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Tea Time records

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Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
Coll.2
Repository:
John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
Extent:
0.5 linear feet
Language:
English
Date:
1991-1993 (inclusive)
Creator:
Tea Time (Community group).
Abstract:
Tea Time: An Organization for Asian and Pacific Islander Gay and Bisexual Men was founded in Philadelphia in May 1991 as an organization for sexual-minority women and men of Asian/Pacific Islander descent. In May 1992, it changed its primary focus to gay men and committed itself to HIV education in the Asian sexual-minority community. The organization's officers formally disbanded Tea Time in October 1994. Tea Time records, 1991-1994, document activities sponsored by Tea Time. In addition to materials specifically about Tea Time, the files include mailings from other gay Asian/Pacific Islander groups and non-Asian-specific gay groups around the United States.

Tea Time was founded in Philadelphia in May 1991 as an organization for sexual minority women and men of Asian/Pacific Islander descent and changed its focus in May 1992 to primarily Asian gay men and committed themselves to HIV education to the Asian sexual minority community. The officers officially disbanded the organization in October 1994.

The Tea Time Papers span the years 1991 to 1994. The materials represent the organization's office files.

The materials provide a look at the gay Asian/Pacific Islander community, as well as interaction between Tea Time and other gay Asian/Pacific Islander groups and non-Asian-American gay organizations.

A folder-level collection inventory is provided below.

Gift of Tea Time, 1993.

Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2011-2012 as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR), using data provided by the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives of Philadelphia. The HCI-PSAR project was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was done in the HCI-PSAR project.

One promotional poster for "Adam Film World 1991 Directory Gay Adult Video" and 1/4-inch of periodicals were removed to elsewhere in the Archives. 1/8-inch of duplicate materials have been discarded.

For additional information about Tea Time, see its newsletter, Sticky Rice, in the General Ephemera collection.

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Publisher
John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Teri Kelley, May 3, 1995
Sponsor
This preliminary finding aid was created by staff of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) using data provided by the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives of Philadelphia. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Access Restrictions

Restrictions apply to some of the photographs; otherwise, access to the collection is unrestricted. Contact John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives of Philadelphia for more information.

Collection Inventory

[Newsletters and ephemera from other gay Asian-America organizations.].
Folder 1
[Newsletters and ephemera from non-Asian American gay organizations.].
Folder 2
Sticky Rice Issue No. 2, Volume No., May-June-July, 1993 [original paste-up].
Folder 3
Sticky Rice [originals].
Folder 4
[Newspaper clippings].
Folder 5
Tea Time office files.
Folder 6
[Binder - misc. papers and ephemera related to Tea Time.].
Folder 7
[Tea Time flyers.].
Folder 8
[Original paste-up for Tea Time brochure.].
Folder 9
[Advertising flyer for the Asian/Pacific American Journal.].
Folder 10
[Resource Booklet] Asians and Their Neighbors: A Public Investigatory Hearing - Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations October 29, 27, November 1 and 5, 1984.
Folder 11

Scope and Content Note

The Chinese New Year Party was held at Shing Kee Restaurant, Philadelphia, February 1993.

Block Party ("Tea Time's first real public outing") L-R: Wilson Chik, Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Richard Liu, Leo Chang, 1992.
Item 1
Chinese New Year Party: Leo Chang, 1993.
Item 2
Chinese New Year Party: "Miss Thailand" ("That's all we know about her"), 1993.
Item 3
Chinese New Year Party: Kam Pau, 1993.
Item 4
Chinese New Year Party: "Miss Thailand", 1993.
Item 5
Chinese New Year Party: Kam Pau, 1993.
Item 6
Chinese New Year Party: "Miss Thailand", 1993.
Item 7
Chinese New Year Party: Richard Fong, 1993.
Item 8
Chinese New Year Party: Richard Liu and "Miss Thailand", 1993.
Item 9
Chinese New Year Party: Principal subjects: Richard Liu and Sang Le, 1993.
Item 11
Chinese New Year Party: Principal subjects: Kam Pau and Miss Thailand", 1993.
Item 12
Chinese New Year Party: Principal subject unidentified, 1993.
Item 13
Press Photo, Kiyoshi Kuromiya, circa March 1993.
Item 10
[One Macintosh computer diskette. Includes event materials for Asian Pacific Islander Pride 1993 and Lunar New Year 1993; news releases; flyers; budgets; policies; contacts; and other materials. Inventory available on-site.].
Folder 13

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