Research Catalog

Title

Jonathan Ned Katz papers.

Author

Katz, Jonathan, 1938-

Publication

1867-2021, bulk 1950 - 2021.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Katz, Bernard
• Katz, Phyllis Brownstone

Description

80.83 linear feet (189 boxes, 20 tubes, 1 item); 2.9 gigabytes (490 computer files)

Summary

Jonathan Ned Katz (1938 - ) is an independent historian, author, LGBTQ rights advocate, teacher, and textile designer. His father, Bernard Katz (1901-1970), an artist and designer who worked in advertising, was an independent historian of African-American history and jazz music. Jonathan Katz's mother, Phyllis Brownstone Katz, was a magazine editor and co-founder of the Jane Street Community Garden. The Jonathan Ned Katz papers reflect his life and career as an historian, author, LGBTQ rights advocate, teacher, and textile designer. They most heavily document Katz's research and writings on LGBTQ history and activism, and encompass his personal life, family, friends, and the LGBTQ liberation movement. The collection also contains the papers of his parents, Bernard Katz and Phyllis Brownstone Katz.

Subjects

• Historians
• Dramatists
• Authors
• Gay liberation movement
• Gay men
• Homosexuality
• Lesbians
• Sexual orientation
• Slavery > United States
• Socialism
• Adams, Eve, 1891-approximately 1943
• Bérubé, Allan
• Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007
• Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
• Kight, Morris, 1919-2003
• Legg, W. Dorr, -1994
• Segura, Tony, 1919-1991
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
• Wicker, Randy
• Worth, Ruth Peter
• African American musicians
• African Americans > Music
• Heterosexuality
• Jazz
• Jazz muscians
• Queer Theory
• Sodomy > Law and legislation
• Transgender people
• Transsexuals
• Albums (books)
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Correspondence
• Notes (documents)
• Photographs
• Posters
• Sound recordings
• Video recordings

Genre/Form

• Albums (books).
• Clippings (information artifacts).
• Correspondence.
• Notes (documents).
• Photographs.
• Posters.
• Sound recordings.
• Video recordings.

Access (note)

• Access to selected materials is restricted until the year 2055, or until after the death of Jonathan Ned Katz. Access to Katz's diaries is restricted until his death. Access to his school transcripts is restricted until 2031. Some audio and video recordings are unavailable for use pending preservation transfer.

Source (note)

• Donated by Jonathan Ned Katz, 1993-2021.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Jonathan Katz Manuscripts and Research Materials, 1967-1976. Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. Lucy Terry Prince Collection, 1967-1973. Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.

Provenance (note)

• Jonathan Ned Katz donated the first portion of his papers in 1993. He made additional donations in 1995, 1997, 2004, 2006, and 2021. In 1988, the Library received from the International Gay Information Center, Inc. some personal papers (2.8 linear ft.) of Mr. Katz. These papers, which were formerly part of the International Gay Information Center Archives, were removed from that collection and integrated into the Jonathan Ned Katz Papers. The Bernard Katz papers were initially separated from the Jonathan Ned Katz papers in 1993, but the collections were reunited in 2022.

Call Number

MssCol 1621

OCLC

NYPW91-A58

Author

Katz, Jonathan, 1938-

Title

Jonathan Ned Katz papers.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

computer

Type of Carrier

sheet

other

Restricted Access

Access to selected materials is restricted until the year 2055, or until after the death of Jonathan Ned Katz. Access to Katz's diaries is restricted until his death. Access to his school transcripts is restricted until 2031. Some audio and video recordings are unavailable for use pending preservation transfer.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Jonathan Katz Manuscripts and Research Materials, 1967-1976. Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. Lucy Terry Prince Collection, 1967-1973. Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.

Note

Donated by Jonathan Ned Katz, 1993-2021.

Provenance

Jonathan Ned Katz donated the first portion of his papers in 1993. He made additional donations in 1995, 1997, 2004, 2006, and 2021. In 1988, the Library received from the International Gay Information Center, Inc. some personal papers (2.8 linear ft.) of Mr. Katz. These papers, which were formerly part of the International Gay Information Center Archives, were removed from that collection and integrated into the Jonathan Ned Katz Papers. The Bernard Katz papers were initially separated from the Jonathan Ned Katz papers in 1993, but the collections were reunited in 2022.

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Occupation

Authors.

Dramatists.

Historians.

Added Author

Katz, Bernard, 1901-1970, contributor

Katz, Phyllis Brownstone, contributor

Research Call Number

MssCol 1621