Emerald City(television program) videotapes, 1976-1979, (bulk 1978).

Kitt, Eartha, 1927-2008

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Eartha Kitt was an international star who gave new meaning to the word versatile. She distinguished herself in film, theater, cabaret, music, and on television. Kitt was one of only a handful of performers to be nominated for a Tony (three times), a Grammy (twice), and an Emmy Award (twice). She enthralled New York nightclub audiences during her extended stays at the Café Carlyle. These intimate performances have been captured in, Eartha Kitt, Live at The Carlyle.Eartha Mae Kitt was b...

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...

McQueen, Butterfly, 1911-1995

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Buttterfly McQueen (b. 1911) was an African-American actress. The films she was in include "Gone with the Wind", "Affectionately Yours", Mildred Pierce", "Duel in the Sun", and "Amazing Grace". While living in Harlem in the 1970s, she did community relations and recreation work for the City Park System. She is in the Black filmmakers Hall of Fame. From the description of Butterfly McQueen papers, 1960s. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 77224219 ...

Kramer, Larry, 1939-

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Robinson, Tom, (Tom Mark), 1968-

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Katz, Jonathan, 1938-

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Jonathan Ned Katz (1938- ), author, playwright, historian, teacher, gay rights advocate, and textile designer, is a leading authority on homosexuality and gay and lesbian history. During the 1960s Katz worked in New York City as a free-lance textile designer. His writing career began in the late 1960s with the production of his plays about fugitive slaves and the publication of studies in black history. He became a founding member of the Gay Academic Union; wrote books, ...

Hot Peaches

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Hot Peaches was a theater company working mostly in drag in New York City during the 1970s to the early 2000s. The company was founded by Jimmy Camicia in 1972, who befriended a group of drag queens in New York and was inspired to write shows for them to perform. Self-defined as as gay theater group, the Hot Peaches created shows that expressed the gay experience with a campy and political twist. Early shows were known for the castmembers' costumes, which often included vibrant, sparkling glam o...

Greater Gotham Business Council

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Tripp, C.A.

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Murphy, Edward L., 1904-...

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Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee

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The Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee was the original organizer, starting in 1970, of the New York Gay Pride March and Rally. At first a committee of representatives from various organizations, they later became fully independent. They continued to be the organizers until replaced by Heritage of Pride in 1984. From the description of Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee records, 1970-1979, 1973-1974 (bulk). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: ...

Village people

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O'Leary, Jean-Maurice

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Co-executive Director, National Gay Task Force. O'Leary served on the Continuation Committee and Structure Committee of International Women's Year. From the description of Jean O'Leary papers, 1977-1978. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63938878 ...

Flowers, Wayland

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Bell, Alex G.

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Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998

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Bella Savitzky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, U.S. Representative, social activist and a leader in the women's movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus. She was known as a leading figure in what came to be known as eco-feminism. In 1970, Abzug's first campaign slogan was, "This woman's place is in the House—the H...

Truth, Justice, and the American Way, Inc.

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Three gay men, Frank Dowd, Steve Bie, and Gene Stavis, came together during the mid-1970's in New York City to form Truth, Justice, and the American Way, Inc. As a company, they produced a show for community-access cable television called The Emerald City, which covered a variety of issues in the gay community. The half-hour program aired in New York City on Manhattan Cable's Channel J and was syndicated in San Francisco. The Emerald City ran from the mid- to late 1970's and had both gay and non...

National Gay Task Force

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Woodlawn, Holly

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Von Gloeden, Wilhelm.

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Ludlum, Charles D.

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Crisp, Quentin S.

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Apuzzo, Virginia.

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Harlettes.

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Waters, John, 1946-....

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Hockney, David

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Painter, photographer; b. 1937. From the description of Interview with David Hockney [videorecording] / Archives of American Art; Lawrence Weschler, interviewer. 1984 September 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81681140 ...