Finding aid of the Eric Scott Evans and Jerome Maxwell Strum Papers
Coll2008.061
Finding aid prepared by Michael C. Oliveira with the assistance of Misha Karbelnig
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
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Title: Eric Scott Evans and Jerome Maxwell Strum papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2008.061
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8.9 linear feet.
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1984-1990
Date (inclusive): circa 1957-1999. 1984-1990.
Abstract: Photographs, personal papers, t-shirts, and other materials of Eric Scott Evans (pseudonym for Eric Scott Myrick) and Jerome
Maxwell Strum, Jr., also known as Maxwell Jerome. The collection documents their life together from 1983 to 1998, as they
moved from San Francisco to New York City, Indianapolis, and Pipe Creek, Texas.
General Physical Description note:
3 archive cartons, 3 archive half-carton, 3 oversize boxes, 2 shoe boxes, and 1 map case drawer.
creator:
Evans, Eric Scott, 1962-
creator:
Strum, Jerome Maxwell, 1957-1998
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 #, Eric Scott Evans and Jerome Maxwell Strum Papers, Coll2008-061, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los
Angeles, California.
Acquisition Information
Eric Scott Evans donated the collection to ONE Institute & Archvies on September 19, 2001.
Processing Information
Formerly boxes 103-74, 103-75, 103-76, and 103-77. Processed by Michael C. Oliveira with the assistance of Misha Karbelnig
November 2008.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Biography
Eric Scott Myrick was born in Boulder, Colorado in 1962. Nothing is known of his early life except that he adopted the name
Eric Scott Evans, and was probably living in San Francisco when he appeared as "Tige McMasters" in two gay erotic films by
Nova Studios in 1982 and 1983. In the early 1980s, in San Francisco, he met Jerome Maxwell Strum, Jr., who was born on December
28, 1957, in Chateauroux, France, and graduated from John Jay High School, in San Antonio, Texas. Evans and Strum lived together
in San Francisco from circa 1983, and in March 1984 were joined in Holy Union in the Golden Gate Metropolitan Community Church
by the Rev. James Sandmire. They later moved to New York City where Evans worked for the Gay Cable Network (GCN), first as
a production assist and moving up to the position of photographer and assistant to the producer. Evans also worked as a gemologist
designing and creating jewelry. Strum served as a regional cosmetologist for Christian Dior. Together they toured the United
States and Europe. In 1990, they moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where they worked for GCN and served on the Pride Events
Committee of Celebration on the Circle. In 1993, they relocated to Pipe Creek, Texas, in the hill country northwest of San
Antonio. Strum died in their home on October 11, 1998. Evans went on to marry Keith Earl in 2008 and as of 2012 they live
in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Central Indiana Community Foundation administers an Eric Scott Evans - Jerome Maxwell Strum,
Jr., Memorial Fund.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of the photographs, personal papers, t-shirts, and other materials of Eric Scott Evans (pseudonym
for Eric Scott Myrick) and Jerome Maxwell Strum, Jr., also known as Maxwell Jerome. The collection primarily documents their
private life together from circa 1983 to 1998, as they moved from San Francisco to New York City, Indianapolis, and finally
to the San Antonio area. The collection also contains some records of their professional careers in the correspondence, business
cards, Gay Cable News, and Christian Dior press kits folders. A few photographs and some correspondence pre- and postdate
their lives together.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Evans, Eric Scott, 1962-
Jerome, Maxwell (pseudonym for Jerome Maxwell Strum, 1957-1998
Myrick, Eric Scott (pseudonym Eric Scott Evans)
Strum, Jerome Maxwell, 1957-1998
Gay Cable Network
T-shirts
Photographs and Papers Series 1:
circa 1975-1997
General Physical Description note:
3 archive cartons, 3 archive half cartons, and 1 map case drawer.
Series Scope and Content
The series contains approximately equal quantities of photographs and papers documenting Evans' and Strum's life together.
