Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) Project
Records
Michael C. Oliveira
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Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) Project
Records
Collection number: Coll2008-020
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Los Angeles,
California
- Processed by:
- Michael C. Oliveira and Sócrates Silva
- Date Completed:
- May 22, 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: 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
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
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Preferred Citation
Box #, Folder #, Southeastern Arts, Media and Education (SAME) Project
Records, Coll2008-020, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles,
California.
Acquisition Information
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
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.
Administrative History
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.
Indexing Terms
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.)
Related Material
Rebecca Ranson Papers, Coll2008-021.
Southeastern Arts, Media & Education Project (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1986-1996, Manuscript Collection Number 1015, Emory University.
Index
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
Description/Container List
Series 1:
Administrative Records
1987-1995
Physical Description: 10 folders.
Series Scope and Content
The bulk of the Records Series consists of correspondence,
membership information, and flyers and programs for SAME's Out Proud Theatre
productions. Correspondence and related materials concerning FEDAPT, an
organizational assistance program for the performing arts, can be found in the
Atlanta Theatre Coalition folder. Other files include financial records and
minutes.
Box 1 : 1
Financial records
1987-1988
Box 1 : 5
Membership forms and mailing list
1990
Box 1 : 6
Atlanta Theatre Coalition records
1990-1991
Box 1 : 7
Out Proud subscription mailings
1991-1992
Box 1 : 8
Out Proud logo
circa 1990
SAME / Out Proud productions
1985-1994
Box 1 : 9
Flyers, programs, paper paddle fan
1985-1994
Box 4 : 1 (Oversize)
Performance posters
1985-1994
Series 2:
Publications
1988-1996
Physical Description: 5 folders.
Series Scope and Content
SAME produced a number of publications including a newsletter; the
Southern Voice newspaper;
Amethyst, a journal of creative writing
and visual arts; and the program of the local Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
The project also contributed to the publication of a pamphlet of still
photographs taken by Royce Augustine Hoyle of television programs
1957-1962.
Box 1 : 10
The Report Line,
The Inside Line
newsletters
1988-1996
Box 1 : 11
TV Photographer:
1957-1962
1988
Box 4 : 2 (Oversize)
Southern Voice newspaper
March 1, 1988
Box 4 : 3 (Oversize)
Gay & Lesbian Film Festival programs
1989-1996
Series 3:
Scripts
circa 1990
Physical Description: 21 folders.
Series Scope and Content
The Script Series consists of scripts submitted to SAME; each script
is accompanied by the playwright's correspondence, and occasionally copies of
clippings. The series also includes the only script in the collection of a play
known to have been performed by SAME, Rebecca Ranson's
Homes, which includes a flyer for the
performance.
Box 2 : 3
Show,
And Then,
Tell
1992
Box 2 : 5
Vivid Nounclouds and
Etc.
1991
Dana, Mary; Kenneth Raphel; Stebbo Hill; Deb Calabria;
Mike Fields; Don Smith; Akbar Imotep; Lisa Laws; Lolita Underwood
circa 1990
Box 2 : 6
Alternate Concerns
circa 1990
Box 2 : 8
Coffee, Beer, Never
Fear
1987
Garner, Terry Cammon
1984
Box 2 : 10
Livin' on Salvation
Street
1984
Box 2 : 11
The Borderland
circa 1990
Box 2 : 11
Man with a Gun
circa 1990
Box 3 : 4
Make Way for Dyklings
1991
Box 3 : 5
Poems, Fragments, Pieces,
Pictures
1987
Youngblood, Shay
1988-1993
Box 3 : 9
Shaking the Mess Outta
Misery
1988
Series 4:
Ephemera
circa 1990
Physical Description: 1 oversize box.
Series Scope and Content
The t-shirts and a banner in this series document SAME events and
projects: the Gay America Loves You billboard project, the
Network Q program on PBS, Out Proud
Theatre,
Southern Voice newspaper, and a banner
from
Etcetera Magazine. Also included are
t-shirts from Olivia cruise line and the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus.
SAME t-shirts and banner
circa 1990
Box 5
"Gay America Loves You" t-shirt
circa 1990
Box 5
"
Network Q, Out Across America, On
Location. In Your Life. Every Week. On PBS" t-shirt
circa 1990
Box 5
"Out Proud Theater" t-shirt
circa 1990
Box 5
"SOVO
Southern Voice Newspaper; Black
and White and Read All Over" t-shirt
circa 1990
Roll 6
"Etcetera Magazine salutes SAME's 10th Year Anniversary"
banner
1995
Other T-shirts
circa 1990
Box 5
"Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus" t-shirt
circa 1990
Box 5
"Olivia Anniversary" t-shirt
circa 1988
