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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: B.W. Grant Barnes papers
creator:
Barnes, B.W. Grant
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-036
Physical Description:
9.6 Linear Feet
9 archive boxes + 1 archive carton.
Date (inclusive): 1913-2008
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: Reports and administrative files from the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), subject and research files, and personal
papers (bulk, 1970-2000) from Attorney B.W. Grant Barnes. The collection includes extensive subject files pertaining to Barnes'
research in international human rights laws; records documenting his work in the Individual Rights Section of the LACBA; and
his personal writings, correspondence and other material documenting his involvement in numerous gay and lesbian organizations.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English and German.
B.W. Grant Barnes was born in Stephenville, Texas. He graduated high school in 1966, then attended the University of Texas
for his bachelor's degree. He graduated in 1972, with High Honors in Sociology, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, and Architecture.
After living in Berlin in the mid-1970s while teaching English, he moved back to the United States and graduated Harvard Law
School in 1982.
His legal experience includes international counseling and litigation practice (including providing counsel to Swedish and
German law firms and assisting local firms in California in state and federal litigation and business due diligence), international
law, international civil aviation, securities regulation and mortgage acquisition litigation, insurance coverage, labor litigation
and counseling (including performance/recording contracts), construction claims, government contract law, and general business
negotiable law.
Barnes was involved in gay rights activism, including research in international human rights violations and LGBT legal issues
in the United States. He also advocated for LGBT immigration rights, same-gender marriage and AIDS awareness and support.
He was a member of LGBT groups including AIDS Project Los Angeles, Asian/Pacific Lesbians & Gays, Gay Bruins, Lawyers for
Human Rights and Lambda Lawyers. He also participated on the rowing team in the Gay Games of 1994 in Amsterdam.
As of 2013, Barnes continues to live in Los Angeles, California.
Source:
B.W. Grant Barnes Papers, Coll2013-036, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Gift of B.W. Grant Barnes, September 4, 2008.
[Box/folder #, or item name] B.W. Grant Barnes Papers, Coll2013-036, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Formerly boxes 102-011, 103-050, 103-079, 103-080, 103-236, 103-255, 104-127, 104-156. Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama
and Hilary Robman, June 2013.
The collection comprises reports and administrative files from the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), subject and
research files, and personal papers (bulk, 1970-2000) from Attorney B.W. Grant Barnes. The LACBA and Gay and Lesbian Legal
Issues Series includes records documenting his work in the Individual Rights Section of the LACBA, as well as material documenting
gay and lesbian legislation and legal cases, particularly in California and Hawaii. The Subject Files Series comprises extensive
files of clippings and articles pertaining to Barnes' research in international human rights laws. The Personal Papers Series
includes Barnes' personal writings, correspondence and other material documenting his involvement in numerous gay and lesbian
organizations. In particular, this series includes material from LGBT lawyers organizations, the rowing team from the 1994
Gay Games, sound recordings from the OutWrite conference for gay and lesbian writers, and Barnes' writings, including fiction,
non-fiction and poetry.
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Los Angeles County Bar Association and gay and lesbian legal issues
Series 2. Subject files
Series 3. Personal papers
Series 2: Subject Files is made up mostly of subject file material regarding general human rights and civil rights issues
around the world, with seemingly little to no discussion about LGBTQ issues. Perhaps the only files in this series to retain
would be the "Gender issues" folders regarding men and women's roles, and homosexuality.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Homosexuality -- Research
Homosexuality -- Law and legislation
Gays -- Law and legislation
Clippings
Correspondence
Gay and lesbian rights
Human rights advocacy
AIDS (Disease)
International law and human rights
Poetry
Homosexuality -- Germany -- History
Gay men's writings
Barnes, B.W. Grant
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Gay Games