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Archives related to: DeCelle, Edward Brooks
| title | Edward Brooks de Celle papers regarding Scott Burton, 1980-1982. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview with Scott Burton (1 cassette; 21 p. transcript, incomplete) Mar. 1980, San Francisco, Calif., conducted by De Celle for publication in the newspaper, The Advocate; and two letters from Mark Thompson, 1980, editor for The Advocate, concerning the interview. Also included are exhibition announcements, clippings, an ArtWeek article on Burton by Robert McDonald, 1980; and reviews about Burton's artwork as well as his performance piece, "Individual Behavior Tableaux," at the University Art Museum, Berkeley, Calif., March 2, 1980. In the interview, Burton discusses his work and that of several colleagues, including artists who have influenced him. Burton addresses the intereraction between gay culture and the art world establishment. Biographical note De Celle is an art dealer in San Francisco, Calif; Burton a sculptor (1939-1989), New York City. |
| extent | 0.2 linear feet |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Correspondence |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | None |
| acquisition information | Donated 1996 by Edward Brooks de Celle. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:57 |
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| title | Edward DeCelle papers, 1969-2001. | repository | The Bancroft Library |
| description | Includes the correspondence, transaction records and research files of art collector and former San Francisco gallery owner. Biographical and Historical Note Edward Brooks DeCelle was a gallery owner, curator and fine art collector based primarily in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. DeCelle was heavily influential in the gay renaissance of the 1970's and 1980's in San Francisco. |
| extent | 2.5 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Research Files |
| access | Collection is open for research. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Collection guide available in the library. |
| updated | 12/04/2017 12:41:40 |
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| title | Crawford Barton Papers, 1945-1995 | repository | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society (GLBTHS) |
| description | This collection contains professional and personal records created and collected by Crawford Wayne Barton. Inclusive dates are 1945-1995; the bulk of the collection is from 1961-1990. The collection has a particular emphasis on the photography of Barton as well as his creative writing. The collection includes photographs, negatives, slides, 8 and 16mm movies, correspondence, journals, manuscripts and clippings. Biography Crawford Wayne Barton was born on June 2, 1943 in rural Georgia. As a child and teenager Bartontook piano lessons and enjoyed drawing and studying nature. After graduating from Calhoun High School in 1961, Barton attended the University of Georgia on an art scholarship. Barton studied drawing painting and sculpture at three different colleges in Georgia as an art major, but never graduated. Late in 1968 Barton decided to move to Los Angeles, CA to study filmmaking at UCLA. However, Barton never enrolled and instead moved to San Francisco. It was in San Francisco that Barton became a leading photographer of gay life. Barton took photographs for the Advocate, the Bay Area Reporter, the San Francisco Examiner, Newsday, and the Los Angeles Times. In 1974, the M.H. de Young Memorial museum featured Barton's prints in an exhibit called New Photography, San Francisco and the Bay Area. Barton started his own photography business with a resale license in 1973, under the name Arts Unlimited. The business operated through 1978, but was never a profitable endeavor. However, a book of Barton's prints titled Beautiful Men was published in 1976 with a 2nd edition published in 1978. Barton's prints were also used to illustrate Look Back in Joy (1990) by Malcom Boyd. Crawford Barton, Days of Hope, a book of Barton's prints covering the years between the Stonewall riots and the onset of the AIDS epidemic, was published posthumously in 1994. Barton moved away from photography in the early 1980s and devoted his artistic energies to writing. He continued to show his photographs, but did not produce new work at the pace he did in the 1970s. During the 1980s Barton completed his epic novel, Castro Street, and a book of poetry, One More Sweet Smile, but neither was published. Barton passed away from AIDS on June 12, 1993. He was fifty years old. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English |
| extent | 38.85 linear feet |
| formats | Personal Papers Photographs Slides Correspondence Journals |
| access | Collection open for research. |
| record source | http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search.findingaid.html |
| finding aid | The finding aid is in the repository and on the repository’s OPAC: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search.findingaid.html |
| acquisition information | Donated to the Library. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:02 |
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