, 1981 - September 12, 1981
Box 1, Folder 3
Public relations; soaps show
1982
Box 1, Folder 4
"The Strawberry Syndrome," article by Sallie Fiske
June 26 - 27, 1982
Box 1, Folder 5
"Female Characters in Disney Films," article that mentions Fiske's research
July 16, 1983
Box 1, Folder 7-8
Manuscripts
1983-1984
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
West Hollywood Paper
Bulk, 1984-1985
1984-1990
Box 1, Folder 9
West Hollywood Proclamation
November 29, 1984
Box 3, Folder 1-2
Financial records
January 1985 - May 1986
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
Box 3, Folder 3
Correspondence
November 1985 - October 1986
Box 1, Folder 10
Clippings about the
West Hollywood Paper
November 18, 1985
Box 1, Folder 11
Advertising information
1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 12
Advertising materials
1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 13
Circulation lists
1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 15-16
Manuscripts
1985-1986
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
Box 3, Folder 4-5
Paste-ups
1985-1986
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
Box 1, Folder 17
Resumes to
West Hollywood Paper
1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 18
City contract; West Hollywood Street Festival
June 1986
Box 1, Folder 19
Bankruptcy
January 1987 - May 1990
Box 1, Folder 21
Terrigno (Valerie) case
June 1985 - April 1986
Box 1, Folder 22
Cavendish West proposal
Feberuary 1987
Box 1, Folder 23
Reporter's notebook and notes
circa 1987-1988
Box 1, Folder 24
Untitled manuscripts
1988
Box 1, Folder 25
Gay and Lesbian Task Force of West Hollywood; Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade
June 1988
Box 1, Folder 26-27
Orange County
July - August 1988
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
Box 2, Folder 1
Peter McAlear 40th Birthday
October 8, 1989
Box 2, Folder 2
Diane di Prima; gay and AIDS
October - November 1990
Box 2, Folder 3
Square Peg Magazine
January 4, 1996
Box 3, Folder 6
Miscellaneous news clippings and articles
August 1987 - April 1995
Personal Series 2.
1958-2004
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet.
Series Scope and Contents
This series consists of a last will and testament written by Sallie Fiske; correspondence; notes; letters and cards written
to Fiske in late 1958-1959 from her lesbian lover, Laurie; financial records; contact lists; tax records; mementos; and copies
of the manuscript, "The Squeeze," by Deborah Leschin and "The Fire, The Family," by Ann Solomon.
Box 2, Folder 4
Last will and testament
No date
Box 3, Folder 7
Laurie (originals)
October 1958 - December 1959
Box 3, Folder 8
Laurie (photocopies)
October 1958 - December 1959
Box 2, Folder 6
Employment
August 1981 - April 1982
Box 2, Folder 7-8
Candy Laughlin
April - August 1983
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
Box 2, Folder 9
Eloise Klein Healy
June 25, 1988
General Physical Description note: includes 1 photograph (5x7 in.): b&w.
Box 3, Folder 9
Willum Tompkins
July 16, 1988
Box 2, Folder 11
Estate sale, financial records, and correspondence
June 1987 - July 1994
Box 2, Folder 12
Handwritten notes
No date
Manuscripts by others
circa 1979-1990
Box 2, Folder 14
"Towards the New Frontiers of Fairy Vision," by Harry Hay
November 23, 1979
Box 2, Folder 15
"The Fire, The Family," by Ann Solomon
No date
Box 2, Folder 16
"The Squeeze," by Deborah Leschin
No date
Box 2, Folder 17
Mementos
1985
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
Box 3, Folder 10-12
Financial records
1975-1990
Physical Description:
3.0 folders.
Oversize 1
City of West Hollywood Remembrance
April 18, 2004
Photographs, negatives, and slides Series 3.
1985-1986
Physical Description:
3.0 linear feet.
Series Scope and Contents
This series consists of photographs, contact sheets, and negatives related to the
West Hollywood Paper and Fiske's personal life. This series is divided into two subseries: (3.1)
West Hollywood Paper and (3.2) Personal. There are hundreds of photographs, mostly black and white, as well as corresponding and non-corresponding
contact sheets and negatives. This series also consists of approximately sixty color slides.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
West Hollywood Paper
Subseries 3.1.
1985-1986
Physical Description:
1.4 linear feet.
Subseries Scope and Contents
This subseries contains photographs, negatives, and slides pertaining to Sallie Fiske's work as publisher and editor-in-chief
of the
West Hollywood Paper.
