Larry Mitchell papers, 1954-2005.
Collection Number: 7820
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Larry Mitchell papers, 1954-2005.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7820
Abstract:
Mitchell's publications, drafts of his and other people's writings (including a draft
of a Harvey Fierstein piece), interviews, reviews and awards for his writing and the
work of Calamus Books, and personal and family papers, including journals and diaries.
Creator:
Mitchell, Larry.
Quanitities:
6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
American author and publisher, born in Muncie, Indiana in 1938. Mitchell was the founder
of Calamus Books, an early small press devoted to gay male literature, and a cofounder
of Gay Presses of New York in 1981. Mitchell also wrote fiction dealing with the gay
male experience in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s, including the book of
short stories My life as a mole (1989) and the novel The terminal bar (1982). The
feature film Acid snow (1998) is based on Mitchell's novel of the same name. He died
in Ithaca, New York in 2012.
Mitchell's publications, drafts of his and other people's writings (including a draft
of a Harvey Fierstein piece), video recording of Marsha P. Johnson, an African American
drag queen who was a prominent participant in the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York
City and was an outspoken advocate for gay rights. Also includes interviews, reviews
and awards for his writing (including the Lambda Literary Award) and the work of Calamus
Books, as well as personal and family papers, including journals and diaries and a
copy of Mitchell's baby book.
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings,
viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is
in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information
on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
webpage. Audio visual material that has been digitized: TR-10647-8.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Larry Mitchell Papers, #7820. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Publications and Books- cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
- The Advocate
- Arts Magazine
- Extra!
- HX: Homo Xtra
- Inches
- Lies of Our Times
- Lavender Lifestyles
- Next Magazine
- NYQ
- Out and About
- Outweek
- Paper Magazine
- The Pink Paper
- QW
- Red
- The Source
- SPIN
- Theater Week
- The Times Book Review
- Spy
- Bumbalo, Victor Niagara Falls and Other Plays, 1984
- Flannigan, Jim Don The Burp and Other Stories, 1980
- Mitchell, Larry Acid Snow, 1993
- Mitchell, Larry The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, 1977
- Mitchell, Larry My Life As A Mole and Five Other Stories, 1988
- Mitchell, Larry The Terminal Bar, 1982
- Mitchell, Larry My Life As A Mole and Five Other Stories, 1988
- Schreiber, Ron Tomorrow Will Really Be Sunday, 1984
Names:
Johnson, Marsha.
Mitchell, Larry.
Subjects:
Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Gays\' writings, American.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Form and Genre Terms:
Manuscripts for publication.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Diary Entry
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March 1953 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Liberace Signed Program
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October 22, 1953 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Literary Lapses - Student Compositions from the High School of Burris Lab School at
Ball State Teachers College
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1954-1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Burris High School 25th Reunion
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Burris High School Junior Plays Program
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Burris High School Diploma and Commencement Program
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1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Burris High School Yearbook
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1955 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Burris High School Notebooks
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Burris High School Report Cards
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Beta Chi of Colby College
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Colby College Diploma and Commencement Program
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1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Colby College Yearbook
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1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Colby 2000 Certificate
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Columbia Dissertation: "Failure and Success - The American Theatre and its Playwrights"
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Columbia Transcripts
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
"Thoughts on Dostoyevsky" by Larry Mitchell
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
"Why Straight Men Hate Queer Men" and "All Those Years Wasted Sliiping [sic] With
the Wrong Men"
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Journal with Extra Notes
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Acid Snow Publicity
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Acid Snow Reviews
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Acid Snow Production Packet and Offering Document
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Acid Snow Screenplay First Draft
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November 12, 1994 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Acid Snow Screenplay First Draft Large Font
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November 12, 1994 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Acid Snow Screenplay Second Draft Reading
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April 15, 1995 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Acid Snow Screenplay Second Draft
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December 20, 1994 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Acid Snow Screenplay Final Draft
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June 5, 1995 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Acid Snow Miscellany
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Gaze Magazine - Interview with Larry Mitchell and Joel Itman
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December 27, 1994 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
ISBN Logs
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
"Single People" - Story by Larry Mitchell
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July 1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Lambda Awards and Book Report
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| Box 1 | Folder 32-33 |
Gay Press Miscellany: Clippings, Correspondence, Photos, etc.
