Don Paulson papers, 1954-2002.

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Don Paulson papers, 1954-2002.

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The Don Paulson Papers are comprised of textual materials, sound recordings, videocassettes, programs, handbills, and sheet music relating to his life as an artist in the Seattle area, his friendships with other gay men, and his research on female impersonators, notably those who performed at the Seattle cabaret, the Garden of Allah, in the 1950s. The collection is organized into three grouping. The Evening at the Garden of Allah group contains letters, subject files, clippings, handbills, programs, ephemera, audio interviews with performers and patrons of the theater, miscellaneous audio and video recordings, and other material relating to the research and publicity for the 1996 book, An Evening at the Garden of Allah: A Gay Cabaret in Seattle. Correspondents include Billy DeVoe and Harvey W. Goodwin; interviewees include Harvey Lee, Billy DeVoe, and Robin Raye. Comprising the Seattle Black and White Men Together (BWMT) grouping are notes and minutes from Don Paulson's term as secretary, newsletters and promotional materials for BWMT, and convention materials. The Personal Papers group includes biographical information, correspondence, posters, drawings, notes, clippings, and ephemera, as well as Skippy LaRue's clipping collection about female impersonators. Correspondents include Bruce Pitcairn Strachan, Joel Salsman, Rev. Keith D. Davis, John Franklin Koenig, Dennis Meurer, Tim S. Nolan, Terry Nordyke, Diane Scott, Daryl Stipek, and Elizabeth Wight.

7.63 cubic ft. (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

University of Washington. Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7774705

University of Washington. Libraries

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Stipek, Daryl.

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Meurer, Dennis.

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Nolan, Tim S. (Timothy Shawn)

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BWMT/Seattle.

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Goodwin, Harvey, 1818-1891

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Nordyke, Terry.

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DeVoe, Billy.

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Paulson, Don (Donald Charles), 1948-

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Artist and author Don Paulson was born in Seattle in 1933. A contributor to the Seattle Gay News, Paulson began writing about female impersonators after seeing a photograph and clipping collection on the topic compiled by Skippy LaRue. Paulson collaborated with University of Washington communications professor Roger Simpson on the book, "An Evening at the Garden of Allah" (1996), for which they won the Governor's Writers Award in 1997. Paulson was a member of Black and White Men Together, a gay ...

Lee, Harvey.

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Strachan, Bruce Pitcairn.

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LaRue, Skippy.

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Garden of Allah (Cabaret : Seattle, Wash.)

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Salsman, Joel

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Joel Salsman (1941-2001) was a Seattle-area pianist who performed and recorded music by Pacific Northwest composers. From the description of Joel Salsman collection on Pacific Northwest composers, circa 1930-2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716239368 ...

Scott, Diane

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Koenig, John-Franklin, 1924-2008

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Painter; Paris, France. From the description of John Franklin Koenig interview, 1976 June 24-30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77979772 Koenig is a painter who lived in the Northwest before settling permanently in Paris in 1949 From the description of John Franklin Koenig papers, 1900s-2011 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123951911 John Franklin Koenig (1924-2008) was a painter in Paris, France. From the description of Oral history interview ...

Davis, Keith Delano.

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Wight, Elizabeth.

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Raye, Robin.

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