Finding aid of the Rob Cole Papers
Coll2009-019
Michael P. Palmer
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Rob Cole papers
creator:
Cole, Rob (Frederick Robinson)
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2009-019
Physical Description:
13.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1950-2006 (bulk 1970-1985)
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: The collection consists of materials relating to the life of Rob Cole, in particular his career as editor of the
Advocate (1970-1974), as unnamed contributor to the
Forum of Southern California (1974), and as founder and first editor of
NewsWest (1975). The documents, including correspondence, draft articles, administrative, legal, and financial records, shed light
on Cole's role as the first professional newspaperman to run a gay newspaper in Los Angeles. The collection also contains
the newsroom copy of the
Advocate for 1967-1968, the two issues of the
Forum of Southern California (1974), an incomplete run of
NewsWest (1975-1977), and the single issue of Out! which succeeded
NewsWest in 1977. The print material is supplemented by a significant number of photographs published by or submitted to the
Advocate,
Forum, and
NewsWest. The collection also contains materials documenting Cole's association with the Christopher Street West Association, of which
he was a founder. The records include board minutes, souvenir programs, newsletter and public relations campaign materials,
photographs, videotapes, buttons, and t-shirts.
Physical Description: 1 records storage box + 8 cartons + 2 half-cartons + 7 oversize boxes + 3 shoeboxes.
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Publication Rights
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the
physical owner. Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in the materials. Note that ONE
National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials directly from the copyright
holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Box #, folder/item #, Rob Cole papers, Coll2009-019, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Robert W. McCoard, December 16, 2007, and August 17, 2008.
Processing Information
Cole's writings (box 3, folders 23-27, and box 4, folders 1-16), and certain materials relating to
NewsWest (box 1, folders 16-19 and 22-23, and box 5, folder 6) found in ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, box 104-160, and added
to collection during processing. Collection processed by Michael P. Palmer, December 31, 2009.
Biography
Frederick Robinson Cole was born in Dallas,Texas, on July 27, 1930. A self-described "loner", he suppressed his homosexuality
until the September 1969, when, while on vacation in Los Angeles, he was introduced to the newly formed Metropolitan Community
Church. The following year, after 15 years as an editor at the
Dallas Times-Herald, he moved to Los Angeles and joined the
Advocate as news editor, the first news professional to work at the paper. During his tenure, Cole transformed the paper from a local
Los Angeles bar rag to a respectable newspaper with national news coverage. Cole not only assigned and edited stories, but
often wrote them, covering serious issues such as conditions for gays in jails, psychiatric abuse, and gays in religion.
Cole served on the
Advocate until mid-1971, when homesickness and conflicts with the owners convinced him to resign and return to his former job in Dallas.
He returned to the
Advocate in September 1971, but again resigned at the end of December 1973, after renewed conflicts with the owners. After working
on the short-lived GLBT newspaper
Forum of Southern California, he returned to the
Advocate for the third and final time, as managing editor, in September 1974. The
Advocate was purchased by David Goodstein late that same year. Although rumor suggested that Goodstein intended to retain him as editor,
Cole was fired in late December 1974, being replaced by John Preston. Early the next year, Goodstein moved the offices of
the
Advocate to the San Francisco Bay area and refocused the paper on national affairs, arts and entertainment, virtually eliminating
local Los Angeles coverage. To fill in the void left by the departure of the
Advocate, Cole founded the bi-weekly
NewsWest, the first issue of which appeared in May 1975.
NewsWest continued the tradition of the old
Advocate, including many of the same columnists, writers, and stringers, and with the addition of Pat Rocco as primary photographer.
However, Cole's relationship with fellow members of the board of the paper's parent company, Green Carnation Newspapers, soon
became strained, and in October 1975 he was removed from the board; although he was retained as editor, his relationship with
the board continued to deteriorate, and he left
NewsWest shortly afterwards. (He continued to contribute occasional columns to the newspaper until it ceased publication in 1977.)
In the following years Cole worked for other newspapers in Southern California before leaving journalism to work as a real
estate appraiser. He remained active in the gay community, serving on the board of the Christopher Street West Association,
of which he was a co-founder in 1970, for most of the last 37 years of his life.
He died at his home in North Hills, California, on June 30, 2007, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, complicated
by pneumonia and a chronic back ailment.
Source: Obituary, in
Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2007.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of materials relating to the life of Rob Cole, primarily his career as a newspaperman, and his association
with the Christopher Street West Association.
Cole worked with three Los Angles-area GLBT newspapers, as News and Managing Editor of the
Advocate (1970-1974), as unnamed contributor to the
Forum of Southern California (1974), and as founder and editor of
NewsWest (1975). The materials include correspondence, draft articles, subject files, and other documents that shed light on Cole's
role as the first professional newspaperman to run a gay newspaper in Los Angeles, and the often contentious world of the
Los Angeles gay press in the 1970s. The collection also contains issues of several newspapers, including, from Cole's days
as a newspaper editor in Dallas, issues of the
Dallas Times Herald and
Dallas Morning News chronicling several significant events between 1962 and 1969, as well as the newsroom copy of the
Advocate for 1967-1968, the two issues of the
Forum of Southern California (1974), an incomplete run of
NewsWest (1975-1977), and the single issue of
Out! which succeeded
NewsWest in 1977. The print material is supplemented by a significant number of photographs published by or submitted to the
Advocate,
Forum, and
NewsWest. The photographs published in and submitted to the
Advocate derive from what is now the Advocate Records collection held by ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, and how they came into
Cole's private possession is not known. The collection also contains Cole's typed notes and audiotapes of interviews for stories,
most relating to the Metropolitan Community Church.
Cole's association with the Christopher Street West Association, of which he was a co-founder, is less fully documented. The
records include a handbill announcing the first Christopher Street West parade in June 1970; minutes of the board of directors
for 1975-1976 (including Cole's account of police harassment of spectators at the 1976 march); souvenir programs for 1974,
1976, and 1985; materials relating to the 1984 and 1985 public relations campaigns; documents from 1995 and 1996, when Cole
was editor of the association's newsletter; videotapes, primarily from the 1980s; photographs, primarily from 2002-2004; and
memorabilia, chiefly buttons and t-shirts.
The collection also contains a small amount of a material of a personal nature, including Cole's unpublished short stories
from the 1950, as well as a series of subject files, audio recordings, and memorabilia.
The collection is arranged in nine series: (1) Newspapers, (2) Christopher Street West, (3) Subject Files, (4) Personal, (5)
Printed Matter, (6) Photographs, (7) Graphics, (8) Audiovisual, and (9) Memorabilia.
Related Material
More extensive papers and photographs relating to the
Advocate, which Cole edited, can be found in the Advocate Records, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gays' writings, American
Gay pride parades -- California -- Los Angeles
Photojournalism
Photographs
Newspapers
Cole, Rob (Frederick Robinson)
Christopher Street West Association
Newspapers Series 1.
1970-1995 (bulk 1970-1978)
bulk
Physical Description: 0.6 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains materials relating to Cole's career with three Los Angles-area GLBT newspapers, first as News and Managing
Editor of the
Advocate (1970-1974), as unnamed contributor to the
Forum of Southern California (1974), and as founder and editor of
NewsWest (1975). The materials include correspondence, draft articles, typed reporter's notes, subject files, and other documents
that shed light on Cole's role as the first professional newspaperman to run a gay newspaper in Los Angeles, and the often
contentious world of the Los Angeles gay press in the 1970s. The series is arranged in three subseries, corresponding to the
three newspapers for which Cole worked: (1)
Advocate, (2)
Forum of Southern California, and (3)
NewsWest.
