This collection comprises manuscripts, photographs, correspondence and other papers, circa 1910-1995, of Wilna Onthank, who in 1994 wrote Born Gay, an unpublished book based on the diaries of her brother Robert Onthank, a gay World War II veteran. The collection includes family photographs, particularly of Wilna and Robert as children growing up in Chicago, Illinois, and later in Southern California. The collection also includes a biographical leaflet about Wilna, created by Joan Corbin and Joan's partner Gingere Blakely.