Mark Griffin Collection, 1982 to 1986

This collection is named in remembrance of Mark Griffin, who died in 1987 from AIDS related causes. The material was donated by Neil Starr and Spencer Pillai, friends of Mark Griffin. Most of the material in this collection is related to the Boylesque shows a successful drag mime that ran from 1984 to 1986. It includes video footage of the Miss East Coast Competitions held in 1984 and 1985. Mark Griffin was crowned Miss East Coast in 1984. There is also a mounted Boylesque poster. It also includes Graeme Reid’s background notes to the collection, and background notes to the video recordings.

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Identifier: kp78gg65x
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: GALA Queer Archive
Contributor(s): Starr, Neil
Reid, Graeme
Pillai, Spencer
Publisher: Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
Date Created: Apr. 1999
Dates Covered: 1982 to 1986
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Bette Midler
Boylesque Show
Greg Reichmann
Le Parisienne Supper Club
Mark Griffin
Matthew Ronin
Miss East Coast
Neil Starr
Stargazer
Places: Gauteng > City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality > City of Johannesburg > Johannesburg
Topic(s): Drag
Drag balls
HIV/AIDS
Photographs
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
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