Advocate
Subseries 1.1
1970-1995 (bulk 1970-1974)
bulk
Physical Description: 0.6 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains materials relating to Cole's career as News Editor, then Managing Editor, of the
Advocate. The series includes only those files whose contents are specifically directed to or from the
Advocate or marked with the
Advocate stamp. The correspondence file for 1974 includes an account by Cole, written late in the year, recounting his work at the
newspaper and his tumultuous relationship with owners Dick Michaels and Bill Rand. Of the subject files, some (Gay Bishops,
Criminal Law Reform) appear to be general reference files; others (Bus Mystery, Frank Watts) relate to specific stories published
in the
Advocate. The files relating to the Metropolitan Community Church include Cole's typed reporter's notes; additional typed reporter's
notes by Cole on stories relating to the Metropolitan Community Church can be found in the Advocate Records collection, ONE
National Gay & Lesbian Archives. Audiocassettes with recorded interviews by Cole relating to various news stories, including
the Frank Watts story, can be found in Subseries 8.2. Photographs published in the
Advocate, as well as unpublished photographs received while Cole was associated with the newspaper, can be found in Subseries 6.1.
Box 5, Folder 1
ACLU Rights of Homosexuals Committee
1973
Box 1, Folder 2
Bibliographies (Gay)
1974
Box 1, Folder 6
Christopher Street West (
Advocate file)
1974
Correspondence
n.d., 1972-1974
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box 5, Folder 3
Glascock, David
1971-1975
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC)
1970-1975
Physical Description: 4 folders.
box-folder 5 : 4 (Oversize)
box-folder 5 : 5 (Oversize)
Newspaper Clippings
1970-1973
box-folder 1 : 12
Rob Cole Reporter's Notes
1971-1973
Box 1, Folder 13
Newspaper Clippings
1985-1992
Forum of Southern California
Subseries 1.2
1974
Physical Description: 1 folder.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
The
Forum of Southern California was a short-lived GLBT newspaper published in Los Angeles in early 1974 as an alternative to the Advocate. Only two issues
were published. Although his name appears nowhere in either issue, Cole appears to have been largely responsible for the style
and content of the paper. This subseries consists of a single folder containing draft articles for issue 1 of the paper. For
photographs published in issue 1, see Subseries 6.2; for copies of both issues, see Subseries 5.1.
Box 1, Folder 15
Forum of Southern California, issue 1. Draft Articles
February 1974
NewsWest
Subseries 1.3
1975-1978
Physical Description: 0.3 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of materials relating to Cole's foundation and editorship of the Los Angeles newspaper
NewsWest, which continued the tradition of the
Advocate after the latter's purchase by David Goodstein and removal to the San Francisco Bay area. The materials include a proposal
prepared by Cole for potential investors in the new newspaper (originally entitled
The Alternate) as well as other planning documents and receipts for outlays of money made by Cole in setting up the paper. The documents
also include draft articles, editorial logs and mockups for the first three issues, as well as advertising logs for issues
4-33, and small files of general and internal correspondence. The Green Carnation Newspapers file contains correspondence
and other materials relating to Cole's removal from the board and his attempts to recover his financial investment in the
newspaper, as well as legal papers relating to the corporation's lease of an automobile. Photographs published in
NewsWest, as well as unpublished photographs received while Cole was associated with the newspaper, can be found in Subseries 6.1.
Box 1, Folder 16
Address List & Advertising Flyer
1975
Articles & Work Papers
1975
Physical Description: 4 folders.
Box 1, Folder 19, box-folder 1 : 19
Correspondence - General
1975-1977, 1991
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 5, Folder 7, box-folder 5 : 7 (Oversize)
Box 5, Folder 8, box-folder 5 : 8 (Oversize)
Box 5, Folder 9
Green Carnation Newspapers. Corporate, Business & Legal Documents
1975-1978
Box 1, Folder 20
Homosexual Information Center (
Tangents)
1975
Box 1, Folder 23
Master Ad Log, Issues 4-33
1975-1976
Christopher Street West (CSW) Series 2
1970-2006
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains materials relating to Cole's involvement with the Christopher Street West Association, of which he was
a co-founder in 1970. The documents include a handbill announcing the first Christopher Street West parade in June 1970; minutes
of the board of directors for 1975-1976 (including Cole's account of police harassment of spectators at the 1976 march); and
souvenir programs for 1974, 1976, and 1985. Other materials include binders prepared by Communication Works detailing the
firm's 1984 and 1985 public relations campaigns on behalf of Christopher Street West, as well as documents from 1995 and 1996,
when Cole was editor of the association's newsletter. Photographs relating to Christopher Street West can be found in Subseries
6.3.
Christopher Street West
1970-1971 1995
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 2, Folder 4
California Assembly. Award to Rob Cole
2006
Communication Works
1984-1986
Physical Description: 2 binders, 1 folder.
Box 2, Folder 5
Award Applications
1985-1986
Box 9, Folder 1
CSW Public relations campaign
1984
Physical Description: 1 binder.
Box 9, Folder 2
CSW Public relations campaign
1985
Physical Description: 1 binder.
Box 2, Folder 9
Palm Springs Gay Veterans. Award from
2001
Box 2, Folder 10
Programs, Souvenir
1974, 1976, 1985
Subject Files Series 3.
1955-2003 (bulk 1969-1978)
bulk
Physical Description: 0.7 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains files on various subjects. Although a portion of the materials was arranged in labeled files, the bulk
was found loose throughout the collection. Several of the files represent organizations on whose boards Cole served (Gay Community
Center of Orange County, H.E.L.P., the Hollywood Hills Democratic Club) or to which he belonged (Archives, Whitman-Radclyffe
Foundation). Cole worked on several political campaigns including as treasurer of the Friends of Burt Pines (for Los Angeles
City Attorney, 1973), and as writer for Herbert Selwyn (Democratic Party primary, 24th Congressional District, 1974). He was
also editor of
GAY SIGnificance, the newsletter for gay and lesbian members of MENSA. The Metropolitan Community Church file contains a draft of a 1970 letter
by Cole describing the circumstances of his first contact with the church, and the part the church played in his coming out;
the Scientology file documents his early interest in the movement, which appears to have influenced his writing of science
fiction.
