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Sylvester [interview]

Title
Sylvester [interview], 1988-11-18 / with Martin Worman.
Author
Sylvester, 1947-1988
Publication
  • 1988.
  • ℗1999

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
Worman, Martin
Found In
Martin Worman audiovisual collection, 1960-2008.
Description
2 streaming audio files (61:20) : digital, mono.
Summary
Former Cockette member Martin Worman interviews fellow Cockette and disco star Sylvester about his recollections of the time he spent with the troupe, some of his loves and stories of the past. Sylvester passed away from HIV a month after the interview. Worman later wrote a paper based on this interview (or chapter) in May 1992: "Sylvester: A dish before dying".
Alternative Title
Martin Worman audiovisual collection.
Subjects
Note
  • Title from inventory.
  • "Sylvester Cockettes verbatim; 88.11.18 ℗1999; Robert Croonquist"--From original audiocassette container spine.
  • "Sylvester 88.11.18 ℗1999; Robert Croonquist (Side A); Cockettes verbatim 88.11.18 ℗1999; Robert Croonquist (Side B)"--From original audiocassette container labels.
Access (note)
  • Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Source (note)
  • Billy Rose Theatre Division, Martin Worman papers
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Martin Worman audiovisual collection, *L(Special) 10-06
Call Number
*LTC-A 1706
OCLC
934147340
Author
Sylvester, 1947-1988, interviewee.
Title
Sylvester [interview], 1988-11-18 / with Martin Worman.
Production
1988.
Copyright Date
℗1999
Playing Time
004650 001430
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio files WAV file
Performer
Sylvester, interviewee ; Martin Worman, interviewer.
Event
Recorded [Sylvester's house], San Francisco, California 1988 November 18 (original interview recording); [New York, New York] p1999 (revised recording produced by Robert Croonquist)
Access
Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Original Version
Archival originals: (1 audiocassette tape : analog, quarter-track, mono ; 7 in.) in *LTC-A 1706.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Martin Worman audiovisual collection, *L(Special) 10-06
Local Note
Preservation files: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltca1706_v01f01_em (Part 1) and myh_ltca1706_v01f02_em (Part 2)].
Source
Separated from; Billy Rose Theatre Division, Martin Worman papers, 1960-2008, *T-Mss 2009-002.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Worman, Martin, interviewer.
Kirsch, Dorothy, donor.
Croonquist, Robert, donor.
Added Title
Martin Worman audiovisual collection.
Found In:
Martin Worman audiovisual collection, 1960-2008.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1706
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