Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.
2. Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
3. Blumenfeld, Warren J., 1947-
4. Crisp, Quentin, 1908-1999.
5. Howe, Delmas, 1935-
6. Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
7. Lucie-Smith, Edward.
8. Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.
9. Strong, Dale.
10. Vining, Donald 1917-1998.

Description

1. 8.9 linear feet (21 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Summary

1. 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

1. Gay people in popular culture
2. Gay people's writings, American
3. Gay people > United States
4. Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969
5. Gay and lesbian studies
6. Oral histories
7. Gay men > United States
8. Sound recordings
9. Strong, Lester Q
10. World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
11. Diaries
12. Authors
13. World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
14. Senior Action in a Gay Environment (Organization)
15. Gays in popular culture
16. Gay critics
17. Correspondence
18. Gays' writings, American
19. Gay men's writings, American

Genre/Form

1. Sound recordings.
2. Correspondence.
3. Diaries.
4. Oral histories.

Call number

1. MssCol 2909

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

1. GIft of Lester Q. Strong.

Biography (note)

1. Author and editor noted for essays, criticism and oral histories focusing on gay culture and the arts.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged.
2. Revised

Author

1. Strong, Lester Q.

Title

1. Lester Q. Strong papers, 1941-2001.

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Biography

1. 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

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Authors.

Added author

1. Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.
2. Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
3. Blumenfeld, Warren J., 1947-
4. Crisp, Quentin, 1908-1999.
5. Howe, Delmas, 1935-
6. Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
7. Lucie-Smith, Edward.
8. Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.
9. Strong, Dale.
10. Vining, Donald 1917-1998.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2909