Larry Mitchell papers

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Identifier: 7820

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Mitchell's publications, drafts of his and other people's writings (including a draft of a Harvey Fierstein piece), video recording of Marsha P. Johnson, an African American drag queen who was a prominent participant in the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City and was an outspoken advocate for gay rights. Also includes interviews, reviews and awards for his writing (including the Lambda Literary Award) and the work of Calamus Books, as well as personal and family papers, including journals and diaries and a copy of Mitchell's baby book.

Dates

1954-2005.

Creator

Mitchell, Larry. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

American author and publisher, born in Muncie, Indiana in 1938. Mitchell was the founder of Calamus Books, an early small press devoted to gay male literature, and a cofounder of Gay Presses of New York in 1981. Mitchell also wrote fiction dealing with the gay male experience in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s, including the book of short stories My life as a mole (1989) and the novel The terminal bar (1982). The feature film Acid snow (1998) is based on Mitchell's novel of the same name. He died in Ithaca, New York in 2012.

Extent

6 cubic feet. (6 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Mitchell's publications, drafts of his and other people's writings (including a draft of a Harvey Fierstein piece), interviews, reviews and awards for his writing and the work of Calamus Books, and personal and family papers, including journals and diaries.

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Publications and Books- cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

The Advocate
Arts Magazine
Extra!
HX: Homo Xtra
Inches
Lies of Our Times
Lavender Lifestyles
Next Magazine
NYQ
Out and About
Outweek
Paper Magazine
The Pink Paper
QW
Red
The Source
SPIN
Theater Week
The Times Book Review
Spy
Bumbalo, Victor Niagara Falls and Other Plays, 1984
Flannigan, Jim Don The Burp and Other Stories, 1980
Mitchell, Larry Acid Snow, 1993
Mitchell, Larry The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, 1977
Mitchell, Larry My Life As A Mole and Five Other Stories, 1988
Mitchell, Larry The Terminal Bar, 1982
Mitchell, Larry My Life As A Mole and Five Other Stories, 1988
Schreiber, Ron Tomorrow Will Really Be Sunday, 1984

Physical Description

Diaries, publications.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: January 2016
EAD encoding:: Theo Wolf, January 2016
Date modified:: Jude Corina, January 2016