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Title: Alan Weaver papers
Dates: 1981-2001
Collection Number: 2002-13
Creator/Collector:
Weaver, Alan
Extent: 6.25 linear feet (5 cartons)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains materials relating to the activities of Alan Weaver, co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Sierrans (GLS),
the first queer Sierra Club section in the United States. GLS documents include organizational records, correspondence and
e-mails, election materials, meeting minutes, membership materials, materials about outings and programs, records from other
chapters, and scrapbooks of news clippings.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Alan Weaver papers. Collection Number: 2002-13. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Alan Weaver on March 5, 2002.
Biography/Administrative History
This collection contains materials relating to the activities of Alan Weaver, co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Sierrans (GLS),
the first queer Sierra Club section in the United States.
Scope and Content of Collection
GLS documents include organizational records, correspondence and e- mails, election materials, meeting minutes, membership
materials, materials about outings and programs, records from other chapters, and scrapbooks of news clippings. The collection
also documents Weaver’s other interests, which include religion and spirituality, politics, and athletics. Other organizations
represented in the collection are the California Men’s Gathering, the United Church of Christ, the San Francisco Lesbian and
Gay Voters Project, Pride at Work, and the San Francisco FrontRunners. The collection also contains t-shirts and artifacts.
GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003201; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008529
Gay men
Politics and elections
Sports
Sierra Club