Joan E. Biren Queer Film Museum Collection

Summary

Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.1216
Creators:: Biren, Joan E.
Dates:: 1931 - 2010
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 5 Cubic feet
8 boxes
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Scope and Contents

The collection contains material relating to lesbian-oriented motion pictures. The bulk of the collection consists of ephemera and film posters from theatrical releases in the United States. The collection also contains catalogues from video houses, film festivals, posters, and other material collected by Biren from on-line auction sites. Some of the items have Biren's annotations written within them. The collection contains material associated with United States releases and foreign releases. Production dates are year of first release.

Arrangement

Divided into two series: Series 1: Posters and Ephemera, 1931-2010, undated; and Series 2, Film Festival Programs, Queer Film Museum Files, and Related Material, 1975-2010, undated.

Biographical / Historical

Joan E. Biren (1944-), also known professionally as JEB, is an internationally recognized lesbian photographer and documentary film maker. She is also an activist on gay issues and was active in the women's liberation and gay rights movement in the late 1960s.

Administration

Processing Information

Processed by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., 2010.

Author

Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.

Immediate Source of Acquisiton

Donated to the Archives Center in 2010 by Joan E. Biren.

Digital Content

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Unrestricted research access on site by appointment.,Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Preferred Citation

Joan E. Biren Queer Film Museum Collection, 1931-2010, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Posters -- 21st century	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Posters -- 20th century	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Homosexuality	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Lesbian and gay experience	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Bisexuality	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Documentary films	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Transgender people	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Transvestites	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Programs -- 20th century	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Motion pictures	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Advertising	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Lesbianism	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Catalogs	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Postcards	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

Repository Contact

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

P.O. Box 37012

Suite 1100, MRC 601

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

archivescenter@si.edu

http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives