Administration Series 1.82549
1970-1997
Physical Description: 5.2 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of materials related to the general day-to-day administrative activities of the Lesbian & Gay Rights
Chapter of the ACLU. It includes minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, contracts, administrative documents,
microfiche and miscellany that date from before the founding of the LGRC through 1997. The series is divided into six subseries:
(1) General, (2) Committees and Board of Directors, (3) Publicity/Public Relations, (4) Services, (5) Correspondence, and
(6) Memoranda.
General Subseries 1.1.82627
1976-1995
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries consists of contracts, bylaws, resumes, financial records, bequests, personnel files, documents, handwritten
notes and miscellany pertaining to the general day-to-day operations of the LGRC. Included in this subseries are the Chapter's
mission statement, organizational history and bylaws; its IRS status; treasurer's reports; and information about the organization's
personnel, real estate, finances and general office operations.
Box 1, Folder 1
Mission Statement and Organizational History 82640
ca. 1976 - 1991
Box 24, Folder 1
[Oversize]
Box 1, Folder 3
ACLU Affiliates 82637
1991 - 1995
Box 1, Folder 4
Personnel Information 82636
1979 - 1995
Box 1, Folder 5
Personnel - Michael E. Reynolds 82635
1989
Box 1, Folder 6
Personnel - Charlotte Innes 82634
1990
Box 24, Folder 2
[Oversize]
California Federal Community Room Agreement 82633
1979 - 1980
Box 1, Folder 7
Office Administration 82632
ca. 1976 - 1995
Box 5, Folder 1
Treasurer's Reports 82631
1978 - 1991
Box 5, Folder 2
General Financial Records 82630
ca. 1976 - 2000
Box 5, Folder 3 - 4
Bequests 82629
1990 - 1992
Box 1, Folder 14
Plaque Presented to David Taylor
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Miscellaneous 82628
ca. 1976 - 1995
Committees and Board of Directors Subseries 1.2.82594
1970-1995
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries consists of minutes, agendas and reports from meetings for the committees and board of directors of the LGRC.
It is this subseries that contains the earliest materials in the collection, including records from the Gay Rights Panel and
the Rights of Homosexuals Committee of the ACLU of Southern California.
Box 1, Folder 9
General Notes 82626
ca. 1976 - 1981
Board of Directors - Meeting Agendas and Minutes 82609
1979 - 1995
Box 1, Folder 11
82624
September 1989 - January 1990
Box 1, Folder 12
82623
June 1990 - August 1991
Box 1, Folder 13
82622
September - December 1991
Box 2, Folder 1
82621
January - April 1992
Box 2, Folder 3
82619
September - November 1992
Box 2, Folder 4
82618
December 1992 - February 1993
Box 3, Folder 1
82615
September - December 1993
Box 3, Folder 2
82614
January - June 1994
Box 3, Folder 3
82613
July - December 1994
Box 3, Folder 4
82612
January - June 1995
Box 3, Folder 5
82611
July - November 1995
Box 4, Folder 1
Chapter Council - Agenda 82608
1993 - 1994
Box 4, Folder 2
Executive Committee 82607
1976
Box 4, Folder 3
Gay Rights Panel of ACLU Southern California 82606
1975 - 1976
Box 24, Folder 12
Hawaii ACLU Gay Rights Committee
1980-1982
Box 24, Folder 13
National Gay Rights Project Docket Memorandum
1982
Box 4, Folder 4
Legal Committee 82605
ca. 1975 - 1980
Box 4, Folder 5
Legislative Committee 82604
1976 - 1979
Box 4, Folder 6
Lesbian Rights Committee 82603
1977 - 1978
Box 4, Folder 16
Los Angeles Police Practices Project
1976-1981
Box 4, Folder 7
Membership Committee 82602
1976 - 1978
Box 4, Folder 8 - 9
Nomination Committee 82601
1976 - 1995
Box 4, Folder 10
Police Practices Committee 82600
1977 - 1979
Box 4, Folder 11
Publicity / Public Relations (and Newsletter) Committee 82599
1970 - 1978
Box 4, Folder 12
Rights of Homosexuals / Gay Rights Committee of ACLU Southern California 82598
1973 - 1976
Box 4, Folder 13
Speakers Committee 82597
1977 - 1978
Box 4, Folder 14
Steering Committee 82596
1977 - 1978
Box 4, Folder 15
Miscellaneous Reports 82595
ca. 1977 - 1995
Publicity / Public Relations Subseries 1.3.82588
1976-1994
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries consists of press releases, press listings, notes and a pamphlet design draft pertaining to LGRC's publicity
and media relations. The press listings are primarily gay- and lesbian-related publications in the Los Angeles area, and the
content for the press releases range from notices for LGRC's special events to announcements about current events significant
to the gay and lesbian community.
