Loc Robertson collection, 1999-2014
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Robertson, Loc
- Abstract:
- The Loc Robertson collection, 1999-2014, contains two promotional pens for April Fresh's 80s Wednesdays event, a 1999 Men in Heels calendar, and a program for the 2014 Miss Comedy Queen 10th anniversary pageant. Loc Robertson is a drag performer, pageant coordinator, and award-winning photographer based out of Orlando, Florida. He worked as a bartender at Parliament House, a gay resort, from 1995 until its closing in 2020. April Fresh, Robertson's drag persona, won her first pageant, Miss Comic Strip, in 1999. In August 2005, Robertson founded the National Miss Comedy Queen Pageant. As of 2023, April Fresh continues to perform at drag shows, comedy brunches, trivia nights, and other events throughout Central Florida.
- Extent:
- .21 Linear Feet 1 box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Loc Robertston collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Loc Robertson collection, 1999-2014, contains two promotional pens for April Fresh's 80s Wednesdays event, a 1999 Men in Heels calendar, and a program for the 2014 Miss Comedy Queen 10th anniversary pageant.
- Biographical / historical:
Loc Robertson is a drag performer, pageant coordinator, and award-winning photographer based out of Orlando, Florida. He worked as a bartender at Parliament House, a gay resort, from 1995 until its closing in 2020. April Fresh, Robertson's drag persona, won her first pageant, Miss Comic Strip, in 1999. In August 2005, Robertson founded the National Miss Comedy Queen Pageant. As of 2023, April Fresh continues to perform at drag shows, comedy brunches, trivia nights, and other events throughout Central Florida.
- Acquisition information:
- Gifted by Loc Robertson to the LGBTQ+ History Museum of Central Florida in 2020. Gifted by the LGBTQ+ History Museum of Central Florida to University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections University Archives in 2021 (Accession no. CFM2021_22).
- Processing information:
Collection processed by David Benjamin, 2023 and finding aid prepared by Arielle Petrovich, 2023. All materials were placed into acid-free folders and in an acid-free box.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The entire collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
- Preferred citation:
Loc Robertston collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
- Location of this collection:
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John C. Hitt Library12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2OrlandoFL32816-8030USA
