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Title: Southeastern Arts, Media and Education Project
records
Dates: 1985-1996
Collection number: Coll2008-020
Creator:
Southeastern Arts, Media &
Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.)
Collector:
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943-
Collection Size: 3 archive boxes, 2 oversize
boxes, 1 roll. 4 linear feet.
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Play submissions, correspondence, membership
information, administrative records, and publications of the Southeastern Arts
Media and Entertainment (SAME) Project, 1985 to 1996.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
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).
Box #, Folder #, Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) Project
Records, Coll2008-020, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles,
California.
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira and Sócrates Silva, May 22,
2008.
Processing this collection has been funded
by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.
The Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) project, 1985-1996,
was a multidisciplinary Atlanta based gay and lesbian nonprofit arts
organization whose mission was to utilize arts for social change. During its
first ten years, 1985-1995, SAME produced over 70 plays, original film and
video works, including
Promise of Life, a documentary on people
living with AIDS, and published
Amethyst, a semi-annual journal of creative
writing and visual arts. SAME, along with
Southern Voice newspaper, co-produced the
Southeastern Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, which screened over 50 films in
1994, a major event for the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian community. SAME also
organized numerous visual arts exhibitions and an annual arts and crafts
festival.
Scope and Content of Collection
The records of the Southeastern Arts and Media Entertainment Project,
(SAME), 1985-1996, consist of administrative records, including an operational
handbook, correspondence, financial ledger sheets and statements, membership
lists, publications, scripts, t-shirts, and a banner. The collection is
organized in four series: (1) Adminstrative Records, (2) Publications, (3)
Scripts, and (4) Ephemera.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Gay dramatists
Gay theater
Homosexuality and theater
Lesbian dramatists
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943-
Southeastern Arts, Media &
Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.)
Rebecca Ranson Papers, Coll2008-021.
Southeastern Arts, Media & Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1986-1996, Manuscript Collection Number 1015, Emory University.
Ball, Charlene
Bumbalo, Victor, 1948-
Calabria, Deb
Cloutier, Martin
Cyr, Dave
Dana, Mary
Dillon, David
Field, Aden
Fields, Mike
Fries, Kenny
Garner, Terry Cammon, 1953-
Grimsley, Jim, 1955-
Hill, Stebbo
Imhotep, Akbar
Lawes, Lisa
Olson, Donald S.
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943-
Raphel, Kenneth
Smith, Don
Sojourner, Sabrina
Underwood, Lolita
Wertheim, Aubrey
Yeoman, Cal
Youngblood, Shay