The correspondence file consists of a variety of documents expressing their commitment to each other, invitations and programs
from events they attended, along with photographs and correspondence from friends. The collection of business cards provides
evidence of their professional lives, as well as their contacts in San Francisco, New York, Indianapolis, and San Antonio.
Two albums contain nude photographs of Evans and Strum, respectively, taken by Dan Carrol at Lands End and in his San Francisco
studio. A third album contains photographs of their travels in Europe and the United States. An extensive collection of passes
and several posters for the Palladium and the Tunnel, New York nightclubs, documents New York nightlife between 1985 and 1990.
The Gay Cable News (GCN) folder includes ephemera, a letter of recommendation from Louis P. Maletta, and several press passes,
including those for 1992 Republican Convention and the 1993 March on Washington.
Box-folder 1 : 1
Address books
circa 1978-circa 1990
Box-folder 2 : 4
AIDS/ACT UP materials
circa 1983-circa 1990
Mapcase-drawer 14 : 1
AIDS paper arm band
circa 1983
Box-folder 1 : 2-6
Business cards, ticket stubs, and contact information
circa 1982-circa 1996
Physical Description:
5.0 folders.
Box-folder 3 : 3
Celebration on the Circle, Indianapolis
1990-1991
Mapcase-drawer 14 : 1
Christian Dior press kits
1988
Box-folder 2 : 1-2
Correspondence
1981-1998
Physical Description:
2.0 folders.
Box-folder 4 : 4
Correspondence with photographs
1990-1999
Mapcase-drawer 14 : 1
Gauntlet and RoB Amsterdam piercing and leather accessories catalogs
1988-1992
Box-folder 3 : 2
Gay Cable News materials
1986-1993
Box-folder 3 : 1
Matchbook covers
circa 1986
Mapcase-drawer 14 : 1
New York City Pride posters
1990
Mapcase-drawer 14 : 1
Newspaper clippings
1990-1998
Box-folder 2 : 5-7
Nightclub passes
1985-1990
Physical Description:
3.0 folders.
Mapcase-drawer 14 : 1
Palladium nightclub posters
1986
Box-folder 4 : 1-3 , 5-7 ;
5 : 1-2 ; 6 : 1 ; 7 : 1-10
Photographs
circa 1975-1997
Box-folder 4 : 7
Celebration on the Circle, Indianapolis
1990-1991
Box-folder 4 : 3
Lands End, San Francisco, and Strum's birthday party
1981
Box-folder 4 : 1
Miscellaneous
circa 1975-1997
Box-item 5 : 1-2
Nude photograph albums
1983-1984
General Physical Description note:
2 albums ; 1 for Evans, 1 for Strum.
Box-folder 7 : 1-10
Posed nude photographs
1983-1984
Physical Description:
10.0 envelopes.
Box-item 6 : 1
Photograph album
circa 1984
Box-folder 4 : 2
Photographs and ephemera
circa 1978-1985
Box-folder 4 : 5
San Francisco apartment
1984
Box-folder 3 : 4
Postcards, miscellaneous blank
circa 1990
Mapcase-drawer 14 : 1
Posters, miscellaneous
1986
T-shirts and Artifacts Series 2 :
circa 1971-1996
General Physical Description note:
3 oversize boxes, 1 shoe box, and 3 folders
Series Scope and Content
The collection of 36 t-shirts mirrors Evans' and Strum's lives together and the events they attended from San Francisco to
New York, Indianapolis, and the San Antonio area. The series also contains a small collection of miscellaneous artifacts of
the period, including a thin lavender tie, rainbow suspenders, and pride necklaces, along with leather fetish items such as
leg bands and a cat o' nine tails. Personal items collected or given to Evans and Strum include an artist's book,
The Symbol of the Heart, with text from a lecture by Rudolph Arnheim and printed by Cooper Union Art School, and a deck of playing cards.
Box 9
San Francisco
circa 1979-circa 1984
Physical Description:
4.0 t-shirts.
Box 9
Hot Flash of America
circa 1979
Scope and Contents note
San Francisco gift shop and hair salon "Hot Flash of America", image of an arm with hand holding a lightening bolt, red text
and image on a medium white A-shirt.
