Guide to the David McDaniel and Richard Redlon
Papers,
1980-1990
Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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| Creator: | Redlon, Richard |
| Creator: | McDaniel, David A. |
| Title: | David McDaniel and Richard Redlon Papers |
| Dates: | 1980-1990 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic ft. (2 boxes) |
| Abstract: | The David McDaniel and Richard Redlon Papers consist cheifly of correspondence between the two men after graduation from Vassar College. Of particular interest is the description of gay life and culture in the 1980s, with some discussion of AIDS in the later letters. |
| Forms of Materials: | correspondence, photographs, and postcards |
Biographical Note
David A. McDaniel (VC 1979) and Richard O. Redlon Jr. (VC 1980) began their friendship while students at Vassar. McDaniel became associate librarian at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Redlon was an historic preservationist and an architecture critic for a Boston magazine. Both men died of AIDS, McDaniel in March 1990, Redlon in December 1993.
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Scope and Content Note
The David McDaniel and Richard Redlon Papers consist cheifly of correspondence between the two men after graduation from Vassar College. Of particular interest is the description of gay life and culture in the 1980s, with some discussion of AIDS in the later letters.
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Access and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
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Subject Headings
Subjects:
- AIDS (Disease)
- Gay culture -- United States
- Gay men
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Encoding Information
Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 24 Feb 2009.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
David McDaniel and Richard Redlon Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections Staff, 9 Sept 2005.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Eric Marcus, December 1998.
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Container List
| Folder 1.1 | Biography, collection notes and photographs |
| Folder 1.2 | 1980 |
| Folder 1.3 | 1981 |
| Folder 1.4 | 1982 |
| Folder 1.5 | Jan-May 1983 |
| Folder 1.6 | Jun-Dec 1983 |
| Folder 1.7 | 1984 |
| Folder 1.8 | Jan-Jun 1985 |
| Folder 1.9 | Jul-Dec 1985 |
| Folder 2.1 | 1986 |
| Folder 2.2 | 1987 |
| Folder 2.3 | 1988 |
| Folder 2.4 | 1989 |
| Folder 2.5 | 1990 |
| Folder 2.6 | undated |