Description
Correspondence, clippings, flyers, legal documents, book notes, organizational prospectus, notes, legal expense records, mailing
lists, invoices, personal advertising inquiries, private periodicals (personals), photographs, and other material from Richard
L. Schlegel, 1959-1972. Schlegel was a gay civil rights activist who pursued a wrongful termination suit against the Department
of the Army to the Supreme Court. During the 1960s and early 1970s he also published two quarterly gay publications based
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Background
Richard L. Schlegel was a gay civil rights activist and publisher who pursued a wrongful termination suit against the Department
of the Army to the Supreme Court. In addition, during the 1960s and early 1970s he published two gay quarterly publications
based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.