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Allen G. Shores Democratic National Convention photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2012-009

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Scope and Contents

Photographs taken by Allen Shores at the 1980 Democratic National Convention. Most of the photographs are of the Lesbian & Gay Caucus or of members of the caucus.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980

Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Publication Rights

Researchers wishing to publish material must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives as the physical owner of the material. Note that permission to publish does not constitute copyright clearance. ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials from the copyright holder(s).

Biographical / Historical

The 1980 Democratic National Convention had approximately 74 openly gay or lesbian delegates. The previous convention in 1976 had only 4. The 1980 convention was also the first time that an openly gay man had been nominated for one of the two top positions of either major political party.

Extent

100 photographs. (100 photographic prints)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photographs taken by Allen Shores at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.

Acquisition Information

Photographs were gifted to the archives by Allen G. Shores, December 23, 1998.

Processing Information

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

Title
Finding aid to the Allen G. Shores Democratic National Convention photographs
Status
Publish Basic
Author
Kyle Morgan
Date
© 2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is inEnglish.

Repository Details

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

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