Guide to the Dick Hitt Files on Gays and Lesbians in Orange County, California MS.R.124

Finding aid prepared by Carole McEwan; Sara Seltzer
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, 92623-9557
949-824-3947
spcoll@uci.edu
© 2013


Title: Dick Hitt files on gays and lesbians in Orange County, California
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.124
Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.7 linear feet (2 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1978-2008 and undated
Abstract: This collection contains materials collected by Dick Hitt from 1978-2008 documenting gay and lesbian employees of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, as well as LGBT news and events in the Orange County area and beyond. Included are newsletters, fliers, reports, brochures, photographs, correspondence, and printed and non-printed ephemera. Many records document the activities of the PRIDE organization at the Disneyland Resort and other Disney Diversity Resource Group events and publications.
Creator: Hitt, Dick

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred Citation

Dick Hitt files on gays and lesbians in Orange County, California. MS-R124. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dick Hitt, 2005, 2007, and 2009.

Processing History

Processed by Sara Seltzer, 2013.

Biography

Dick Hitt is a retired employee of the Disneyland Resort Finance Department in Anaheim, California, and active member of the LGBT community of Orange County. While at Disney in the mid-1990s, Hitt served as historian for Lesbian and Gay United Employees (LEAGUE), a Diversity Resource Group of the Resort. He later became a member of the core team of People Respecting Individual Diversities in Everyone (PRIDE), a Diversity Resource Group developed in the early 2000s that held its first meeting in 2006. Hitt has also contributed to the Orange County Historical LGBT Timeline project started by Barbara Muirhead in 1995.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection contains materials collected by Dick Hitt from 1978-2008 documenting gay and lesbian employees of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, as well as LGBT news and events in the Orange County area and beyond. Included are newsletters, fliers, reports, brochures, photographs, correspondence, and printed and non-printed ephemera. Many records document the activities of the PRIDE organization at the Disneyland Resort and other Disney Diversity Resource Group events and publications.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Separation Note

The following publication was removed from this collection and cataloged separately in Special Collections and Archives:
The Disneyland Resort Line. Anaheim, CA: Cast Communications, circa 1991-2008.

Related Collections

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archives.
Buttons (Information artifacts)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Fliers (Printed matter).
Newsletters
Orange County (Calif.) -- Archives
Publications

Box 1, Folder 1

Clippings and newsletters on LGBT issues and events 1986-2003 and undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes political and regional news publications.
Box 1, Folder 2

Disneyland Resort ephemera, reports, and other material circa 1991-2006

Scope and Content Note

Includes employee-related materials.
Box 1, Folder 3

Ephemera, documents, and other material on LGBT groups and events 1992-2006 and undated

Box 1, Folder 4

Golden Ears Club newsletters and fliers 2000-2004 and undated

Box 1, Folder 5

LEAGUE newsletters and fliers circa 1994-2004

Historical Note

LEAGUE is an acronym for Lesbian and Gay United Employees, a Diversity Resource Group of the Disneyland Resort.
Box 1, Folder 6

LGBT buttons and stickers 1982 and undated

Box 1, Folder 7

Notes on ministry services to gay youth undated

Box 1, Folder 8

Photographs of LGBT buttons 1979-1990 and undated

Physical Description: Two computer printouts.
Box 1, Folder 9-11

PRIDE newsletters, correspondence, and other material Bulk, 2006 2002-2008

Historical Note

PRIDE is an acronym for People Respecting Individual Diversities in Everyone, a Diversity Resource Group of the Disneyland Resort.
Box FB-071, Folder 1, Box 2, Folder 1-2

Publications on LGBT and social issues and events 1978-1984, 1998-2006