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Gay men's writings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Gerber collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2013-034
Abstract

Often referred to as the forefather of the United States gay movement, Henry Gerber in 1924 created the first known gay organization in the United States, the Society for Human Rights, and the first known gay publication, Friendship and Freedom. The collection consists of Henry Gerber correspondence and writings as well as biographical information written about Henry Gerber, circa 1940-1998.

Dates: circa 1940-1998

Michael Goodwin Collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2009-017
Abstract Journals, artwork, videocassettes, audiocassettes, correspondence, photographs, photo albums, legal documents, financial documents, posters, theater programs, and other material by and of artist and writer Michael Goodwin (1937-2006), with materials dating from 1919 to 2006. The core of the collection consists of personal journals and original artwork by Goodwin. A large portion of the collection also consists of materials related to Goodwin's Goodjac Productions. Other portions of the...
Dates: 1919-2006; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2005

Haldeman-Julius publications

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1. ; Series 2.
Identifier: Coll2009-003
Abstract Pamphlets from both the Little Blue Book and Big Book Series published between 1924 and 1950 by socialist activist Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951). The pamphlets are printed on pulp paper and staple-bound, and were marketed to workers and the "educated" classes. Almost all the titles deal with homosexual themes, and cover a wide variety of subjects, including classical literature, history, useful knowledge, and frank treatment of sexuality. The bulk of the pamphlets were written in the...
Dates: circa 1924-1950

Randall Clay Haney papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2008-005
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, a journal, and incomplete manuscripts and typescripts of theatrical works by aspiring playwright Randall Clay Haney (born 1942).

Dates: 1980-1986

Harry Hay papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2011-003
Abstract Manuscripts, notes, published research sources, correspondence, interviews, clippings, financial and employment records, legal papers, photographs, posters, original and reproduced graphic material, flyers, memorabilia and other material documenting the life of Harry Hay. Hay conceptualized and was a co-founder of the Mattachine Society (1950), the first organization to advocate defense of the civil rights of gays and lesbians on the grounds that they were an oppressed minority. He would...
Dates: circa 1867-2002; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990

Joseph J. Hayes papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-071
Abstract

Manuscript drafts, correspondence, clippings, administrative records, and a gay studies course proposal, 1972-1979, from Joseph J. Hayes. In the 1970s, Hayes was an Associate Professor of English at California State University, Fullerton.

Dates: 1972-1979

John Paul Hudson Typescript, Letters from Lovers and Lawbreakers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2012-120
Abstract

A photocopy of a marked up typescript of John Paul Hudson's unpublished work, Letters from Lovers and Lawbreakers: Edited, Answered and Augmented, 1980. Also included in the collection are clippings, photocopies of correspondence, and publicity stills, circa 1970-1977. John Paul Hudson was an early gay liberation activist, journalist, and author.

Dates: circa 1970-1980; Majority of material found in 1980 - 1980

Bruce Janis student papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-046
Abstract

Gay and lesbian student organization records and the thesis Self-Disclosure and Self-Esteem in Gay Men of Bruce Janis, 1976-1985. Janis started the first gay and lesbian student organization at Washington University in St. Louis in 1976, then helped restart the San Francisco State University gay and lesbian student organization in 1981.

Dates: 1976-1985

Lawrence E. Jenkins papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2015-013
Abstract

Correspondence, job records, financial records, clippings, poetry, and short stories of Lawrence E. Jenkins, 1941-1954, a gay man living in Los Angeles.

Dates: 1941-1954

Marvin C. Johnson papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-036
Abstract

Scripts, sheet music, copyright information, and notes, 1955-1975, from writer Marvin C. Johnson. The bulk of the collection is comprised of scripts and sheet music from the musical, "How to Make a Dumb Blonde," (1969-1973) written by Johnson, with music by James Anderson.

Dates: 1955-1975