Finding Aid to the March Committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles Records, 1980-1982 Coll2013.088

Finding aid prepared by Kyle Morgan

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

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Title: March Committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles records

Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.088

Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 0.4 linear feet. 1 archive carton

Date (inclusive): 1980-1982

Abstract: Meeting minutes, flyers, clippings, correspondence, press releases, mailing and registration lists, notes, financial records, pamphlets, mass mailings, and newsletters of the March Committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles, 1980-1982, undated. Emerging from the 1979 March on Washington and the 1980 March on Sacramento, the committee worked to build the lesbian and gay rights movement.

creator: March Committe for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles.

Administrative History

The Los Angeles March on Washington Committee formed in 1979, changed its name in November to the Los Angeles Committee for the March on Sacramento, and in February 1980 to the March Committee for Gay and Lesbian Rights/Los Angeles. A grassroots organization with a mission to build the lesbian and gay rights movement, the committee operated at least through the National Conference on Lesbian & Gay Rights on April 24-26, 1981, and was mentioned in a 1982 proposal for a second March on Washington.

Scope and Contents

Meeting minutes, flyers, clippings, correspondence, press releases, mailing and registration lists, notes, financial records, pamphlets, mass mailings, and newsletters of the March Committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles, 1980-1982, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Acquisition

Date and method of acquisition unknown.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder #, or item name] March Committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles Records, Coll2013-088, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Formerly box 103-257. Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2013.

Related Archival Materials note

National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights Records, Coll2013-087, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

California March on Sacramento for Lesbian and Gay Rights Records, Coll2012-182, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gay activists--California--Los Angeles

Gay liberation movement--California--Los Angeles

Gays--Civil rights

Box 1, Folder 1-5

March Committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles records 1980-1982

Physical Description: [5 folders]

Scope and Contents

Folder number 2 contains undated registration and mailing lists that may have been created for the National March on Washington in 1979 or the March on Sacramento in 1980.