Lou Sullivan's "Memories of the Avant Garde"

Transcribed diary entries about the Avant Garde coffee shop, a 1960s Milwaukee venue frequented by hippies, beatniks, and experimental musicians. Lou Sullivan was a regular customer and eventual staff member at the Avant Garde in his late teens; he selected and retyped these entries in the late 1980s. Louis Graydon Sullivan (1951-1991) was a gay trans man from Milwaukee, WI who lived much of his adult life in San Francisco. A diarist, amateur historian, and administrative assistant, Sullivan is best known for the detailed and thoughtful diary he kept from childhood until his death from AIDS at age 39.

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Identifier: qz20ss911
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Sullivan, Lou
Date Created: circa 1987
Dates Covered: 1966 to 1968
Genre: Diaries
Places: Wisconsin > Milwaukee County > City of Milwaukee > Milwaukee
Topic(s): Diaries
Gay men
Music
Trans men
Resource Type: Text
Analog Format: Word processor printout
Digital Format: PDF file, 11 MB
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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