Box 2, Folder 11
ACLU Gay Rights Chapter of Southern California
1978-1979
Box 5, Folder 10
Archives, Gay (Kepner)
1975-2002
Box 2, Folder 12
California Committee for Sexual Law Reform
1973
Box 5, Folder 12
Dallas Gay Political Caucus
1977-1978
Box 2, Folder 13
Gay Academic Union (GAU). GAU6 Conference
1979
Box 2, Folder 16
Gay Organizations, Manuscript Notes on
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 17
Gay Politicians & Political Issues
1970-1979
Box 2, Folder 18
Gay Community Center of Orange County
1977-1978
Box 2, Folder 19
Gay Community Services Center (GCSC)
1971-1973
Box 2, Folder 21
GAY SIGnificance (MENSA)
1979
Box 2, Folder 22
Geese. Theater Program
1970
Box 2, Folder 26
Hollywood Hills Democratic Club
1974
Box 3, Folder 1
Homosexuality & the Church
1971-1979
Box 3, Folder 2
Institute for the Study of Human Resources
n.d.
box-folder 3 : 5
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Police Advisory Task Force. Gay & Lesbian Cultural Awareness Training for Law Enforcement
1992
box-folder 5 : 13 (Oversize)
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Scientists (LAGLS) / National Organization of Gay & Lesbian Scientists & Technical Professionals
(NOGLSTP)
1990-1995
box-folder 3 : 7
Mark IV "Slave Auction" Police Raid
1976
box-folder 3 : 8
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC)
1969-1974
box-folder 5 : 14 (Oversize)
Newspaper Clippings
1977-1984
Physical Description: 3 folders.
box-folder 5 : 15-16
(Oversize)
1979,
Physical Description: 2 folders.
box-folder 3 : 9
1977-1984
Scope and Contents
Includes writings by Rob Cole.
box-folder 3 : 11
Orange County Coalition for Human Rights
1977
box-folder 5 : 17 (Oversize)
Parents & Friends of Gays
1978
box-folder 5 : 18 (Oversize)
box-folder 5 : 19 (Oversize)
box-folder 5 : 20 (Oversize)
box-folder 3 : 13
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
1979
box-folder 3 : 14
Society for Individual Rights (SIR)
1970-1971
box-folder 3 : 19
Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation
1972-1973
Personal Series 4.
1950-1978
Physical Description: 0.7 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains materials relating to Cole's private life. The bulk of the materials consists of Cole's writings from
the period 1952-1957. The majority of these writings are science fiction short stories, which Cole unsuccessfully submitted
to the
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
Imagination, and
Weird Tales; Cole submitted other short stories to the
New Yorker,
Redbook, and
Ladies' Home Journal. The series also includes three spiral notebooks containing manuscript drafts of short stories. The correspondence files
include 1962 correspondence with Joan Chandler, an Englishwoman, concerning the presidency of John F. Kennedy; and 1971-1974
with Ron Waters, who had left his possessions in Cole's care while he was serving time in prison. The David Glascock file
contains materials relating to Cole's lawsuit against Glascock for failure to pay for an automobile purchased by Glascock
from Cole. The telephone and address book includes contact information for Cole's personal friends and professional associates
(including stringers and reporters), as well as GLBT activists and celebrities.
Correspondence
n.d., 1950, 1956, 1962, 1969-1974
Physical Description: 3 folders.
box-folder 6 : 1 (Oversize)
General
n.d., 1950, 1956, 1969-1974
box-folder 3 : 21
Waters, Ronald A.
1971-1974
box-folder 6 : 2 (Oversize)
Glascock, David - Lawsuit against
1975-1978
box-folder 3 : 22
Telephone & address book
circa 1975
box-folder 6 : 3 (Oversize)
Unemployment Benefit Claims
1974-1976
Writings
circa 1952-1957
Physical Description: 21 folders.
box-folder 3 : 24
Beyond the Green Mountain
n.d.
box-folder 3 : 26
Eden's Apple Orchard Theater
1956
box-folder 4 : 2
Heathen, The (play in 2 acts)
n.d.
box-folder 4 : 6
Mr. Finchley and the Monster
1953
box-folder 4 : 7
Mrs. Miniblossom and the Superhighway
1957
box-folder 4 : 11
Rainbow Mountains, The
n.d.
box-folder 4 : 13-15
Manuscript drafts
n.d.
Physical Description: 3 spiral notebooks.
box-folder 4 : 16
Drawing to illustrate unidentified science fiction story
n.d.
Printed Materials Series 5
1957-1977
Physical Description: 3.5 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains printed materials found among Cole's papers. It is arranged in two subseries: (1) 5.1 Newspapers, containing
issues of several newspapers with which Cole was associated, most importantly the short-lived
Forum of Southern California, for which Cole was largely responsible, and
NewsWest, which he founded in 1975; and (2) Other, containing miscellaneous publications.
Newspapers Subseries 5.1
1962-1977
Physical Description: 3.4 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains issues of several of the newspapers with which Cole was associated. The issues of the
Dallas Morning News and
Dallas Times Herald document momentous events, including John Glenn's earth orbit, John F. Kennedy's assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald's slaying,
the Apollo moon orbit, and Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon. The newsroom copies of the
Los Angeles Advocate for 1967-1968 antedate Cole's arrival at the paper. Although his name does not appear anywhere in either issue, Cole was
largely responsible for the
Forum of Southern California, of which only two issues were published in early 1974, during his second "sabbatical" from the
Advocate (drafts of articles and photographs used in issue 1 can be found in subseries 1.2 and 6.2, respectively). The run of
NewsWest is incomplete, missing issues 13, 26-28, and 32-34; in addition, issue 54 is missing pages 5-36.
Dallas Morning News /
Dallas Times Herald
1962-1969
Physical Description: 10 items.
box-folder 19 : 1
(Oversize)
Dallas Times Herald
February 20, 1962
Note
John Glenn orbits earth.
box-folder 19 : 2
(Oversize)
Dallas Times Herald
November 22, 1963
Physical Description: Final edition, pull sheets, pp. A-1 and A-19.
Note
John F. Kennedy assassination.
box-folder 19 : 3
(Oversize)
Dallas Morning News
November 23, 1963
Note
John F. Kennedy assassination.
box-folder 19 : 4
(Oversize)
Dallas Times Herald
November 23, 1963
Note
John F. Kennedy assassination.
box-folder 19 : 5
(Oversize)
Dallas Morning News
November 25, 1963
Note
Lee Harvey Oswald slaying.
box-folder 19 : 6
(Oversize)
Dallas Times Herald
November 25, 1963
Note
Lee Harvey Oswald slaying.
box-folder 19 : 7-8
(Oversize)
Dallas Times Herald
December 24, 1968
Physical Description: 2 copies.
Note
Apollo 8 moon orbit.
box-folder 19 : 9
(Oversize)
Dallas Morning News
July 21, 1969
Note
Neil Armstrong walks on moon.
box-folder 19 : 10
(Oversize)
Dallas Times Herald
July 21, 1969
Note
Neil Armstrong walks on moon.
box-folder 4 :
17
Los Angeles Advocate, vol. 1, no. 1 - vol. 2, no. 12. Newsroom Copy
September 1967-December 1968
Physical Description: 1 binder.
The Forum of Southern California
February 23-March 23, 1974
Physical Description: 3 items.
box-folder 16 : 1-2 (Oversize)
Issue 1
February 23-March 9, 1974
Physical Description: 2 copies.
box-folder 16 : 3
(Oversize)
NewsWest
May 30-July 8, 1977
box-folder 16 : 4
(Oversize)
Vol. 1, nos. 1-12
May 30-October 30, 1975
Physical Description: Missing vol. 1, no. 13 (November 13, 1975).
box-folder 17 (Oversize)
Vol. 1, nos. 14-16; nos. 17-56
November 27, 1975-July 8, 1977
Physical Description: No. 25 (April 29, 1976) numbered "15"; nos. 26-28 and 32-34 missing; no. 42 (December 23, 1976) numbered "40"; no. 54 (June
2, 1977) missing pp. 5-36.
box-folder 17
(Oversize)
Out!, issue 1
July 29, 1977
Other Subseries 5.2
1957-1972
Physical Description: 6 items.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains six miscellaneous printed items found in Cole's papers. With the exception of
Viking, which reprinted without permission a cartoon copyrighted by the
Advocate, it is not clear whether Cole obtained these materials in the course of his work as a journalist, or as a private individual.
box-folder 4 : 18
Contact. A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources in Southern California.
