Advocate records
Scope and Contents
The records, 1953-2001, comprise the editorial and administrative records of the Advocate, 1967-2001, with the bulk from 1967-1974 when it was under the direction and editorship of Dick Michaels and Bill Rand. The editorial records include article drafts; clippings; artwork and illustrations; publicity materials for films, theater, and entertainers; negatives and photographic prints; mock-ups; and story notes collected and/or used by the editorial staff for publication in the Advocate. The administrative records consist of those for operations, advertising, conferences, reader relations, and human resources; and include correspondence, clippings, promotional materials, photographs, drawings, and posters. Of note among the materials are the extensive coverage of the Advocate-sponsored Groovy Guy competitions, 1968-1972, and the boxes of oversized political cartoon illustrations.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-2001
Creator
- Advocate (Los Angeles, California) (Creator, Organization)
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).
Extent
26.4 Linear Feet (14 records boxes + 7 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The records, 1953-2001, comprise the editorial and administrative records of the Advocate, 1967-2001, with the bulk from 1967-1974 when it was under the direction and editorship of Dick Michaels and Bill Rand. The records include article drafts, clippings, artwork and illustrations, negatives, photographic prints, mock-ups, story notes, correspondence, promotional materials, posters, and other records used in publishing the Advocate.
Arrangement
The records are organized in the following series:
Series 1. Administrative records, 1967-2001
Series 2. Editorial records, by topic, 1953-1996
Series 3. Editorial records, by format, 1967-1979
Acquisition Information
The bulk of the records were gifted to the archive in the beginning of 1975 upon the sale of the Advocate to David B. Goodstein and the subsequent move of operations from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Additional materials were added from longtime Advocate senior editor Mark Thompson, who worked with the magazine from 1976 through the 1990s.
Separated materials
The following T-shirts were separated from the collection:
Two female symbols, interconnected; two male symbols, interconnected. Black shirt.
The Advocate--Touches Your Lifestyle. White shirt.
The Advocate / Twenty-five years of the Advocate. White shirt.
Processing Information
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Collection materials came from the ONE Subject Files collection and boxes 103-37 and 104-53.
Collection processed by Robert Graves and Kyle Morgan, 2012.
- Title
- Finding aid to the Advocate records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Robert Graves and 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
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu