Series 1: Garry Wotherspoon papers, 1966-1999

MLMSS 7264

series

1966-1999

430611

10.2 metres of textual material (59 boxes)

Dr Garry Wotherspoon, teacher, writer and historian, taught Australian economic and social history, and minority studies at the University of Sydney. He has published books articles gay history and articles in Campaign, Outrage, Gay Information and other magazines and edited Being Different: Nine Gay Men Remember, 1986, and Who's who in contemporary gay and lesbian history : from World War II to the present day, 2001.

Reference: Compiled from the collection

Garry Wotherspoon papers, 1966-1999, including audio tapes and posters. Includes papers related to books authored or edited by Wotherspoon related to gay research and history, personal diaries, appointment books, correspondence, academic articles, academic work files, research projects, newscuttings, memorabilia, audio tapes and posters.

BOX 1
Material for projected book on Australian gay history - From Sodomy to Subculture
(ch i) The Anglo-Saxon heritage. Material for projected book on Australian gay history - From Sodomy to Subculture (ch ii) Sodomy and the Lash: The Convict Era

BOX 2
Material for projected book on Australian gay history - From Sodomy to Subculture
(ch iii) Colonial Society and Attitudes. Material for projected book on Australian gay history - From Sodomy to Subculture (ch iv) Special Friendships: Homosocial Relations in the Antipodes

BOX 3
Material for projected book on Australian gay history - From Sodomy to Subculture
(ch v) The Growth of a Hidden Subculture

BOX 4
Material for projected book on Australian gay history - From Sodomy to Subculture
(ch vi) Against the Law: The thinking behind the legal changes.Material for projected book on Australian gay history - From Sodomy to Subculture (ch vii) The Rise and Fall of the Medical Model

BOX 5
Material for projected book on Australian gay history - From Sodomy to Subculture
(ch viii) Changing Perceptions: New Ideas and Attitudes

BOX 6
Material on the impact of AIDS in Australia (including material used for
History Lessons: Social responses to AIDS and other epidemics in Sydney
[as published in Gay Perspectives]

BOX 7
Aborigines and homosexuality historical material

BOX 8
Material relating to Gay Perspectives
Correspondence, design, launch, publicity, sales;
Material relating to Gay Perspectives III

BOX 9
Material relating to Gay Perspectives
Final drafts, with editors amendments;

BOX 10
Material relating to Gay Perspectives III
Correspondence, design, launch, publicity, sales

BOX 11
Material relating to Gay Perspectives III
Penultimate draft of all chapters;

BOX 12
Appointment books, 1968 - 1979

BOX 13
Appointment books, 1980 June 1995

BOX 14
RESTRICTED
Diaries
vol 1 Nov 1966 May 1970
vol 2 May 1970 Jan 1971
vol 3 Jan 1971 July 1971
vol 4 July 1971 Feb 1972
vol 5 Feb 1972 Aug 1972
vol 6 Sept 1972 Oct 1972
vol 7 Nov 1972 March 1974
vol 8 March 1974 Dec 1975
vol 9 Jan 1976 June 1980

BOX 15
Material on:
Anti-gay Violence Project
The Gay Market/Pink Dollar
Gays and the art world

BOX 16
City of the Plain final draft, proof copy, some correspondence

BOXES 17-18
City of the Plain correspondence, design, launch, publicity, reviews, etc

BOX 19
Being Different: Nine Gay Men remember
Correspondence with contributors, some correspondence with publishers, ideas for cover design, details of launch, publicity, reviews

BOX 20
Being Different: Nine Gay Men remember -Original manuscripts,

BOX 21
Minorities: cultural diversity in Sydney correspondence with publishers and authors, design, launch, publicity, draft chapters.

BOX 22
Minorities: cultural diversity in Sydney draft final chapters

BOX 23
Academic articles drafts, correspondence, etc, 1975 - 1990

BOX 24
Academic articles drafts, correspondence, etc, 1991 1992

BOX 25
Academic articles drafts, correspondence, etc, 1993 - 1999

BOX 26
Articles, non-academic (journalistic, pop, etc)

BOX 27
Articles, non-academic (journalistic, pop, etc)

BOX 28
Papers given, etc and unpublished papers

BOX 29
Academic work files A - E

BOX 30
Academic work files F - M

BOX 31
Academic work files N - R

BOX 32
Academic work files S - Z

BOX 33
Academic work files
Department of Economic History (minutes, correspondence, etc)

BOX 34
Academic work files
Urban History and other courses audio-visual materials sources

BOX 35
RESTRICTED
Personal files - correspondence

BOX 36
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Personal files financial papers

BOXES 37-38
RESTRICTED
Personal files financial papers

BOX 39
RESTRICTED
Personal files job/promotion applications

BOX 40
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Personal files private correspondence

BOX 41
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Personal files correspondence A - G

BOX 42
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Personal files correspondence H - P

BOX 43
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Personal files correspondence R - Z

BOX 44
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Personal files private correspondence

BOX 45
Australian Gay History Project seminar programs, correspondence, etc

BOX 46
Australian Centre for Lesbian and Gay Research - miscellaneous

BOX 47
Draft manuscript of Randy Shilts The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
Draft Copy of Dino Hodges Did You Meet Any Malagas?
Manuscript copy of Martin Smiths Gay History of Australia
(CARE: there are doubts about the research for and interpretation of this).

BOX 48
Draft of M. Gilding (PhD thesis) Theory and History of the Family
Robert Johnston (thesis) Public Controversy over the Decline in Birthrate
John McDowell, Memoirs
Daniel Phelps (thesis) The Writings of Richard Dyer.

BOX 49
Homosexuality in Australian literature

BOX 50
Report of Commission of Enquiry into the NSW Road Freight Industry
(Vol III, Supp Report; An Historical Review of Rail Freight and Road Freight in NSW
The Savings Bank of NSW 1832 1871 (my M.Ec. thesis)
Gay Slide Show text
Material relating to possible book of documents on Australian gay history

BOX 51
Research projects (+ some Mardi Gras programmes)

BOX 52
Gays and politics, and political activism (1980s and 1990s).

BOX 53
Newspaper cuttings and notes on gay issues, 1980s and 1990s.

BOX 54
Miscellaneous files gay issues, 1980s and 1990s

BOXES 55-56
Miscellaneous memorabilia life in Sydney 1980s/1990s

BOX 57
Miscellaneous memorabilia life in Sydney 1980s/1990s

BOX 58
Miscellaneous memorabilia life in Sydney 1980s/1990s

BOX 59
Miscellaneous memorabilia life in Sydney 1980s/1990s

POSTERS
24 posters, ca. 1976-ca. 1996 related to Stonewall Week, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Sleaze Ball and gay conferences, health issues, political campaigns, and cultural events. (Call No. POSTERS 1643/1-24)

Partly restricted: Access to boxes 14, and 35-44 of the collection for research, and authorisation of reproduction or publishing must be approved by Garry Wotherspoon during his lifetime.

Copyright status:: In copyright -- This collection has multiple copyright owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Approval for reproduction required: Applies to boxes 14, and 35-44

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014

Posters from this collection catalogued at POSTERS 1643/1-24 under the following title: Garry Wotherspoon collection of posters relating to gay issues and events, 1976-1996