COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The collection contains albums with photographs Bluestein took of nude men, some taken in his apartment, some taken at clubs. Additionally, all of the journals he kept during his lifetime, approximately 60 volumes dating from 1968 until 2006. A small number of audiocassette recordings of various interviews.
Dates
- 1900s-2000s.
Creator
- Bluestein, Ron. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Restrictions on use:
Photograph albums and photographs in boxes 2 and 3 may not be reproduced or published until 2068.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Ron Bluestein was born in Philadelphia on February 4, 1949 and died from cancer on September 20, 2007 in his sister's home in Springfield, PA. His journal writing, started as an assignment in Arthur Lessing's philosophy class at Lake Forrest College, Illinois in 1969, continued avidly across the years. Bluestein wrote about AIDS hospice, art, entertainment, spirituality, and sex clubs for the Bay Area Reporter, the Advocate, Vogue, and other publications. In about 1984 he helped start the San Francisco Jacks, a safe sex group still active in 2007 and described as "a fellowship of men who like to jack-off in the company of like-minded men." He supported himself as a waiter and as a caretaker in a San Francisco Zen center. He was close with his sister Sheryl Bluestein McShea who added his nickname Ronnette as her middle name after his death.
Extent
2.2 cubic feet. (2.2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Collected journals and photographs of writer Ron Bluestein.
Physical Description
Photographs, journal.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Sarah Keen
- Date completed:
- January 2008
- EAD encoding:
- Sarah Keen, January 2008 Ezra Corral, July 2008 Sara McDermott, May 2010
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, February 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Sarah Keen
- Date
- January 2008
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu