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Gay Faire Records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2012-124

Scope and Content

Flyers, organizational correspondence, financial documents, contracts, event planning documents, news releases, legal documents, clippings, meeting notes, grant disbursal and participant lists, and notes documenting the administration of the Gay Faire, 1977-1983. Gay Faire was an annual summer street fair located in Hollywood and sponsored by the United States Mission, a charitable organization. According to the Faire proposal, "the purpose of the event shall be to support the concept of human rights for all persons, particularly by supplying visibility of the Gay community to the straight community."

Dates

  • Creation: 1977-1983

Creator

Access

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Publication Rights

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Historical Note

Gay Faire was an annual summer street fair located in Hollywood and sponsored by the United States Mission, a charitable organization, 1977-1983. According to the Faire proposal, "the purpose of the event shall be to support the concept of human rights for all persons, particularly by supplying visibility of the Gay community to the straight community." Profits from Gay Faire were distributed as small grants to social service and other organizations representing the Southern California gay and lesbian community.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (1 archive carton.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Flyers, organizational correspondence, financial documents, contracts, event planning documents, news releases, legal documents, clippings, meeting notes, grant disbursal and participant lists, and notes documenting the administration of the Gay Faire, 1977-1983. Gay Faire was an annual summer street fair located in Hollywood and sponsored by the United States Mission, a charitable organization.

Processing Information

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2012. Date spans were given whenever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

Subject

Title
Gay Faire Records
Status
Publish Basic
Author
Marc LaRocque
Date
(c) 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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