Sweet Gum Head (Bar : Atlanta, Ga.)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS412
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items collected by the Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (ALGHT). Photographs include staff and events at bars and nightclubs such as the Tower Lounge and Sweet Gum Head; ALGHT's table at the Atlanta Pride Festival, where "The Time of Our Lives," an exhibition about LGBTQ+ history in Atlanta between the 1940s and 1990s, was on display; Olympics Out of Cobb protests, including one at the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) headquarters; drag queens such...
Dates:
approximately 1975-2001, undated
Billy Jones visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS419
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photos of the LGBTQ+ community, events at LGBTQ+ bars and drag venues, drag queens, female impersonators, performers, male actresses, bar owners, and others. Also included are autographed photographs of actors, many of which are inscribed to Jones. Of special note are photographs of Billy Jones as Phyllis Killer and Shirley Temple Jones, the Phyllis Killer Oscar Awards, and Jones at the Atlanta Pride Parade. Locations are unknown unless otherwise noted; however,...
Dates:
approximately 1950-2002, undated
Martin Padgett visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS416
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials used by Martin Padgett in research for his book A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta’s Gay Revolution. Items include photos of staff and drag performers, primarily John Greenwell (1950- ) as Rachel Wells, at Sweet Gum Head, a prominent drag and gay bar at 2284 Cheshire Bridge Rd. NE, Atlanta, Georgia, from 1971 to 1981; a poster promoting the Phoenix Affair II, a charity show...
Dates:
1972-1983
Richard Kavanaugh photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS420
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Richard Kavanaugh's personal life and professional career. The personal images are primarily in the photo albums and depict parties at Kavanaugh's residence on East Morningside Drive in Atlanta, Georgia. Albums also highlight Kavanaugh with friends, including many of them in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Many the photo albums also contain images related to Kavanaugh's professional career as an editor for ...
Dates:
approximately 1960-2007
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- Drag queens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Gay pride parades -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Gay activists 2
- Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Armour Circle (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Awards -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cheshire Bridge Road (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Drag kings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- East Morningside Drive (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Exhibitions -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Female impersonators -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gay couples -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
- Gay pride celebrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gay rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Lesbian bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Lesbian community -- Georgia 1
- Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
- Pageants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Periodical editors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Periodicals -- Publishing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Protest movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1 + ∧ less
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