Found 33 collections related to Video recordings

The Irene Diamond Fund was a philanthropic organization active from 1994 to 2012. The fund was established by Irene Diamond to provide large scale funding for a select group of charitable causes, and the bulk of its grants were awarded to New York City-based organizations supporting research in HIV/AIDS, minority education, and the arts. The Irene Diamond Fund records document annual grants funded by the organization between 1994 and 2012, with annual appeals, award letters, and printed material about the grantee programs. less

The Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. papers document the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), noted for his political activities in the Democratic Party and for his acclaimed accounts of nineteenth and twentieth century history. The collection consists of extensive correspondence, journals, writings, research material, office files, and personal records. The papers provide insight into Schlesinger's philosophical, political, and historical thinking, while offering a glimpse of his daily activities. They represent Schlesinger's vocation as a popular and academic historian, as well as his life as a political activist and advisor. less

The Maryam Jameelah Papers include the correspondence, fiction, and academic writings of Maryam Jameelah, (nee Margaret Marcus), an American Jew who, after her conversion to Islam, emigrated to Pakistan and resides there still. Her correspondence and writings tell of her troubled youth, her interest in Palestinian life and literature, her sympathy for displaced Palestinians after the formation of modern Israel, her correspondence with Pakistani mentor Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maudoodi, her conversion to Islam, and her subsequent emigration and life in Pakistan. Later essays include book reviews of other Islamic authors and essays discussing Islamic life and culture. less

Lawrence David Mass, a co-founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, is a physician and writer living in New York City. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, 1966-1995, notes, drafts, outlines, and published copies of his books, essays, and reviews, topical files, personal press clippings, photographs, audio and videotapes, and ephemera reflecting Mass's work as a writer and gay activist. less

The papers reflect the personal life and career of Robin Hardy, Canadian-born gay activist, writer and editor of action/adventure fiction who emigrated to the United States from Canada in 1984. The papers consist of Hardy's personal and family correspondence; editorial correspondence and papers reflecting his work as a writer and editor; clippings of published articles; typescript drafts and outlines of stories, novels and other writings, including his book on the AIDS epidemic, The Crisis of Desire ; personal miscellany including high school and college compositions; diaries; photographs; printed matter relating to AIDS; and sound and video recordings. less

The Vincent Astor Foundation was established in New York City in 1948 by Vincent Astor for the purpose of "alleviating human misery." Mrs. Brooke Russell Astor, widow of Vincent Astor, served as president of the foundation from 1960 until its dissolution in 1997. The collection consists chiefly of records of financial grants awarded to charitable and non-profit organizations, mainly in New York City. Grants were awarded to libraries, museums, schools, universities, settlement houses, and various civic and community improvement groups. The records reflect Mrs. Astor's personal participation in the awarding of the foundation's grants. Included also are personal papers of Mrs. Astor relating to her civic and philanthropic activities. Among these papers are correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and videotapes recording her appearances on network television shows. less

Personal correspondence between Watson and friends and authors; business correspondence and records; and audio and videocassette recordings of readings at the bookstore and records documenting the events held there and the relationships between the owner, the authors, and clientele. Of note are letters and clippings pertaining to the closing of the store and the audiocassettes of various readings. Correspondents include Ray Blount, Jr., Harold Brodkey, Russell Chatham, Susan Cheever, Carlos Fuentes, Brendan Gill, Jim Harrison, Ann Lauterbach, Ilona A. Vitarius, and Ted Wilentz, Gordon Lish, Tom Wolfe and others. less

Artist and gay rights activist Copy Berg was born Vernon E. Berg, III on July 10, 1951. He attended the United States Naval Academy from 1970-1974 and then served with the U. S. Navy Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. In 1975 the Navy sought to release him by General Discharge on grounds of homosexuality. Berg fought a highly publicized legal battle against the Navy but lost the case and was released in 1976. He settled in New York where he studied at Pratt Institute and launched his career as an artist. In 1986 Berg was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). His subsequent artwork explored the social response to the AIDS epidemic, sexual politics and sadomasochism. Berg died of an AIDS-related illness on January 27, 1999. The Copy Berg Papers include correspondence of the artist, his friends and his family; records of Berg's service in the United States Navy and his discharge dispute; artwork; photographs; audio and video recordings; printed material and ephemera. less

Jamake Highwater (born circa. 1930) was the director and choreographer for the San Francisco Contemporary Dancers from 1954 to 1967, and a rock music journalist and travel writer from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. From 1975 on, he was been primarily a lecturer and an author of fiction and non-fiction, dealing mostly with American Indian arts and culture, and with myth and ritual in general. Based in New York from 1967 until the mid-1980s, Highwater moved to Los Angeles in 1992 and died in 2001.The papers include writings by Highwater in published and typescript form, correspondence, photographs, slides, audio tapes, and films and videos, mostly pertaining to Highwater's work in modern dance and as a writer and public speaker. less

