Kepner, Jim (James Lynn Kepner, Jr.)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1923 - 1997
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Celebration Theatre collection
Collection — Box 1: Series Series 2
Identifier: Coll2007-017
Abstract
Early executive committee minutes, performance budgets, programs, flyers, press kits, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, including reviews, documenting the activities of the Celebration Theatre, 1982-2006. The collection consists of materials from the collections of Jim Kepner, the first Vice Chairman, of Robert Schrock, a former artistic director, and of the Purple Circuit, an information clearinghouse for gay and lesbian theater, founded by Bill Kaiser.
Dates:
1982-2018
First Church of One Brotherhood Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2011-086
Abstract
Membership card, event programs, publicity material, flyers, clippings and other material documenting activities of the First Church of One Brotherhood (FCOB), 1956-1976. The non-denominational church, founded by Charles (Chuck) Rowland, was intended to address the spiritual needs of religious gay men.
Dates:
1956-1976; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1957
International Gay and Lesbian Archives records
Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2012-002
Abstract
Minutes, reports, corporation papers, correspondence, legal papers, financial records, collections management records, publicity material, exhibition material, photographs, ephemera, audiocassettes, floppy disks and exhibition displays from the International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA), an archive dedicated to collecting materials related to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. The archives began as a result of Jim Kepner's efforts collecting GLBT materials...
Dates:
1958 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1994
Jim Kepner papers
Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2011-002
Abstract
Manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, minutes and organizational records, notebooks, science fiction writings, poetry, erotica, educational material, photographs, computer disks, textiles, ephemera and memorabilia from writer, historian and gay activist, Jim Kepner (1923-1997). Founder of the Western Gay Archives (later renamed the National Gay Archives and then the International Gay & Lesbian Archives), Kepner began collecting gay- and lesbian-related material in the 1940s and began...
Dates:
1933-2010; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1997
Metropolitan Community Church historical collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2009-006
Abstract
This collection consists of materials relating to the origins, history, and ministry of the Metropolitan Community Church, including both its governing body, the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, and the individual congregations that make up the Fellowship. The materials include brochures, bylaws, calendars, circulars, congregation meeting minutes, correspondence, financial papers, flyers, handbills, installations of pastors, invitations, news releases, newspapers...
Dates:
1969-2004; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1985
Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile records
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: Coll2008-057
Abstract
Official records for the Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile for the years 1965-1969, including copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws; minutes of the pre-foundation planning committee and of the Board of Trustees and general membership meetings from June 1965 to August 1968; and several contemporary membership lists. The collection also contains a notebook of the Rev. Ken Wahrenbrock, Secretary of the organization, and manuscript materials from the papers...
Dates:
1964-1984; Majority of material found within 1965-1972
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