Jones, Billy, 1921-2003
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1921 - 2003
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
Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history transcriptions
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS994
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection is comprised of eleven interviews, transcript of each interview (edited and unedited), original audio recordings for each interview, and a CD access copy of each. The interviews with Billy Jones and Ginny Boyd are part of the Maria Helena Dolan collection (1999.142)
Dates:
1997, 2004-2005
Billy Jones papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1106
Scope and Content
This collection contains magazine and news clippings collected by Mr. Jones that relate to Atlanta's gay clubs, performers, and members of the LGBTQ community. Some clippings more directly reflect Jones's participation in the community, including his judging of drag pageants. The collection also contains correspondence, personal documents, and travel brochures created and collected by Jones.
Dates:
1928-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1995
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
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- Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Drag queens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Drag shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Female impersonators -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Gay activists 2
- Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 2
- Gay pride parades -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 2
- African Americans -- Segregation 1
- Art and design 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Awards -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Charleston (S.C.) 1
- Civil rights 1
- Exhibitions -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Florida 1
- Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions 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 -- Social conditions 1
- New Orleans (La.) 1
- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Pageants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Protest movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Race relations 1
- Religion 1
- Savannah (Ga.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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