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Mary Whitlock photographs, Coll2008-053, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Gift of Mary Whitlock, July 24, 2008.
Collection processed by Misha Karbelnig, September 24, 2008.
To be supplied later.
This collection consists of photographic images, including prints, negatives, and color transparencies (slides), documenting the professional career and private life of Mary Whitlock between 1974 and 2008. The bulk of the collection consists of images taken by Whitlock in her capacity as a professional photographer. Several photograph and slide portfolios contain commercial images; the remaining materials document the Los Angeles GLBT, in particular the lesbian, community between 1974 and approximately 1990. The collection also contains several albums documenting Whitlock's personal relationships with family and friends, and her life with her partner Nancy Rosenblum; a small number of clippings, correspondence, brochures, fliers, and programs; and a silver pin with the word "Lesbian" in blue enamel.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
This series contains photographic images, including prints and negatives, taken by Mary Whitlock from 1974 to approximately 1990 in her professional capacity. The materials include a portfolio of images taken early in Whitlock's career of weddings and catered events; a professional portfolio binder of 11 x 16-inch black-and-white images of Gay Pride in New York City in 1976 and in Los Angeles in 1984, of the Griffith Park Observatory, and of various children; and six color slide portfolios from 1984 through 1990, containing images of Cape Cod National Park, Los Angeles apartment interiors, Hollywood movie sets, ancient ruins in Mexico and Italy, actors James Coburn and Nanette Fabray, writer Michael Creighton, and the 1986 Miss Black Los Angeles contest. The remaining photographs and negatives primarily document the Los Angeles GLBT, in particular Lesbian, community. GLBT events include a rally of Lesbians at Boston University in February 1974; the canals of Venice march by the performance group Sisters of Survival in 1983; a performance by Terry Wolverton and the MECLA annual dinner, both in 1985; the Lesbian and Gay Health Conference and an unidentified Connexus event, both in 1987; the UCLA/Woman's Building "Art Criticism for Women in the 90s" and UCLA "Friends of Women" conferences, both in 1988; the West Coast Women's Music Festival and dedication of the Robert Alan Kettelhack Memorial AIDS Chapel at St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Hollywood, both in 1989; undated Stonewall and Liberty Hill Foundation events; and several unidentified formal and informal events. The collection also contains photo shoots of GLBT individuals, including Sally Fiske, Katherine V. Forest, Jim La Maida, Paul Monette, Tori Osborne, and Yolanda Retter, and an undated photo shoot for a poster for the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center (GLCSC).
This series contains 3 albums: an album of a trip Whitlock took with her partner Nancy Rosenblum to Zion National Park in 1985; a family photograph album dated approximately 1991-1998; and a miniature album containing travel and family gatherings in 2001. The series also contains a small number of miscellaneous personal photographs found loose in the collection.
This series contains clippings, correspondence, brochures, fliers, and programs dating from 1973-2007, as well as a personal datebook for 2004.
This series consists of a single undated silver pin with the word "Lesbian" in blue enamel.