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Lawrence Mass papers

Title
  1. Lawrence Mass papers, 1958-2008 (bulk 1966-2005).
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  1. Finding aid
Author
  1. Mass, Lawrence, 1946-

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Additional authors
  1. Boyd, Don, 1948 August 11-
  2. Boswell, John, 1947-1994.
  3. Corigliano, John, 1938-
  4. D'Emilio, John.
  5. Duberman, Martin B.
  6. Fain, Nathan.
  7. Freedman, Estelle B., 1947-
  8. Green, Richard, 1936-2019.
  9. Heymont, George.
  10. Hoffman, William M. (William Moses), 1939-2017.
  11. Horowitz, Joseph, 1948-
  12. Kantrowitz, Arnie, 1940-2022.
  13. Plant, Richard, 1910-1998.
  14. Praunheim, Rosa von, 1942-
  15. Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.
  16. Schrader, Paul, 1946-
  17. Wagner, Gottfried, 1947-
Description
  1. 36.57 linear feet (91 boxes)
Summary
  1. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, 1958-2008, notes, drafts, outlines, and published copies of his books, essays, and reviews, subject files, personal press clippings, photographs, sound recordings, and ephemera reflecting Mass's work as a gay activist and as a writer on medical issues facing the gay community, opera, homophobia, and antisemitism. Files created in preparation of his book, DIALOGUES OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION include additional correspondence, questionnaires, and transcripts of interviews with leading writers, artists, and scholars from the gay community and others studying homosexuality. Also, sound recordings of interviews conducted for his writing on opera.
Subject
  1. Gay people > Sexual behavior
  2. Gay people in the performing arts
  3. Gay activists
  4. Sexologists > Interviews
  5. Buttons (information artifacts)
  6. Antisemitism
  7. Posters
  8. Gay men > Health and hygiene
  9. Opera > Interviews
  10. Sound recordings
  11. Homosexuality
  12. Kramer, Larry
  13. AIDS (Disease)
  14. Homophobia
  15. Mass, Lawrence, 1946-
  16. Photographs
Genre/Form
  1. Buttons (information artifacts)
  2. Photographs.
  3. Posters.
  4. Sound recordings.
Call number
  1. MssCol 1893
Source (note)
  1. Donated by Lawrence Mass, 1996, 2009.
Location of other archival materials (note)
  1. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
Biography (note)
  1. Lawrence David Mass (b. 1946) is a physician and writer living in New York City. A co-founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, he was the first writer to cover the AIDS epidemic, and the first physician to write regularly for the gay press. In addition to numerous essays and reviews on topics related to gay men, sexuality, and music, he is the author of DIALOGUES OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION, a collection of interviews with writers, artists, and scientists about homosexuality, and the autobiographical work, CONFESSIONS OF A JEWISH WAGNERITE.
Author
  1. Mass, Lawrence, 1946-
Title
  1. Lawrence Mass papers, 1958-2008 (bulk 1966-2005).
Biography
  1. Lawrence David Mass (b. 1946) is a physician and writer living in New York City. A co-founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, he was the first writer to cover the AIDS epidemic, and the first physician to write regularly for the gay press. In addition to numerous essays and reviews on topics related to gay men, sexuality, and music, he is the author of DIALOGUES OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION, a collection of interviews with writers, artists, and scientists about homosexuality, and the autobiographical work, CONFESSIONS OF A JEWISH WAGNERITE.
Location of other archival materials
  1. Arnie Kantrowitz Papers; Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
  2. Gay Men's Health Crisis; Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
Finding aids
  1. Collection guide available online and in repository.
Source
  1. Donated by Lawrence Mass, 1996, 2009.
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Added author
  1. Boyd, Don, 1948 August 11-
  2. Boswell, John, 1947-1994.
  3. Corigliano, John, 1938-
  4. D'Emilio, John.
  5. Duberman, Martin B.
  6. Fain, Nathan.
  7. Freedman, Estelle B., 1947-
  8. Green, Richard, 1936-2019.
  9. Heymont, George.
  10. Hoffman, William M. (William Moses), 1939-2017.
  11. Horowitz, Joseph, 1948-
  12. Kantrowitz, Arnie, 1940-2022.
  13. Plant, Richard, 1910-1998.
  14. Praunheim, Rosa von, 1942-
  15. Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.
  16. Schrader, Paul, 1946-
  17. Wagner, Gottfried, 1947-
Research call number
  1. MssCol 1893
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