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Additional authors

1. Gwenwald, Morgan
2. Singleton, Ron

Found in

1. p1tc Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- Jewelle Gomez papers, 1968-2010 (OCoLC)897057167

Description

1. 36 items (1 folder); 26 x 21 cm or smaller.

Summary

1. Collection documents aspects of the professional and personal life of writer Jewelle Gomez from the 1980s to 2000. The collection consists of individual portraits of Gomez, mostly candid; group portraits showing Gomez with family, partners, friends and colleagues; individual and group portraits of partners, family and friends; and views of gatherings, events, book tours and travel. Depictions of Gomez's personal life before the 1980s is very limited.
2. Of note are candid shots and views of Gomez during a book tour in Europe (1992); with cast members and at events related to the national tour of the stage production "Bones & Ash: A Gilda Story," her theatrical adaptation of her 1991 novel "The Gilda Stories" (1996); accepting an award at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (1998); and attending the Black Queers in the Academy/Queer Studies, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000). Also depicted are her partner Diane Sabin and former partner Marty Pottenger, and candid shots of Gomez with relatives. Also of note is a publicity photo for Howard Simon's play "James Baldwin: A Soul on Fire" featuring Forrest McClendon and Charles Reese (1999).

Subject

1. Inkjet prints > 1990-1999
2. Dye coupler prints > 1980-2009
3. Gelatin silver prints > 1948-2009
4. Group portraits > 1980-2009
5. Portrait photographs > 1980-2009
6. African American feminists
7. African American women
8. Lesbian authors
9. African American women authors
10. Gomez, Jewelle, 1948-

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1980-2009.
2. Group portraits – 1980-2009.
3. Gelatin silver prints – 1948-2009.
4. Dye coupler prints – 1980-2009.
5. Inkjet prints – 1990-1999.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Jewelle Gomez Collection

Note

1. Title taken from the Jewelle Gomez Papers.
2. One photograph bears photographer's handstamp on verso. Most items bear handwritten captions on verso; one item has printed caption label on verso. One item bears printed caption on recto.
3. Collection contains work by Ron Singleton and Morgan Gwenwald.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some items maybe under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. Jewelle Gomez, born in 1948, is an activist and award-winning author. Her novel, The Gilda Stories (1991), received the Lambda award for both fiction and science fiction. She has published essay collections including Forty-Three Septembers (1993), a short-story collection called Don't Explain (1997), three poetry collections, and a stage adaptation of The Gilda Stories, which was widely performed by the Urban Bush Women company. Her writings have been anthologized and published in periodicals including The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, Black Scholar and the Oxford World Treasury of Love Stories. She has served on the founding boards of various organizations, including the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). She was raised in New England and New York City and currently lives on the West Coast, where she is director of Grants and Community Initiatives for Horizon, and president of the San Francisco Library Commission.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Jewelle Gomez Papers, 1968-2010.

Author

1. Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- , collector.

Title

1. Jewelle Gomez photograph collection.

Production

1. [between 1948 and 2000?]

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Terms of use

1. Some items maybe under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

1. Jewelle Gomez, born in 1948, is an activist and award-winning author. Her novel, The Gilda Stories (1991), received the Lambda award for both fiction and science fiction. She has published essay collections including Forty-Three Septembers (1993), a short-story collection called Don't Explain (1997), three poetry collections, and a stage adaptation of The Gilda Stories, which was widely performed by the Urban Bush Women company. Her writings have been anthologized and published in periodicals including The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, Black Scholar and the Oxford World Treasury of Love Stories. She has served on the founding boards of various organizations, including the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). She was raised in New England and New York City and currently lives on the West Coast, where she is director of Grants and Community Initiatives for Horizon, and president of the San Francisco Library Commission.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Jewelle Gomez Papers, 1968-2010.

Local note

1. Sc MG 790

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Added author

1. Gwenwald, Morgan, photographer.
2. Singleton, Ron, photographer.

Found in:

1. p1tc Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- Jewelle Gomez papers, 1968-2010 (OCoLC)897057167

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Jewelle Gomez Collection