Herbert Mitgang (1920- ), author, editor, journalist, and motion-picture producer, was managing editor of the U.S. Army newspaper Stars and Stripes, during World War II. After his war service, he joined the New York Times as a copy editor and reviewer. He served as supervising editor of the Sunday Times drama section from 1955 to 1962, editorial writer and member of the editorial board from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1967 to 1976. From 1964 to 1967 he was assistant to the president and the executive editor of CBS News and produced several documentary films. He taught at City College in New York, was a visiting lecturer at Yale University and served as president of both the Authors' League and the Authors' Guild. Since 1976 Mitgang has been a cultural correspondent and book reviewer for the New York Times. In addition to his work at the Times and CBS, he has written articles, novels and biographies and has edited several books. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, files relating to publications, notes, clippings, photographs, motion pictures, recordings, videotapes, and memorabilia that document Mitgang's activities as a journalist, author, editor, and film producer. Papers include general correspondence, 1945-1979; New York Times editorial correspondence, 1970-1976; and correspondence concerning Authors' Guild, 1957-1979, Authors' League, 1962-1973, and Times Op-Ed page. Also, typescripts, notes, clippings, and other materials for his articles, reviews, biographies, novels, scripts, and other writings; and files, 1983-1988, collected by Mitgang for his book Dangerous Dossiers. Other items consist of photographs, notebooks, awards, teaching notes, clippings, Stars and Stripes scrapbook, cartoons, and memorabilia. Materials relating to his documentaries include scripts and notes, films, videotapes and audio recordings of programs produced for CBS News; these include documentaries on Carl Sandburg, Henry Moore, and Jimmy Walker, and interviews with David Ben-Gurion, Anthony Eden, Admiral Gene R. La Roque and Helen Wolff. less

George Stambolian (1938-1991), writer, editor, and college professor was an important figure in the gay literary world of the 1980s. The papers (1955-1992) contain correspondence, essays, lectures, interviews and clippings documenting Stambolian's work as an author, editor and educator, and reflect his interest in gay literature and culture. less

Karen Umminger and Sara Strandtman were married on July 12, 1992 at the First Unitarian Church of Austin, Texas. Videotapes, wedding ephemera, and copies of print media document their wedding and the controversy it sparked after their wedding announcement appeared in the local newspaper (Austin American-Statesman) less

Testing the Limits was a video collective formed in New York in 1987 to document AIDS activism. The collective produced a short work, Testing the Limits : NYC, in 1987 and a feature-length documentary Voices from the Front in 1991. The collective's final production was a four-part documentary The Question of Equality which chronicled the gay and lesbian struggle for civil rights. The Testing the Limits Records consist of both organizational records and video footage shot by the collective. less

The Anne and Paul Laven papers, which span the years 1933-2001, document Anne Laven's creative pursuits and her husband Paul's military service during WWII. In addition to correspondence, the collection includes photographs and scripts related to Anne's career as a puppeteer and Balinese dancer and aerial views of postwar Germany taken by Paul in his capacity as a military photographer with the United States Air Force. less

Aldyn McKean (1948-1994), a gay rights and AIDS activist, was a founding member, spokesman, and grassroots organizer for ACT UP. He represented that organization, among others, at international AIDS conferences and demonstrations. His papers consist of administrative files, writings, correspondence, printed matter, video recordings, and artifacts documenting his participation in several AIDS activist organizations, including ACT UP New York, United for AIDS Action, and Third Wave International, as well as a small amount of personal papers. less

The Women's Action Coalition (WAC) was a feminist direct-action organization founded in 1992 to fight discrimination against women. Its members held colorful demonstrations in support of women's rights, using a drum corps and the slogan "WAC is watching. We will take action." The Coalition's records contain administrative files, committee files, subject files, photographs, printed material, video recordings, as well as posters, placards, banners, and props used during protest demonstrations. less

The David W. Dunlap Papers contain materials from the period of Dunlap's career in which he covered the gay, lesbian and AIDS beat for the New York Times. The collection consists of printed copies of Dunlap's articles and the research materials used to write them. Special materials include audio recordings of interviews and events, photographs from gay rights parades and business cards collected by Dunlap. less

Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., the son of the eminent Art-Deco architect, Ely Jacques Kahn, was a prolific free-lance journalist, author of 27 non-fiction books, and longtime staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. The bulk of the papers reflect Kahn's research for his wide-ranging free-lance articles, New Yorker columns and articles, and books. less

Donald Vining was the author of A Gay Diary and the founder of the Pepys Press. The collection, 1926-1996, includes correspondence, diaries, novels, play scripts, stories, and articles as well as a scrapbook and two videotaped interviews. less

The records document the pioneering efforts of a non-profit organization in New York City founded by people living with AIDS for the purpose of developing programs of caring and support for people with AIDS (PWAs) and for combating the atmosphere of fear, ignorance, and hostility associated with the disease. The founders maintained that people living with AIDS could lead productive and self-fulfilling lives when they practiced a philosophy of self-empowerment and self-reliance. less

Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS was a not-for-profit organization that fundraised through exhibitions, the sale of photographs, and events, to lend financial support to organizations providing health care to people with AIDS; to medical research; and to public education initiatives. The materials in the collection date from 1988-1996 and contain correspondence, minutes, annual reports, memoranda, office files, financial records, grant applications, project proposals, exhibition catalogs, and photographs. less

Marvin Liebman was a conservative strategist and fundraiser for the Republican Party who came out as gay in 1990. His papers consist chiefly of drafts of his memoir, Coming out Conservative, but also include some correspondence, other writings, and photocopies of published articles about Liebman and gay political conservatives. less