Box 5, Folder 5
Press Releases 82593
1976 - 1993
Box 5, Folder 6
Los Angeles Area Press Lists 82592
ca. 1976 - 1989
Box 5, Folder 7
CityChannel 8 Bulletin Board Requests 82591
1990 - 1993
Box 24, Folder 3 [Oversize]
Pamphlet Drawing 82590
1989
Box 24, Folder 4
[Oversize]
General Notes 82589
1979 - 1994
Services Subseries 1.4.82581
1980-1994
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries consists of administrative papers and microfiche pertaining to general services of the LGRC, which includes
legal and community resource referral information. Also included in this subseries are information about LGRC's membership,
complaint intake logs (1989 - 1994), surveys, and questionnaires.
Box 5, Folder 8
Membership Services Information 82587
1980 - 1994
Box 5, Folder 9
Membership Services [Microfiche] 82586
ca. 1990
Box 6, Folder 1
Legal Referral Information 82585
1992 - 1994
Box 6, Folder 2
Community Resources 82584
ca. 1980 - 1985
Box 6, Folder 3 - 5
Intake Log 82583
1989 - 1992
Box 6, Folder 6
Questionnaires and Surveys 82582
Undated
Correspondence Subseries 1.5.82558
1975-1997
Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries consists of correspondence sent or received by LGRC, its officers, or the ACLU of Southern California. Arranged
chronologically by year, it includes--but is not limited to--personal correspondence of chapter presidents Peter Thomas Judge
and Michael E. Reynolds and gay rights attorneys Susan McGreivy and Jon Davidson; complaint intake letters; and general letters
to the LGRC membership at large. Also included are letters on behalf of the LGRC to and from public officials regarding current
events significant to the gay and lesbian community, in California in particular.
Memoranda Subseries 1.6.82550
1976-1996
Physical Description: 0.6 Linear Feet
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries consists of internal memoranda of the LGRC, its officers, and/or the ACLU of Southern California. They are
arranged chronologically by year.
Programs and Events Series 2.82518
1976-1995
Physical Description: 3.4 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of press releases, correspondence, memoranda, graphic design drafts, program books, flyers, notes, financial
records, award certificates and miscellany related to public programs and events of the LGRC or ACLU. Included in this series
are materials related to the LGRC's General Meeting held monthly at the Center, which usually featured a talk or discussion
panel highlighting topics relevant to the gay and lesbian community, including but not limited to discrimination, national
and state legislation, health, police practices, hate crimes, military, child custody and equal rights. The series also contains
administrative and program material for the LGRC's annual event, the Human Rights Awards--an award dinner held since 1977
in which the LGRC honors members of the community who have contributed to the advance of lesbian and gay activism and civil
liberties. The LGRC's other regularly-held events include a leadership retreat and holiday parties. Also included in this
series are reports and documents from the ACLU's National Biennial Conferences. The materials in this series are categorized
by event and arranged chronologically.