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| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Queer Associated Press
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
My Life as a Mole Posters - Reading by Neal Wach
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
"The Story of Orchard" by Eugene Salandra - Adapted from Larry Mitchell
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September 6, 1994 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Eugene Salandra Correspondence
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September 1993 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38-39 |
Pink Satin Bombers - "An Evening of Faggot Theatre"
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1978 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Pink Satin Bombers - Miscellany
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
"Get It While You Can" - Play by Larry Mitchell
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| Box 2 | Folder 2-3 |
"Get It While You Can" - Draft and Revisions
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
"Get It While You Can" - Theater for the New City
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Personal Correspondence - Ron Schreiber and others
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Personal Correspondence - Dorotha and Ray Mitchel
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Garden of Memory Funeral Home
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Dorotha Mitchell Death Record
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Letters to Dorotha Mitchell from Cecil
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Baby Books and Birth Certificates
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Ray Mitchell Diploma
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Ray Mitchell Diploma
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Family Genealogy
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| Box 2 | Folder 14-15 |
Misc. Legal Papers
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Passports, Bank Book, Health Insurance Card, Faculty ID Card
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Final Grades
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1988-1993 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Class Notes
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February 1974-April 1974 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Course Outlines and Sociology of Men Transcripts
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Newspaper Clippings
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Scrapbook Contents
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| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Cat Drawing and Weave Wallet
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Gaycon and Miscellany
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| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Jokes
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| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
"Going to Camp: A Meditation About Aids, Quarantine, Exile, and Personal Loss" Art
Book
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| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Homohomo Phobia - Notes With Mike
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October 11, 1994 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Programs: NY Gay Film Festival (1990), Double Edge: Edmund Nieman and Nurit Tilles,
Duo-Pianists
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| Box 2 | Folder 28-30 |
"Clara the Pigeon with Cement Shoes" - By Larry Mitchell, Illustrated by Frances Lyshak
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
"Cold Shoulder" - Second Draft
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| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
"Freaky Pussy" - Play by Harvey Fierstein Manuscript and Letter
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1974 |
| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Four Partial Manuscripts
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| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
"Art Books," "Bad Parties"
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| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
"Sex Histories" - Boyd McDonald Manuscript
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Calamus Books Business Mail
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Unidentified Play Manuscript, Pages 18-195 (Pages 1-17 missing)
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Unidentified Play Manuscript, Pages 196-361
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Unidentified Play Manuscript, Pages 362-437
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Unidentified Play Manuscript, Misc. Unnumbered Pages and Papers
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Unidentified Manuscript
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Unidentified Play Manuscript
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Unidentified Manuscript
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Unidentified Art History Manuscript
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September 14, 2000 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Unlabeled Play
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| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
"Dad is Dead" - Story
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Three Plays by Robert Patrick: "Michelangelo's Models," "Angel, Honey, Baby, Darling,
Dear," "Orpheus and Amerika"
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1981 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
"Tulips and Cadavers" - by Jimmy Camicia, Theater for the New City
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
"Three Small Men" - A Play in One Act by Jimmy Camicia
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Misc. Jimmy Camicia Plays
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
"The Disappeared"
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| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
"The Parade" - by Frank McLaughlin, Manuscript and Letter to Larry Mitchell
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
"Liberation and Trauma at Terminal Bar," Interviews with Brad Ellis, John Lurie, Lavinia
Co-Op, Evan Lurie
