Print / View Finding Aid as Single Page
Guide to the Martin Worman Collection MSS.585
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
|
Worman, Martin |
| Source:
|
New York Public Library |
| Source
- dnr:
|
Croonquist, Robert |
| Source
- dnr:
|
Kirsch, Dorothy |
| Title: |
Martin Worman Collection |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1960s-1994, undated |
| Abstract: |
Martin Worman (1945- 1993) was an actor, playwright, lyricist, director, female impersonator,
activist and academic, working primarily in San Francisco and New York from the late
1960s through the early 1990s. The Martin Worman Collection contains clippings and
show posters for the San Francisco-based avante garde psychedelic theatrical group,
The Cockettes, of which Martin Worman was a member. Other event posters in the collection
illustrate the gay club and theater scene in San Francisco and New York in the 1970s
through 1990s. This collection includes copies of collages containing clippings, photographs,
and obituaries created after Martin Worman's death in 1993.
|
| Quantity: |
3 Linear Feet in 1 flat-file folder and 4 oversize folders stored in shared boxes |
| Language: |
Materials are in English. |
| Call Phrase: |
MSS.585 |
