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American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: Coll2007-013
Abstract
This collection comprises minutes, meeting agendas, financial records, correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, newsletters, publications, legal papers, subject files, notes, photographs, ephemera, and a videocassette relating to the on-going activities of the Lesbian & Gay Rights Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California (ACLU-LGRC), in Los Angeles. The LGRC is the first ACLU chapter in the United States to address the civil rights of gay...
Dates:
1970 - 2004
Betty Berzon papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-004
Abstract
Manuscripts, correspondence, organizational records, research materials, photograph albums, audiovisual items, clothing, trophies and other materials from lesbian activist, writer and psychotherapist, Betty Berzon (1928-2006). Included in this collection are manuscripts and resource materials for Berzon's published and unpublished books; records from gay and lesbian organizations in which she was involved; paper and audiovisual material for her therapy practice, workshops, and training...
Dates:
1928 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1965 - 2005
Jon W. Davidson Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-022
Abstract
Correspondence, notes, intake logs, flyers and other material, 1985-1995, of Jon W. Davidson, former senior staff counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California. As former head of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Project of the ACLU of Southern California, Davidson was instrumental in numerous ACLU legal actions on behalf of gay and lesbian civil rights. The bulk of the material consists of requests for assistance submitted to the ACLU chapter in the early 1990s.
Dates:
1985 - 1995
Dignity/USA records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2007-004
Abstract
Records of Dignity/USA, the oldest organization for Roman Catholic members of the GLBT community, from it's founding in 1969 until the early 1990s. The materials include correspondence, minutes, motions, and work papers of the organization's Board of Directors and House of Delegates; records of Dignity's biennial National Conventions; correspondence files of Dignity officers, including Joseph Killian (Joe Gilgamesh), the first elected president of Dignity; and extensive subject files,...
Dates:
1956 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1988
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Monitor Response Committee records
Collection
Identifier: Coll2018-010
Abstract
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Monitor Response Committee records, 1991-1997, is a collection of the committee's meeting notes, correspondence, and related articles. The committee monitors radio, film, and television and sends letters to media outlets praising or criticizing their portrayal of gays and lesbians. The collection was donated by committee member Mike Roth.
Dates:
1991-2009
Haldeman-Julius publications
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2009-003
Abstract
Pamphlets from both the Little Blue Book and Big Book Series published between 1924 and 1950 by socialist activist Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951). The pamphlets are printed on pulp paper and staple-bound, and were marketed to workers and the "educated" classes. Almost all the titles deal with homosexual themes, and cover a wide variety of subjects, including classical literature, history, useful knowledge, and frank treatment of sexuality. The bulk of the pamphlets were written in the...
Dates:
circa 1924-1950
International Gay and Lesbian Archives records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2012-002
Abstract
Minutes, reports, corporation papers, correspondence, legal papers, financial records, collections management records, publicity material, exhibition material, photographs, ephemera, audiocassettes, floppy disks and exhibition displays from the International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA), an archive dedicated to collecting materials related to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. The archives began as a result of Jim Kepner's efforts collecting GLBT materials...
Dates:
1958 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1994
Janus Society records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-027
Abstract
Meeting minutes, bylaws and constitution, correspondence, notes, printed ephemera and other records from the Janus Society of America (also known as Janus Society of Delaware Valley), a Philadelphia-based homophile organization founded in 1962. The Janus Society was an influential group of gay men, lesbians and bisexuals, which was considered more politically aggressive than other homophile groups of that era. The Janus Society was active in the years 1962 to 1969, and its regular activities...
Dates:
1961-1969
Valerie Johnson Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-019
Abstract
The Valerie Johnson collection, 1992-2006, focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, especially in education. A portion of the collection contains education material, teachers' handbooks, flyers, notes and other teaching material from organizations such as Project 10, Gay-Straight Alliance Network, California Teachers Association, National Education Association and Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Another portion of the collection consists of subject...
Dates:
1992-2006; Majority of material found within 1998 - 2002
Lisa Kaye papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-083
Abstract
Meeting minutes, administrative records, training workshop materials, political campaign records, publicity material and other papers, 1975-1996, from lesbian activist and community organizer Lisa Kaye from Orange County, California. Materials in the collection document Kaye's political and activist career with the Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club of Orange County, a gay and lesbian community organization; Elections Committee of the County of Orange, a bi-partisan political action...
Dates:
1975 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1995