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Dennis Loy Journals, 1975 and 1990

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id241345

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains letters, diaries, publications and other material collected by Dennis Loy, a gay artist who exhibited works in the Chicagoland area and New York City. Most of the letters were written to Loy by his cousin, American writer and journalist P.J. O'Rourke, and cover such topics as poetry, politics, drugs, art, and gay culture in the 1980s. In one of his diaries, Loy wrote about his trip to India in 1975 and describes the landscape and culture. The other diary is a travel diary and contains over sixty sketches of scences Loy encountered on a road trip rom Chicago to places such as the Upper Peninsula, Canada, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York. Collection also includes letters from a "David" and these talk mostly about David's experience as a homosexual in New York.

Dates

  • Creation: 1975 and 1990

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.20 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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