Provenance
Gift of Elliot Rabner
Use Restrictions
No names may be published unless they are publically know to be gay, or their permission has been obtained, or they are deceased.
Scope and Content
13 tapes that have been transfered to CDs. They are interviews by Rabner of people who answered his request for people who went to NYC bath houses. He asks them about their history of gay experiences including the bath houses. There is a collection of paper questionnaires that he initially sent out to participants that asks which bath houses they went to, their age, their sexual activity, drug use and their health status.
History or Bio
Eliot Rabner was a teacher in New York City and in 1980, organized the Long Island Teachers Association, a local group of gay teachers with loose ties to the NYC Gay Teachers Association. This group held its last meeting in 1983 because of a declining membership. He retired in 1985 to pursue his interest in homoerotic art.
Folder List
1. Letters and questionnaires from participants
2. Ken Dawson Award Application
Audio Tape List
1. C.B
2. Leonard
3. Bert
4. Arthur
5. JG
6. Nick
7. John 58
8. Untitled
9. Untitled
10. Untitled
11. Untitled
12. Untitled
13. Untitled
