Neil Atherton (Audio interview and transcript), 2018

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Atherton, Neil D., “Neil Atherton (Audio interview and transcript), 2018,” Digital Collections, accessed February 21, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41365.

Title

Neil Atherton (Audio interview and transcript), 2018

Contributor

Kutzel, Ken (Interviewer)

Description

Neil Atherton grew up in Illinois near Milwaukee and came to Saugatuck in the early 1980s. He and his partner Jim Yarro operated the gift shop Hoopdee Scootee from 1982 to 2016. In this interview, Atherton reminisces about Hoopdee Scootee, creative advertising, the art community, and being openly gay in a small town.

Date

2018-07-21

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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Stories of Summer (Common Heritage project)
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