Box 9
Lion Pub
circa 1984
Scope and Contents note
"animals love maneaters: the Lion Pub: where midnite thinking begins daily at 5 pm, sacramento & divisadero - san francisco"
and an image of a lion and a man, brown text and image on a small white shirt.
Box 9
San Francisco GAY Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps
circa 1984
Scope and Contents note
"San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps" red text on a medium white shirt (with a rhinstone in the
"r" of "twirling").
Box 9
Club Body Center
circa 1984
Scope and Contents note
"CBC, Club San Francisco 330 Ritch Street", black text and logo on a small light blue shirt.
Box 9
New York City
circa 1985-circa 1989
Physical Description:
11.0 t-shirts.
Box 9
Mineshaft
circa 1985
Scope and Contents note
"MINESHAFT" white on a small black shirt.
Box 9
Gay Cable Network
1988
Physical Description:
4.0 t-shirts.
Scope and Contents note
- "Gay Cable Network" and logo on front and repeating logo on back "Gay Cable Network, Conventions 88, Gay Vote, We're here
for you, [signed] Snake 1987", silk screened blue, yellow, pink pattern with white stars and black text, (1) small and (1)
large shirt.
- "Gay Cable Network" on front and large GCN logo [video camera over an outline of the United States] white text on (2) small
purple shirts [neck and sleeves torn out].
Box 9
Hi-NRG Dance Music Awards
1989
Scope and Contents note
"First Annual Hi-NRG [high energy] Dance Music Awards, Saturday, July 15, 1989 at The Monster, NYC" on front, and advertisements
on back, organge and black text on large white shirt [neck and sleeves torn out].
Box 9
Shag: The Movie
1989
Scope and Contents note
"Shag: The Movie", on the front and "Shag to the Music", on the back, blue text and images on an x-large orange shirt.
Box 9
Eagle
circa 1989
Physical Description:
2.0 t-shirts.
Scope and Contents note
- "Mr. Leather - New York Contest, [graphic signed] Spider Webb" and image of an eagle, white text and image on a small black
shirt.
- "D.C., Boston, N.Y.C." with an image of an eagle, white text and image on a small black shirt.
Box 9
Village Bowling League
circa 1989
Scope and Contents note
"Village Bowling League, NYC" white text on a medium black shirt.
Box 9
New York City skyline
circa 1989
Scope and Contents note
Head of State of Liberty overlooking New York City skyline, black and green images on medium white shirt.
Box 9
Indianapolis
1987-1991
Physical Description:
6.0 t-shirts.
Box 9
Pride Bag Ladies
1987
Scope and Contents note
"The Last* Lap Presented by 'The Bag Ladies' Memorial Day Weekend Sunday May 24th 1987" on back "The 3rd Lap… Presented by
'The Bag Ladies' Memorial Day Weekend Sunday May 25 1986" black text on a large pink shirt.
Box 10
Celebration on the Circle
1990-1991
Physical Description:
5.0 t-shirts.
Scope and Contents note
- "Celebration on the Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, Lesbian/Gay Pride Week, sponsored by Justice, Saturday June 30, 1990",
pink and purple text and image on a small white shirt.
- "Indianapolis, Indiana, Pride Celebration on the Circle, 30 June 1990" purple text and pink background on a small white shirt.
- "Celebration on the Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, Lesbian/Gay Pride Week, sponsored by Justice, Saturday June 30, 1990",
pink and purple text and imag on a small white shirt.
- "Pride Celebration 1991, Saturday, June 29th, Come Out, Come Out, Be Proud, Indianapolis, IN, designed by Perry Riley" on
front and "Staff" on back in black, lavender, pink, and teal on a small and a medium white shirt.
- "Justice, Inc., presents Come Out, ComeOut, Be Proud, designed by Perry Riley" on front and signed "Max, with Pride, Perry
5/100" on back on a small white shirt.
Box 10
Washington, D.C.
1989-1993
Physical Description:
3.0 t-shirts.
