Michael Kearns Papers
Michael C. Oliveira
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
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Los Angeles, California 90007
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Michael Kearns Papers
Collection number: Coll2008-009
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Los Angeles,
California
- Processed by:
- Michael C. Oliveira
- Date Completed:
- May 3, 2008
- Encoded by:
- Michael C. Oliveira
© 2008 ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives. All rights reserved.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant
from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Michael Kearns papers
Dates: 1974-2007
Bulk Dates: 1990-2000
Collection number: Coll2008-009
Creator:
Kearns, Michael, 1950-
Collection Size: 3 archive cartons, 4 archive
half-cartons, 1 records box, 2 oversize boxes, 1 shoebox. 5.3
linear feet.
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Clippings, programs, flyers, posters, and VHS
videotapes, of the works, theatrical performances, and appearances of Michael
Kearns; a parent, playwright, producer, director, actor, author, and activist,
who is openly gay and HIV-positive.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Publication Rights
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Box #, Folder #, Michael Kearns Papers, Coll2008-009, ONE National Gay
and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Michael Kearns, date unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, with assistance from
Sócrates Silva, May 3, 2008.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the
National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Biography
Michael Kearns was born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1950. He attended the
Goodman Theater School in Chicago before making his way to Los Angeles in the
early 1970s where he has acted on the stage, in television, and in motion
pictures. Since the 1980s he has grown into the profession as director,
producer, acting teacher, playwright, and author. Hollywood’s first openly gay
actor, Kearns has been involved in various theater productions throughout Los
Angeles addressing HIV/AIDS while also appearing in mainstream television. In
addition to more than a dozen produced plays and solo pieces including;
The Truth Is Bad Enough (1983),
Intimacies (1989),
More Intimacies (1990),
Rock (1992),
Attachments (1996), and
Tell-Tale Kisses (1998) his writings have
appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the
Los Angeles Times, the
LA Weekly and the
Advocate. He is the author of three theater
books, published by Heinemann:
T-Cells & Sympathy (nominated for a
Lambda Literary Award),
Acting = Life (also Lammy nominated), and
Getting Your Solo Act Together. He received
the 2002 Playwright’s Arena Award for Outstanding Contribution to Los Angeles
Theater acknowledging three decades of his work as an actor, writer, producer,
director, teacher, and fundraiser. In addition to his artistic contributions
Kearns has been honored for his philanthropic endeavors by numerous
organizations. Among his philanthropic accomplishments is the creation of
Southland Theater Artists Goodwill Event (STAGE), which since 1984 has raised
millions of dollars for HIV/AIDS services and charities throughout Southern
California. Kearns lives in Los Angeles with his daughter Tia.
Sócrates Silva
Scope and Content of Collection
The Michael Kearns collection documents his theatrical and charitable
contributions to the community from the early 1970s. He organized and produced
various benefits and awareness raising events for political, HIV/AIDS, and
community organizations including an annual event in commemoration of World
AIDS day.
Primarily the collection consists of clippings, flyers, programs, and
VHS videotape cassettes of interviews and performances, along with some
performance still photographs and scripts from his theatrical works as a
playwright, director, and actor.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into five series, Theater; Emcee, Model, and
Speaker; Writings; Awards, Commendations, and Honors; and Biographical. The
Theater Series and the Writings Series are divided into subseries. The Theater
Series includes the subseries: Playwright, Director, Actor, and Producer and
the Writing Series includes the subseries: Author, Poet and Journalist, and
Columnist. Each of these series and subseries are arranged alphabetically by
the title or name of the performance, publication, or organization. With the
following exceptions, readings by Kearns at ONE, Spoken Interludes and the West
Hollywood Book Fair were placed at the end of the Actor subseries; and the
folders of Editorials and Letters to the Editor along with articles about
Family were placed at the end of the Journalist, Columnist subseries.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
AIDS activists--California--Los Angeles
AIDS (Disease)--Dramas
Gay actors
Gay dramatists
Gay men's writings
Gay theater
Homosexuality and theater
Monologue
One-act plays
Description/Container List
Series 1:
Theater
1975-2007
Physical Description: 29 folders, 39 VHS videocasettes, 1 DVD, 1 oversize
box.
Series Scope and Content
The Theater Series consists of subseries reflecting Kearns'
activites as a Playwright, Director, Actor, and Producer. The performances are
arranged alphabetically by title and are documented by programs, flyers,
interviews and performances on videotape along with a few publicity still
photographs and scripts of his theatrical works.
