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Lester Q. Strong papers
- Title
- Lester Q. Strong papers, 1941-2001.
- Author
- Strong, Lester Q.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | MssCol 2909 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- 8.9 linear feet (21 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Summary
- Papers reflect Mr. Strong's personal life, his career as a writer documenting gay culture, and his collection of his family's World War II papers.
- Subject
- Strong, Lester Q
- Senior Action in a Gay Environment (Organization)
- Gay and lesbian studies
- Gay critics
- Gay men > United States
- Gay men's writings, American
- Gay people > United States
- Gay people in popular culture
- Gay people's writings, American
- Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969
- World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Correspondence.
- Diaries.
- Oral histories.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source (note)
- GIft of Lester Q. Strong.
- Biography (note)
- Author and editor noted for essays, criticism and oral histories focusing on gay culture and the arts.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged.
- Revised
- Call Number
- MssCol 2909
- OCLC
- NYPW00-A118
- Author
- Strong, Lester Q.
- Title
- Lester Q. Strong papers, 1941-2001.
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Biography
- Author and editor noted for essays, criticism and oral histories focusing on gay culture and the arts. Lester Q. Strong was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 3, 1946. He was educated at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the New School for Social Research in New York. Strong worked as an editor from 1969-1979 while establishing his writing career. Two of his early articles were collected and published as The Past in the Present: Two Essays on History and Myth in Vardis Fisher's Testament of Man (1979). From 1982 to 1987, Strong conducted interviews for the Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE) Oral History Project. His essays, criticism and interviews have appeared in such publications as Metroline, Out! Magazine, St. John's Review and Southern Voice. Beginning in 1994, Strong's Gay Arts Beat column appeared in publications across the United States.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Authors.
- Added Author
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.Blumenfeld, Warren J., 1947-Crisp, Quentin, 1908-1999.Howe, Delmas, 1935-Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-Lucie-Smith, Edward.Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.Strong, Dale.Vining, Donald 1917-1998.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 2909