Abstract

The Stephen K. Desroches papers provide a unique perspective of male childhood in the 1980s and 1990s. Materials in this collection exhibit creative activities, including homemade books, sticker books, photo albums, scrapbooks, and correspondence to pen pals and holiday characters. Additional items in this collection document events attended by Desroches throughout his life. The bulk of the materials are dated between 1982 and 1992.

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds a script, program, and prop relating to a Catholic school play in which Desroches acted as a child in Massachusetts. (See Desroches’ book, My God, My God … Why Have You Forsaken Me?) Also in this series are programs, ticket stubs, and passes to various sporting events, pageants, concerts, comedy shows, plays, drag shows, and other events from Desroches’ childhood through adulthood. (Some tickets and passes are in French, German, and...