Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Related Material
Separated Materials
Index
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Southeastern Arts, Media and Education Project records
creator:
Ranson, Rebecca (Rebecca Hargett)
creator:
Southeastern Arts, Media & Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.)
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2008-020
Identifier/Call Number: 541
Physical Description:
5.25 Linear Feet
5 boxes and 1 oversize item.
Date (inclusive): 1985-1996
Abstract: Play submissions, correspondence, membership information, administrative records, and publications of the Southeastern Arts
Media and Entertainment (SAME) Project, 1985 to 1996.
Container: 1
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Publication Rights
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).
Preferred Citation
[Box #, Folder #], Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) Project Records, Coll2008-020, ONE National Gay and Lesbian
Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Acquisition Information
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira and Sócrates Silva, May 22, 2008. An additional 1.25 linear foot was added to
the collection, and the finding aid was revised in 2016.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
The following folders have been separated from the collection due to physical damage:
Bailiwick (1989-1993)
Buddies in the Bad Times (1989-1990)
Gay Performances Company (1980-1990)
Gay Sweatshop (1975-1992)
The Glines (1989-1993)
Kaliyuga Arts (undated)
Keller, Lawrence (1991)
Theatre Rhinoceros (1992)
Three Dollar Bill (undated)
Administrative History
The Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) project, 1985-1996, was a multidisciplinary Atlanta based gay and lesbian
nonprofit arts organization whose mission was to utilize arts for social change. During its first ten years, 1985-1995, SAME
produced over 70 plays, original film and video works, including
Promise of Life, a documentary on people living with AIDS, and published
Amethyst, a semi-annual journal of creative writing and visual arts. SAME, along with
Southern Voice newspaper, co-produced the Southeastern Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, which screened over 50 films in 1994, a major event
for the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian community. SAME also organized numerous visual arts exhibitions and an annual arts and crafts
festival.
Scope and Content of Collection
The records of the Southeastern Arts and Media Entertainment Project, (SAME), 1985-1996, consist of administrative records,
including an operational handbook, correspondence, financial ledger sheets and statements, membership lists, publications,
scripts, t-shirts, and a banner. The collection is organized in five series: (1) Adminstrative Records, (2) Publications,
(3) Scripts, (4) Ephemera, and (5) Production Files.
Related Material
Rebecca Ranson Papers, Coll2008-021, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Southeastern Arts, Media & Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1986-1996, Manuscript Collection Number 1015, Emory University.
Separated Materials
Amethyst, Winter 1987.
Cookin' with pride! [cookbook] A project of Southern Point Press, under the auspices of SAME, the Southeastern Arts, Media
and Education Project, Inc. (book)
Different [musical], Dan Pruitt, Patrick Hutchinson, and Rebecca Ranson, VV0220. (video VHS)
The Report Line newsletter of the Southeastern Arts, Media and Education Project, Inc. (newsletters)
Southern Voice, Vol. 1, No. 12 (August 4, 1988).
"Special Black Gay Pride Issue" Venus (Aug./Sept. 1996).
Index
Ball, Charlene
Bumbalo, Victor, 1948-
Calabria, Deb
Cloutier, Martin
Cyr, Dave
Dana, Mary
Dillon, David
Field, Aden
Fields, Mike
Fries, Kenny
Garner, Terry Cammon, 1953-
Grimsley, Jim, 1955-
Hill, Stebbo
Imhotep, Akbar
Lawes, Lisa
Olson, Donald S.
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943-
Raphel, Kenneth
Smith, Don
Sojourner, Sabrina
Underwood, Lolita
Wertheim, Aubrey
Yeoman, Cal
Youngblood, Shay
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay dramatists
Gay theater
Homosexuality and theater
Lesbian dramatists