Subseries 1.1:
Playwright
1975-2007
Physical Description: 13 folders, 10 VHS videocasettes, 1 compact disc, 1
compact audiocassette tape.
Subseries Scope and Content
The Playwright subseries consists of programs, clippings, flyers,
VHS videocassettes of interviews and some performances, along with a few
scripts of Kearns' plays and monologues.
Box 1 : 1
A to Z
2001
Scope and Content Note
Flyer.
Box 1 : 1
Alive and Kicking
2003
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers, programs, text of short speech.
Box 1 : 1
Attachments
1996
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, postcards.
Box 1 : 2
Barriers
2003
Scope and Content Note
Newsletter, program.
Box 1 : 2
Clippings, correspondence, press releases,
programs
2004
Box 10 : 1
Title song on compact disc
2004
Box 1 : 2
Come Back
2002-2007
Scope and Content Note
Program, flyers.
Box 1 : 2
Complications
2002
Scope and Content Note
Based on
La Ronde by Schnitzler. Flyers,
programs
Homeless: A Street
Opera
1992
Box 10 : 2
Compact audiocassette tape
1992
Box 1 : 3
Card, clippings, flyers, program
1996-2001
Box 5 : 1
Theater review on an award plaque
1996
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
013
Interview by Karen Ocamb,
Out & About
circa
1994
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 016
Performance; St. Louis, Missouri
1992
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 020
Interview; KTVI, St. Louis, Missouri
1992
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 028
Interview; American Cable, St. Louis,
Missouri
1992
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
017
Box 1 : 3
Intimacies and Complications: A
Retrospective of AIDS Monologues
2003
Scope and Content Note
Flyers, postcards.
Box 1 : 3
An Intimate Evening with Michael
Kearns
1995-1998
Scope and Content Note
Flyers, programs.
Box 1 : 3
Kiss & Tell
1987
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 1 : 4
Programs, reviews, postcards
2005
Box 11 : 2
Publicity still photographs
2005
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 021
More Intimacies
1990-1992
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 023
Performance; Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney,
Australia
1992
My Name is Winona and I'm a
Shoplifter
2002
Box 1 : 4
Clippings, flyers, press release
2002
Box 11 : 2
Publicity still photographs
2002
Box 1 : 4
Myron: A Fairy Tale in Black and
White
1993
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 1 : 5
One Man, One Night, Too
Much!
1999
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers.
Box 1 : 5
Out & Out
1997
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 1 : 5
Robert's Memorial
2004
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, correspondence, flyer.
Box 1 : 5
Clippings, flyers, programs
1993
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 026
Performance and interview
1992
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
027
Box 1 : 6
T-Cells and Sympathy: Monologues in the
Age of AIDS
performance
1995-2001
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, press release, program.
Box 1 : 6
Tell-Tale Kisses
1998
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers, postcards, programs.
The Truth is Bad Enough
1983
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 030
Performance, Pacific Overture Productions
1983
Box 1 : 7
Who's Afraid of Edward
Albee?
1999
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers, postcards, programs.
Subseries 1.2:
Director
1984-2006
Physical Description: 4 folders, 1 VHS videocasette.
Subseries Scope and Content
The Director Series contains clippings and programs along with a
few publicity still photographs and scripts from theatrical works directed by
Kearns.
AIDS/US,
AIDS/US II
1986-1990
Box 2 : 1
Award, flyers, clippings
1986-1990
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 004
AIDS/US II
performance
1990
Box 2 : 1
Bathhouse Benediction
1984
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 2 : 1
Beyond the Song: It's Not a
Musical
2003
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Brothers Tellin'
1999-2000
Box 2 : 1
Clippings, flyers, postcard, program
1999-2000
Box 2 : 1
... But Stevie Nicks Understands (Part
IV)
1999
Scope and Content Note
Flyers, programs.
Box 2 : 1
Elevator Sex
2006
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 2 : 1
Footsteps
2006
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 7 : 1 (Oversize)
Heroine
2000
Scope and Content Note
Poster.
Box 2 : 2
J for J
1999-2002
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, postcards, programs.
Box 4 : 4
Clippings, flyers, programs
1987-2006
Box 11 : 2
Publicity still photographs
2006
Box 2 : 2
Night Sweat
1985
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 2 : 2
The Porcelain Penelope Freak
Show
2002-2003
Scope and Content Note
Postcards, program.
Box 2 : 2
Clippings, postcards, program, script
2006
Box 11 : 2
Publicity still photographs
2006
Box 2 : 2
Trafficking in Broken
Hearts
2000
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, postcards.
