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Queer Theatre Collection, 1974-2015

By Jozie Billings and Natalia Fernández

Collection Overview

Title: Queer Theatre Collection, 1974-2015

ID: MSS QueerTheatre

Primary Creator: Headrick, Charlotte J.

Extent: 0.5 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Queer Theatre Collection is arranged by type of material into two series: Series 1: Scripts, Publications, and Memorabilia; and Series 2: OSU Productions and Commercial Broadcasts. The materials are arranged in chronological order.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2024

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Queer Theatre Collection is an artificial collection containing theatre materials or educational materials that have queer subjects or characters. The materials were donated to the Oregon State University (OSU) Pride Center by OSU Theatre Professor Charlotte Headrick.

Scope and Content Notes

The Queer Theatre Collection pertains to queer theatre plays and productions locally, nationally, and internationally. The collection contains, but is not limited to, information on the following: scripts with queer subject matter, memorabilia for queer plays, and recordings of queer theatre productions and related educational materials. The plays feature subjects such as queer lives and relationships, HIV/AIDS, and the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming.

The VHS tapes of OSU production recordings and commercial braodcasts used as educational materials have been digitized and are available upon request.

Biographical / Historical Notes

This material was originally donated to the Oregon State University Pride Center by Charlotte Headrick. Headrick was a theatre professor at OSU who retired in 2016 after many years of directing plays at OSU, nationally, and internationally. Over her career she had collected a substantial amount of theatre materials relating to queer topics and themes and shared them with the Pride Center. The Pride Center serves as OSU's resource center for LGBTQIA+ members of the OSU community and their allies. Founded in 2001 and initially housed in Benton Annex with the OSU Women's Center, in 2004, the Queer Resource Center (QRC) moved to a permanent location on the south edge of campus at 1553 SW "A" Avenue. In that same year, the QRC was re-named the OSU Pride Center. The Pride Center utilized these materials for many years before donating them to SCARC for preservation. Due to the number and nature of the materials, they were separated into their own collection.

Author: Jozie Billings

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 2 document case boxes; 1 oversize folder; 2.836 GB

Statement on Access: This collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: This material was originally donated to the Oregon State University Pride Center by Charlotte Headrick and was later donated to the OSU Queer Archives by the Pride Center.

Related Materials: This collection is a part of the OSU Queer Archives (OSQA). Related materials include the Pride Center Records (RG 236) and the Charlotte Headrick Papers (MSS Headrick), as well as two oral history interviews with Headrick. Non-theatre queer materials donated by Headrick, such as materials from the Names Project, were moved to the Queer History Research Collection (MSS QHRC).

Preferred Citation: Queer Theatre Collection (MSS QueerTheatre), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Headrick, Charlotte J.

People, Places, and Topics

LGBTQ people
Sexual minorities.
Theater--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History

Forms of Material

Posters.
Theater programs.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)

Box and Folder Listing