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Martin Worman papers

Title: Martin Worman papers, 1960-2008.
Author: Worman, Martin.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 29	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 29	Offsite
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 28	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 28	Offsite
Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 27	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 27	Offsite
Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 26	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 26	Offsite
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Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 24	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 24	Offsite
Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 23	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 23	Offsite
Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 22	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 22	Offsite
Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 21	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 21	Offsite
Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 20	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 20	Offsite
Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 19	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 19	Offsite
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Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 16	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 16	Offsite
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Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 12	Offsite
Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available by appointment	Box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2009-002 Box 10	Offsite

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Additional Authors

Croonquist, Robert.

Description

15 linear ft. (29 boxes)

Summary

The collection documents Worman's theatrical and academic careers, the history of the Cockettes, drag, travesty theatre, and San Francisco in the early 1970s.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Interviews.
Oral histories.
Photographs.
Posters.
Sound recordings.
Video recordings.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of Use (note)

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on the internet.

Call Number

*T-Mss 2009-002

OCLC

608549165
608549165

Author

Worman, Martin.

Title

Martin Worman papers, 1960-2008.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms Of Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Biography

Martin Worman was an actor, playwright, lyricist, director, female impersonator, activist and academic, working primarily in San Francisco and New York from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. A Vietnam veteran born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1945, Worman hitchhiked to San Francisco ca. 1969 and joined The Cockettes, a cross-dressing improvisational theatre troupe. He acted with them and wrote book and lyrics for several of their most renowned shows including Hot Greeks and Vice Palace featuring John Waters' superstar, Divine. After the troupe broke up, Worman continued his musical collaboration with Cockette Richard "Scrumbly" Koldewyn, writing musical revues and plays, most notably the 1972 musical Rickets: A Day in the Life of the Counterculture. In 1975 he co-founded the San Francisco-based Gay Men's Theater Collective whose award-winning play Crimes Against Nature was brought to New York. Worman moved to New York in 1979 where he worked with directors Robert Wilson and Jack O'Brien, directed shows of his own, wrote adaptations of the stories of Meridel LeSueuer and Sherwood Anderson and worked toward a doctorate in performance studies at New York University. He taught at NYU, the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Antioch College. Worman died of AIDS in 1993 while working at Antioch.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on the internet.

Location of Other Archival Materials

John Edward Heys papers, ca. 1962-2001 (bulk 1969-2000); located at; Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Finding aid

Added Author

Croonquist, Robert.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 2009-002

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