71977
Note
Conceived and published under the auspices of the 7th Imperial Court de Los Angeles. Compiled and edited by Pat Rocco.
box-folder 4 : 19
Homosexual Health Guidebook, by the editors of QQ Magazine
c1970
box-folder 15 : 7
(Oversize)
Look Magazine, Special Issue: The American Family
January 26, 1971
box-folder 4 : 20
Sexology; sex science illustrated
March 1957
box-folder 4 : 21
Valli Haus (North Hollywood, California). 2nd Anniversary Party commemorative program
October 1972
box-folder 4 : 22
Viking. Svensk HS-Tidskrift, no. 1
1971
Note
P. 26 reprints
Advocate copyright 1970 cartoon.
Photographs Series 6.
1969-2004
Physical Description: 1.4 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains photographs found among Cole's papers. The bulk consists of photographs published or submitted to the
newspapers for which Cole worked, in particular the
Advocate and
NewsWest (Subseries 6.1). The photographs published in and submitted to the
Advocate derive from what is now the Advocate Records collection held by ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, and how they came into
Cole's private possession is not known. The principal photographer represented is Walt Blumoff, followed by Lee Mason, Pat
Rocco, and Bud McGinnis; the subjects include demonstrations, meetings of gay activists with political leaders, legislative
hearings, high-profile gay "weddings", and gay pride marches. The series also contains a small number of photographs published
in the first issue (1974) of the
Forum of Southern California (Subseries 6.2). Subseries 6.3 contains photographs relating to Cole's involvement with Christopher Street West. The materials
from the 1980s include photographs from larger sets by Mitch Walker & Paul Meyers and possibly other photographers; additional
photographs from these sets can be found in the Christopher Street West Collection and Christopher Street West Association
Records, both at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The materials for 2000, 2002, and 2004 are preserved on CD-ROM, several
of which are unreadable; the materials for 2003 exist in three different formats: (1) prints, (2) negatives, and (3) Kodak
PictureCD. The series also contains a small number of personal photographs (Subseries 6.4).
Advocate / NewsWest Subseries 6.1
1969-1977
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains photographs published or submitted for publication to the
Advocate or
NewsWest, or related to (viz., from the same shoot or film roll as) photographs published in these newspapers. The bulk of the photographs
relate to the
Advocate, and those that were published bear
Advocate markup instructions on front and back. A significant number of the unpublished photographs represent images missing from
sets in the Advocate Records collection held by ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The photographs removed from the Advocate
photo morgue do not match any discernable selection criteria, and the circumstances of their removal into Cole's private possession
(where one of them was trimmed to fit an oval frame) are not known. The principal photographer represented is Walt Blumoff,
followed by Lee Mason, Pat Rocco, and Bud McGinnis. The subjects are primarily political events, including demonstrations,
meetings of gay activists with political leaders, and legislative hearings. Other events covered include high-profile gay
"weddings" and gay pride marches. The subseries also contains several "formal" (i.e., studio) photographs of individuals,
such as ONE, Inc., co-founder Dorr Legg, and three files (Photo Files #'s 1-2 and Gay Activist Personalities) of photographs
of unidentified individuals or undated events.
Arrangement
Chronological.
box-folder 7 : 1
Frolicking on the night of the Stonewall riot
June 1969
Note
1 photograph by Fred W. McDarrah. Reprinted, from newspaper clipping, in
Advocate, no. 89 (July 5, 1972), p. 2
box-folder 7 : 2
Metropolitan Community Church dedication (2201 S. Union, LA)
March 7, 1971
Note
1 photograph: external of church (printed on cover of
MCC News, vol. 3, no. 21, March 7, 1971); 3 photographs by Lee Mason: dedication service. Includes Troy Perry. See
Advocate, no. 56 (March 31-April 13, 1971).
box-folder 7.3
(Oversize)
Christopher Street West parade
June 27, 1971
Note
Photographic collage : 26.5 x 18 in. Published in
Advocate, no. 64 (July 21-August 3, 1971).
box-folder 7 : 3
Joe & Gary
December 1971
Note
1 photograph by Pat Rocco (#2195).
box-folder 7 : 4
Marriage of Michael Girouard and Réjean Tremblay at Metropolitan Community Church, Los Angeles
March 17, 1972
Note
Includes Rev. Troy Perry & acolyte Jay Getman. Also, Michel Girouard at interview. 4 photographs by Walt Blumoff. See
Advocate, no. 83 (April 12, 1972).
box-folder 15 : 1
(Oversize)
Los Angeles cast of Tom Eyen's
The Dirtiest Show in Town
March 1972
Note
Guy Randall, John Lee Magill, Rich Hunter, Tiffany Warner, Paul-Matthew Eckhart, Michael-Byron Taylor, Michael Kearns. 1 photograph.
Published in
Advocate, no. 83 (April 12, 1972). Cut to fit oval frame.
box-folder 7 : 5
First meeting of coalition sponsoring Christopher Street West
April 1, 1972
Note
Troy Perry, Pat Rocco, Matthew of Glendale, Sharon Cornielson, Richard Nash. 3 photographs. See
Advocate, no. 84 (April 26, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 6
Atascadero State Hospital
April, 1972
Note
5 photographs by John Lastala. See
Advocate, no. 84 (April 26, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 7
Demonstration at New York
Daily News
April 10, 1972
Note
2 photographs by John Lauritsen. See
Advocate, no. 85 (May 10, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 8
Gay Activists Alliance press conference, New York, after April 15th beating of 8 GAA members at Inner Circle Gala
April 18, 1972
Note
Jerry Hoppe, Morty Manford, Jim Owles, Ron Thomas, John Vouiotis, Rich Wandel. 5 photographs by Randolph Dowling. See
Advocate, no. 85 (May 10, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 9
April 22-West Peace March & Rally, Los Angeles
April 22, 1972
Note
5 photographs by Walt Blumoff + 1 newspaper clipping. See
Advocate, no. 86 (May 24, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 10
Los Angeles District Attorney candidate Vincent Bugliosi campaigning in gay bars, including Bitter End West, 1170 Club, and
Black Pipe
April 27, 1972
Note
7 photographs by Walt Blumoff. See
Advocate, no. 86 (May 24, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 11
William Johnson, gay ministerial candidate (United Church of Christ)
April 1972
Note
2 photographs by Walt Blumoff. See
Advocate, no. 86 (May 24, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 12
Culver City Movie Studios (David Selznick) back lot, scene of MCC 4th annual May Festival, "Meet Louis XIV on the Streets
of Paris"
May 1972
Note
2 photographs by Bud McGinnis. See
Advocate, no. 86 (May 24, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 13
San Francisco Sheriff Richard Hongisto (L) and lawyer and candidate for Community College District Board Earl Rick Stokes
(R)
May 1972
Note
1 photograph by Stan Walters. See
Advocate, no. 86 (May 24, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 14
All-Ohio Gay Conference, State House Rally, Columbus
May 21, 1972
Note
Jeff Arnold, Ohio Gay Pride Committee; Hernan Figueron, New York GAA; Don Goodwin, New York Mattachine Society; Robert Grey,
Cincinnati Gay Community; Franklin Kameny, Washington, DC, Mattachine Society; Tony Rogers, Cleveland GAA; Susan Vasbinder,
Columbus GAA; Richard Wandel, New York GAA. 3 photographs. See
Advocate, no. 88 (June 21, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 15
Michael Bergeron, candidate for election as Illinois delegate-at-large to the 1972 Democratic Party Convention
June 2, 1972
Note
1 photograph by William B. Kelley. See
Advocate, no. 89 (July 6, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 1
Stonewall Inn, New York City
June 1972
Note
2 photographs + negative strip + proof sheet (6 images) by Milton Lounsberry. See
Advocate, no. 89 (July 6, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 16
Boston Gay Pride March
June 24, 1972
Note
1 photograph by Craig Thiersch. See
Advocate, no. 90 (July 19, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 17
Christopher Street West (CSW) Parade, Los Angeles
June 25, 1972
Note
Proof sheet (12 images) by Bud McGinnis.
