Kramer, Larry
Variant namesEpithet: playwright
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x00039e
Larry Kramer is an American playwright, author, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He graduated from Yale University in 1957 with a B.A. in English, and is the author of several novels, including Faggots (1978), and plays, including The Normal Heart (1985) and Destiny of Me (1992), which explore themes related to gay life and the AIDS crisis. He has long been an outspoken advocate for gay rights and the fight against AIDS. He was a co-founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis in the early 1980s, and later founded the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987. Kramer is also the author of several motion picture screenplays, including an adaptation of Women in Love, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award in 1969. He is currently working on the manuscript of an historical work called The American People .
From the guide to the Larry Kramer papers, 1920-2008, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
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| referencedIn | Judson Memorial Church Archive, 1838-1995 | Fales Library & Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | New York Shakespeare Festival records | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1947-1993 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | First Casualty Press Records., 1960-1981. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | ACT UP Oral History Project videotapes, 2002-2005 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Lee Snider Photograph Collection, 1977-2009 | Fales Library & Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | David B. Feinberg papers, 1976-1994 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. CLXXX (ff. 107). Correspondence J-L. Includes letters from Astrid and Dennis King (ff. 33-44) and David Lodge (ff. 83-97).includes:f. Marthe Keller, actress: Letter to Peter Nichols from Marthe Keller: [1968]: Germ.f. Cliv... | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Bill Bytsura ACT UP Photography Collection, Bulk, 1989-1997, 1981-2012 | Fales Library & Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | New Yorker records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | ACT UP Rhode Island records, ACT UP Rhode Island Records, 1987-1995 | John Hay Library, Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | University of Michigan. News and Information Services. Faculty and Staff Files, 1944-2005 (bulk 1960-1995) | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Books & Co. records, 1978-1997 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Robert Ferro papers, 1963-1988 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Ann Giudici Fettner papers, 1983-1987 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Reynolds Price Papers, bulk, 1927-2010 and undated, 1956-2006 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Lucille Lortel papers | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| creatorOf | Larry Kramer papers, 1920-2008 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| associatedWith | ACT UP (Organization) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | ACT UP Rhode Island (Organization). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Books & Co | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Bytsura, Bill | person |
| associatedWith | Feinberg, David B | person |
| associatedWith | Ferro, Robert. | person |
| associatedWith | Fettner, Ann Giudici | person |
| associatedWith | Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Judson Memorial Church (New York, N.Y.). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | LINDA JANE LAUBENSTEIN, 1947-1992 | person |
| associatedWith | Lortel, Lucille | person |
| correspondedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New York Shakespeare Festival | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Papp, Joseph | person |
| correspondedWith | Paquet, Basil T., 1944- | person |
| correspondedWith | Price, Reynolds, 1933-2011 | person |
| associatedWith | Saddler, Donald | person |
| associatedWith | Snider, Lee | person |
| associatedWith | University of Michigan. News and Information Services. | corporateBody |
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| AIDS activists |
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