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Leroy Aarons Papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll2011-014
Abstract
Leroy Aarons was a journalist, author, playwright, and educator. He was known for his founding of the National Lesbian and Gay Jounalists Association (NLGJA), his work at the Washington Post and Oakland Tribune newspapers, his book "Prayers for Bobby", and his teaching career at the USC Annenberg School for Communication. The collection contains documents and records documenting Aarons' tenure as director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism's Project for the Study of Sexual Orientation...
Dates:
1890-2006
Advocate records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2012-030
Abstract
The records, 1953-2001, comprise the editorial and administrative records of the Advocate, 1967-2001, with the bulk from 1967-1974 when it was under the direction and editorship of Dick Michaels and Bill Rand. The records include article drafts, clippings, artwork and illustrations, negatives, photographic prints, mock-ups, story notes, correspondence, promotional materials, posters, and other records used in publishing the ...
Dates:
1953-2001
Jehan Agrama collection on the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA)
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-049
Abstract
Correspondence, agendas, notes, minutes, programs, reports, and materials collected by Jehan Agrama in her role as Co-President and as member of the Board of Directors of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), 1989-1994. The collection includes documents related to the formation of GLAAD/USA, GLAAD Media Awards programs, 1994-2000; and documents outreach to the Los Angeles Unified School District and Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) Racial Harmony and Discourse...
Dates:
1989-2001; Majority of material found within 1991 - 1993
Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-005
Abstract
Meeting minutes, event records, promotional material, clippings, photographs, correspondence, membership records, newsletters and other material, 1980-1992, from the Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Entertainment Industry (AGLA), formed to encourage the responsible portrayal of gays and lesbians in entertainment media. Materials in the collection document the organization's most active period, particularly when it produced an annual awards show for gay and lesbian representation...
Dates:
circa 1980-1992
Sunny Bak photography collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-037
Abstract
The collection includes Bak's medium format color transparenices/unmounted slides of Ashley Herrin and Catherine Angiel and alternative layouts for the June 21, 1993, Newsweek cover story, "Lesbians Come Out Strong." The collection also contains Bak's images of lesbian women and couples on 10% Productions and G Gallery greeting cards, postcards and posters. Bak photographed hundreds of entertainers including members of 10,000 Maniacs, Madonna, and...
Dates:
1993-2002
Harry Bartron papers
Collection — Box: 1-11
Identifier: Coll2008-054
Abstract
Writings, manuscripts, publications and photographs documenting the life of pantomime artist and poet Harry Bartron from 1927 to 2006. The bulk of the collection dates from 1978 to 2005 and consists of poetry exploring in particular Bartron's Roman Catholic faith and his homosexuality. Additional materials include liturgical materials, written for the Los Angeles chapter of Dignity/USA; autobiographical reminiscences; correspondence; and materials documenting Bartron's daily activities and...
Dates:
1917 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1978 - 2005
Ester F. Bentley photographs and papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-017
Abstract
Photographs, negatives, correspondence, awards, clippings, audiocassettes, a videocassette, buttons, a banner, and memorabilia, circa 1940-2003, from lesbian activist, community organizer and social worker, Ester F. Bentley. The collection documents Bentley's professional career in community organizing in Kentucky and California, often working with disabled children. In particular, this collection also includes hundreds of photographs of Bentley and her friends and family throughout...
Dates:
circa 1940-2003
Linda Burdick Photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2012-058
Abstract
Lynda Burdick photographs include images of Jack Campbell, TJ Murphy, and Rick Morrison, undated. The other photographs document unidentified LGBT events and demonstrations.
Dates:
undated
Thomas F. Coleman and Jay M. Kohorn papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll2014-031
Abstract
Criminal court records, civil court records, correspondence, law review articles, clippings, reports, state bills and laws, notes, and other professional papers of Thomas F. Coleman and Jay M. Kohorn documenting their careers from 1972-1991. Coleman and Kohorn were attorneys specializing in defending sexual civil liberties, primarily in the LGBT community.
Dates:
1932-2011
Jon W. Davidson Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-022
Abstract
Correspondence, notes, intake logs, flyers and other material, 1985-1995, of Jon W. Davidson, former senior staff counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California. As former head of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Project of the ACLU of Southern California, Davidson was instrumental in numerous ACLU legal actions on behalf of gay and lesbian civil rights. The bulk of the material consists of requests for assistance submitted to the ACLU chapter in the early 1990s.
Dates:
1985 - 1995