Box 2 : 2
The Very Bad Boy Next
Door
1999
Scope and Content Note
Clipping.
Box 2 : 2
Award, flyers, programs, reviews
1987
Box 2 : 2
We Are One
1999
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Subseries 1.3:
Actor
1975-2007
Physical Description: 8 folders, 10 VHS videocasettes, 1 oversize
box.
Subseries Scope and Content
The subseries primarily consists of clippings and programs along
VHS videocassette tapes and publicity still photographs of some of his
theatrical performances and readings.
Box 2 : 3
Bill and Eddie
1999
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers, postcards, programs.
Box 11 : 2
Performance still photographs and color transparency
with negative
1993
Box 2 : 3
Coming Home
1999
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, programs, text of short speech.
Box 2 : 3
Cootie Shots: Inoculations Against
Bigotry
circa 2000
Scope and Content Note
Clipping.
Box 2 : 4
Awards, clippings, postcard, programs,
scripts
1987/2007
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 033
The Pride Playhouse Collection, Out and About
Pictures
1991
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
034
Box 11 : 2
Publicity still photographs
2002
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 037
Gay Voices Gay Legends
2
1989
I Wish I Had Never Met You and I Was
Meeting You Now
circa 1987
Mapcase drawer Michael
Kearns
Box 2 : 5
International Stud
1998
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 2 : 5
Jackie & Me
2006
Scope and Content Note
Clipping, program.
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 035
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 015-016
Box 2 : 5
A Mother's Prayer
1995
Scope and Content Note
Clipping
Box 2 : 5
Movie Queen
2001
Scope and Content Note
Program
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 032
Nature, by William K.
Haugse
2001
Box 2 : 6
Flyers, music, script
1992
Box 11 : 2
James Carroll Pickett photographs
1992
Box 7 : 4 (Oversize)
Pitch fork prop (in two parts)
1992
Box 2 : 5
Rubicon
circa 2001
Scope and Content Note
Postcard, script.
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 036
Seize the Day!: A Guide to Living with
HIV
1993
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 001
Stop AIDS
1990
Scope and Content Note
Television advertising.
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 038
Superior Court
circa 1988
Scope and Content Note
Reality-based courtroom drama.
Box 2 : 5
T-Shirts
1979
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 2 : 5
The Waltons
1975
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 2 : 7
Reading at ONE Institute & Archives
2001
Scope and Content Note
Newsletter.
Box 2 : 7
Readings at Spoken Interludes
1999-2000
Scope and Content Note
Flyers, programs.
Box 2 : 7
Reading at West Hollywood Book Fair
2004
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Subseries 1.4:
Producer
2000-2006
Physical Description: 1 folder.
Series Scope and Content
Programs, flyers, and clippings from events and performances
produced by Kearns and with Kearns assistance.
Box 2 : 8
After Words: Honoring Writers We Miss
2000
Scope and Content Note
Programs, flyers, clippings.
Box 2 : 8
Dream: the Lyrics & of Johnny
Mercer
2002
Scope and Content Note
Programs.
Box 2 : 8
The Flatted Fifth
2001
Scope and Content Note
Postcards, program.
Box 2 : 8
Kurt Weill: The
Centennial
2000
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 2 : 8
Love Letters
2005
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 2 : 8
Tales from the Row: It's a Tough Row to
Hoe
2006
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers.
Box 2 : 8
Tap Your Troubles Away!: The Words and
Music of Jerry Herman
2001
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Series 2:
Emcee, Model, and Speaker
1976-2006
Physical Description: 3 folders, 18 VHS videocasettes, 1
DVD.
Series Scope and Content
The subseries consists of invitations, programs, and videotapes of
various events hosted or with appearances by Kearns. The events include
promotional appearances for his productions and performances along with
benefits and awareness raising events for charitable organizations. The
subseries includes video tapes of several of Kearns' appearances on
Get Used to It, a cable public affairs
program produced by the City of West Hollywood, hosted by California Senator
Sheila James Kuehl.
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
025
7:30 Report, segment
February 2,
1993
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 019
The 10% Show, Chicago
April 1990
Box 3 : 1
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: Ribbon of
Hope, Appearance
2001
Scope and Content Note
Invitation, program.
Box 3 : 1
AIDS Candlelight Memorial, Host
2001
Scope and Content Note
Postcard, program.
Box 3 : 1
AIDS Housing Santa Barbara, Reading
2002
Scope and Content Note
Program, invitation.
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
002
AIDS in Hollywood, Fox Entertainment
News segments
November 17,
1989
Box 7 : 2 (Oversize)
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP),
Advertising model
2000
Scope and Content Note
Print advertising literature, newspaper advertising.
