Revues
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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