Lynn Kear and K.V. Herndon papers

Collection

Identifier: Q181

Staff Only

Scope and Contents of the Papers

The Lynn Kear and K.V. Herndon papers, 1976-2018, consist of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, a day planner, astrological readings and charts as well as extensive file related to Kear's writings. These include drafts and manuscript versions of screenplays: Just One of Those Things, Lures and Lies, Snow Angels, and Vengeacide: A Modern-Day Fable, Watseka Wonder, novels and short stories: The Search for Laura Seabrook, Free Lunch, View From the Tracks, and works of non-fiction: Kay Francis and reincarnation. Lastly, the papers contain audiotapes, photographic prints, and photographic negatives as well as born digital materials.

Dates

1976-2018
Majority of material found within 1989 - 2016

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research use.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biography of Lynn Kear and K. V. Herndon

Lynn Kear (born 1957 in Illinois) has published numerous volumes of ficton and nonfiction. She earned a doctorate in Communicative Arts Education at Georgia State University. Her wife, K. V. Herndon (1965-2020), was an artist and garden designer. Kear and Herndon lived in the Atlanta area for over thirty years.

Extent

4.7 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The papers are arranged into three series:

Series I: Manuscripts, research and publishing, 1976-2008
Series II: Personal papers, 1985-2018
Series III: Audiovisual and Artifacts, 1969-2007

Separated to the Gender and Sexuality Periodicals Collection

10 Percent, Spring 93-Winter 1993, November/December 1994, January/February 1995
Advocate: The National Gay and Lesbian Newsmagazine, 7 May 1991, 12 December 1995, 8 June 1999
Albatross: the lesbianfeminist Satire Magazine
Athena: A Woman...A Magazine, May 1982
Charis Review, August 2008
Come Out Comix, 1977
Deneuve, [PRIDE issue], August 1992
Dyke, 1975-1977
Entertainment Weekly, Gay 90s, 24 March, 8 September 1995, 8 May 1998, 14 June 2019
Fate: True Reports of the Strange and Unknown, August 1998
Feminist Teacher, Fall 1984
Feminist Writers’ Guild, Spring 1983-February 1987
Fiction Network, 1987-1988
Frighten the Horses, 18 August 1992
Gay Community Yellow Pages, Spring-Summer 2018
Gay Theatre Alliance Newsletter, 1982-1984
Girlfriends,1994-2000
I Know You Know: Lesbian Views and News, January 1985
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Fall 2001
On Our Backs, November/December 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000, January-October 1994, January/February 1995
POZ magazine, October-November 1994
Sojourner: The Women's Forum, November 1984
Southern Exposure, November 1993
Utne Reader, February-April 1984
Womanspirit, 1983