http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4w10379b No online items Finding Aid of the Philip Gambone Interviews Coll2011.013 Griselda L. Guillen and Katrina Sire Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California 909 West Adams Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90007 (213) 821-2771 [email protected] Finding Aid of the Philip Gambone Coll2011.013 1 Interviews Coll2011.013 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California Title: Philip Gambone interviews creator: Gambone, Philip Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011.013 Physical Description: 5 Linear Feet3 archive boxes + 1 flat archive carton + 1 large shoebox. Date (inclusive): 1977-2010 Abstract: Materials related to Philip Gambone's book, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans, include interview transcripts, audio recordings of interviews, newspaper clippings, biographical information, book reviews, photographs and writing samples. The Gambone collection also includes eight volumes of Travels in a Gay Nation, two earlier versions of Travels in a Gay Nation, a manuscript of Living Out Our Lives: Catching the Heroic Spirit of the LGBTQ Americans, three volumes of autograph albums, and two project logs documenting Gambone's travels in the United States, 2007-2010. Biography Philip Gambone was born 21 July 1948 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He completed his B.A. at Harvard College and M.A. at the Episcopal Divinity School. Gambone is a writer of various genres, ranging from fiction to non-fiction, anthologies, scholarly articles and journalism. His works center on gay and lesbian culture, as well as ancient and modern Chinese history and literature. Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans (2010) provides a compilation of interviews with gay and lesbian writers and artists throughout the United States. Gambone's The Language We Use Up Here (Dutton 1991) and Beijin (Wisconsin 2003) were nominated for Lambda Literary Awards, and Something Inside: Conversation with Gay Fiction Writers (University of Wisconsin Press 1999) was named one of the "Best Books of 1999" in Pride. Gambone has also found a place for his work in Best American Short Stories, 1989 (Houghton Mifflin), and has received artist's fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the MacDowell Colony, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Gambone worked as a writing instructor for the University of Massachusetts, Boston College and Harvard's expository writing program. He was a faculty member for twenty-seven years at The Park School in Brookline, Massachusetts. Now, he teaches English at Boston University Academy and Harvard's Extension writing program. For his work as an instructor, Gambone received the Distinguished Teaching Citations from Harvard and the James Conway Excellence in Teaching Writing Award (1991). Sources: Boston University Academy, Faculty Lecture Series: Phil Gambone, "Four Great Poets of the Tang Dynasty." Accessed 7 June 2011. http://www.bu.edu/academy/2011/01/07/fls-gambone/ Harvard University Extension School, Philip Gambone, Instructor in English, Boston University Academy. Accessed 7 June 2011. http://www.extension.harvard.edu/about/faculty/philip-gambone.jsp;jsessionid=FLNNAMPPEAII Gambone, Philip. Accessed 2 June 2011. http://www.philipgambone.com/bio.htm Gambone, Philip, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans (University of Wisconsin Press, 2010). Access The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions. Publication Rights Researchers wishing to publish material must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives as the physical owner of the material. Note that permission to publish does not constitute copyright clearance. ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials from the copyright holder(s). Preferred Citation [Box/folder #, or item name] Philip Gambone interviews, Coll2011.013, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California. Processing Information Collection processed by Griselda L. Guillen on June 7, 2011. Accretion processed by Katrina Sire on March 30, 2013. Acquisition Information Gift of Philip Gambone per deed of gift dated 30 December 2010 and 20 July 2011. Scope and Contents Finding Aid of the Philip Gambone Coll2011.013 2 Interviews Coll2011.013 The Philip Gambone collection includes the following materials related to his book Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans: interview transcripts, audio recordings of interviews, newspaper