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American Library Association Gay Task Force and Social Responsibilities Round Table Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-017

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

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.

Related Materials

Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen Collection, Coll2008-069, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern Los Angeles, California.

Marjorie Greenfield Correspondence on Archaic Headings, Coll2014-064, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

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.

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

Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository

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