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Tea Time records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-2
Abstract
Tea Time was a Philadelphia-based social and support organization for Asian and Pacific Islander gay and bisexual men, operational between 1991-1993. It was dedicated to creating an anti-racist and anti-homophobic space for developing positive identity and creating awareness around issues relevant to gay, Asian and Pacific Islanders in a shared, nurturing community. The Tea Time records include the organizational records and associated ephemera of Tea Time, Organization for Asian Gay and...
Dates:
1990 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1991 - 1993
Tom Wilson Weinberg papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-39
Abstract
Tom Wilson Weinberg (b. 1945) is a singer-songwriter and gay rights activist. He was a co-founder of the gay and lesbian bookstore Giovanni's Room and the Gay Coffee House, and a board member of the Eromin Center and the Attic Youth Center. He founded the newspaper the Philadelphia Weekly Gayzette. His first two albums are titled Gay Name Game (1979) and All-American Boy (1983). His stage...
Dates:
1974 - 2013
Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-25
Abstract
Tommi Avicolli Mecca (b. 1951) is a writer, singer/songwriter, performance artist, and activist. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Avicolli Mecca was involved in many Philadelphia-area Gay rights organizations. The collection is comprised of six series: 1) Subject files; 2) Gay Activists Alliance (Philadelphia) records; 3) Gay Media Project (Philadelphia) records; 4) Gay Community Center of Philadelphia records; 5) Photographic slides; 6) Audiovisual material.
Dates:
1967 - 1992
Vincent P. Grimm XYZ Club photographs and memoir
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-129
Abstract
Vincent P. Grimm (b. 1937) and his life partner Will Kratz (1939-2017), along with other club members, planned, operated, and performed in revue shows for two decades as part of the XYZ Club. The XYZ Club hosted performances and picnics at Epler’s Grove from 1963 to at least 1981. The collection is comprised of three types of material: photocopies of biographical material about Vincent Grimm; a printed typescript of the memoir written by Grimm on the history of “The XYZ Club”; and five...
Dates:
early 1960s-2022
William Meneely papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-38
Abstract
William Ernest Meneely (1952-1996) was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the son of Arthur William Meneely and Grace Elouise Cook. He worked for 16 years at Georgia State University Library, where he was Head of Collection Development, retiring in 1992. Among the materials included in the collection are personal writings, photographs, and a collection of his artwork in the form of collages with mostly gay male subject matter created using cut-out images from magazines.
Dates:
1970 - 2012
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- Grimm, Vincent P. (1937) 1
- Kratz, Willard D. (1939-2017) 1
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