San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century

Abstract Manuscripts, ephemera, photographs, posters, clippings, and other materials documenting the queer punk, performance and club scenes in San Francisco from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, at a time when AIDS was devastating the city's gay population and when the activist groups ACT UP and Queer Nation emerged in response to the epidemic. The papers focus on the Popstitutes and the many other initiatives by Collins and other group members and associates in the following decade, including...

Content Description The Mitchell Brothers papers document the professional activities of filmmakers and adult entertainment entrepreneurs Jim and Art Mitchell (active 1960s–1991), dating primarily from the 1970s through the early 1990s. The collection contains business and legal documents; production, publicity and promotional materials from their films and their San Francisco strip club O’Farrell Theatre; correspondence; VHS and DVD covers; digital materials; and an extensive body of photographic materials,...