Descriptive Summary
Southeastern Arts, Media and Education Project
records
1985-1996
coll2008-020
Southeastern Arts, Media &
Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.)
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943-
3 archives boxes, 2 oversized
boxes, 1 roll. 4 linear feet.
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Play submissions, correspondence, membership
information, administrative records, and publications of the Southeastern Arts
Media and Entertainment Project, 1985 to 1996.
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Publication Rights
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Box #, Folder #, Southeastern Arts, Media and Education Project records,
coll2008-020, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles,
California.
Acquisition Information
Date of acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira and Sócrates Silva.
Administrative History
SAME, the Southeastern Arts, Media and Education project, 1985-1996, was
a multidisciplinary Atlanta based gay and lesbian nonprofit arts organization
whose mission was to utilize arts for social change. During its first ten
years, 1985-1995, SAME produced over 70 plays, original film and video works,
including
Promise of Life, a documentary on people
living with AIDS, and published
Amethyst, a semi-annual journal of creative
writing and visual arts. SAME, along with
Southern Voice newspaper, co-produced the
Southeastern Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, which screened over 50 films in
1994, a major event for the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian community. SAME also
organized numerous visual arts exhibitions and an annual arts and crafts
festival.
Sócrates Silva
Scope and Content of Collection
The records of the Southeastern Arts and Media Entertainment Project,
(SAME), 1985-1996, consist of administrative records, including an operational
handbook, correspondence, financial ledger sheets and statements, membership
lists, publications, scripts, t-shirts, and a banner. The collection is
organized in four series: Adminstrative Records, Publications, Scripts, and
Ephemera.
Arrangement
The Adminstrative Records and Publications Series are organized
chronologically with the earliest known records first, followed by the Scripts
arranged alphabetically by playwright and the Ephemera Series
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Gay dramatists
Gay theater
Homosexuality and theater
Lesbian dramatists
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943-
Southeastern Arts, Media &
Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.)
Related Material
Rebecca Ranson papers coll2008-021.
Index
Ball, Charlene
Bumbalo, Victor, 1948-
Calabria, Deb
Cloutier, Martin
Cyr, Dave
Dana, Mary
Dillon, David
Field, Aden
Fields, Mike
Fries, Kenny
Garner, Terry Cammon, 1953-
Grimsley, Jim, 1955-
Hill, Stebbo
Imhotep, Akbar
Lawes, Lisa
Olson, Donald S.
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943-
Raphel, Kenneth
Smith, Don
Sojourner, Sabrina
Underwood, Lolita
Wertheim, Aubrey
Yeoman, Cal
Youngblood, Shay
Description/Container List
Series 1:
Administrative Records
1987-1995
10 folders.
Series Scope and Content
The bulk of the Records Series consists of correspondence,
membership information, and flyers and programs for SAME's Out Proud Theatre
productions. Correspondence and related materials concerning FEDAPT, an
organizational assistance program for the performing arts, can be found in the
Atlanta Theatre Coalition folder. Other files include, financial records and
minutes.
Financial records
1987-1988
1 : 1
Correspondence
1987-1995
1 : 2
Minutes
1989
1 : 3
Operations handbook
1990
1 : 4
Membership forms and mailing list
1990
1 : 5
Atlanta Theatre Coalition records
1990-1991
1 : 6
Out Proud subscription mailings
1991-1992
1 : 7
Out Proud logo
circa 1990
1 : 8
SAME / Out Proud productions
1985-1994
Flyers, programs, paper paddle fan
1985-1994
1 : 9
Performance posters
1985-1994
4 : 1
Series 2:
Publications
1988-1996
5 folders.
Series Scope and Content
SAME produced a number of publications including a newsletter; the
Southern Voice newspaper;
Amethyst, a journal of creative writing
and visual arts; and the program of the local gay & lesbian film festival.
The project also contributed to the publication of a pamphlet of still
photographs taken by Royce Augustine Hoyle of television programs
1957-1962.
The Report Line,
The Inside Line
newsletters
1988-1996
1 : 10
TV Photographer:
1957-1962
1988
1 : 11
Southern Voice newspaper
March 01,
19884 : 2
Gay & Lesbian Film Festival programs
1989-1996
4 : 3
Amethyst
1990
1 : 12
Series 3:
Scripts
circa 1990
21 folders.
Series Scope and Content
The Script Series consists of scripts submitted to SAME; each script
is accompanied by the playwright's correspondence, and occasionally copies of
clippings. The series also includes the only script in the collection of a play
known to have been performed by SAME, Rebecca Ranson's
Homes, which includes a flyer for the
performance.
Charlene Ball
1993
Article of Faith
1993
2 : 1
Victor Bumbalo
1991
Show and Tell
1991
2 : 2
Show,
And Then,
Tell
1992
2 : 3
Martin Cloutier
1996
Necessary Delusions
1996
2 : 4
Dave Cyr
1991
Vivid Nounclouds and
Etc.
1991
2 : 5
Mary Dana, Kenneth Raphel, Stebbo Hill, Deb Calabria, Mike
Fields, Don Smith, Akbar Imotep, Lisa Laws, Lolita Underwood
circa 1990
Alternate Concerns
circa 1990
2 : 6
David Dillon
1993
Party
1993
2 : 7
Aden Field
1987
Coffee, Beer, Never
Fear
1987
2 : 8
Kenny Fries
1989
Music for a While
1989
2 : 9
Terry Cammon Garner, 1953-
1984
Livin' on Salvation
Street
1984
2 : 10
Jim Grimsley
circa 1990
The Borderland
circa 1990
2 : 11
Man with a Gun
circa 1990
2 : 11
Donald S. Olson
1991
Beardsley
1991
3 : 1
Rebecca Ranson, 1943-
1989
Homes
1989
3 : 2
Sabrina Sojourner
1989
Becoming Visible
1989
3 : 3
Aubrey Wertheim
1991
Make Way for Dyklings
1991
3 : 4
Cal Yeoman
1979-1987
Poems, Fragments, Pieces,
Pictures
1987
3 : 5
Poetry
1986
3 : 6
Richmond Jim
1979-1987
3 : 7
Shay Youngblood
1988-1993
Family Album
1990
3 : 8
Shaking the Mess Outta
Misery
1988
3 : 9
Square Blues
1993
3 : 10
Series 4:
Ephemera
circa 1990
1 oversized box.
Series Scope and Content
The t-shirts and a banner in this series document SAME events and projects: the Gay
America Loves You billboard project, the
Network Q program on PBS, Out Proud
Theatre,
Southern Voice newspaper, and a
banner from Etcetera Magazine. Also included
are t-shirts from Olivia cruise line and the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus.
SAME t-shirts and banner
circa 1990
"Gay America Loves You" t-shirt
circa 1990
5
"
Network Q, Out Across America, On
Location. In Your Life. Every Week. On PBS. t-shirt"
circa 1990
5
"Out Proud Theater" t-shirt
circa 1990
5
"SOVO
Southern Voice Newspaper; Black and
White and Read All Over" t-shirt
circa 1990
5
"Etcetera Magazine salutes SAME's 10th Year Anniversary"
banner
1995
6
Other T-shirts
circa 1990
"Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus" t-shirt
circa 1990
5
"Olivia Anniversary" t-shirt
circa 1988
5