Box 4, Folder 1
List of photos on contact sheets for
West Hollywood Paper
1985-1986
Box 4, Folder 2
Advertising
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: Negatives and contact sheet.
Scope and Contents note
Includes negatives for Lord's Limo and Gayle Wilson.
Box 4, Folder 3
Andy Summers opening
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: negatives
Box 4, Folder 4-7
Architecture; buildings
1985-1986
Physical Description:
4.0 folders.
General Physical Description note: 5 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w; 26 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 36 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 22 contact sheets, 25 negative
sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs and negatives of Esprit de Corp Building; West Hollywood City Hall - The Boulevard; Piazza del Sol Building;
The Body Shop; Art and Architecture - Books for the 20th Century; Roxy; Book Soup; Sunset Plaza; Beverly Center; Ma Maison
Hotel; The Granville Hotel; San Vicente; Cedar-Sinai Medical Center; Max Factor Family Tower; Liberty Printing Company; Arturo's
Flowers; St. James's Club; Fleurs du Jour; Black Sea; West Hollywood Opportunity Center; chinese food; firemen; Los Angeles
County Fire Department; Los Angeles Fire Station #7; and Schindler House, 1921.
Includes photographs by Joe La Russo and Philip Ehrens.
Box 4, Folder 8
Art
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 photograph (5x7 in.):b&w; 15 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 4 photographs (8x10 in.):b&w; 8 contact sheets; 9 negative sheets;
3 color postcards.
Scope and Contents note
Includes art postcards for Anna Holmer: Voyages; Brock Klein: Ruth Bachofner Gallery; and Richard Cronin Art. Also, includes
photographs of card readers; jugglers; Fiona Whitney Gallery; Wild Blue; and St. Patrick's Day party.
Includes photographs by Ann Solomon.
Box 4, Folder 9
Christmas
1985
General Physical Description note: 4 contact sheets, 4 negative sheets
Box 4, Folder 10
Circus Vargas
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 contact sheet, 1 negative sheet
Box 4, Folder 11
City shots
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 7 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 1 photograph (5x10 in.): b&w; 7 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 1 contact sheet; 1 negative sheet.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Bank of Los Angeles; Audobon Society; Petersen Building; Chateau Marmont; Imperial Gardens; Back to
the Future billboard; and After Hours billboard.
Box 4, Folder 12
Cover photos
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 7 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 16 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 3 photographs (9x12 in.): b&w; 2 contact sheets; 2 negative
sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Jewish children; homeless people; street walkers; Petersen Building; Joys Toys; and high school football.
Includes photographs by Joe la Russo.
Box 4, Folder 13
Events, unidentified
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 15 contact sheets and 20 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of members of City of West Hollywood Council.
Box 4, Folder 14
Feature
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 15 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 1 contact sheet; 2 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Billboard Factory and Fairfax Vitalization.
Box 4, Folder 15-17
Groups, people
1985-1986
Physical Description:
3.0 folders.
General Physical Description note: 5 photographs (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.): b&w; 4 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w; 21 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 21 photographs (8x10
in.): b&w; 15 contact sheets; 19 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Canter's Fairfax; Valerie Terrigno; BAPA mixer held at Revolver, with Jeff Bowman, Jeff Bustamante;
Jeff Butzin: Troika van Tryon Wonderland Design Company; Vanguard Photography; Dr. Spock; Bruce Jay; George Moreno; Richard
Bochenek; Log Cabin Republican Club; marathon; Rock Hudson We Love You; Tom Fournier, Sallie Fiske, Noreen Hill-Duffy; Noreen
Hill-Duffy, Tom Fournier; Arthur Lawrence and civic activists Margo and Bud Siegel; city birthday: Carlos N Charlie's; and
high school students.
Includes photographs by Jillian Steinberg and Anita Marto.
Box 5, Folder 1-5
Individuals
1985-1986
Physical Description:
5.0 folders.
General Physical Description note: 11 photographs (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.): b&w; 11 photographs (4x5 in.): b&w; 14 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w; 14 photographs (5x8
in.): b&w; 33 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 30 contact sheets; 19 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Alan Viterbi; Valerie Terrigno; Paul Brotzman; West Hollywood city councilmembers; Cantor Nathan Katzman
and son Mark; Isaaz Asimov; Severyn Ashkenazy; Paula Van Ness, AIDS Project Los Angeles; Festival of Lights; Don Genhart,
election night; celebrity fashion show; softball team players: Jessica, Rick, Ana, Franco, Amanda, Andrea, Gina and Jason;
Association of Invalids and Veterans of WWII from Russia; homeless people; Robert Banks; Chabad Lubavitch Center Russian Synagogue;
AIDS Walk Los Angeles Jazz Concert; Koontz; Steven J; Indiana Joan's; Melrose; and Festival of Lights, 1985.