Box 12, Folder 8 ; 13, Folder 1 - 6
General Monthly Meetings 82548
1976 - 1995
Human Rights Awards 82531
1978 - 1994
Box 26, Folder 1
1991 Program Book Materials 82536
1991
Box 26, Folder 2
[Oversize]
82534
1992 Publicity Material
Box 16, Folder 1
Gay Constituency Day 82530
1979
Box 16, Folder 2
Chapter Activist Award 82529
1986
Annual Retreat 82525
1990 - 1994
ACLU Biennial Conference 82522
1991 - 1993
Box 16, Folder 13
Bill of Rights Awards Calendar
1994
Box 16, Folder 10
Bill of Rights Bicentennial Dinner 82521
1991
Box 16, Folder 11
Holiday Rights Party 82520
1994
Box 16, Folder 12
Miscellaneous Programs and Events 82519
1976 - 1993
Publications Series 3.82481
1976-2004
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content
This series compiles publications created by the LGRC, the ACLU of Southern California or the national ACLU. The first part
of the series contains the monthly newsletters of the Chapter-- arranged chronologically--which the Chapter began distributing
in 1977. Several issues of the newsletters, between the years 1997 to 2004, are missing. The remaining publications are arranged
alphabetically and report on the local and national activities of the ACLU, including those pertaining to AIDS and gay- and
lesbian-related legislation.
Newsletter of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter 82489
1976 - 2004
Box 24, Folder 6 [Oversize]
Box 24, Folder 7 [Oversize]
Box 24, Folder 8 [Oversize]
Box 24, Folder 9 [Oversize]
Box 24, Folder 10 [Oversize]
Box 18, Folder 15
ACLU - 1989 in Review 82488
1989
Box 19, Folder 1
AIDS Project Dockets 82487
1991 - 1996
Box 19, Folder 2 - 3
Anti-gay Ballot Initiatives Briefing Book 82486
1993
Box 19, Folder 4
Civil Liberties in Crisis: Los Angeles During the Emergency 82485
1992
Box 19, Folder 5
International Civil Liberties Report 82484
1992
Box 19, Folder 6
Lesbian and Gay Rights Project Dockets 82483
1991 - 1996
Box 19, Folder 7
Of the Community And For the Community: Racial and Gender Integration in Southern California Police and Fire Departments 82482
1994
Subject Files Series 4.82444
1976-2001
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content
This series compiles reports, clippings, court documents, publications, correspondence, flyers, typescripts, notes, and a
videocassette organized in subject files created by the LGRC. The topics in the subject files relate to the on-going activities
of the LGRC involving AIDS, discrimination, adoption, domestic partnership, legislation, litigation, media, military policies,
police practices, violence, hate crimes, among others. This series also includes materials from organizations with which the
LGRC has collaborated with, such as LIFE: League for Individual Freedom and Equality, the Lawyers for Human Rights, and the
National Center for Lesbian Rights. The subject files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 19, Folder 8
Affirmative Action 82480
1990 - 1992
Box 19, Folder 9 ; 20, Folder 1 -
2
AIDS Legislation and Litigation 82479
1984 - 1994
Box 20, Folder 3
AIDS and Women 82478
1990 - 1993
Box 20, Folder 4
California Department of Health Services: Task Force on HIV/AIDS 82477
1994
Box 20, Folder 5
Department of Health and Human Services: AIDS Discrimination in Employment 82476
1989
Box 20, Folder 6
Santa Barbara AIDS Advocacy Program 82475
1991
Box 20, Folder 12-13
Belanger, J.J., Annotated ACLU Documents
1976-1984
Box 20, Folder 7
Cable Access: Window to the People 82473
Undated
Box 20, Folder 8
California State Legislation on Gay and Lesbian Issues 82472
1977 - 1993
Discrimination 82468
1979 - 1992
Box 20, Folder 9
Employment Discrimination 82471
