The Resource Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection

Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection

Label
Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection, 1977-1979
Title
Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection
Inclusive dates
1977-1979
Creator
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Moon Over Miami was a benefit event for the Miami Gay Support Committee which opposed Anita Bryant's "Save Our Children" campaign against homosexuals. The Moon Over Miami event included several entertainers with author Armisted Maupin as the master of ceremonies. Klein was successful in this venture and was involved with additional fundraisers. There are programs for a Hollywood Bowl event "A Star Spangled Night For Rights," "A Little Rights Music," the Concerned Voters of California No on 6 dinner program,and the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade and Celebration
Biographical or historical data
Allen Klein was born in New York, and attended Hunter College and Yale Drama School. He workedas an art director and scenic designer for CBS-TV in New York. He moved to the Haight District in SanFrancisco and established a silk screen business called The Works. He was a member of a gay fathers group in the 1970s.
Cataloging source
SFR
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Klein, Allen
Language note
Collection materials are in English
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Klein, Allen
  • Miami Gay Support Committee
  • Gay community
  • Gays
Label
Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection
Link
Instantiates
Arrangement
Arranged by format: Subject Files (arranged chronologically) are followed by Photographs.
Extent
8 folders (7 legal folders; 1 oversized folder).
Governing access note
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Allen Klein, January 28, 2016.
System control number
(OCoLC)960064044
Terms governing use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Label
Allen Klein "Moon Over Miami" Fundraiser Collection
Link
Arrangement
Arranged by format: Subject Files (arranged chronologically) are followed by Photographs.
Extent
8 folders (7 legal folders; 1 oversized folder).
Governing access note
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Allen Klein, January 28, 2016.
System control number
(OCoLC)960064044
Terms governing use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

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