Includes photographs by Vanguard Photography and Art Zeesman Photography.
Box 5, Folder 6-7
Interior
1985-1986
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
General Physical Description note: 10 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 4 contact sheets; 3 negative sheets.
Box 5, Folder 8
Jewish event, unidentified
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 contact sheet, 1 negative sheet.
Box 5, Folder 9
John Heilman for Mayor
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 2 contact sheets, 2 negative sheets.
Box 5, Folder 10
Le Belage Hotel
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 4 contact sheets, 3 negative sheets.
Box 5, Folder 11
Ma Maison construction site
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 negative sheet.
Box 5, Folder 12
Malcolm's 30th Birthday
circa 1985
General Physical Description note: 1 contact sheet, 1 negative sheet.
Box 5, Folder 13
Municipal Elections Committee of Los Angeles (MECLA) event
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 contact sheet, 1 negative sheet.
Box 5, Folder 14
Melrose
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 negative sheet.
Box 5, Folder 15
News shots
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 3 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w; 18 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 7 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 8 contact sheets; 13 negative
sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Neighborhood to Neighborhood; West Hollywood Union; Victim William Kraft; Mayor Tom Bradley; Paula
Van Ness, executive director APLA; David R. Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer Transamerica Life Companies; Center for Early
Education; Los Angeles Sheriffs; war memorial; wanted poster photocopy; Carney's; Screen Actor's Guild; Yellow Submarine;
and King Road Construction to upgrade apartment complex.
Includes photographs by Jaime and Jeff Share.
Box 5, Folder 16-17
Oddities of West Hollywood
1985-1986
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
General Physical Description note: 3 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w; 32 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 12 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 16 contact sheets; 16 negatives.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of West Hollywood Marathon; West Hollywood Babas; Going Ape Over the King of Monsters; unveiling the
West Hollywood sign at EZTV, April 15, 1986; fashion at Fairfax High School; West Hollywood street sign; Melrose; Jimbo; West
Hollywood swap meet; Maya; and movie star maps.
Includes photographs by James Williams, Josh Weidman, and Anita Marto.
Box 5, Folder 18-19
OLEO
1985-1986
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
General Physical Description note: 2 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w; 32 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 21 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 9 contact sheets; 14 negative
sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Helen Albert: Welcome to West Hollywood; Rose Tattoo; Health Fair Expo 1986; Alfia and Ken Hollywood;
2 photocopy collages; Esthetics Hair Salon; gallery opening; Boulevard Holiday Lights; celebrity fashion show; Candy Clark;
Barbara Bain; Casandra Petersen; and Fernando Allende.
Includes photographs by Jaime Enos.
Box 6, Folder 1
Parks
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 photograph (5x8 in.): b&w.
Box 6, Folder 2
Personality
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 photograph (2x4 in.): b&w; 9 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w; 11 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 8 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 1
contact sheet; 2 negative sheets; 4 color slides.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Pro-Peace Fashion Show; Linda Blair; Joel Higgins; "Visiting Kids," photo by Gary Leonard; Debbie
Allen; Jesse Jackson; Attack Gallery; Donna McKechnie; Paula Van Ness; Richard Dreyfuss; Jeramie Dreyfuss; Phillis Diller;
Marilyn Lewis; Harry Lewis; "Over the Rainbow"; The Perines; Patty Duke, SAG President; Chris Uszler, Chairperson AGLA; Rabbi
Kolin; Elizabeth Taylor; "Visiting Kids" photo by Dennis Potokar; Justin Smith; and Cathy Wong.
Includes photographs by Sandy Dwyer and Gary Leonard.
Box 6, Folder 3
Playboy Jazz Festival
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 negative sheet.
Box 6, Folder 4-5
Police and fire
1985-1986
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
General Physical Description note: 2 photographs (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.): b&w; 12 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 2 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 12 contact sheets; 17
negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Jim Cook; Sheriff's Patch Dolls; crime prevention; John Parks, West Hollywood City Council; Captain
Jim Cook; Sargent Larry Schwartz; West Hollywood Sheriff's Department; firemen open house; firemen: long ladder; Richard LaVoi;
Los Angeles County Fire Department; and Fire People: Frosted Flakes briefing.
