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Daniel Curzon Papers, 1950S-2014GLC 52 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pv6phm No online items Daniel Curzon Papers, 1950s-2014GLC 52 Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA, 94102 (415) 557-4400 [email protected] 2015 Daniel Curzon Papers, GLC 52 1 1950s-2014GLC 52 Title: Daniel Curzon Papers, Date (inclusive): 1950s-2014 Collection Identifier: GLC 52 Creator: Curzon, Daniel Physical Description: 87.0 boxes + oversized material in flat files Contributing Institution: James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA, 94102 (415) 557-4400 [email protected] Abstract: Daniel Curzon (pseudonym of Daniel Brown) is a novelist, playwright and educator. His novels include Something You Do in the Dark, From Violent Men, and The World Can Break Your Heart. The Curzon Papers contain draft manuscripts for books, plays, songs, and articles by Curzon; personal and professional correspondence; mailing lists and clippings related to the management of IGNA (International Gay News Agency); clippings and reviews regarding Curzon's work; audiovisual materials; correspondence and legal materials related to a case against City College of San Francisco and the Teacher Review website; and photographs. Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite. Languages represented: Collection materials are in English. Access The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance. Publication Rights Copyright and literary rights for Curzon's published and unpublished works are retained by Daniel Curzon. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Daniel Curzon Papers (GLC 52), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library. Provenance Papers donated by Daniel Curzon, 1996, 2004-2005, 2014. Future additions expected. Biographical note Daniel Curzon is a novelist, playwright and educator. He was born Daniel Russell Brown. He received his Ph.B. from University of Detroit in 1960, his M.A. from Kent State University in 1961, and his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in 1969. He has taught at several universities since 1962; his longest tenure has been with City College of San Francisco as an instructor in English since 1980. His plays have been produced by Theater Rhinoceros, New Conservatory Theater, New City Theater, Above Board Theater, the Fringe Festival in San Francisco and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Curzon's notable novels include: Something You Do in the Dark (1971), The Misadventures of Tim McPick (1975), From Violent Men (1983), The World Can Break Your Heart (1984), Curzon in Love (1988), and Not Necessarily Nice: Stories (2000). His plays include: Sex Show: Comedy Madness (1977), Last Call (1981), Cinderella II: Happily Ever After (musical, 1984), No Mince Pies (musical, 1986), The Hit (1997), and Godot Arrives (1999). The information for this biographical sketch was drawn from Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007. Scope and Contents The collection contains draft manuscripts for articles and books by Daniel Curzon (pseudonym of Daniel R. Brown), personal and professional correspondence, mailing lists and clippings related to the management of IGNA (International Gay News Agency), drafts and final manuscripts of Brown's academic work, class notes and material for courses taught by Brown, audiovisual materials, photographs, and realia. There is some correspondence with authors and academics such as Joyce Carol Oates, Louie Crew, William N. Harlowe, Isabel Gilbert, Morris Kight, and John Gilgun, among others. A few boxes contain songs written by Curzon and materials related to his work with Dan Turner. In addition, there is material related to Curzon's legal case against City College of San Francisco and the Teacher Review website. The collection also includes some 1970s issues of gay newspapers and magazines. Arrangement The collection has not been processed. Box inventories reflect the original order as received from the donor. Most cartons contain a mixture of materials. Subjects and Indexing Terms Daniel Curzon Papers, GLC 52 2 1950s-2014GLC 52 Curzon, Daniel--Archives International Gay News Agency. Gay authors--United States--Archives. Gay college teachers--United States--Archives. Gay dramatists--United States--Archives. Gay novelists--United States--Archives. 