The collection includes correspondence, agendas, minutes, clippings, publicity material, position statements, financial records, a manuscript of a radio play The Other World, flyers, notes, and other administrative records, 1978-1982, from the Santa Barbara Coalition for Human Rights (SBCHR). Materials document the SBCHR's work to defeat the California Proposition 6 Briggs Initiative 1978 and subsequent activities, including advocating for gay rights ordinances in Santa Barbara, organizing rallies and demonstrations, endorsing progressive political candidates, and forming a police-relations committee.