Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. .5 linear ft. (2 boxes).

Summary

1. The collection consists chiefly of photographs shot or collected for use in the magazine Hit Parade.

Subject

1. Photographs
2. Drawings
3. Artifacts
4. Female impersonators > United States > Photographs
5. Celebrities > United States > Photographs
6. Hit parade
7. Toohey, Francis
8. Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, > interviewee

Genre/Form

1. Artifacts.
2. Drawings.
3. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol 6174

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. Toohey, Francis.

Title

1. Francis Toohey papers, circa 1977-1989.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Biography

1. Francis Toohey, with his partner Bruce Jope, was the founder and editor of the magazine Hit Parade. Hit Parade was published in Boston from 1978-1980 and in New York from 1980-1982. Toohey also wrote the popular "Homoside" feature of the magazine. He has also written for After Dark, Esplanade, the Boston Phoenix, Night Fall, Boston Magazine, and other gay and mainstream publications.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. MssCol 6174