box-folder 7 : 18
Ordination of William Johnson (United Church of Christ)
June 25, 1972
Note
4 photographs by Jim Briggs. See
Advocate, no. 90 (July 19, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 19
Holy union ceremony for MCC Denver pastor Rev. Ron Carnes & Todd Mason, Jr., First Unitarian Church, Denver
October 6, 1972
Note
Pastor Bob Darst, Rev. Richard Groh, Rev. Brad Wilson. 2 photographs, one by Bob Lenz, the other courtesy of Bill Christy.
See
Advocate, no. 98 (November 8, 1972).
box-folder 7 : 20
Los Angeles Police Vice Squad searching gay filmmaker Pat Rocco's home
January 4, 1974
Note
1 photograph by Pat Rocco (#4366). See
Advocate, no. 130 (January 30, 1974).
box-folder 7 : 21
Pat Rocco arrested after meeting at Goliath's Bar
January 14, 1974
Note
1 photograph by Bud McGinnis (Rocco #4389). See
Advocate, no. 131 (February 13, 1974).
box-folder 7 : 22
Demonstration at Los Angeles Polic Headquarters
January 21, 1974
Note
David Glascock, Morris Kight, Troy Perry, Pat Rocco. 2 photographs by Bud McGinnis (Rocco #'s 4381 and 4382). See
Advocate, no. 131 (February 13, 1974).
box-folder 7 :
23
Gay leaders & Hollywood Businessmens Association meet with Los Angeles City Councilman Robert Stevenson
January 28, 1974 (week of)
Note
Adele Klate, Terry Jorgenson, Charles Rosen, Deputy Mayor Maury Weiner. 4 photographs by Pat Rocco (#'s 4391, 4393, 4395,
4401). See
Advocate, no. 132 (February 27, 1974).
box-folder 7 :
24
Gay leaders meet with Los Angeles City Attorney Burt Pines
January 28, 1974 (week of)
Note
David Glascock, Jim Kepner, Morris Kight, Robert Thompson. 3 photographs by Pat Rocco (#'s 4403, 4404, 4406). See
Advocate, no. 132 (February 27, 1974).
box-folder 7 : 25
Demonstration at Hollywood High School
February 22, 1974
Note
1 photograph of Pat Rocco, Morris Kight, Rev. Lee Carlton by Dick Rayl; 2 photographs (+ 2 photocopies) of marchers by Walt
Blumoff. See
Advocate, no. 133 (March 13, 1974).
box-folder 7 : 26
Rev. Lee Carlton making repairs on new Metropolitan Community Church on Hill St., Los Angeles
March 1974
Note
1 photograph by Walt Blumoff. See
Advocate, no. 135 (April 10, 1974).
box-folder 7 : 27
"Freedom Six" press conference
June 13, 1974
Note
Al Gordon, Morris Kight. 1 photograph.
box-folder 7 : 28
Christopher Street West (CSW) Parade, Los Angeles
June 30, 1974
Note
1 photograph by Walt Blumoff; 2 photographs of
Advocate float by Bud McGinnis.
box-folder 7 : 29
Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley meets with gay leaders
July 11, 1974
Note
Pat Rocco, Pat Underwood. 1 photograph by Walt Blumoff (Rocco #4891). See
Advocate, no. 144 (August 14, 1974).
box-folder 7 : 30
Demonstration outside
Los Angeles Times Headquarters
October 21, 1974
Note
Attorney Al Gordon. 1 photograph by Pat Rocco (#5069). See
Advocate, no. 151 (November 20, 1974).
box-folder 7 : 31
Los Angeles City Council hearing on bill to ban discrimination in city employment based on sexual orientation
December 9, 1974
Note
Tony Amador, Police Protective League; David Glascock; Police Commander Joseph Gunn; Morris Kight; Don Kilhefner; Troy Perry;
Councilwoman Pat Russell; Councilman Robert Stevenson. 6 photographs by Pat Rocco (#'s 5100, 5102-5104, 5107, 5109). See
Advocate, no. 154 (January 1, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 32
Sex-conspiracy charges against David Glascock, Pat Rocco, & 8 others dropped
December 11, 1974
Note
David Brown, Miah Kelle, Barry Kohn, BudMcGinnis. 3 photographs by Walt Blumoff; 4 polaroid snapshots. Published in
Advocate, no. 154 (January 1, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 33
W. Dorr Legg
December 1974
Note
1 photograph by Pat Rocco (#5243). See
Advocate, no. 155 (January 15, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 34
Los Angeles City Attorney Burt Pines
May 1975
Note
1 photograph. See
NewsWest, no. 1 (May 30, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 35
Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) strike
May 1975
Note
Ken Bartley, Dick Nash. 2 photographs by Pat Rocco (#'s 5272, 5275). See
NewsWest, no. 1 (May 30, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 36
Brown Bill
May 1975
Note
3 photographs: 1-2) California Assemblyman Willie Brown seeks support for bill; 3) State Senator H. L. Richardson, leading
opponent of bill. See
NewsWest, no. 1 (May 30, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 37
Empress Ruthie de San Diego / Allen [?Alan Wilfong, Emperor III de Los Angeles] & Bob
May 1975
Note
2 color photographs, one marked "Wilfong D-1426". See
NewsWest, no. 1 (May 30, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 38
Loretta Lotman
June 1975
Note
4 photographs by Douglass Sarff + negative strip (5 images). See
NewsWest, no. 3 (June 26, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 39
Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) strikers in Christopher Street West (CSW) parade
June 29, 1975
Note
1 photograph by Walt Blumoff.
box-folder 7 : 40
Michael Kearns naked in saddle on roofing beam
circa June 1975
Note
1 photograph; headshot printed in
NewsWest, 4 (July 10, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 41
Peggy Stevenson testimonial dinner
circa June 1975
Note
David Glascock, Troy Perry. 1 photograph by Pat Rocco (#5446). See
NewsWest, 4 (July 10, 1975); headshot of Perry printed in
NewsWest, 7 (August 21, 1975).
