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Homosexuality -- Psychological aspects

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Steve Berman Papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.; Series Series 2.
Identifier: Coll2012-141
Abstract

The Steve Berman papers are a collection of notes, correspondence, and personal information created and maintained by the psychologist and activist in the 1970s and 1980s. The bulk of the collection, from 1980-83, chronicles Berman’s life during and after college as he pursued his career in psychology and worked for greater rights and recognition for the gay and Jewish communities.

Dates: 1964-1983; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1983

Betty Berzon papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.; Series Series 10.
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 Included in this collection are manuscripts and resource materials for Berzon's published and unpublished books; records from gay and lesbian organizations in which she was involved; paper and audiovisual material for her therapy practice, workshops, and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

Barry M. Dank Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2011-032
Abstract

Articles, correspondence, syllabi, and clippings documenting sociologist Barry M. Dank's professional involvement with the issue of social and personal acceptance of gay identity. In 1971, Dank, a professor at California State University, Long Beach, published an article in the journal Psychiatry that argued notions of homosexual deviance would wane in the face of increasing acceptance of same-sex sexuality as a legitimate way of life.

Dates: 1971-1977; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1974

Reed L. Erickson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2010-001
Abstract Legal papers, correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, publicity material, photographs, clippings, research material, financial records, manuscripts, handwritten notes, card catalogs, audiotape, ephemera and other material from philanthropist and (female-to-male) transgender/transsexual activist, Reed Erickson (1912-1992). Having built his wealth through oil investments and other entrepreneurial endeavors, Erickson founded the Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF) in 1964, a...
Dates: 1916-1994; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1994

Laud Humphreys papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2007-012
Abstract Drafts, correspondence, journal articles, notes, newspaper clippings, surveys, legal documents, memoranda, transcripts, speeches, course curricula, subject files, ephemera, photos, and an audiocassette tape created or collected by sociologist and Episcopalian priest, Laud Humphreys, who is best known for his book, Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places--the first publication to examine the social and sexual behaviors of men who perform sex acts with...
Dates: 1951-1988; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1988

J. David Latham psychological surveys

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1
Identifier: Coll2009-016
Abstract

Psychological surveys, research papers, correspondence, administrative materials, and printed research materials created by psychologist J. David Latham (1954-1986) in the course of his research on homosexuality within heterosexual marriages, and on gay recovering alcoholics.

Dates: 1950 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1986

Judd Marmor papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.; Series Series 2.
Identifier: Coll2007-009
Abstract Correspondence, journal articles, drafts, speeches, notes, legal papers, and subject files created by Los Angeles psychiatrist Judd Marmor (1910-2003), a leader in the successful movement to remove homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, in the course of his research on homosexuality. Materials include several handwritten letters from Evelyn Hooker, as well...
Dates: 1943-1998

Brian James Miller papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-010
Abstract Manuscripts, clippings, sociological research papers, correspondence, curriculum vitae, notes, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes and other material, 1956-2006, from sociologist and writer Brian James Miller. The bulk of the collection is writings, resource material, manuscripts for unpublished books, and recorded interviews pertaining to Miller's sociological research on gay men and their relationships. Personal and professional papers document Miller's career, as well as his...
Dates: 1956 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1990

Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals records

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2011-074
Abstract

Member list, newsletters, meeting minutes, membership applications, flyer, correspondence, ethics proposals, articles of incorporation, and clippings documenting activity of the Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals (SLGMHP), 1977-1982. The SLGMHP was "an organization for all gay health professonals in the Sacramento area to provide mutual support and to develop an informal referral system for gay clients."

Dates: 1977-1982