Update (San Diego, Calif.) Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Coll2011-094

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Correspondence, flyers, clippings, and article typescripts from the San Diego-based gay and lesbian weekly newspaper Update, 1979-1993. Update was founded as a bi-weekly newspaper "distributed in resorts, bars, restaurants, and on the street" in Southern California, as well as cities in Arizona and Nevada. The bulk of the materials are article typescripts from issues published between 1979 and 1980.

Dates

Creation: 1979-1993
Creation: Majority of material found within 1979 - 1982

Creator

Dawn Media, Inc. (Creator, Organization)

Access

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Publication Rights

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Historical Note

Update was a weekly gay and lesbian newspaper established in 1979, based in San Diego and distributed throughout Southern California, as well as to selected cities in the Southwest. Update founder and publisher Donald Hauck was also the founder of Dawn Media, a distributer for other publications marketed to the gay and lesbian community in the same area.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet ([8 folders])

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Processing Information

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.