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Bulletin (Long Beach, Calif.) Records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-019

Scope and Content

Notes, receipts, sales reports, invoices, correspondence, tax documents, distribution lists, financial documents, news releases, clippings, and advertiser account lists documenting the publishing history of Bulletin, a 1980s gay periodical based in Long Beach, California. Advertiser lists document distribution sites throughout Southern California, as well as in several Southwestern cities in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985-1987

Creator

Access

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Historical Note

Bulletin was a gay publication based in Long Beach, California, that appeared as a monthly magazine and bi-monthly tabloid format in the 1980s. Focusing primarily on Southern California, it also solicited advertisers and distributors in Southwestern cities as far east as Santa Fe, New Mexico. Bulletin marketed itself to potential advertisers and distributors as Southern California's "most discreet" and "fastest growing gay newsmagazine."

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet ([7 folders])

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Correspondence, sales reports, receipts, invoices, financial documents, distribution lists, advertiser account lists, clippings, and news releases documenting Bulletin, a gay publication in the 1980s and based in Long Beach, California, that appeared as a monthly magazine and bi-monthly tabloid format. Bulletin promoted itself as Southern California's "most discreet [...] positive, upbeat, fastest growing gay newsmagazine." Advertising lists document the paper's distribution throughout Southern California and as far east as Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Processing Information

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

Title
Bulletin (Long Beach, Calif.) Records, 1985-1987
Status
Publish Basic
Author
Marc LaRocque
Date
(c) 2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is inEnglish.

Repository Details

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