box-folder 7 : 42
Gay demonstrators at God Day in New York City
September 21, 1975
Note
2 photographs by John Lauritsen.
box-folder 7 : 43
Morris Kight, Jane Fonda, and Howard Fox at the California Democratic Council Convention)
February 1976
Note
1 photograph by Pat Rocco (#6772). Published in
NewsWest, no. 22 (March 18, 1976).
box-folder 7 : 44
Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, Morris Kight, and Charlotte Spitzer, Carriage Trade restaurant
December 1977
Note
1 photograph by Pat Rocco (cf. #7757).
box-folder 7 : 45-46
Photo Files
1972 or 1974
Physical Description: 2 folders.
box-folder 7 : 47
Gay Activist Personalities, L.A.
circa 1974
Forum of Southern California Subseries 6.2
1971-1974
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains photographs published in the first issue of the short-lived
Forum of Southern California, for which Cole was largely responsible during his second "leave of absence" from the
Advocate in early 1974 (for drafts of articles published in the same issue, see subseries 1.2). The majority of the photographs were
taken by Walt Blumoff. The folder of photographs for the Caltech Male Glee Club concert at the Metropolitan Community Church
on S. Hill St. includes several unpublished images.
Arrangement
Chronological
box-folder 8 : 1
Alice Dodge on steps of MCC church at 2201 S. Union, Los Angeles
1971-1973
Note
1 color photographic print, 2.5 x 2.5 in. Published in
The Forum of Southern California, no. 1 (february 23-March 8, 1974).
box-folder 8 : 2
Los Angeles Vice Mayor Maury Weiner and Ethal Narvid, aide to Mayor Tom Bradley, meet with gay spokesmen
January 1974
Note
Rob Cole, David Glascock, Jim Kepner. 1 photograph by Pat Rocco (#4402). Published in
The Forum of Southern California, no. 1 (February 23-March 9, 1974).
box-folder 8 : 3
Los Angeles District Attorney Burt Pines interview
February 13, 1974
Note
2 photographs by Walt Blumoff. Published in
The Forum of Southern California, no. 1 (February 23-March 9, 1974).
box-folder 8 : 4
Los Angeles City Councilman Robert Stevenson meets with Hollywood Businessmen's Association representatives and gay representatives
February 13, 1974
Note
Pat Rocco, David Glascock, Doug Sarff, Gary Silver, Rev. Lee Carlton. 2 photographs by Walt Blumoff. Published in
The Forum of Southern California, no. 1 (February 23-March 9, 1974).
box-folder 8 : 5
Goodwill "royalty" tour from Los Angeles to San Diego
February 16, 1974
Note
Crown Imperial Prince Eddie Storcz, Buddy DeLieu, Richard (the River Club), Sophia Dawn, queen mother of Los Angeles. 1 photograph
by Glenn Schmoll. Published in
The Forum of Southern California, no. 1 (February 23-March 9, 1974).
box-folder 8 : 6
CalTech Male Glee Club at MCC Los Angeles church at 1053 S. Hill St., Los Angeles
February 17, 1974
Note
5 photographs by Walt Blumoff. Published in
The Forum of Southern California, no. 1 (February 23-March 9, 1974).
box-folder 8 : 7
Mr. & Miss Valentine (Georgia Brown, of the Traffic Jam, Long Beach; Rhett Baron, of Los Angeles)
February 18, 1974
Note
1 photograph by Bud McGinnis. Published in
The Forum of Southern California, no. 1 (February 23-March 9, 1974).
box-folder 8 : 8
Bob Holiday (actor)
circa 1974
Note
1 photograph by Bill Yoscary. Published in
The Forum of Southern California, no. 1 (February 23-March 9, 1974).
Christopher Street West (CSW) Subseries 6.3
1979-2004
Physical Description: 0.9 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains photographs relating to Christopher Street West. The materials from the 1980s include photographs
from larger "sets" by Mitch Walker & Paul Meyers and possibly other (as yet unidentified) photographers; additional photographs
from these same sets can be found in the Christopher Street West Collection and Christopher Street West Association Records,
both at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The materials include an album of snapshots of the 1984 festival, undated snapshots
of the production of a video starring Diana Ross and RuPaul, and undated negatives of the defacing of the Christopher Street
West Association offices. The materials for 2000, 2002, and 2004 are preserved on CD-ROM, several of which are unreadable;
the materials for 2003 exist in three different formats: (1) prints, (2) negatives, and (3) Kodak PictureCD.
Arrangement
Chronological
box-folder 8 :
9
July 1, 1979
Physical Description: 2 color photographs by Mel Roberts.
box-folder 8 :
10
circa 1980
Physical Description: 2 copies of 1 color photograph by Mitch Walker & Paul Meyers.
box-folder 8 : 11
1983
Physical Description: File F. Proof sheet & negatives ; color.
box-folder 9 : 3 (Oversize)
box-folder 8 : 12
1986
Physical Description: 1 color photograph
box-folder 8 : 13
Apache Territory, Studio City, float
n.d.
Physical Description: Marked "34" at upper left; "L17" at lower right.
box-folder 8 : 14
Video by Diana Ross & RuPaul
n.d.
Physical Description: Prints and negatives.
box-folder 8 : 14
Defacing of Christopher Street West offices.
n.d.
Physical Description: Negatives (4 images).
Pride / The Next Generation. Pictures. Festival, Parade
2000
Physical Description: 4 cd-roms.
box-folder 12 : 1
Images 4601-4609
2000
Physical Description: CD-ROM (Paris Photo & Promotions).
box-folder 12 : 2
Images 4592-4595
2000
Physical Description: CD-ROM (unreadable).
box-folder 12 : 3
Images 4601-4605
2000
Physical Description: CD-ROM (unreadable).
box-folder 12 : 4
Images 4606-4610
2000
Physical Description: CD-ROM (unreadable).
2002
Physical Description: 2 cd-roms.
box-folder 12 : 5
Board pictures
2002
Physical Description: CD-ROM.
box-folder 12
Pics. Festival, Parade
2002
Physical Description: CD-ROM (unreadable).
box-folder 13
#1. Festival ; Holly Light, Corday
June 21, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 629013).
box-folder 13
#2. Festival ; Main Stage
June 21, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 629009).
box-folder 13
#3. Festival ; Main Stage
June 21, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 855247).
box-folder 13
#4. Festival ; Main Stage; Back Stage
June 21, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 855116).
box-folder 13
#5. Saturday Night : Cyndi Lauper / Sunday: Pre-Parade
June 21-22, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 859329).
box-folder 13
#6. Parade Route
June 22, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 620143).
box-folder 13
#7. Cyndi Lauper ; Parade Route
June 22, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 629125).
box-folder 13
#8. Parade Route
June 22, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 855258).
box-folder 13
#9. Cyndi Lauper; Parade Route
June 22, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 629144).
box-folder 13
#10. Parade Route
June 22, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 629004).
box-folder 13
#11. Main Stage, Festival, Dance Tents, Crowds
June 22, 2003
Physical Description: Photographs, negatives, and 1 Kodak Picture CD (roll 629019).
box-folder 12
Festival, Parade
2004
Physical Description: Photographs by Richard E. Settle. 1 CD-ROM.
