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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: ONE Archives subject file photographs
creator:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2010-007
Physical Description:
8.4 Linear Feet
2 archives boxes, 25 binder boxes, 1 flat archives box
Date (inclusive): 1925-2007
Abstract: The collection consists of hundreds of photographs documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex,
asexual and ally (LGBTQIA) history and culture, 1925-2007. The collection includes personal, professional, candid, posed,
and reprinted photographs of buildings, businesses, demonstrations, events, monuments, organizations, people, and protests
primarily from the early 1970s through the early 2000s.
Homosexual Information Center Subject Files Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Oviatt Library, California State
University, Northridge.
The bulk of the collection consists of the photographs Jim Kepner collected documenting the diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual and ally (LGBTQIA) history and culture. Kepner recruited volunteers to
sort, organize, and file the photographs. After the merger of the International Gay and Lesbian Archives and ONE Incorporated
in 1994, volunteers continued to collect and organize photographs. As the volunteers gained a greater understanding of archival
principles and a professional staff was hired, an effort was made to reconstitute archival collections and records.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection consists of photographs collected from non-archival donations to the archives.
[Box/folder #, or item name] ONE Archives Subject File photographs, Coll2010-007, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California.
Collection processed by ONE volunteers and Michael C. Oliveira, August 2014.
More than 60 archival collections were reconstituted from the photograph collection and dozens of photographs were reintegrated
into their collections during processing.
The collection consist of hundreds of photographs documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex,
asexual and ally (LGBTQIA) history and culture, 1925-2007. The bulk of the images are publicity photographs including headshots
of actors and authors and motion picture stills. The collection also includes personal, professional, candid, and posed photographs
of buildings, businesses, demonstrations, events, monuments, organizations, people, and protests primarily from the early
1970s through the early 2000s.
The collection consists of six series.
1. Events, organizations, and topics
2. People
3. Publicity photographs
4. Publicity photographs of authors and books
5. Publicity photographs of people
6. Unidentified negatives and photographs
The photographs are arranged alphabetically by name, organization, or location in each series or grouping within the series.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs
Gay activists
Lesbian activists
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives