Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Papers, 1990-2018
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c80r9txj No online items Finding Aid to the Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Papers, 1990-2018 Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 415-557-4567 [email protected] URL: http://sfpl.org/gaylesbian 2016 Finding Aid to the Mattilda GLC 110 1 Bernstein Sycamore Papers, 1990-2018 Title: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Papers Date (inclusive): 1990-2018 Date (bulk): (bulk 1996-2018) Identifier/Call Number: GLC 110 Creator: Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein Physical Description: 7 cartons, 4 oversized folders, 1 map folder(8 Cubic Feet) Contributing Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 415-557-4567 [email protected] URL: http://sfpl.org/gaylesbian Abstract: Mattilda is a writer and activist concerned with various issues within the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. The major subjects include assimilation, gender, identity, and politics. The collection contains manuscripts, 'zines, published articles and books, photographs and audiovisual materials. Collection is stored onsite. Language of Material: Collection materials are in English; one item is in Italian. Conditions Governing Access The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Conditions Governing Use Copyright retained by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Papers (GLC 110), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library. Immediate Source of Acquisition Donated by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore in three accessions, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Sycamore donated 2 cartons of writing on October 17, 2016, and an additional 2 cartons on February 14, 2018. Biographical / Historical Mattilda has been known by various names throughout her life: Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and just Mattilda. She was the editor of her high school yearbook and its literary magazine, and has been involved with activism for GLBT issues, AIDS, and politics. She participated with ACT UP and was the co-founder of "Gay Shame" with one other person. She's an avid diarist and writer, and has lived in a variety of cities including New York and San Francisco. She is the author of The End of San Francisco (2013), The Freezer Door (2020), and the novels So Many Ways To Sleep Badly (2008), Pulling Taffy (2003), and Sketchtasy (2018). She's also the editor of five anthologies: Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers write About Their Clients (2000); That's Revolting: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (2004); Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (2006); Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving (2004); Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform (2012). Scope and Contents The collection includes manuscript writings, subject files, photographs, diaries, 'zines, books and published articles, and realia. The majority of the collection consists of heavily edited drafts of The End of San Francisco, Sketchtasy, The Freezer Door, and the submitted and edited drafts and correspondence for the anthology Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? The collection also contains a number of 'zines, such as Gay Shame and Swallow Your Pride, which Mattilda produced, books, articles and reviews written by Mattilda, and several published interviews of Mattilda. There is an almost complete run of the journal Make/Shift: feminisms in motion. Arrangement The collection is roughly grouped into series: Manuscripts and Writing; Subject Files; 'Zines; Photographs; Diaries / Journals; Books and Magazines; Audiovisual Materials; and, Realia and Memorabilia. Subjects and Indexing Terms Assimilation (Sociology). Finding Aid to the Mattilda GLC 110 2 Bernstein Sycamore Papers, 1990-2018 Conformity. Gays -- Identity. Gender indentity. Masculinity. Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein -- Archives Zines. Manuscripts box 1 "End of S.F., draft 1" spiral-bound 574 page draft with clear front cover and black back. Heavily annotated. box 1 [End of S.F. draft?] "Draft 6 [to] 7" spiral-bound 112 page draft with blue cover. box 1 [End of S.F. draft?] "Draft 7 [to] 8" spiral-bound 108 page draft with yellow cover. box 1 [End of S.F. draft?] "Draft 8 [to] 9" spiral-bound 107 page draft with yellow cover. box 1 "The End of S.F. draft 9" spiral-bound 104 page draft with yellow cover. box 1 "The End of S.F. draft 10" spiral-bound 105 page draft with white cover. box 1 "The End of S.F. draft 11" spiral-bound 107 page draft with red cover. box 1 [End of S.F. draft?] spiral-bound 141 page draft with pink cover. Heavily annotated. box 1 [End of S.F. draft chapter?] "This is why I'm here..." 16 pages box 1 [End of S.F. draft chapter?] "The Beach" 23 pages. Heavily annotated. box 1 [End of S.F. draft. "I met Johanna at a party..." "make extras"] spiral-bound draft with clear front cover and black back. Heavily annotated. box 1 [End of S.F. draft chapter?] "Sex..." spiral-bound 28 page draft with clear front cover and black back. Heavily annotated. box 1 [End of S.F. draft chapter?] "Sometimes we would drive around...". 