Combs, Tram, 1924-

Elisha Trammel (Tram) Combs, Jr. was born September 25, 1924 in Riverview, Alabama. The son of Elisha Trammel, a cotton mill superintendent, and LaFaye Hunt Combs, Combs was educated in Southern schools until 1936, when his family moved to San Francisco. He became a writer and bookseller and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area until 1951 when he moved to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, owning and operating a bookstore. He was associated with many well-known writers and was active in gay literary circles and contributed to early gay periodicals such as the "Mattachine Review" and "One." His publications include: Pilgrim's Terrace: Poems American West Indian (Editorial La Nueva Salamanca, 1957) with a forward by William Carlos Williams; Saints Thomas' and Francis' Cities Songs o' Tram (privately reproduced, 1958); Artists * Boys * Cats: Lovers * Judges * Priests: Ceremonies in Mind (privately printed, 1959); But Never Mind: Poems, etc.: 1946-1950 (Golden Mountain Press, 1961); Saint Thomas./ Poems. (Weslayan University Press, 1965); and Briefs: Poems (Hillside Press, 1966).

From the description of Tram Combs papers : and other material, 1956-1973 (bulk 1958-1966). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122393127

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