Research Catalog

Sylvester [interview]

Title
  1. Sylvester [interview], 1988-11-18 / with Martin Worman.
Published by
  1. 1988.
  2. ℗1999
Author
  1. Sylvester, 1947-1988

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Worman, Martin
Found in
  1. Martin Worman audiovisual collection, 1960-2008.
Description
  1. 2 streaming audio files (61:20) : digital, mono.
Summary
  1. Former Cockette member Martin Worman interviews fellow Cockette and disco star Sylvester about his recollections of the time he spent with the troupe, some of his loves and stories of the past. Sylvester passed away from HIV a month after the interview. Worman later wrote a paper based on this interview (or chapter) in May 1992: "Sylvester: A dish before dying".
Alternative title
  1. Martin Worman audiovisual collection.
Subject
  1. Sylvester, 1947-1988 -- Interviews
  2. Cockettes (Theatrical troupe)
Call number
  1. *LTC-A 1706
Note
  1. Title from inventory.
  2. "Sylvester Cockettes verbatim; 88.11.18 ℗1999; Robert Croonquist"--From original audiocassette container spine.
  3. "Sylvester 88.11.18 ℗1999; Robert Croonquist (Side A); Cockettes verbatim 88.11.18 ℗1999; Robert Croonquist (Side B)"--From original audiocassette container labels.
Access (note)
  1. Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Source (note)
  1. Billy Rose Theatre Division, Martin Worman papers
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of: Martin Worman audiovisual collection, *L(Special) 10-06
Author
  1. Sylvester, 1947-1988, interviewee.
Title
  1. Sylvester [interview], 1988-11-18 / with Martin Worman.
Production
  1. 1988.
Copyright date
  1. ℗1999
Playing time
  1. 004650 001430
Type of content
  1. spoken word
Type of medium
  1. audio
  2. computer
Type of carrier
  1. audiocassette
  2. online resource
Digital file characteristics
  1. audio files WAV file
Performer
  1. Sylvester, interviewee ; Martin Worman, interviewer.
Event
  1. Recorded [Sylvester's house], San Francisco, California 1988 November 18 (original interview recording); [New York, New York] p1999 (revised recording produced by Robert Croonquist)
Access
  1. Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Original version
  1. Archival originals: (1 audiocassette tape : analog, quarter-track, mono ; 7 in.) in *LTC-A 1706.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of: Martin Worman audiovisual collection, *L(Special) 10-06
Local note
  1. Preservation files: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltca1706_v01f01_em (Part 1) and myh_ltca1706_v01f02_em (Part 2)].
Source
  1. Separated from; Billy Rose Theatre Division, Martin Worman papers, 1960-2008, *T-Mss 2009-002.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Worman, Martin, interviewer.
  2. Kirsch, Dorothy, donor.
  3. Croonquist, Robert, donor.
Added title
  1. Martin Worman audiovisual collection.
Found in:
  1. Martin Worman audiovisual collection, 1960-2008.
Research call number
  1. *LTC-A 1706
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