Ron Bluestein papers, 1900s-2000s.
Collection Number: 7749
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ron Bluestein papers, 1900s-2000s.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7749
Abstract:
Collected journals and photographs of writer Ron Bluestein.
Creator:
Bluestein, Ron.
Quanitities:
2.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Ron Bluestein was born in Philadelphia on February 4, 1949 and died from cancer on
September 20, 2007 in his sister's home in Springfield, PA. His journal writing, started
as an assignment in Arthur Lessing's philosophy class at Lake Forrest College, Illinois
in 1969, continued avidly across the years. Bluestein wrote about AIDS hospice, art,
entertainment, spirituality, and sex clubs for the Bay Area Reporter, the Advocate,
Vogue, and other publications. In about 1984 he helped start the San Francisco Jacks,
a safe sex group still active in 2007 and described as "a fellowship of men who like
to jack-off in the company of like-minded men." He supported himself as a waiter and
as a caretaker in a San Francisco Zen center. He was close with his sister Sheryl
Bluestein McShea who added his nickname Ronnette as her middle name after his death.
The collection contains albums with photographs Bluestein took of nude men, some taken
in his apartment, some taken at clubs. Additionally, all of the journals he kept during
his lifetime, approximately 60 volumes dating from 1968 until 2006. A small number
of audiocassette recordings of various interviews.
Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.
Photograph albums and photographs in boxes 2 and 3 may not be reproduced or published
until 2068.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ron Bluestein papers, #7749. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Access to photograph albums and photographs in Boxes 2 -3 restricted until 2038.
Photograph albums and photographs in boxes 2 and 3 may not be reproduced or published
until 2068.
Subjects:
Photography of men.
Gay men -- Sexual behavior.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Erotica.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Re-evaluation Counseling material
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Box 1 |
Published pornography and photographs by Mark I. Chester
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1 volumes.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Unpublished photographs by Mark I. Chester
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Photograph by Rikki Ercoli of Dan Martin
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Memorial Service and Acknowledgements
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2007 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Poetry
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Published Writing
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1986 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Orpheus Concert Program and DVD-R
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Box 1 |
Poetry and Sketches
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1 volumes.
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Box 4 |
"Ronnie's Last Entry" by Sheryl Ronette McShea
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2010 | |||
1 volumes.
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Scope and Contents
Note from Sheryl McShea: "Read me first, even if it's the last entry." Signed.
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Box 4 | Folder 2-24 |
Journals
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1968-1989 | ||
23 volumes.
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Box 5 | Folder 1-19 |
Journals
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1989-1997 | ||
19 volumes.
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Box 6 | Folder 1-16 |
Journals
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1998-2004 | ||
16 volumes.
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Box 7 | Folder 1-4 |
Journals
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2004-2006 | ||
4 volumes.
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Box 2 |
"Flowers of Asphalt," photograph album of individuals
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12 volumes.
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Access restricted
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Box 2 |
Photograph albums of individuals
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5 volumes.
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Access restricted
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Box 3 |
Photograph albums of individuals
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7 volumes.
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Access restricted
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Box 3 |
Exo-Ero Ball and photographs of individuals
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1982, 1984, 1986 | |||
3 volumes.
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Access restricted
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Box 3 |
Exo-Ero Ball
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1985-1987, undated | |||
5 volumes.
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Access restricted
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Box 3 | Folder 1-2 |
Photographs of individuals, groups and events
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Access restricted
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Box 8 |
Audiocassettes 1-4: Interview with Richard Gac
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Box 8 | TR-19644 |
Audiocassette 5: Interview at Zen Center Hospice
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 8 | TR-19645 |
Audiocassette 6: Interview with Ron Henderson, Volunteer at Shante (AIDS Hospital-Hospice)
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 8 |
Audiocassette 7: Interview with Randy Harrey (Shante Tape)
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Box 8 |
Audiocassette 8: Interview with Andre Welton
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Box 8 |
Audiocassette 9: Interview with Anne Rice
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Box 8 |
Audiocassette 10: Interview with Lia Zeni Gutero
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1985 | |||
Box 8 |
Audiocassette 11: Interview with Art Montenegro
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1989 | |||
Box 8 |
Audiocassette 12: Recording of Bluestein Singing to His Grandmother
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