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Arthur Bell interviews Bob Livingston, 1978-12-16

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Arthur Bell Collection of Recorded Interviews, 1970-1980

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Title
Arthur Bell interviews Bob Livingston, 1978-12-16
Names
Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving) (Donor)
Livingston, Robert, 1932-1979 (Interviewee)
Carlos, Wendy (Interviewee)
Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving) (Interviewer)
Collection

Arthur Bell Collection of Recorded Interviews, 1970-1980

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1978-12-16
Date Created: 1980 (Questionable)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LDC 52796
Shelf locator: *LTC 4527
Topics
Livingston, Robert, 1932-1979
Carlos, Wendy
Elkind, Rachel
Gay activists -- United States
Gay bars -- New York (State) -- New York
New York (N.Y.)
Electronic music
Composers -- United States
Transsexuals -- United States
Transgender people -- Medical care
Sex change -- Risk factors
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Biographical/historical: Interview by Arthur Bell, most probably conducted for his popular column "Bell tells" in the Village Voice.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger from information on original cassette.
Venue: Recorded 1978 December 16 (CD 1, tracks 1-7) and [1980?] (CD 1, tracks 8-10 and CD 2) [New York, N.Y.]
Additional physical form: Service compact discs (2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original, available in *LDC 52796.
Acquisition: Gift; Bell Estate; 1990 NN-RHA.
Content: Forms part of Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews, 1970-1980, *L (Special) 90-32.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audio cassette (approximately 47 min.) : analog, stereo
Description
CD 1, tracks 1-7. Arthur Bell interviews Bob [Robert] L. Livingston, first openly gay man appointed to the New York City Human Rights Commission in 1977 by Mayor Abraham Beame. Livingston discusses his life and political career as a gay activist, his support of gay and lesbian rights movement, founding one of the city's first homosexual rights groups, the New York Political Action Council, and gay bar life in New York City in the 1970's (December 16, 1978). CD 1, tracks 8-10 and CD 2. American composer and electronic musician Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) discusses her life and career as a composer, and shares her experience writing music for the 1980 film "The shining," produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. She talks about her long-term collaboration with another performing artist Rachel Elkind. She also recounts the details of her transsexual process, her reassignment surgery (May 1972), and after surgery hormonal treatments [1980?].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19972275
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 93182820-8a98-0131-26d5-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1978: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Bell interviews Bob Livingston, 1978-12-16" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978 - 1980. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94063490-8a98-0131-f7f2-58d385a7bbd0

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Bell interviews Bob Livingston, 1978-12-16" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94063490-8a98-0131-f7f2-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1978 - 1980). Arthur Bell interviews Bob Livingston, 1978-12-16 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94063490-8a98-0131-f7f2-58d385a7bbd0

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Arthur Bell interviews Bob Livingston, 1978-12-16