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Southern California Women for Understanding records
Collection
Identifier: Coll2011-076
Abstract
Survey records, meeting minutes, newsletter editorial material, photographs, negatives, correspondence, financial records, event programs, press releases, manuscripts, promotional material, and other material documenting the activities of Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU), 1975-1998. Founded in 1976, SCWU was an organization of women "dedicated to creating an atmosphere of understanding of Lesbian issues within both the homosexual and heterosexual communities." Notably,...
Dates:
1975-1998
Adele Starr collection on Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Collection
Identifier: Coll2009-012
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, photographs, clippings, manuscripts, financial records, pamphlets, education materials, flyers, posters, audiocassettes, textiles, ephemera and a banner from Adele Starr, documenting the activities of the Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc. (PFLAG), and of Parents and Friends of Gays (1976-1981), the predecessor to PFLAG's Los Angeles chapter (PFLAG/LA). Starr was founder of Parents and Friends of Gays and first president of PFLAG. The bulk...
Dates:
1960-2010
Madeleine Tress memoir Rainbows on my Ceiling
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2014-115
Abstract
A self-published, hard-cover memoir written by Madeleine Tress of San Francisco entitled Rainbows on my Ceiling, 2006. The memoirs "were written as an extended conversation with Jan Sibley, [Madeleine's] partner in love and life for 40 years."
Dates:
2006
Twice Blessed collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2010-003
Abstract
The collection consists of materials documenting the Jewish lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender experience, circa 1966-2000, collected by the Jewish Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Archives, founded and operated by Johnny Abush. The collection consists of clippings from print and online sources, conference and event materials, newsletters, religious service texts, promotional materials, videotapes, photographs, drawings, memorabilia, reference materials, and administrative...
Dates:
circa 1966-2000
United States Mission collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll2012-125
Abstract
Correspondence, financial documents, flyers, notes, meeting minutes, articles, legal documents, press releases, pamphlets, essays, and other material documenting activities of the United States Mission of Los Angeles' gay and lesbian community, 1962-2002. The U.S. Mission was a non-sectarian religious organization founded in 1962 by Rev. Robert Humphries to provide social services to homeless residents of downtown Los Angeles; and, beginning in the late-1960s, advocating for gay and lesbian...
Dates:
1962-2002; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1987
Van Ness Recovery House Records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-096
Abstract
Correspondence, flyers, newsletters, press releases, notes, facility reports, grant proposals, permitting documents, rehabilitation facility regulations, questionnaire, contractual agreements, clippings, organization charts, financial documents, meeting minutes, board of directors bylaws, tax documents, and other materials documenting the establishment and operation of Van Ness Recovery House, "a temporary home for gay men and lesbians engaged in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse,"...
Dates:
1972-1984
We Are Everywhere, International Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-100
Abstract
Flyers, correspondence, annual reports, press releases, position statements, articles, meeting notes, meeting minutes, and bylaws documenting activities of the gay human rights organization, We Are Everywhere, International (WAEI), 1975-1981. WAEI invoked Article II of the United Nations' 1946 Convention on Genocide (which specified victims as "multi-national communities universally distributed which clearly suffer from genocide") as a legal basis for organized international opposition to...
Dates:
1975-1981; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1979
William E. Weinberger collection on the law and gay and lesbian rights
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-063
Abstract
Conference materials, minutes, correspondence, amicus curiae briefs, and other documents relating to the provision of legal representation for lesbians and gays, created and collected by Los Angeles lawyer William E. Weinberger, a member of several organizations that provided legal services to lesbians and gays, in the course of his work.
Dates:
1983-1998; Majority of material found within 1987 - 1994
Edward Westrick collection on Veterans Council for American Rights and Equality
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2009-018
Abstract
Minutes, correspondence, newsletters, clippings, manuscripts, notes, financial records, flyers, photographs, audiocassettes, textiles, memorabilia and other material relating to the gay and lesbian veterans' organization, Veterans Council for American Rights and Equality (Veterans CARE), founded in Los Angeles in 1984 by James Highland. The bulk of the materials was collected and donated by Edward Westrick, who served as the organization's Commander, and relates to the activities of the Los...
Dates:
1920 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1984 - 1997
Mary Whitlock photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-053
Abstract
Photographic images, including prints, negatives, and color transparencies (slides), documenting the professional career and private life of Mary Whitlock between 1974 and 2008. The bulk of the collection consists of images taken by Whitlock in her capacity as a professional photographer, documenting the Los Angeles GLBT, in particular the lesbian, community between 1974 and approximately 1990. The collection also contains several albums documenting Whitlock's personal relationships with...
Dates:
1974 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1990