Box 4 : 6
Being Alive, Reading
1998
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers.
Box 3 : 1
Business Alliance of Los Angeles (BALA), Guest
speaker
2000
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 7 : 2 (Oversize)
Calendar model
2002
Scope and Content Note
Calendar images.
Box 3 : 1
Celebrating Jim Kepner's Life & the Past
50 Years of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement, Emcee (with Robin
Tyler)
1998
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 4 : 6
Community Crisis & Help Line and Working Wonders,
Contributing author/playwright
2002
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers.
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 011
Des Moines, Iowa, television program
1986-1987
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 002 and
018
Entertainment Daily Journal, AIDS
series
1991
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 020
Entertainment Tonight, HIV
segement
1991
Box 4 : 6
Five Acres Boys' and Girls' Aid Society,
Reading
2002
Scope and Content Note
Flyers.
Box 3 : 1
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Media Awards, special guest
1991
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 4 : 6
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, Host and
performer
1998-2001
Scope and Content Note
Announcement, photograph, postcards, poster.
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 005
Voices of Our Lives: Michael
Kearns
, show #52
May 1998
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
006
Challenges in the Millennium, show
#68
January 7,
2000
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
007
Out in the Industry, show
#76
March 2,
2001
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
008
The One Institute, show
#79
May 11,
2001
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
009
Experiencing Death, show
#106
February
2002
Box 10 : 4
Eric Rofes 1954-2006, show #130,
DVD
November
2006
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
012
Heart to Heart: Two conversations between
Robert Hales and Michael Kearns
September 23,
1997
Box 4 : 6
Highways Performance Space, Benefit
performance
1998
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 4 : 6
Jeff Griffith Gay & Lesbian Youth Center, Committee
member
2000
Scope and Content Note
Invitation.
Box 3 : 1
Lambda Literary Awards Gala, Host committee
2002
Scope and Content Note
Program, invitation.
Box 4 : 6
Lamp Community, Guest director
2000-2001
Scope and Content Note
Programs.
Box 4 : 6
Liberty Hill Foundation, Host committee
2000
Scope and Content Note
Program.
VHS videotape 9 : 021
Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus
circa 1985
Scope and Content Note
Christmas program.
Box 4 : 6
National Stonewall Democratic Federation, Special
guest
2000
Scope and Content Note
Invitation.
Box 4 : 6
No on 64, P.A.N.I.C. in Griffith Park, Special
thanks
1986
Scope and Content Note
Program, ticket, literature.
VHS videotape 9 : 024
One in 10 People, show
#3
no date
Box 4 : 6
Playwrights' Arena, Presenter
2001
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 4 : 6
Salk Institute for AIDS Research, Reading
1995
Scope and Content Note
Clipping.
Box : VHS videotape 9 :
029
The Tomorrow Show, "Male
Hustlers"
June 22,
1976
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 022
Tri-Cable, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
no date
Scope and Content Note
Interview
Box : VHS videotape 9 : 029
Various television programs
1991
Series 3:
Writings
1974-2005
Physical Description: 6 folders.
Series Scope and Content
The series consists of Kearns' non-theatrical works including
poetry, articles, columns, editorials and letters to the editor along with
clippings and flyers related to his published books.
Subseries 3.1:
Author, Poet
1974-2005
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Subseries Scope and Content
The subseries contains primarily clippings and flyers related to
Kearns' poetry and published works, including an article from the period of his
portrayal as the author of the
Happy Hustler.
Box 4 : 2
Acting = Life: An Actor's Life
1996
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 4 : 2
Gay Hollywood
1999
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 4 : 2
Getting Your Solo Act
Together
1997
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 4 : 2
The Happy Hustler
1974
Scope and Content Note
Clippings.
Box 4 : 2
Life Expectancies: Monologues that
Challenge
2005
Scope and Content Note
Sample book cover, program.
Box 4 : 2
O Solo Homo
1998
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, postcards, programs.
Box 4 : 2
The Solo Performer's
Journey
2005
Scope and Content Note
Flyers, press release, sample book cover.
Box 4 : 2
T-Cells and Sympathy: Monologues in the
Age of AIDS
1995-2001
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, flyers, press release.
Box 1 : 8
Theatrepoem
circa 2000
Scope and Content Note
Typescript.
Box 4 : 2
Wanted: Widow's
Assistant
1995
Scope and Content Note
Publishing agreement.
Box 1 : 8
Wartime
circa 2000
Scope and Content Note
Postcard.
