Title: Shall Not Be Recognized Exhibition Records
Inclusive Dates: 2007

Creators:

• Fellows, Will
• Pearcy, Jeff

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 263

Quantity:

• .4 cubic ft. (2 boxes, including 31 audio cassettes)
• 232 digital files (80.93 GB)

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Materials regarding the Shall Not Be Recognized: Portraits of Same-Sex Couples exhibit, which documents the experiences of thirty same-sex couples in long-term, committed relationships in the area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The traveling exhibit was a collaboration between author Will Fellows and photographer Jeff Pearcy.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0263

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In the November 2006 general election, Wisconsin voters passed a resolution to amend the state constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages and civil unions. In response, Will Fellows collaborated with photographer Jeff Pearcy to create Shall Not Be Recognized, an exhibit of photographic and verbal portraits of thirty same-sex couples in long-term, committed relationships. The name of the exhibit was taken from the amendment itself. Fellows conducted interviews with the couples, all residents of the Milwaukee area, and created the text for the exhibit. Pearcy conducted photo sessions with the couples and created the images for the exhibit.

Will Fellows, born in 1957, grew up near Evansville, Wisconsin. After completing undergraduate and graduate degrees at Cornell University, he returned to Wisconsin. Fellows and his life partner, Bronze Quinton, have been Milwaukee residents since 1994. Fellows's first book, Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 1996. His second book, A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2004.

Jeff Pearcy began a career as a traditional newspaper reporter and later became a photojournalist. For ten years he was the chief photographer for the Oshkosh Northwestern, making several career changes before opening Jeff Pearcy Photography.

The collection consists of photographic portraits and accompanying text from the Shall Not Be Recognized: Portraits of Same-Sex Couples exhibit, interview recordings, partial transcripts of the recordings, planning documents, media coverage, and a video program.

The files are organized by subject, and the audio cassettes are organized alphabetically by interviewee last name.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• Equality Wisconsin Records. UWM Manuscript Collection 331.

• Gay Farm Boys Project Records. UWM Manuscript Collection 264.

• Ray Vahey Papers. UWM Manuscript Collection 271.

Access Restrictions

Researchers must use access copies of electronic records and digital access copies of digitized audio recordings. There are no other access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

The Archives received signed release forms from all interviewees.

Acquisition Information

Jeff Pearcy and Will Fellows donated the collection to the Archives in March 2007 (accession 2007-045).

Processing Information

Dan Vinson, supervised by Christel Maass, processed the collection at the Archives in March and April 2008.

Preservation Information

During processing, the digital video received on DVD was ripped as an .iso file, which now serves as the preservation master. The DVD serves as the access copy. An alternative access copy was created in Windows Media Video [.wmv] format in June 2013 using the Prism Video File Converter.

George Blood L.P digitized the audio cassette recordings in February 2016. Audio preservation master files were created as 96 kHz/24-bit resolution 2 channel broadcast .wav files. Audio access copies were created as 44 kHz/192 kbps bit rate 2 channel .mp3 files.

	Exhibit Portraits, undated
Box   1 Folder   1-2	Access Restrictions: Original photographs are restricted. Users must use network access copy available in the Archives.
Electronic Folder     \Exhibit Portraits	Physical Description: 62 digital files (752 MB)
	Exhibit Text Drafts
Box   1 Folder   3	Female, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Male, undated
	Interviews Physical Description: 31 audio cassettes
Box   2 Audio   1	Baker, Vance and Jack Pike, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   2	Banach, Diane and Jolene Konieczny, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   3	Brown, Britt and Noel Rosado, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   4	Cawley, Denise and Anne Hefter, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   5	Coley, Brenda and Sandra Jones, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   6	Coon, Gerry and Stewart Dempsey, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   7	Cope, Ardyth and Kerri Balliet, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   8	Emerson-Froebe, Pauline and Melissa, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   9	Greene, Tim and Michael Karl, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   10	Hagen, Mark and Todd Richards, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   11	Hansen, Roger and John Payton, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   13	Hill, Jan and Paul Toonen, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   12	John Toonen, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   14	Howe, Sherrie and Joanne Andreshak, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   15	Jones, David and Tony Balistreri, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   16	Konz-Kryminski, Gregory and Raymond, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   17	Larrabee, Craig and Michael Bernklau, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   18	Mandracchia, Paul and Gary Hollander, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   19	Margenau, Jeffrey and Peter Duncan, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   20	Morberg, Elaine and Pat Stepanski, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   21	Morsch, Peggy and Kathy Herson, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   22	Munson, Michael and Loree Cook-Daniels, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   23	Murray, Barbara and Sara Trampf, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   24	Plaski, Donna and Debbie Lang, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   25	Pologe, Wendy and Mary Thoreson, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   26	Ranum, Mark Trevor and Craig Bodoh, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   27	Sephus, Jr., Winston and Paul Aschenbrenner, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   28	Skinner, Vance and Brendan Barrett, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   29	Slusar-Mischler, Wendy and Sue Mischler, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   30	Vahey, Ray, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   2 Audio   31	Wangemann, Garth and Roy Badger, 2007 Listen to this interview and view the index.
Box   1 Folder   5	Planning Documents, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Publicity, 2007
	Shall Not Be Recognized: Portraits of Same-Sex Couples [video program], 2007 Access Restrictions: The original DVD is restricted; users must use network access copy available in the Archives.
Box   2 DVD   1	Physical Description: 1 DVD (21 min, 33 sec)
Electronic Folder	UWMMss263_Shall_Not_Be_Recognized_2007 Physical Description: 1 digital file (21 min, 33 sec)