Personal Subseries 6.4
1982-2001
Physical Description: 5 folders.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of photographs from Cole's private life, including an album from 1982, photographs/negatives of two
family gatherings, and images of family gravestones. None of the individuals in the photographs is identified.
Arrangement
Chronological.
box-folder 8 : 15-16
Album (dismantled)
1982
Physical Description: 2 folders.
box-folder 8 : 15
Photographs removed from pages
1982
box-folder 8 : 16
Photocopies of original pages
1982
box-folder 8 : 17
Forbes family party
December 10, 1987
Physical Description: 2 prints & negatives ; color.
box-folder 8 : 18
Wedding
n.d.
Physical Description: Color negatives.
box-folder 8 : 19
Cole family gravestones
June/July, 2001
Physical Description: 3 prints.
Graphics Series 7:
1971-1981
Physical Description: 5 items.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of a small number of graphics found in the collection, including greeting card reproductions of "Charon",
a print by Wes Cook and "The Gift of Speed", a drawing by Edward Parente; a handbill for an exhibition of the artwork of Wayne
Douglas Quinn; a poster; and a Gary Green print.
box-folder 15 : 2 (Oversize)
Cook, Wes. "Chiron" (centaur)
c1981
Physical Description: Greeting card reproduction of print : 8.5 x 5.5 in. ; b & w.
box-folder 15 : 3 (Oversize)
Green, Gary. Naked figure, half man, half owl
1971
Physical Description: Print : 12 x 9 in. ; b & w.
box-folder 15 : 4 (Oversize)
Parente, Edward. "The Gift of Speed"
c1978
Physical Description: Greeting card reproduction of drawing : 8 x 5.5 in. ; b & w.
box-folder 15 : 5
(Oversize)
Quinn, Wayne Douglas. Drawing of naked man in tub
March 8-April 3, [1971]
Physical Description: Handbill for show at McVey-Richter Gallery, 706 N. La Cienega [Los Angeles] : 10 x 7 in. ; b & w.
box-folder 15 : 6 (Oversize)
"make yourself happy / fuck the world"
n.d.
Physical Description: Poster : 17 x 11 in. ; b & w.
Audiovisual Series 8.
1969-1999
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains audiovisual materials found in the collection, including 33-1/3 rpm sound recordings from the late 1960s
and early 1970s on GLBT themes, audiocassettes of interviews conducted in 1971-1972 by Cole as he researched various cases
for the Advocate, and videotapes of Christopher Street West celebrations. The series is arranged in three subseries: (1) Sound
Recordings, (2) Audiocassettes, and (3) Videocassettes.
Sound Recordings Subseries 8.1
1969-1981
Physical Description: 4 items.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of four 12-inch, 33 1-3 rpm sound recordings, including Colt Zebedy's 1969
I'll Sing For You, a report on the first New York City Gay Pride parade in 1970, Sandy Baron's 1972 comedy album,
God Save the Queens, and the 1981 United States tour by the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
box-folder 21 : 1 (Oversize)
Colt, Zebedy [Edward Earle Marsh].
I'll Sing For You
1969
Physical Description: Ecco Productions, A-101. 1 sound disc : 12 in. ; 33-1/3 rpm.
box-folder 21 : 2 (Oversize)
June 28, 1970, Gay and Proud. Narrated by Breck Ardery
1970
Physical Description: 1 sound disc : 12 in. ; 33-1/3 rpm
box-folder 21 : 3 (Oversize)
Baron, Sandy, and James R. McGraw.
Sandy Baron's God Save The Queens
1972
Physical Description: A & M Records. 1 sound disc : 12 in. ; 33-1/3 rpm.
box-folder 21 : 4 (Oversize)
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Tours America '81
1981
Physical Description: Golden Gate Records. 1 sound disc : 12 in. ; 33-1/3 rpm.
Audiocassettes Subseries 8.2
1971-1973
Physical Description: 5 audiocassettes.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries consists of audiocassettes containing interviews conducted in 1971-1972 by Cole in his capacity as news editor
of the
Advocate, and a commercially produced audiocassette from 1973 relating to homosexuality and the church.
Rob Cole reporter interview tapes
1971-1972
box-folder 12 : 8
Side A: Kight, 1-3-71; MCC SF, 1-4-71. Side B: Watts, 12-14-71
1971
box-folder 12 : 9
Side A: Detroit Trial, 10-22-71; VA Tour, 10-11-71. Side B: Florence Doctors Group, 12-22-71
1971
box-folder 12 : 10
Side A: Snyder, 12-12-71. Side B: Urso on Watts, 1-3-72; Sacramento on Watts, 1-3-72
1971-1972
box-folder 12 : 11
Side A: News conference with Davis, 12-22-71; Schachter, 12-22-71; Kilhefner on arrests, 12-22-71. Side B: Jim West, 1-12-72;
Glascock on wedding, 1-12-72
1971-1972
box-folder 12 : 12
On Being Gay; A Study of Homosexuality and the Church
c1973
Note
Pittsburgh, PA: Thesis Creative Educational Resources. Side 1. A Visit In the Gay Community: 1. Phyllis Lyon, 2. The Rev.
William R. Johnson, 3. Jim & Lyndall. Side 2. A Look At the Gay Community: 4. Dr. Herbert Vanderwoort, 5. Attorney Walter
Barnett, 6. The Rev. Ross Greek, Dr. David Napier.
Videocassettes Subseries 8.3
1984-1999
Physical Description: 12 vhs videocassettes.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains VHS videocassettes. The majority relate to Christopher Street West, and include "full" recordings
of the Los Angeles Gay Pride parade, as well as promo tapes, public service announcements, and excerpts of television coverage.
Other videos are Pat Rocco's film of the bicentennial Gay Pride celebration in 1976; Out of the Past, a commercially produced
visual history of the GLBT civil rights movement; and a 1999 video appreciation of the life of gay activist Morris Kight.
Christopher Street West (CSW)
1984-2002
Physical Description: 10 videocassettes (VHS).
box-folder 10 : 1 (Oversize)
Unity & More in '84. Christopher Street West Promo Tape
1984
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : 14 min.
box-folder 10 : 2 (Oversize)
Christopher Street West. Excerpts of television coverage - pre + post event & interviews. News clips & Rita Moreno
1985
Physical Description: The Communication Works. 1 videocassette (VHS).
box-folder 10 : 3 (Oversize)
Christopher Street West Presents the 1986 Gay Pride Celebration
1986
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (vhs).
box-folder 10 : 4 (Oversize)
Christopher Street West/Los Angeles. "Festive All". PSA.
5-9-1987
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (vhs).
box-folder 10 : 5 (Oversize)
Christopher Street West Parade
1989
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (vhs).
box-folder 10 : 6-7 (Oversize)
Christopher Street West, 2001 Odysse Parade
2001
Physical Description: Tapes 1 & 2 of 3. 2 videocassettes (VHS).
box-folder 10 : 8-9 (Oversize)
Christopher Street West, 2002 Pride Parade, "Family, Amore & Paz"
2002
Physical Description: Tapes 2 & 3 of 3. 2 videocassette (VHS).
box-folder 10 : 10 (Oversize)
Rocco, Pat.