Box 10
Names Project
1989
Scope and Contents note
"Keep the Love Alive, The Names Project, October 6-8, 1989, AIDS Memorial Quilt, Washington, DC", yellow, purple, and red
image and text on a small and a medium white shirt.
Box 10
1993 March on Washington
1993
Physical Description:
2.0 t-shirts.
Scope and Contents note
- "The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, April 25", logo and text in pink, teal,
tan, and black on a medium gray shirt.
- "The Lesbian & Gay March on Washington, D.C. Sunday April 25, 1993, I was there!" on front and "I Support Lesbian & Gay Pride
in America!" on pink triangles with black text on a large white shirt.
Box 10
San Antonio
1990-1993
Physical Description:
4.0 t-shirts.
Box 10
David Bowie,
Sound + Vision tour
1990
Scope and Contents note
"Sound + Vision Tour 1990 David Bowie" on front and "Sound + Vision" with an image of Bowie on front and back, black, blue
and teal text and images on medium white shirt.
Box 10
Hearts in Victory
1992
Scope and Contents note
"Hearts in Victory, Lone Star State HIV/AIDS Telethon, 1st Annual, San Antonio, December 13th 1992" red, blue, and black images
and text on a white shirt.
Box 10
Artists in Direct Service
1993
Scope and Contents note
"Hearts in Victory, Lone Star State HIV/AIDS Telethon, 1st Annual, San Antonio, December 13th 1992" red, blue, and black images
and text on a white shirt.
Box 10
South San Antonio High School
circa 1990
Scope and Contents note
"South San Antonio Track" blue text and image of bobcat on a small gray shirt.
Box 10
Miscellaneous T-Shirts
circa 1985-circa 1995
Physical Description:
8.0 t-shirts.
Box 10
ACT UP
circa 1990
Scope and Contents note
"Ignorance = Fear, Silence = Death", Keith Haring graphic, black text and color image on medium white shirt.
Box 10
Broadmoor Resort, Colorado Springs
circa 1985
Scope and Contents note
"The Broadmoor", blue text with a pink and blue triangle on a small black shirt.
Box 10
Curl Up & Dye
circa 1985
Physical Description:
2.0 t-shirts.
Scope and Contents note
- "Curl up & Dye, 732-8857", black text on a white small muscle shirt.
- Nancy cartoon, black text and image on a large white shirt.
Box 10
Estee Lauder
circa 1985
Scope and Contents note
"Simply the Best: Estee Lauder", blue, red, and black text on white x-large shirt.
Box 10
Safe Sex
circa 1987
Scope and Contents note
"Safe Sex is not boring… I'll testify to that (unknown signature Gabel)", image of a woman holding a latex condoms box, black
text and image on white x-large shirt.
Box 10
Santisima Muerte
circa 1985
Scope and Contents note
"Santisima Muerte", black text and image on a large white shirt.
Box 10
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
1992
Scope and Contents note
"We're here, We're queer, We're on deadline", on front and "National Lesbian and Gay Jouranlists Association," on back, red
and black on a medium white shirt.
Artifacts
circa 1973-circa 1996
Box-folder 3 : 5
The Symbol of the Heart
circa 1957
Scope and Contents note
Artist's book.
Box-folder 3 : 6
Playing cards with erotic images
circa 1971
Box-item 11 : 1
White cotton pants
1983-1984
Scope and Contents note
Worn in nude photographs (box 7 : 1-10).
Box-item 8 : 1
Thin lavender tie with silk screened pink triangle
circa 1985
Box-item 8 : 2
Cat o' nine tails whip with brass handle
circa 1985
Box-item 8 : 3
Rainbow suspenders
circa 1985
Box-item 8 : 4
Black thong with rectangular decorative metal studs
circa 1985
Box-item 8 : 5-6
Leather studded and chain leg bands
circa 1985
Physical Description:
2.0 leg bands.
Box 11 : 2
Costume, purple hooded vest and pants
circa 1990
Box-folder 3 : 7
Pride necklaces and miscellaneous souvenirs
circa 1993-circa 1996
