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Back Stage and Key West records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-91
Abstract

Back Stage and Key West were two Philadelphia queer establishments that anchored the brunch and cabaret performance scenes from 1974-1997 and 1982-2008, respectively. The collection contains advertisements, ephemera, photographs, and press from both businesses. The bulk of the collection comprises material from Back Stage, and paints a picture of the enduring necessity of nightlife and queer spaces as anchors in the community for building joy, power, and connection.

Dates: 1973 - 1989

Charles Allyn Weeks letters and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-49
Abstract

While abroad for work in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in the early 1960s, American Charles Allyn Weeks began a romantic relationship with a Dutch university student several years his junior. The Weeks collection is comprised of 11 letters sent from the Dutchman in Amsterdam to Weeks in Philadelphia, plus 15 black and white photographs of the pair with their poodle Parké taken in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Dates: 1963-1964, undated

David Meade Walker medical records

 Series
Identifier: Ms-Coll-134
Abstract David Meade Walker (1948-2012) was a San Francisco based artist. Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1988, he spent the next 24 years of his life managing his medical conditions, including AIDS-related kaposi’s sarcoma and lymphoma. The bulk of the collection comprises medical correspondence, health insurance correspondence, legal and estate planning documents, and disability documents from his retirement in 1994 until his death. It also contains a small collection of posthumous material collected by...
Dates: 1975 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1994 - 2012

Keith Griffith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-40
Abstract

Darrell Keith Griffith (1959-2012) was an AIDS activist and founder of the website CruisingForSex.com. The collection is divided into two series: Personal materials and AIDS activism. The personal materials date from 1983 to 2012, the year of Griffith's death. The series on AIDS activism covers Griffith's years of involvement in the social justice movement, 1985-1992.

Dates: 1983 - 2012

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

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