Eric Garber papers, 1882-1995

Format:

Book

Series:

Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Community and Identity in North America.

Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Community and Identity in North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garber, Eric, 1954-1995.

Garber, Eric.

San Francisco Lesbian and Gay History Project (Calif.).

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society.

Gay people's writings, American.

Homosexuality and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 manuscripts) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

1882

Summary:

The Eric Garber papers document the professional work of this activist and groundbreaking historian who wrote extensively about LGBT people in the Harlem Renaissance and alternative sexualities in science fiction, fantasy and horror literature. The collection contains materials related to his historical slide show 'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Homosexuality in Harlem in the 1920s and the four books of speculative fiction that he co-edited or edited: Worlds Apart, Embracing the Dark, Swords of the Rainbow, and the seminal annotated bibliography, Uranian Worlds. Garber was a founding member of the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian History Project and the San Francisco Bay Area Gay and Lesbian Historical Society, and his papers contain materials related to the organization, as well as correspondence from, and writings and presentations by its members. A large portion of the collection is comprised of Garber's research files. He collected materials that date back to 1882, but the bulk of the original material in the collection dates from 1974 to 1994. His papers also contain audiotapes, photographs and a small amount of personalia. Garber corresponded with a who's who of writers and historians interested in LGBT life and letters and his papers document the growth of the fields of LGBT history and literary studies. Other highlights include exchanges with Bruce Kellner and Richard Bruce Nugent about the Harlem Renaissance; correspondence with writers and fans of science fiction and fantasy; and over a decade of cards and letters from his partner, Jeffrey Sunshine. The collection has been divided into 10 Series: Correspondence; Harlem Correspondence, Writings and Subject Files; Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writings, Correspondence and Subject Files; Other Writings by Garber; Personalia; San Francisco Lesbian & Gay History Project/San Francisco Bay Area Gay & Lesbian Historical Society/Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California; Biographical Files; Subject Files; Writings by Others; and Photographic Materials and Floppy Discs.

Throughout Archives of Sexuality and Gender you will find language and terminology you might consider offensive. You will also find images that may be graphic or pornographic. MiFhGG

Notes:

Date range: 1882-1995, bulk 1974-1994.

Includes the following publications: Homosexuality in Harlem in the 1920s : a bibliography; Bibliography of gay and lesbian images in the myster/suspense/thriller genre, including correspondence, notes; Lesbian herstory archives; Embracing the dark, 1991 : correspondence and stories not in anthology; National Women's Studies Association; and others.

Reproduction of the original from El Colegio de México, Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas.

OCLC:

1504734735