Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light videotapes

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2024

Descriptive Summary

Title: Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light videotapes

Dates: 1973-1978

Collection Number: 1999-52

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 4 linear feet

Online items available

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: This collection contains 109 hours, or almost 100 ½-inch EIAJ-1 open reel tapes, recorded by the early gay video production group Queer Blue Light. Subjects range from politics to culture.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light videotapes. Collection Number: 1999-52. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Daniel A. Smith.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains 109 hours, or almost 100 ½-inch EIAJ-1 open reel tapes, recorded by the early gay video production group Queer Blue Light. Subjects range from politics to culture and include: a 1973 tape on the Bakersfield Gay Student Union; a 1975 demonstration of gay teachers in San Francisco; the 1976 Castro Street Fair; and a provocative 31 minute documentary called Sign 504 Now about a four week long sit-in of disability rights protesters at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. All reels of historical interest have been digitized and available for viewing at the GLBT Historical Society archives. GSSO Linked Terms: http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000297; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374

Indexing Terms

Motion pictures

Gay men