Research Catalog

Title

Arnie Kantrowitz papers, 1951-2008.

Author

Kantrowitz, Arnie, 1940-2022

Supplementary Content

• Collection guide
• Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Mass, Lawrence, 1946-
• Russo, Vito
• Evans, Arthur, 1942-2011
• Heymont, George
• Owles, Jim
• Preston, John, 1945-1994
• Sadownick, Douglas
• Gay Activists Alliance

Subject

• College of Staten Island
• Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (New York, N.Y.)
• Gay Academic Union. New York Chapter
• Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee
• Gay Activists Alliance
• Associations, institutions, etc. > New York (State) > New York
• Gay activists
• Gay liberation movement
• Gay college teachers
• Gay critics
• Homophobia
• Homosexuality

Genre/Form

• Audiotapes.
• Correspondence.
• Diaries.
• Notebooks.
• Photographic prints.

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
• A few incoming letters have been closed until 2056 to protect the privacy of the correspondent. These items have been replaced by photocopies of the original letters with the correspondent's name removed.

Source (note)

• Donated by Arnie Kantrowitz, 1995, 2009.
• Kantrowitz, Arnie

Call Number

MssCol 1616

OCLC

122571548

Author

Kantrowitz, Arnie, 1940-2022.

Title

Arnie Kantrowitz papers, 1951-2008.

Description

23.15 linear feet (54 boxes, 1 tube), 7 audio files, 12 video files, 1 vhs tape.

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

A few incoming letters have been closed until 2056 to protect the privacy of the correspondent. These items have been replaced by photocopies of the original letters with the correspondent's name removed.

Summary

Arnie Kantrowitz is a writer, educator, and gay activist who was integrally involved in several gay activist groups in the 1970s and 1980s including the Gay Activists Alliance, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee. The Arnie Kantrowitz papers date from 1951 to 2008 and contain personal papers and organizational records chiefly reflecting Kantrowitz's activities as a writer, gay rights activist, and English professor. The collection consists of correspondence from friends, fellow writers, and readers; diaries and notebooks; records concerning his involvement in various gay rights organizations; files relating to his teaching career at the College of Staten Island; notes, drafts and manuscripts of his published and unpublished writing; sound and video recordings; and personal memorabilia.

Finding Aids

Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Source

Donated by Arnie Kantrowitz, 1995, 2009.

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Collection guide

Finding Aid

Added Author

Mass, Lawrence, 1946-

Russo, Vito.

Evans, Arthur, 1942-2011.

Heymont, George.

Owles, Jim.

Preston, John, 1945-1994.

Sadownick, Douglas.

Gay Activists Alliance.

Research Call Number

MssCol 1616