Scope and Contents
The Candida Scott Piel Papers document a socially active gay and lesbian culture, centered in New York City, around the turn of the twenty-first century. The papers include subject files, printed materials, writings, ephemera, and audiovisual materials. There is particularly substantive material on AIDS and AIDS treatments, "the circuit" culture, the Jewel Box Revue, and events organized by Piel, mainly as fundraisers for organizations such as the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
Dates
- 1950-2007
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy of non-commercially produced items for their personal use should consult the ordering reproductions information on the Manuscripts and Archives web site.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creator(s) of this collection for materials they have authored or otherwise produced. After the lifetime of the creator(s), copyright passes to Yale University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Candida Scott Piel, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008.
Arrangement
Arranged in five series: I. Subject Files, 1950-2007. II. Writings, 1973-1992. III. Printed Materials, 1950-2003. IV. Memorabilia, 1979-2003. V. Audiovisual, 1959-2002.
Extent
22 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The Candida Scott Piel Papers document a socially active gay and lesbian culture, centered in New York City, around the turn of the twenty-first century. The papers include subject files, printed materials, writings, ephemera, and audiovisual materials. There is particularly substantive material on AIDS and AIDS treatments, "the circuit" culture, the Jewel Box Revue, and events organized by Piel, mainly as fundraisers for organizations such as the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
Biographical / Historical
Candida Scott Piel was born on May 17, 1952, in New York, New York. She graduated from Yale University in 1974 with a B.A. in Religious Studies. She obtained a Masters Degree in communications from the New York Institute of Technology. After graduating from college, Piel worked briefly in the adult film industry and in gay theater. In 1982, she became involved in Gay Pride Day and chaired the rally in 1984. Piel then became executive director of Friends and Advocates for Individual Rights (FAIRPAC), a political action group. During the 1990s, Piel worked for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) for which she was liaison to the gay community and organized fundraisers and events for AIDS awareness and safe partying. She continues to be active in gay organizations.
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment
- American Foundation for AIDS Research
- Fund raising
- Gay Pride Day
- Gay clubs
- Gay liberation movement
- Gay press publications -- United States
- Gay theater
- Gays -- Drug use
- Gays and the performing arts
- Homosexuality
- Jewel box revue
- LGBTQ resource
- Lesbians -- Drug use
- Material culture (genre)
- Off Off-Broadway theater
- Off-Broadway theater
- Piel, Candida Scott
- Title
- Guide to the Candida Scott Piel Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Scott Libson and Christine Weideman
- Date
- January 2006
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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