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Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles Records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2012-148

Scope and Content

The collection comprises meeting minutes, correspondence, bylaws, flyers, registration forms, posters, financial records, photographs, audiocassettes, floppy disks, T-shirts and other material documenting activities of the Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles, a LGBT-oriented running and social club founded in 1981. The collection documents the club's administration of and or participation in events such as the annual Run/Walk for Gay and Lesbian Pride, Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon, Gay Games and other activities. Also documented are various social events organized by the club, as well as its annual awards banquet fundraiser.

Dates

  • Creation: 1981 - 2003
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1992 - 2001

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Administrative History

Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles (more commonly known as LA Frontrunners) is a running and walking club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, their friends, and their supporters. Founded in 1981, the club takes its name from The Frontrunner, Patricia Nell Warren's 1974 best-selling novel about a gay relationship. The club participates in competitive and non-competitive running events, an annual Pride Run, and other fundraising and social events. LA Frontrunners' aims include informing the general public of the mental and physical health benefits of running; organizing and coordinating running events and programs; and promoting understanding and camaraderie between people of different ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.

In 2012, the LA Frontrunners is one of more than 100 Frontrunner clubs throughout the United States and other countries.

Source:

LA Frontrunners website, www.lafrontrunners.com, (last accessed March 4, 2013).

Extent

2 Linear Feet (1 archive box + 1 flat archive box.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Meeting minutes, correspondence, bylaws, flyers, registration forms, posters, financial records, photographs, audiocassettes, floppy disks, T-shirts and other material documenting activities of the Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles, a LGBT-oriented running and social club founded in 1981. The collection documents the club's administration of and participation in events such as the annual Run/Walk for Gay and Lesbian Pride, Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon, Gay Games and other activities.

Arrangement

A folder with LA Frontrunner's bylaws and incorporation papers is at the beginning of the collection. The remaining folders are arranged alphabetically.

Acquisition

Gift of Mark Penn, March 19, 2008.

Separated Materials

Six cardboard relay race batons and one button ("1994 Lesbian & Gay Pride Run, FRNY") have been separated from the collection and placed with ONE's ephemera (objects) collection.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Marc LaRocque and Loni Shibuyama, March 2013.

Source

  • 2 relay batons and 1 hat from Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon.
Title
Finding aid to the Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles records, 1981-2003
Status
Completed
Author
Marc LaRocque and Loni Shibuyama
Date
(c) 2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is in English.
Sponsor
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Repository Details

Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository

Contact:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771