clippings, biographical information, book reviews, photographs and writing samples, 1977-2000. The Gambone collection also includes eight volumes of papers related to Travels in a Gay Nation, two earlier versions of Travels in a Gay Nation, including a first version entitled, Living Out Our Lives: Catching the Heroic Spirit of the LGBTQ Americans, three volumes of autograph albums, and two project logs documenting Gambone's travels in the United States from 2007-2010. Note: not all interviewees in the collection are included in the published copy of Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans. Separated Materials The following publication has been separated from collection and is located in the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives Library: Gambone, Philip. Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans. University of Wisconsin Press, 2010. Arrangement The records are arranged in the following series: Series 1. Interviews, 1977-2000 Series 2. Writings, 2007-2010 Series 3. Autograph Albums and Project Logs, 1997-2010 Series 4. Undeveloped prospects for Travels in a Gay Nation, 1998-2009 Subjects and Indexing Terms Audiotapes Books Clippings Compact discs Gay and lesbian studies Gays -- United States -- History -- 20th century Interviews Lesbian and gay experience Lesbians -- United States -- History -- 20th century Transgender people Gambone, Philip Interviews Series 1. 1977-2000 Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet Arrangement All materials are alphabetically arranged according to their respective subject (name of writer/artist). Note: each individual compact disc contains multiple interviews, and are arranged by the name first listed on the compact disc. This note also applies to those audiocassettes that include two or more subjects. Scope and Content This series includes printed materials and audio recordings dated 1977-2000. Printed materials consist of interview transcripts, newspaper clippings, biographical information, book reviews, 8 photographs and writing samples. Audio recordings of interviews are recorded on audiocassette tapes and compact discs. Box 3, cd 25 Abbott, Franklin 2008 Box 3, cd 19 Allison, Dorothy 2008 Anshaw, Carol 1993 Box 1, Folder 1 Interview transcript, correspondence, and other printed materials. 1993 Physical Description: Contains 1 photograph. Finding Aid of the Philip Gambone Coll2011.013 3 Interviews Coll2011.013 Interviews Series 1.1977-2000 Box 3, cassette 1 Audiocassette 1993 Box 3, cd 19 Appiah, Kwame Anthony 2008 Box 1, Folder 2 Bailey, Jim 1990 Box 3, cd 19 Baldwin, Tammy 2008 Box 3, Folder 2 Barnett, Alan 1990 Box 3, cd 19 Barnhill, Christopher circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cassette 13 Barry, Tim 1991 Box 3, cd 19 Bechdel, Alison 2008 Boyd, Blanche 1993-1994 Box 1, Folder 3 Interview transcript, correspondence, and other printed materials. 1993-1994 Physical Description: Contains 2 photographs. Box 3, cassette 3 Audiocassette 1993 Box 1, Folder 4 Boyd, Malcolm 1977 Bram, Christopher 1989-1998 Box 1, Folder 5 Interview transcript, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1989-1998 Box 3, cassette 4 Audiocassette 1993 Cameron, Peter 1986-1997 Box 1, Folder 6 Interview transcript, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1986-1997 Box 3, cassette 5 Audiocassette 1997 Box 3, cd 20 Carter, Mandy 2008 Box 3, cd 20 Chrisler, Jennifer 2008 Box 3, cassette 13 Cinnater, Nan and Johnson, Diane 1991 Box 3, cd 20 Clayton, Laura Beth/Racette, Patricia 2008 Clinton, Kate 1993-2007 Box 3, cassette 6 Audiocassette 1993 Box 3, cd 21 Compact disc 2007 Box 1, Folder 7 Cooper, Bernard 1996-2000 Box 1, Folder 8 Cooper, Dennis 1989-1998 Cunningham, Michael 1990-1993 Box 1, Folder 9 Interview transcript, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1990-1993 cassette 3, Audiocassette 1993 Folder 7 Box 3, cd 22 Dlugacz, Judy 2009 Box 3, cd 20 Dong, Arthur 2008 Donnelly, Nisa 1993 Box 1, Folder 10 Interview transcript, correspondence, writing sample, and other printed materials. 1993 Physical Description: Contains 3 photographs. Box 3, cassette 8 Audiocassette 1993 Box 3, cd 23 Doty, Mark 2007 Box 1, Folder 11 Duberman, Martin 1991 Box 3, cd 20 Dunning, Zoe 2008 Box 3, cd 20 Eck, Joe/Winterrowd, Wayne 2008 Box 3, cd 20 Faderman, Lillian 2008 Fowler, Ronald 1992-1993 Box 1, Folder 12 Interview transcript, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1992-1993 Box 3, cassette 9 Audiocassette 1992-1993 Box 3, cd 21 Frank, Barney 2008 Glickman, Gary 1987-1993 Box 1, Interview transcript, biography,