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Gay United Fund Records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Coll2012-118
Abstract Articles of Incorporation, financial documents, correspondence, notes, press releases, flyers, and other materials documenting activity of the Gay United Fund, 1979-1982. According to its literature, "The United Fund is an outgrowth of a resolution to create an annual charity function passed by the Imperial Council of Courts" in 1978. The Fund was intended to "raise and distribute funds to charitable organizations for the purchase of tangible items as a lasting tribute to the community's...
Dates: 1979-1982

Gay/Lesbian Network Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Coll2012-007
Abstract

Mission statement, newsletter layouts, logo design sheets, article drafts, and press releases documenting activity of the Gay/Lesbian Network, 1983-1985. According to its mission statement, "the GLN is a non-profit, charitable, educational organization whose purpose is to transform the experience of being gay or lesbian so that people are nurtured and empowered to make a difference in the world."

Dates: 1983-1985

Henry Gerber collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2013-034
Abstract

Often referred to as the forefather of the United States gay movement, Henry Gerber in 1924 created the first known gay organization in the United States, the Society for Human Rights, and the first known gay publication, Friendship and Freedom. The collection consists of Henry Gerber correspondence and writings as well as biographical information written about Henry Gerber, circa 1940-1998.

Dates: circa 1940-1998

Lee Glaze papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2015-005
Abstract

Lee Glaze was an artist, activist, bar manager, and prominent figure in the early years of the Los Angeles gay rights movement. His papers contain photographs, records, correspondence, ephemera, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1910s-2010s

James Goltz and Jean Wood ethnographic fieldwork research on the Committee Against the Briggs Initiative, Los Angeles chapter

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2014-003
Abstract Ethnographic fieldwork research materials of James Goltz and Jean Wood regarding their study of the Committee Against the Briggs Initiative (CABI), Los Angeles chapter, conducted in 1978-1979. The collectin includes 29 interviews with members of CABI as well as field notes, administrative records, media clippings, and promotional materials. CABI was formed when Senator John Briggs introduced California Proposition 6, the "Briggs Initiative," in 1978 to prohibit gay and lesbian people as well...
Dates: 1975-1979

Dean Hansell papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-081
Abstract The papers document Dean Hansell's involvement with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation of Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, and LGBT discrimination dealings with the American Bar Association, Boy Scouts of America, California Proposition 8, City of Los Angeles, Explorers/Boy Scouts of Southern California, FBI, and Los Angeles Police Department, bulk 1985-2010. Dean Hansell co-founded GLAAD/LA, served as co-chair of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center,...
Dates: 1974-2010; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2010

Donald V.S. Harley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll2014-028
Abstract

Correspondence, prison records, receipts, legal records, notes, clippings, editorial drafts, and manuscripts of Donald Harley, 1976-2013. The materials primarily document Harley's trial and prison sentence, but also include materials related to his personal life and activism.

Dates: 1976-2013

Harry Hay papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2011-003
Abstract Manuscripts, notes, published research sources, correspondence, interviews, clippings, financial and employment records, legal papers, photographs, posters, original and reproduced graphic material, flyers, memorabilia and other material documenting the life of Harry Hay. Hay conceptualized and was a co-founder of the Mattachine Society (1950), the first organization to advocate defense of the civil rights of gays and lesbians on the grounds that they were an oppressed minority. He would...
Dates: circa 1867-2002; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990

R. Scott Hitt papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-091
Abstract Photographs, awards, school records, correspondence, clippings, meeting minutes, financial records, political campaign records, event and fundraising records, conference files, legal records, government initiatives and regulation materials, reports, and research materials documenting R. Scott Hitt's personal life as well as his work with HIV/AIDS research and treatment, HIV/AIDS groups and projects, LGBT politics and support services, and political campaigns, 1958-2007. Includes Hitt's...
Dates: 1958-2007

Glenn Hopkins papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-048
Abstract

The Glenn Hopkins papers consists of an edited draft of his play The Adventures of Robin Hood, his resume, and promotional material for his plays and appearances, 1986-1991. Glenn Hopkins is a Los Angeles playwright, political activist, educator, and Radical Faerie.

Dates: 1986-2001

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California Committee for Sexual Law Reform 1
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