We Were There; A celebration of gay pride during America's bicentennial (1976)
c1994
Physical Description: Pat Rocco Signature Collection. 1 videocassette (VHS) + box cover insert.
box-folder 10 : 11 (Oversize)
Out of the Past
c1997
Physical Description: A-Pix Entertainment, APX21357. 1 videocassette (VHS) : 65 min.
box-folder 10 : 12 (Oversize)
Kight, Morris.
The Life and Times of Morris Kight: Liberator
1999
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (vhs).
Memorabilia Series 9.
1970-2005
Physical Description: 3.5 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains buttons, pins, t-shirts, and other memorabilia collected by Cole. The bulk of the materials relates to
Christopher Street West. The series is arranged in three subseries: (1) Buttons & Pins, (2) T-Shirts, and (3) Other.
Buttons & Pins Subseries 9.1
1970-2003
Physical Description: 23 unique items.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains buttons and pins acquired by Cole. The majority relate to Christopher Street West, and include 2 buttons
from the first Los Angeles Gay Pride parade in 1970. Other buttons and pins concern the 1986 No on 64 campaign, the Names
Project, the Los Angeles Imperial Court, the Los Angeles Police Department's diversity recruitment, the Alas B. Toklas Memorial
Democratic Club, Hudson House, and gay pride.
box-folder 11 : 1
"Gay Power / Christopher Street - West / '70"
1970
Physical Description: 2 items.
box-folder 11 : 5
"Kameny for Congress"
1971
box-folder 11 : 3
GAA California
circa 1971
Physical Description: 2 items.
box-folder 11 : 3
"Gay Parade '72 / C.S.W. / San Francisco"
1972
box-folder 11 : 1
"Celebrate Gay Pride / Christopher Street West / 74"
1974
box-folder 11 : 3
"Democrat / Selwyn / Congress"
1974
box-folder 11 : 1
"Christopher Street West / Gay Pride / 1975"
1975
Physical Description: 2 items.
box-folder 11 : 1
"Christopher Street West / 1776-1976 / We Were There / Gay Pride Celebration"
1976
box-folder 11 : 2
"A Salute to Our Gay Spirit / Christopher Street West / Los Angeles 1981 / [ribbon] Judge"
1981
box-folder 11 : 3
"Stop LaRouche / No on 64"
1986
box-folder 11 : 3
"The Names Project / AIDS Memorial Quilt / Unfolder / Rose Bowl / 1995"
1995
box-folder 11 : 6
Pin. "Decade Anniversary 1985-1986, 1995-1996 / All American Court, H.M.I.M. Emperor Lee, H.M.I.M. Empress Chu Chu"
1995
box-folder 11 : 2
"Christopher Street West / Pride Without Borders! / Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Pride Celebration / June 22-23, 1996"
1996
box-folder 11 : 2
"Christopher Street West/LA / Freedom to Love, Freedom to Choose ' 98 / West Hollywood, June 27-18 / Volunteer"
1998
box-folder 11 : 4
"Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club / A Friend of Alice"
n.d.
box-folder 11 : 3
"Aspirin Fights HIV"
n.d.
box-folder 11 : 2
"Established 1970 / Pride"
n.d.
Physical Description: 2 items.
box-folder 11 : 6
Pin. "Est. 1970 / Pride"
n.d.
box-folder 11 : 5
"Gay Proud & Healthy"
n.d.
box-folder 11 : 4
"I'm a Supporter of Hudson House"
n.d.
box-folder 11 : 4
"I'm the Perfect Age"
n.d.
box-folder 11 : 4
"Recruiting Diversity / LAPD"
n.d.
T-Shirts Subseries 9.2
1987-2005
Physical Description: 12 items.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains 12 t-shirts found in the collection. All relate to gay pride parades, 10 to Christopher Street West,
one to Palm Springs Gay Pride 2002, and one to New York Gay Pride 2005.
box-folder 18 : 1 (Oversize)
"Christopher Street West Los Angeles, Proud, Strong, United. Gay Pride Celebration, June 27-28, 1987"
1987
Physical Description: 1 athletic t-shirt : size M ; white ; black lettering [stained]. Screen Stars.
box-folder 18 : 2 (Oversize)
Front: "Christopher St. West, 'A New Beginning', West Hollywood Pride 2000"
2000
Physical Description: 1 t-shirt : size M ; Off-white ; multi-color lettering. Gildan Activewear.
box-folder 18 : 3 (Oversize)
Front and back: "CSW2000 Volunteer, thenumber.com"
2000
Physical Description: 1 t-shirt : size L ; white ; blue lettering. Jerzees.
box-folder 18 : 4 (Oversize)
Front: "Christopher Street West. Family, Amor & Paz. 2002 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender pride in West Hollywood, California
- June 22 & 23". Back: "Genre How We Live; Parade Staff"
2002
Physical Description: 1 t-shirt : size M ; blue ; black and red lettering. Go Softwear.
box-folder 18 : 5 (Oversize)
Front: "Greater Palm Springs Pride, 2002. Celebrating World Pride". Back: "Palm Springs Pride. Celebrating World Pride, 2002"
2002
Physical Description: 1 athletic t-shirt : size M ; white ; multi-color lettering. Anvil.
box-folder 18 : 6 (Oversize)
Front: "Group Marshal", [logo by Keith Haring], "Equal rights. No more. No less. The march, lesbian gay bisexual + transgender
pride, heritage of pride ][ new york city 2005". Back: "Platinum sponsors" [logos and names of sponsors]
2005
Physical Description: 1 t-shirt : size M ; purple ; white lettering. Gildan Activewear.
box-folder 18 : 7-8 (Oversize)
Front: "VeriSign". Back: "lapride.org"
n.d.
Physical Description: 2 t-shirts : size XL ; off-white ; multi-color lettering. Gildan Activewear.
box-folder 18 : 9-10 (Oversize)
Front: "Christopher Street West"
n.d.
Physical Description: 2 tennis shirts : size M ; blue ; white lettering. Jerzees.
box-folder 18 : 11 (Oversize)
Front: "Established 1970 Pride"
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 tennis shirt : size M ; red ; white badge with red lettering. Port Authority.
box-folder 18 : 12 (Oversize)
Front: "CSW, Christopher Street West, Board member"
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 tennis shirt : size M ; white ; multi-color lettering. Gildan Activewear.
Other Subseries 9.3
1984-1999
Physical Description: 7 items.
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains miscellaneous memorabilia, including two badges from Christopher Street West, "WeHo 95" dogtags, a
hollow ceramic vessel (possibly vase or pen/pencil holder) in the form of a nude male torso with an erect penis, and a full-size
(36 x 60 in.) lambda gay pride flag.
box-folder 11 : 7
Badge. "Christopher Street West / Los Angeles / Rob Cole"
n.d.
box-folder 11 : 7
Picture badge. "1970-1995, Christopher Street West, West Hollywood, Ca, 25th Anniversary. 25 Years of Pride. 1995 ID Badge.
Rob Cole, Newsletter Chair"
1995
box-folder 14
Ceramic Vessel. Nude male torso with erect penis
n.d.
Physical Description: 7 in. tall. On base: "Hawaii by Payton".
box-folder 20 : 1 (Oversize)
Lambda gay pride flag
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 flag : nylon ; 36 x 60 in.
box-folder 20 : 2-3 (Oversize)
Lambda gay pride flags
n.d.
Physical Description: 2 flags : 4 x 5.5 in.