Box 6, Folder 6
Protests, rallies, demonstrations
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 1 photograph (5x7 in.): b&w; 2 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 3 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 2 contact sheets; 2 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Los Angeles Sex Information Helpline (LASIH), Los Angeles Free Clinic; A History of National Oppression;
City of West Hollywood flag; and fight for animal rights.
Box 6, Folder 7
Restaurants
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 9 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 7 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 1 contact sheet; 1 negative sheet.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Formosa Café; Cock & Bull; Barney's Beanery; Canter's; Doug Weston's Troubadour; and Revolver.
Box 6, Folder 8
School children
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 2 photographs (3x5 in.): b&w; 1 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w; 11 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 3 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w;
2 contact sheets; 3 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of fashion at Fairfax High School; high school football; school plays; and Hollywood Temple Beth-El.
Box 6, Folder 9
Seniors
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 9 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 2 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 1 contact sheet; 1 negative sheet.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of seniors at Plummer Park.
Box 6, Folder 10-11
Signs
1985-1986
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
General Physical Description note: 1 photograph (3x5 in.): b&w; 26 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w; 31 photographs (8x10 in.): b&w; 9 contact sheets; 9 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Barney's Beanery; Koala Blue; Industrial Revolution; Hard Times; Maya; Bagit; Time After Time; Fleshmetic;
Steven G. Floral Designs; Melrose Avenue Candy Company; Brooks Baths; Flip; Formosa Café; Zeitlin and ver Brugge Booksellers;
Billboards at Night; Flashfeet of London; Doug Weston's Troubadour; Drake's; Hadar Orthodox; Cliff Raven Custom Tattoo; Kings
Road; Tower Records; Fairfax High School; West Hollywood; New Orleans Square; Valentina Studio West; La Lanterne; Arturo's
Flowers; Canter Brothers; Cottura, Splash; Wild Blue; The Sorcerer's Shop; Sunset 405; Fleurs du Jour; El Morocco Restaurant;
Park Sunset Hotel; Fairfax Cinemas; Pussycat Theatre; Hollyway Cleaners; Pleasure Chest; The Boulevard 8611; and The Great
Peace March.
Includes photographs by Anita Marto and Ramon Naguit.
Graphic materials 6, Folder 12
Tom Proctor 5/10K Run
circa 1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 4 photographs (5x7 in.): b&w.
Box 6, Folder 13
Vehicles
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 2 photographs (5x8 in.): b&w.
Box 6, Folder 14
West Hollywood Marathon
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 2 contact sheets, 4 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs by Anita Marto.
Box 6, Folder 15
Miscellaneous negatives
1985-1986
General Physical Description note: 10 contact sheets, 15 negative sheets.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Hampton Court.
Personal Subseries 3.2.
circa 1985
Physical Description:
0.2 linear foot.
Subseries Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs and slides pertaining to the personal life of Sallie Fiske.
Graphic materials 6, Folders 16-18
Sallie Fiske "Storyboard": beloved friend, gay activist, and journalist
circa 1929-2004
Scope and Contents note
These folders consist of a series of images printed onto paper of Sallie Fiske at various stages in her life from when she
was a young girl to the last few years of her life.
Graphic materials 6, Folder 16
"Young Sallie"
circa 1935-1946
Graphic materials 6, Folder 17
"Early Adult Years"
1947-1953
Graphic materials 6, Folder 18
"Last 25 Years"
1979-2004
Graphic materials 6, Folder 19
Sallie Fiske with other individuals
circa 1984-1995
General Physical Description note: 11 photographs: b&w, col.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Fiske with Valerie Terrigno, Barbara Boxer and other unidentified individuals.
Graphic materials 6, Folder 20
Leslie's graduation
No date
General Physical Description note: 4 photographs: b&w, col.
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Valerie Terrigno.
Graphic materials 6, Folder 21
Pet dog
No date.
General Physical Description note: 9 photographs : b&w, col.
Graphic materials 6, Folder 22
Stephen M. White statue
No date.
General Physical Description note: 1 photograph: b&w.
Graphic materials 6, Folder 23
Unidentified people
1985
General Physical Description note: 3 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 6, Folder 24
Slides
No date
General Physical Description note: 57 color slides.