Subseries 3.2:
Journalist, Columnist
1983-2005
Physical Description: 4 folders.
Subseries Scope and Content
The Subseries includes Kearns' articles and columns arranged by
the publishing newspaper or magazine along with editorials, letters to the
editor and some articles on family. He wrote on a variety of topics of interest
to the gay and HIV+/AIDS communities as well as the performing arts. The file
on family contains some of articles on his life as a parent.
Edge,
L.A. Edge,
The Edge
1983-1998
Box 4 : 3
Articles, interviews, reviews
1983-1998
Box 1 : 9
Glendale News-Press
circa 1994
Box 1 : 9
In Style for Men
circa 1985
Box 1 : 10
Editorials, letters to the editor
1999-2003
Box 1 : 11
Family
1997-2004
Scope and Content Note
Articles, correspondence, editorials.
Series 4:
Awards, Commendations, and Honors
1987-2007
Physical Description: 5 folders.
Series Scope and Content
Awards, Commendations, and Honors Series consists of certificates
and trophies for Kearns' achievements in theater and as an activist for gay,
HIV+/AIDS, and other underserved communities.
Box 5 : 2
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern
California, Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter, award plaque
1987
Box 3 : 2
Back Stage West Garland Awards
2000
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 3 : 2
California Senate
2004
Scope and Content Note
Certificate of recognition.
Box 7 : 3 (Oversize)
California Senate resolution
1992
Scope and Content Note
Certificate.
Box 8 : 1
Des Moines, Iowa
1987
Scope and Content Note
Key to the city.
Box 3 : 2
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund
1999
Scope and Content Note
Victory award; fax.
Box 3 : 2
LA Weekly Queen of Angels
award
2007
Scope and Content Note
Program.
Box 7 : 3 (Oversize)
Los Angeles City Council resolution
1987
Scope and Content Note
Certificate.
Box 3 : 2
Los Angeles City Council resolution
1998
Scope and Content Note
Clipping, flyer.
Box 3 : 2
Los Angeles City Council
2002
Scope and Content Note
Certificate of appreciation.
Box 5 : 3
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
1993
Scope and Content Note
Award plaque for distinguished achievement.
Box 3 : 2
Maddy Awards
2000
Scope and Content Note
Certificate for performance in
Bill and Eddie.
Box 3 : 2
The Metro St. Louis AIDS Interfaith Network
1999
Scope and Content Note
Certificate for outstanding services.
Box 3 : 2
National Coming Out Day
1992
Scope and Content Note
Certificate.
Box 3 : 2
Playwrights' Arena
2002
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, programs.
Box 8 : 2
Robby Awards
1993
Scope and Content Note
Trophy for best actor, comedy, in
Camille.
Box 3 : 2
The Robert Chesley Foundation playwriting
award
2005
Scope and Content Note
Invitation.
Box 7 : 3 (Oversize)
St. Louis Mayor
1992
Scope and Content Note
Proclamation.
Box 7 : 3 (Oversize)
Source Theatre Company, board of trustees
award
1991
Scope and Content Note
Certificate.
Series 5:
Biographical
1972-2007
Physical Description: 13 folders, 1 VHS videocassette, 3 compact
audiocassette tapes.
Series Scope and Content
The Series contains biographical information in the form of
newspaper, magazine and other media interviews along with a VHS videotape of
clips of some of his performances, personal correspondence, and limited
information on Kearns' Artist Confronting AIDS organization and Michael Kearns'
Workspace, later referred to as the Space at Fountain's End, his theatrical
performance space.
Box 6 : 1-2
California Theatre
Annual
1982-1983
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 11 : 1
Headshots, photographs
1980-2000
Box: VHS videotape 9 : 010
Video clips from performances
circa 1995
Interviews on compact audiocassette tapes
circa 1980
Box 10 : 3
KALW, San Francisco by Alan Farley
1976
Box 10 : 3
The Breakfast Show,
The Edge
circa 1980
Box 10 : 3
Out & Out, parts 1 and
2
circa 1980
Box 3 : 4
Correspondence - personal
1986-2003
Box 3 : 5-7
Proposals and undeveloped concepts
circa 1990
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box 3 : 8
Artists Confronting AIDS;
1990-1993
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, proclamation.
Michael Kearns' Workspace / Space at Fountain's
End
2005-2006
Box 3 : 9
E-mail, flyers, press releases
2005
Box 3 : 11
Correspondence, flyers, postcards, programs, press
releases
2006
Box 11 : 3
AIDSWatch installation photographs
2006