5 pages. Annotated. box 1 "The End of S.F. (section)" [starts "I met Johanna at a party..."] spiral-bound white covers. Annotated. box 1 [The End of S.F. (section) draft] [starts "Downstairs, it's pretty empty..."] spiral-bound with clear front cover and black back. Annotated. box 1 [The End of S.F. (section) draft] [starts "I actually feel good enough to call Gladys..."] "mother extras" spiral-bound with clear front cover and black back. Annotated. box 1 [The End of S.F. (section) draft] [starts "Fibromyalgia, Dancing, New York/Gina, Unlearning the Safety, Beach"] spiral-bound with clear front cover and black back. Annotated. box 1 [The End of S.F. (section) draft] "Sex 2" [starts "Downstairs, it's pretty empty..."] spiral-bound with clear front cover and black back. Annotated. box 1 [The End of S.F. (section) draft] [starts "I don't know what's possible, as my mother and I drive..."] spiral-bound 117 page with clear front cover and black back. Annotated. box 1 "The End of San Francisco" spiral-bound 154 page annotated draft with Katia Noyes feedback. "M--Blessings on this book. Spectacular work" box 1 "The End of San Francisco" spiral-bound 154 page annotated draft with D. Travers Scott feedback. box 1 "The End of San Francisco" spiral-bound 154 page draft with yellow cover. box 1 "Notes for The End of S.F." box 1 "Maybe you remember this. Adults would peer down and say: enjoy it while you can..." box 1 4 handwritten pages: "Just when I thought I'd figured it out," "Losing hope in friendships..." and bullet list of 5 points about gender, identity, hypocrisy, etc. box 1 "Pulling Taffy" 179 page velo-bound. box 1 "Pulling Taffy" 2 page draft box 1 "Queer Liberation? No Thanks" Brent Calderwood. box 1 "New Jersey Four" "In the Shadows of the Nonprofit Organizing to Free the NJ4" [Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore interview of KW, Ralowe A., IS]. Finding Aid to the Mattilda GLC 110 3 Bernstein Sycamore Papers, 1990-2018 Manuscripts box 1 "Cook Book" notebook contains recipes, notes for anthology, etc. box 1 "Tricks & Treats. Submissions and correspondence, 1997-2000 (approx.)" black folder [Eileen Geoghgan, Vernon Maulsby, D-L Alvarez, Kowalski, Blaine Hopkins (Christopher Boyd), Faye Rowland, Ann Renee, Carol Queen, Jo Anne C. Heen, Alvin Orloff, Jill Nagle, Brian Pera, Marshall Miller, Eva Pendleton, Nina Hartley, T. J. Lynn, Tony Valenzuela] box 1 LOSTMISSING black and white pages 1-41 bound box 1 LOSTMISSING orange folder with unbound pages box 1 LOSTMISSING color sets 1-29 box 1 LOSTMISSING 1-44 box 1 "Yasmin Nair. Smash the Church, Smash the State: The Early Years of Gay Liberation edited by Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Queer Political Performance and Protest, Benjamin Shepard. Bash Back Queer Convergence, May 2009" [review?] box 2 Notes for writing 2000-2010 box 2 Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Drafts Folder #1. General Introduction; list of contributors; "The Gentle, Creative, Radical Soul of Our Work by George Ayala and Pato Hebert;" "Death by Masculinity" by Ali Abbas; "Going From Zero to Sexy on High-Caloric Queer Overdrive" by CAConrad. box 2 Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Drafts Folder #2. General "Levity and Gravity" Chris Bartlett; "Death by Masculinity" by Ali Abbas; "Glass Blowing" Khary Polk; "Slow Boil: AIDS and the Remnants of Time" Eric Stanley; Girls [Gina de Vries]; Introduction; "My Fear, The Forces Beneath" Willow Aerin Fagan; "Trans/Nationally Femme: Notes on Neoliberal Ecoonomic Regimes, Security States and My Life as a Brown Immigrant Fag" Debanuj DasGupta; "The Unlikely Barebacker" Kevin Coleman; "Prisons and Closets" Jason Lydon; "Excelsior" Jaime Cortez. box 2 Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Drafts Folder #3. General "Something resembling power" [Tales of the Gender Police] Kristen Stoeckeler; "My Fear, The Forces Beneath" Willow Aerin Fagan; "Straightening the shawl" Ezra RedEagle Whitman; "I'll tell you what I want, what I really want: homolove and accountability" Harris Kornstein; "Penis is Important for That" Nick Clarkson; "Prisons and Closets" Jason Lydon; "Rehab for the unrepentant" Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco; "A rock and a bird" Booh Edouardo; "Fierce.net: imagining a faggotty web" D. Travers Scott; "Not till the earth falls into the sun" Horehound Stillpoint; "Dirt story" Lewis Wallace; "Going From Zero to Sexy on High-Caloric Queer Overdrive" by CAConrad; "Cell Block 6" Carrie Burrows; "Fucking with Fucking Online: Advocating Indiscriminate Promiscuity" Michael J. Faris & ML Sugie; "Appearances and all that" Tommi Avicolli Mecca; "The Unlikely Barebacker" Kevin Coleman; "Excelsior" Jaime Cortez; "Dancing with White Boys" James Villanueva; "Glass Blowing" Khary Polk; "Death by Masculinity" by Ali Abbas; "Trans/Nationally Femme: Notes on Neoliberal Ecoonomic Regimes, Security States and My Life as a Brown Immigrant Fag" Debanuj DasGupta; "The Too-Wide Stance" Simon Sheppard.