Terry, Stephen, collector. Stephen Terry collection on the Cockettes and San Francisco counterculture

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Terry, Stephen, collector. Stephen Terry collection on the Cockettes and San Francisco counterculture

1958-2008

https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/24/resources/10002

Contains approximately 400 items comprised of posters, fliers and other ephemera, artwork, photographs, books, phonograph records, and other materials related to the theatrical group, the Cockettes, and other artists, filmmakers, and performers active in San Francisco in the late 1960s and 1970s.

2 linear feet

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11638660

Houghton Library

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Cockettes (Theatrical troupe)

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The Cockettes, called a "fantasy drag troupe" and the inventors of "acid drag", drew from and influenced culture broadly, developing from underground performance to mainstream fame in San Francisco. The troupe was founded in 1969 and disbanded in 1972; some performers struck out on their own in the wake of the troupe's success....

Divine, 1945-1988

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Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with the independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a conservative middle-class family, Milstead developed an early interest in drag while working as a...