Craig Rodwell papers

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Description
Craig Rodwell (1940-1993) was an American gay rights activist. He was active in the Mattachine Society in New York City and in 1967 founded the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, the first bookstore devoted to serious writing by gay authors. A participant in the Stonewall riots in 1969, Rodwell figured prominently in the gay liberation movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, printed matter, artifacts, and other items documenting Rodwell's work as an activist and proprietor of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop. Correspondence is mainly incoming letters from friends and colleagues, and writings, ca. early 1970s, are on gay-related topics. Rodwell's files contain clippings, flyers, correspondence and other materials all pertaining to aspects of gay and lesbian politics and culture. Other papers include printed matter, Martin Duberman's interview with Rodwell, and materials from Rodwell's childhood and youth. Also, photographs and slides; artifacts such as political buttons, banner, T-shirts, and puzzle; and two sound recordings. (Sixteen commercial sound recordings were transferred to the International Gay Information Center Archives.).
Names
Rodwell, Craig, 1940-1993 (Creator)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940 - 1993
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2606
Topics
Mattachine Society
Homosexuality
Genres
Photographs
Posters
Buttons (Information artifacts)
Physical Description
Extent: 7 linear feet (21 boxes)
Type of Resource
Still image
Three dimensional object
Text
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12103186
RLIN/OCLC: NYPW95-A118
MSS Unit ID: 2606
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 600190b0-c622-012f-c5c0-58d385a7bc34
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