1990 - 1992
Box 20, Folder 10
Employment and Housing Discrimination 82470
1979 - 1990
Box 20, Folder 11
Curran vs. Mt. Diablo Council (Boy Scouts of America) 82469
1990
Box 21, Folder 1
Adoption and Custody Battles 82467
1992 - 1993
Box 21, Folder 2
Domestic Partnership: Issues and Legislation 82466
1992
Box 21, Folder 3 - 4
Domestic Partnership and Marriage 82465
1990 - 1994
Box 21, Folder 5
Gay and Lesbian Parenting 82464
1991 - 1993
Box 21, Folder 6
Gay and Lesbian History 82462
1980 - 1994
Box 21, Folder 7
Heterosexual Privilege 82461
1992
Box 21, Folder 11
Kit Parker Films Catalogs
circa 1979
Box 21, Folder 8
Lawyers for Human Rights 82460
1992 - 1994
Box 21, Folder 9
LEAGUE America 82459
1994
Box 21, Folder 10
LIFE: Lobby for Individual Freedom & Equality 82458
1987 - 1995
Box 22, Folder 1
Media Watch 82457
1978 - 1992
Military 82451
1979 - 1994
Box 22, Folder 2
Department of Defense and U.S. Military Policies on Homosexuality 82456
1992
Box 22, Folder 3
Gay and Lesbian Issues in the U.S. Military 82455
1979 - 1993
Box 22, Folder 4 - 5
Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy 82454
1993
Box 22, Folder 6 - 7
Stout vs. Westbourne Ventures 82453
1988
Box 23, Folder 11
Swann/ACLU vs. Department of Navy Video Highlights 82452
1992 - 1994
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS)
Box 22, Folder 8
National Center for Lesbian Rights 82450
1993
Box 22, Folder 9
National Gay and Lesbian Social Surveys 82449
1992 - 1994
Box 24, Folder 14
People of the State of California vs. Playboy Gangster Crips
1987
Box 24, Folder 15
Political Cartoons
1983, undated
Box 23, Folder 1 - 2
Police Issues 82448
1978 - 1994
Box 23, Folder 3
Transsexuals 82447
Undated
Box 23, Folder 4
Violence and Hate Crimes 82446
1992 - 1994
Box 23, Folder 5
Miscellaneous Clippings 82445
1976 - 2001
Box 23, Folder 12
Miscellaneous Clippings
1976-1986
Photographs Series 5.82441
ca. 1974-1990
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises photographs and negatives--circa 1974 to 1990--taken of programs organized by the LGRC or those in which
the LGRC participated. Events documented in these photographs include "A Conference on Sex and the Law" in 1981, the 1990
Christopher Street West Gay Pride Parade and other unidentified LGRC events. In most cases, the people in the photographs
have not been identified.
Box 23, Folder 6 - 8
Photographs 82443
ca. 1974 - 1990
Scope and Contents
Includes images of ACLU-LGRC meetings, conference, and events; members and speakers, including Kathy McConn, Thomas J. Coleman,
Larry Hathaway, Duncan Donovan, Jim Dawson, Howard Armistead, Marge Hart, Johanna Butler, David Taylor, Michael Shoel, Rob
Clark, Laud Humphreys, Ivy Bottini, Jay Kohorn, Deborah Hanan, Jon Davidson, Troy Perry, Peter Judge, Antonio Villaraigosa,
and other unidentified individuals; panel discussion on homosexual rights (1972); and ACLU vice squad with (Jay?) Murley.
Box 23, Folder 9
Black & White Negatives 82442
ca. 1981
Scope and Contents
Image from an unidentified ACLU-LGRC event.
Ephemera Series 6.82435
ca. 1975-1995
Physical Description: 0.6 Linear Feet
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises printed ephemera, a guestbook, a stamp with the phrase "Gay Flag = Yes," and a "Vehicular Award" ribbon
won in the 1983 Gay Pride Parade. The printed materials created by the LGRC or the ACLU include pamphlets and flyers related
to the organization's general activities.
Box 24, Folder 11
[Oversize]
Flyers and Pamphlets 82440
ca. 1975 - 1995
Box 25
Ribbon - "Gay Pride Parade 1983 Vehicular Award" 82437
1983
Box 25
Stamp - "Gay Flag = Yes" 82438
Undated
