Finding Aid for the Kitty Tsui papers, 1977-1993
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Title: Kitty Tsui papers
Date (inclusive): 1977-1993
Collection number: 1949
Creator:
Tsui, Kitty 1952-
Extent:
1 flat box (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Although born in Hong Kong in 1952, Kitty Tsui spent her childhood in California. She earned a degree in Creative writing
from San Francisco State University. Her poetry and prose has been published in over 35 anthologies, and she has published
three books. Tsui is also a competitive body-builder. She earned a bronze medal at the Gay Games in San Francisco in 1986
and a gold medal in Vancouver in 1990. This collection contains work by and about the poet, activist, and bodybuilder Kitty
Tsui. Most of the materials contained are concerning her bodybuilder accomplishments and her regular sports writing featured
in San Francisco news outlets.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown. This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June L. Mazer Lesbian
Archives, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the UCLA Library.
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2011.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
[Identification of item], Kitty Tsui papers (Collection Number 1949). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Although born in Hong Kong in 1952, Kitty Tsui spent her childhood in California. She earned a degree in Creative Writing
from San Francisco State University. Her poetry and prose has been published in over 35 anthologies including Chloe Plus Olivie
(1994) and Lesbian Erotics (1995). She received the CLAGS 1995 Ken Sawson Award for research in gay and lesbian history and
was also listed as one of the 50 most influential people in gay and lesbian literature by Lambda Book Report. She has been
featured in three films,
Women of Gold (1990),
Framing Lesbian Fashion (1992), and
Cut Sleeve (1992). Tsui is also a competitive body-builder. She earned a bronze medal at the Gay Games in San Francisco in 1986 and
a gold medal in Vancouver in 1990. Tsui is the author of three books:
The Words of a Woman who Breathes Fire,
Breathless, and
Sparks Fly.
Breathless, won the Firecracker Alternative Book Award at the ABA in Chicago in 1996. Her third book,
Sparks fly, was penned by her alter ego, Eric Norton, a gay leatherman in pre-AIDS San Francisco.
| 1952 | Kitty Tsui born in Hong Kong |
This collection includes prose writings, correspondence, clippings, reviews and poetry from Kitty Tsui. The majority of the
collection is newspaper clippings from the San Francisco area news outlets. The subject matter focuses on Kitty Tsui's sports
writing and bodybuilding career.
Original order maintained.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Tsui, Kitty --Archives.
Asian American women authors --California --Archival resources.
Women bodybuilders --California --Archival resources.
There are materials related to Kitty Tsui's performance work in the Asian Pacific Islander Lesbian Collection 1980-2001. The
collection is housed at University of California, Santa Cruz in Special Collections.
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
Box 1, Folder 2
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 5
Box 1, Folder 6