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Arrangement Administrative History Conditions Governing Access Conditions Governing Use Acquisition Preferred Citation Processing Information Processing Information Processing Information ONE Scope and Contents Note on Included Artists Separated Materials note Title: Orlando Gallery records Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.038 Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California Language of Material: English Physical Description: 13.0 linear feet. 8 archive boxes + 2 archive cartons + 1 flat archive box. Date (bulk): Bulk, 1985-1999 Date (inclusive): 1947-2010 Abstract: Gallery ephemera and administrative records; photographs, slides, transparencies and negatives of installations, exhibition openings and art works; publicity releases; newspaper and journal article clippings; and a limited amount of art, mail art, correspondence, and other materials from the Orlando Gallery. The gal...

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A Sacred Time The Mother lies dying Surrounded much of her waking hours By loving family; two caregivers or more. She may pass any day; It may happen months from now. It is wondrous and awful. Meanwhile, in the town where the boys Grew up, La La Land, maker Of bold dreams and great Nuclear Power Plants, The Father went to the ICU And died on the gurney Waiting to be told there was nothing Anyone could do for him anymore. He was 97 and a half joined by wife and son; Peaceful ending, really. Living on borrowed time many years. The extended family is called on the phone; Immediate family gathered at the Mom’s house To eat an odd assortment of snacks we’ll refer To as Wake Dinner And hug and cry a little and talk much, Mostly of what we are now about. What are fond memories held of Dad? First ride in a small airplane at nineteen for Pat, a plane that did loop the loops! Swept away by this handsome dude/engineer Who she stuck by 32 years, designed, built And ran The Home, filled with baked...