1996 Accession Physical Description: 24.0 cubic feet Box 1 Manuscripts by Curzon Scope and Contents Drafts and final versions of manuscripts written by Curzon/Brown. Folders are in no particular order and many include fragments of larger works. Also includes a few calendars in box 10. Box 1 "Not Sold in Stores, or Skullduggery" (4 folders) Box 1 "Danny Boy (Danish Radio [script], 1992" Box 1 "People Do Things to Each Other." Also titled "What are Lovers For?" (2 copies in 5 folders) Box 1 "The Y" (2 copies in 4 folders) Box 1 "The Misadventures of Tim McPick" (3 copies in 6 folders) Box 1 "An Education Among the Carnivores" (2 folders) Box 1 "Something You Do in the Dark" [book jacket] Box 2 "The Y (Revised draft)" (2 folders) Box 2 "Interview with Daniel Curzon" [IGNA] Box 2 "Theatre Wonderful" Box 2 "Things" and "Things That Need to be Said" [columns] Box 2 "The Celebrity and the Fan" Box 2 "One Career in Literature: Touching and Amusing Anecdotes about the Novels of Daniel Curzon" Box 2 "Skin Tight" [screenplay] Box 2 "Queer Comedy, or The Misadventures of Tim McPick" (early draft). (2 folders) Box 2 "Sperm in Wrong Places (or A Crooked Eye)" (3 folders) Box 2 "The Artist" Box 2 [Unknown ms. located between "The Artist" and Part III "Every Boy Should Have a Hero"] Box 2 "Part III Every Boy Should Have a Hero" Box 2 "Future Meetings with My Unknown Son" [play] Box 2 [Notes on a play, possibly "Future Meetings with My Unknown Son"] Box 2 "The Future Will Take Care of Itself" [title page] Box 2 "Man and Wife" (alias Daniel Kaufman) Box 2 "Epiphany" Box 2 "Shakespeare Lives! (or the State of the Art)" [uncorrected rough draft] (3 folders) Box 2 "Gay additions to Shakespeare Lives! (later dropped)" Box 2 [Review of Fielding Gray by Simon Raven] Box 2 "The Importance of Being Honest" Box 2 "Taboo. In Which All is Explained; the Epilogue" Daniel Curzon Papers, GLC 52 3 1950s-2014GLC 52 Manuscripts by Curzon Box 2 "The Ulcer" Box 2 "Claudette and the Three Bullies" or "The Tasteful Transvestite and the Three Bullies" Box 2 "Gee, May I Have Your Autograph" Box 2 "Something You Do in the Dark" (4 folders; folder 3 contains G. P. Putnam correspondence re: revisions) Box 2 "Don't Rub Me the Wrong Way" (3 copies in 3 folders) Box 2 "Read Any Bad Books Lately?" Box 2 "Beauty Is Its Own Excuse for Being" Box 2 "Let's Make Babies, Darling" Box 2 "Whither the Houseboy?" Box 2 "The Missing Houseboy" Box 2 "The Tasteful Transvestite Goes to the Vatican" Box 2 [Review of Paul Monette's The Long Shot] Box 2 [Review of three one-act plays performed by One Act Theatre Company] Box 3 [From Violent Men. "SF." Draft storyline] Box 3 "Barbarians" [A.k.a. From Violent Men] (8 folders) Box 3 "From Violent Men" velo-bound mss. Box 3 "From Violent Men" drafts, 1992-1994 (3 folders) Box 3 "The Man Who Said What He Thought" [fragment] Box 3 "Comeback" by Curzon and Dan Turner Box 3 [Review of Hector Arce's The Secret Life of Tyrone Power] Box 3 [Poetry]. "I am a Man," "Go Do It," "You Gotta," "A Guy I Know," some notes on "Comeback" (George and Rosalind play) Box 3 "Comeback" [fragment] Box 3 "Heritage" Box 3 "An Interview with Playwright Caryl Churchill" Box 3 [Review of "The Club"] Box 3 [Review of Joyce Carol Oates' Unholy Loves]. Also contains notes on From Violent Men Box 3 [Review of S. Steinberg's A Fairy Tale] Box 3 "Mini-Book Reviews" Box 3 "What It's Like to Live in San Francisco: Nostalgia for the Present" Box 3 [Review of "American Quartet"] Box 3 "Free and Easy" Box 3 [Review of "A Prayer for My Daughter"] Box 3 "David Hockney" Box 3 "Ron Dwyer" [notes] Box 3 "Cruising" and letter William Friedkin Box 3 "A Ramble with Alice through Real-Land: the State of Literary Politics" Box 3 [Review of "I Love My Wife" starring the Smothers Brothers] Box 3 "The $oft $ell" [The Soft Sell] Box 3 [Review of Arthur Laurents' The Enclave at Theatre Rhinoceros] Box 3 "Tina (a monologue)" Box 3 "The Hobbit Script" [notes] Box 3 "Sex and Violence" Box 3 "Claudette Goes to Iran" Box 3 "Welcome to the Music of Curzon and Turner" Box 3 "Craft" re: Oliver Cromwell Box 3 "No Mince Pies" [Storyline of musical by Curzon and Dan Turner. Cp. The Rule of the Saints, or the Believers] Box 3 "Theatre Roundup" [column] Box 3 "The Reverend Rat" Box 3 [Review of Peter Ackroyd's Dressing Up: Transvestism and Drag] Box 3 "Who's Afraid of Beauty?" or "Ernie and Margaret vs. The World" Box 3 "That Old College Try" [Review of Robert Graham's Sins of the Father at Theatre Rhinoceros] Daniel Curzon Papers, GLC 52 4 1950s-2014GLC 52 Manuscripts by Curzon Box 3 "With and Without Love" or "The Birthday Girl" or "Of Love and Drugs" or "A Family Album" Box 3 [Notepad. Contains notes on From Violent Men] Box 3 "A Gay Fabliau" Box 3 "Preface" [to a collection of Curzon's stories and plays] Box 3 "Henry IV, Part III" rough draft Box 3 "Ernie's" or "The Baron Dances" Box 3 [Misadventures of] "Tim McPick" [corrections] 1979 Box 3 "Filmstrip Treatment: Learning and Memory" 1979 Box 3 "Filmstrip Treatment: Slanted Writing" 1979 Box 3 "Success" [song by Curzon and Dan Turner, 1978] Box 3 "Sharing" Box 3 "Comments on Last Call by the author" [Review of One-Act Theatre Co.
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