- Additional Authors
- Description
- 7 linear feet (21 boxes)
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, printed matter, artifacts, and other items documenting Rodwell's work as an activist and proprietor of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Banners.
- Buttons (information artifacts)
- Photographic prints.
- Posters.
- Scrapbooks.
- Slides (photographs)
- Sound recordings.
- T-shirts.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- requires advance notice.
- Source (note)
- Rodwell, Craig; Marion Rodwell Kastman
- Biography (note)
- Craig Rodwell (1940-1993) was an American gay rights activist.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 2606
- OCLC
- NYPW95-A118
- Author
Rodwell, Craig, 1940-1993.
- Title
Craig Rodwell papers, 1940-1993, bulk (1962-1993)
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Access
Use of sound recordings requires advance notice.
- Biography
Craig Rodwell (1940-1993) was an American gay rights activist. He was active in the Mattachine Society in New York City and in 1967 founded the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, the first bookstore devoted to serious writing by gay authors. A participant in the Stonewall riots in 1969, Rodwell figured prominently in the gay liberation movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
- Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Booksellers.
- Added Author
Barker, Elver A.
Brown, Rita Mae.
Duberman, Martin B.
Gittings, Barbara.
Gunnison, Foster.
Leitsch, Dick.
Rechy, John.
Tobin, Kay.
Wicker, Randy.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 2606