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2013 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
"Sin: A Virtue" - by Lawrence Goldman, Manuscript and Letter
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| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
"Soundzimpossible" - by Ulla, Manuscript and Letter
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May 13, 2002 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
"Consenting Adulterers" - by Valdeen
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| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
"The Brain Eaters" - by Gary Indiana (Missing Last Pages)
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1982 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23-24 |
Misc. Gary Indiana Plays
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| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
"Poems from Before I Shaved My Mustache" - by Elmer L. Kline
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| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
"Night Sweat" - Play by Robert Chesley
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| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
"Night Sweat" Reviews
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| Box 3 | Folder 28 |
"Like A Christmas Tree" - Play by Etel Adnan
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| Box 3 | Folder 29 |
"Dominion" by Emme Edmunds
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| Box 3 | Folder 30-32 |
"Filth: An S.T.H. Chap-book"
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| Box 3 | Folder 33 |
"The Secret" - Written and Illustrated by Francie Lyshak
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| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
"Public Haiku"
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| Box 3 | Folder 35 |
"Marginality" - by Edgar Z. Friedenberg
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| Box 3 | Folder 36 |
"Cruising the Movies" - by Boyd McDonald
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| Box 3 | Folder 37 |
"Blue is for Boys" - Robert Patrick
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| Box 3 | Folder 38 |
"Looking for a New Last Name"
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| Box 3 | Folder 39 |
Steven J. Powsner Query Letter and First Chapter
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Photographs
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Scrapbook Photos
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1930s |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Misc. Photos
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| Box 4 |
Misc. Family Photos
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| Box 4 |
Gatlinburg
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October 1982 | |
| Box 4 |
Apt 1-101
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| Box 4 |
Bardstown - Dinner, Train, Show, Etc.
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June 10-14, 1992 | |
| Box 4 |
Dorotha Mitchell
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| Box 4 |
Pontotoc
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| Box 4 |
Bridge Parties
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| Box 4 |
Ray Mitchell and Family
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| Box 4 |
Gulf Shores
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| Box 4 |
Cecil's Family
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| Box 4 |
Nancy Lineback's Family
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| Box 4 |
Pink Satin Bombers
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| Box 4 |
Straight to Hell
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| Box 4 |
Historic Family Photos
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1910s-1930s | |
| Box 4 |
Negatives, Cards, and Other Photos
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Notebooks
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| Box 4 |
Diary
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1955 | |
| Box 4 |
"The Genealogy of a Dickey Family" by Homer B. Dickey
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| Box 4 |
Address Book
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| Box 4 |
Cape House Guest Books
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1976-1999 | |
| Box 4 |
Travel Journal
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| Box 4 |
Journal
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July 1975 | |
| Box 4 |
Unlabeled, undated Journals
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| Box 4 |
III 118-232
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August 2, 1980 | |
| Box 4 |
Sociology 220 Marriage and Family
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1983 | |
| Box 4 |
The Modern Family
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| Box 4 |
January pp 1-135
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| Box 4 |
January: The Winter Book. pp 136-226
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| Box 4 |
January III: pp 227-317
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| Box 4 |
January IV: pp 318-457
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| Box 4 |
DD 1-50
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| Box 4 |
DD 51-89
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| Box 4 |
DD 90-
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| Box 4 |
Revisions: Draft #2
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| Box 4 |
"The Disappeared" P. 71-90
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| Box 4 |
Practiced by Love, Horney for Love [sic]
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Other Items
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| Box 4 |
Rolodex Containers
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| Box 4 | MU-1462 |
1992 Lambda Literary Award
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| Box 5 |
Scrapbook: Our Vacation: Japan, Hong Kong, San Francisco
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1978 | |
| Box 5 |
Photo Scrapbooks
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| Box 5 |
Misc. Travel Scrapbooks
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| Box 6 |
Oversized Papers
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, Acid Snow and other book proofs, oversized photographs, Dorotha
