- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".67 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes; 1 sound recording", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 6174", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"6174", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1977-1989", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1977/1989"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1977
- date_inclusive_end
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1989
- keydate
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1977
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Francis Toohey papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The collection consists chiefly of photographs shot or collected for use in the magazine Hit Parade. Most of the photographs depict artists and performers, including female impersonators. Includes photographs taken at the Red Parrot, Interferon, the Union Club, the Ice Palace, and clubs in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Photographers include Bruce Jope, Dominique, Virginia Liberatore, Steve Aucoin, Gene Bagnato, and others."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Francis Toohey Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Francis Toohey, with his partner Bruce Jope, was the founder and editor of the magazine Hit Parade. HIt Parade was published in Boston from 1978-1980 and in New York from 1980-1982. Toohey also wrote the popular \"Homoside\" feature of the magazine. He has also written for After Dark, Esplanade, the Boston Phoenix, Night Fall, Boston Magazine, and other gay and mainstream publications.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists chiefly of photographs shot or collected for use in the magazine Hit Parade. Most of the photographs are portraits or candid shots of celebrites, artists and performers, including female impersonators. Many of the photographs were taken at clubs and discos iincluding the Red Parrot, Interferon, and the Union Club in New York City, the Ice Palace on Fire Island, and venues in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Photographers include Bruce Jope, Dominique, Virginia Liberatore, Steve Aucoin, Gene Bagnato, and others. In addition to the photographs, the collection includes original cartoon art work by Peter Jarrette and Joel Resnicoff which appeared in Hit Parade, a few clippings of articles by or about Francis Toohey, a volume of Toohey's poetry, and an audiocassette of his interview with Allan Ginsberg.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Francis Toohey papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/6174#c192955'>Series I. Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1978-1982</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/6174#c193017'>Series II. Other materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1978-1988</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Francis Toohey papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>Series I. Photographs, 1978-1982</li> <li>Series II. Other materials, 1978-1988</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Francis Toohey, July 2001</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">A complete run Hit Parade magazine is available in the Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender periodical collection.. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</span>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Toohey, Francis", "type"=>"persname"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Melanie A. Yolles.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.67 linear feet (2 boxes; 1 sound recording)
- date_start
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1977
- date_end
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1989