Martin Jones collection of Gay Games material

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GLBT Historical Society

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Martin Jones collection of Gay Games material

Dates: 1990-2018

Collection Number: 2018-80

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1.25 linear feet (1 carton)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: Materials collected by Martin Jones related to the Gay Games. Jones (March 28, 1943-June 12, 2018) participated in the Gay Games for several years representing team San Francisco, including running as a long distance marathoner in 1998, 2002, and 2006, in Sydney, Amsterdam, and Chicago.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright to material created by the donor has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society; other rights reserved. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Martin Jones collection of Gay Games material. Collection Number: 2018-80. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of James (Jim) Fox, October 2018-September 2019.

Scope and Content of Collection

Materials collected by Martin Jones related to the Gay Games. Jones (March 28, 1943-June 12, 2018) participated in the Gay Games for several years representing team San Francisco, including running as a long distance marathoner in 1998, 2002, and 2006, in Sydney, Amsterdam, and Chicago. Jones won medals in those games. Jones spent his later years in Northern California, in Guerneville, CA. He was active in local gay community organizations. The collection includes Gay Games programs and other printed material, ephemera and pins, a CD and a DVD of Gay Games 2006, VHS recordings of Gay Games Sydney 2002 and Gay Games Amsterdam 1998, Team San Francisco jackets, shirts, and a sweatsuit, a race bib, Gay Games medals, photographs and 35mm slides, a large Gay Games banner, and other material. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008529

Indexing Terms

Gay men

Sports