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Finding aid to the Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles records, 1981-2003
Coll2012.148
Coll2012.148
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Title: Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles Records
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2012.148
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 linear feet.
1 archive box + 1 flat archive box.
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1992-2001
Date (inclusive): 1981-2003
Abstract: Meeting minutes, correspondence, bylaws, flyers, registration forms, posters, financial records, photographs, audiocassettes,
floppy disks, T-shirts and other material documenting activities of the Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles, a
LGBT-oriented running and social club founded in 1981. The collection documents the club's administration of and participation
in events such as the annual Run/Walk for Gay and Lesbian Pride, Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon, Gay Games
and other activities.
creator:
Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles.
Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles (more commonly known as LA Frontrunners) is a running and walking club for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, their friends, and their supporters. Founded in 1981, the club takes its name
from
The Frontrunner, Patricia Nell Warren's 1974 best-selling novel about a gay relationship. The club participates in competitive and non-competitive
running events, an annual Pride Run, and other fundraising and social events. LA Frontrunners' aims include informing the
general public of the mental and physical health benefits of running; organizing and coordinating running events and programs;
and promoting understanding and camaraderie between people of different ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.
In 2012, the LA Frontrunners is one of more than 100 Frontrunner clubs throughout the United States and other countries.
Source:
LA Frontrunners website, www.lafrontrunners.com, (last accessed March 4, 2013).
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 Mark Penn, March 19, 2008.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles Records, Coll2012-148, ONE National Gay & Lesbian
Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Collection processed by Marc LaRocque and Loni Shibuyama, March 2013.
The collection comprises meeting minutes, correspondence, bylaws, flyers, registration forms, posters, financial records,
photographs, audiocassettes, floppy disks, T-shirts and other material documenting activities of the Frontrunners Track Club
of Greater Los Angeles, a LGBT-oriented running and social club founded in 1981. The collection documents the club's administration
of and or participation in events such as the annual Run/Walk for Gay and Lesbian Pride, Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon, Los
Angeles Marathon, Gay Games and other activities. Also documented are various social events organized by the club, as well
as its annual awards banquet fundraiser.
A folder with LA Frontrunner's bylaws and incorporation papers is at the beginning of the collection. The remaining folders
are arranged alphabetically.
Six cardboard relay race batons and one button ("1994 Lesbian & Gay Pride Run, FRNY") have been separated from the collection
and placed with ONE's ephemera (objects) collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Penn, Mark
Gay clubs--Los Angeles
Gays and sports
Lesbian clubs--Los Angeles
Lesbians and sports
Running