American Library Association Gay Task Force and Social Responsibilities Round Table Collection
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, flyers, contact lists, postcards, clippings, and bibliographic materials documenting the founding and subsequent activities of the Gay Task Force, 1970-1995 of the American Library Association's (ALA) Social Reponsibilities Round Table (SRRT).
Dates
- Creation: 1970-1995
Creator
- American Library Association. Gay Task Force (Creator, Organization)
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Historical Note
The Gay Task Force of the American Library Association's (ALA) Social Responsibility Round Table was established in 1970 to advocate for the interests of gays and lesbians both within the library profession and in libraries nationally.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (1 box.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, flyers, contact lists, postcards, clippings, and bibliographic materials documenting the founding and activities of the Gay Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibility Round Table, 1970-1995. The Gay Task Force was estabished in 1970 to advocate for the interests of lesbians and gays in the library profession, as well as in libraries nationally.
Other Finding Aids
American Library Association Archives at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history papers and photographs, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
Michael McConnell files, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Separated Materials
Removed to ONE pamphlet collection:
Jenkins, Christine, and Julie Morris. A Look at Gayness: An Annotated Bibliography of Gay Materials for Young People. Ann Arbor, Mich: Kindred Spirit Press, 1982.
Processing Information
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Collection processed by Marc LaRocque, 2011; revised by Nicholas Beyelia, 2015.
Subject
- American Library Association. Gay Task Force (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid to the American Library Association Gay Task Force and Social Responsibilities Round Table collection, 1970-1995
- Status
- Publish Basic
- Author
- Marc LaRocque, 2011 and Nicholas Beyelia, 2015.
- Date
- (c) 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
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