Mitchell diploma
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Media
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| Box 7 | FD-68 |
"Acid Snow" - Screenplay Safety Copy
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| Box 7 | FD-69 |
Playtran.mac
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| Box 7 | tr-10645 |
"Unknown Singer" Magnetic Tape
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| Box 7 | tr-10646 |
Unlabeled Magnetic Tape
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| Box 7 | tr-10647 |
Larry Mitchell Interview, New York City
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2009-01-17 |
| 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 7 | tr-10648 |
Sociology of Men - Gabrielle Daniels, Spring 1983
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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 7 | tr-10649 |
Bud (?) Message to 3 St
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| Box 7 | tr-10650 |
Bill Rice / Beginning Rose
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| Box 7 | tr-10651 |
Day After - Sass - All Ballads
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| Box 7 | tr-10652 |
Duke Ellington Big Band / Mr. B
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| Box 7 | tr-10653 |
Louie and Oscar Peterson
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| Box 7 | tr-10654 |
Thelonius Solo
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| Box 7 | tr-10655-tr-10656 |
Unlabeled Cassette Tape
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| Box 7 | tr-10657-tr-10658 |
Unlabeled Message Cassettes
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| Box 7 | tr-10659 |
Living Letters: M. Resnik
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November, 1965 |
| Box 7 | tr-10660 |
Living Letters: Duberman
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December 30, 1965 |
| Box 7 | tr-10661 |
Living Letters: R. Rebman, Reel #1
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January 3, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10662 |
Living Letters: William Hanley
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April 5, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10663 |
Living Letters: Roger Herson, Reel #1
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April 6, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10664 |
Living Letters: Speigelglass, Reel #1
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April 16, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10665 |
Living Letters: Speigelglass, Reel #2
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April 16, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10666 |
Living Letters: Jim Herlichy
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April 19, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10667 |
Living Letters: Joe Margenstern
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April 26, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10668 |
Living Letters: Arthur Laurents
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May 17, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10669 |
Living Letters: Howard Teichman
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May 25, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10670 |
Living Letters: Frevoeli
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June 6, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10671 |
Living Letters: Dan Schary
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June 8, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10672 |
Living Letters: Joseph Kramer, Reel #2
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June 22, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10673 |
Living Letters: Jack Gelber, Reel #1
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June 24, 1966 |
| Box 7 | tr-10674 |
Living Letters: Jack Gelber, Reel #2
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June 24, 1966 |
| Box 7 | V-8932 |
"Acid Snow"
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| Box 7 | V-8933 |
"Acid Snow" Promo
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| Box 7 | V-8934 |
"Acid Snow" Cy's Loops, Reels 1-5A
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| Box 7 | V-8935 |
"Acid Snow" Demo
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| Box 7 | V-8936 |
"Acid Snow" (With Temp Tracks)
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| Box 7 | V-8937 |
"Acid Snow" Promo
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| Box 7 | V-8938 |
"Acid Snow" Trailer
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| Box 7 | V-8939 |
"Where Little Demons Dwell" by Alex Steyermark
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| Box 7 | V-8940 |
Cape Cod - Bill, Larry, Eddie
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1992 |
| Box 7 | V-8941 |
"Undercurrent Incorporated" - Jim Neu
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| Box 7 | V-8942 |
"Something Borc02 level="item"ed… Something New" by Joel Itman
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| Box 7 | V-8943 |
Joel Itman Demo
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| Box 7 | V-8944 |
"PSA," "Carmel," "Purple Grapes," "Something Borrowed," "Globo Night," "The Following"
- Joel Itman
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| Box 7 | V-8945 |
"Bloolips" by Michael Kasino, PAL Format [Due to fragility and potential degradation, please use the DVD copy of this video
in same box - DVD-1496]
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| Box 7 | V-8946 |
"Marsha" [Due to fragility and potential degradation, please use the DVD copy of this video
in same box - DVD-1497]
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| Box 7 | V-8947 |
"Bloolips" by Michael Kasino, Master Betacam [Due to fragility and potential degradation, please use the DVD copy of this video
in same box - DVD-1496
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| Box 7 | V-8948 |
"Bloolips" by Michael Kasino [Due to fragility and potential degradation, please use the DVD copy of this video
in same box - DVD-1496
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| Box 7 | V-8949 |
Richard George Murray Reading at Ulla Dydo's VHS-C
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