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San Francisco LGBT Groups Ephemera Collection
GRP EPH
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Title: San Francisco LGBT groups ephemera collection
Date (inclusive): 1950-2010
Collection Identifier: GRP EPH
Contributing Institution:
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society
657 Mission Street
Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 777-5455
Extent:
68 boxes
(33 Linear feet)
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Consists of ephemera pertaining to groups affiliated with San Francisco's LGBT community. The bulk of the material is from
the late 1970s through the 1990s, with the homophile groups of the 1960s represented as well. Groups include: community service
centers; governmental organizations; various social groups and clubs; musical groups, choirs and bands; theatrical companies
and performance groups; dance troupes; literary groups and non-profit publishers; scholarly associations; universities, colleges,
institutes and schools; student and youth groups; religious and spiritual centers; motorcycle clubs; sports teams; communes,
cooperatives and collectives; political parties; business and neighborhood associations; legal aid centers; clinics and hospitals;
leather groups. Most of the materials are related to the prominent national political and social events and movements of their
time, primarily the Gay Liberation Movement, the Gay Rights Movement, and the AIDS crisis. Types of ephemera represented include:
announcements, fliers, postcards, invitations, theatrical playbills, brochures, direct mail, conference schedules, booklets,
guides, directories, letterheads, business cards, meeting minutes, correspondence, and magazine and newspaper clippings.
Collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Managing
Archivist, GLBT Historical Society, 657 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical
Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such
permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
San Francisco LGBT Business Ephemera Collection
San Francisco LGBT Biography Ephemera Collection
San Francisco LGBT General Subjects Ephemera Collection
[Identification of item], San Francisco LGBT Groups Ephemera Collection, GRP EPH, The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender
Historical Society.
Assembled by the staff at the GLBT Historical Society.
Additions to the collection are ongoing.
Arranged alphabetically.
Consists of ephemera pertaining to groups affiliated with San Francisco's LGBT community. The bulk of the material is from
the late 1970s through the 1990s, with the homophile groups of the 1960s represented as well. Groups include: community service
centers; governmental organizations; various social groups and clubs; musical groups, choirs and bands; theatrical companies
and performance groups; dance troupes; literary groups and non-profit publishers; scholarly associations; universities, colleges,
institutes and schools; student and youth groups; religious and spiritual centers; motorcycle clubs; sports teams; communes,
cooperatives and collectives; political parties; business and neighborhood associations; legal aid centers; clinics and hospitals;
leather groups. Most of the materials are related to the prominent national political and social events and movements of their
time, primarily the Gay Liberation Movement, the Gay Rights Movement, and the AIDS crisis. Includes material from many significant
Bay Area lesbian feminist, socialist, third world, disability rights, aging LGBT, queer, sex-positive, anti-assimilation,
transgender, people of color and diversity movements. Types of ephemera represented include: announcements, fliers, postcards,
invitations, theatrical playbills, brochures, direct mail, conference schedules, booklets, guides, directories, letterheads,
business cards, meeting minutes, correspondence, and magazine and newspaper clippings. Individual ephemera files can contain
a single item or more extensive amounts of material, ranging from printed to handwritten documents.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS--California--San Francisco.
Announcements.
Brochures.
Business cards.
California Ephemera Project.
Clubs--California--San Francisco.
Correspondence.
Direct mail.
Directories.
Fliers (printed matter).
Gay rights movement--California--San Francisco.
Invitations.
Letterheads.
Organizations--California--San Francisco.
Playbills.
Postcards.