Information about Access
Ownership & Copyright
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Biographical / Historical
Description of the Collection
Arrangement note
Cite As
Separated Materials
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Queer Student Resources, records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0252
Physical Description:
62 Linear Feet
(18 cartons, 46 boxes, 6 half boxes, 5 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1972-2019
Summary: Collection consists of
the records of the LGBT Community Resources Center and its predecessors the Gay People's
Union (GPU), and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance at Stanford (GLAS). Included are
correspondence, memoranda, office files, reference files on service organizations in Santa
Clara and San Mateo Counties, log books, notebooks, questionnaires, tape recordings, videos,
photographs, posters, and ephemera pertaining to the gay, lesbian, and transgender community
at Stanford and the surrounding communities.
Language of Material:
English .
Information about Access
Three boxes in the GPU/GLAS Records series are restricted in accordance with donor
agreement. The files will remain closed until January 1, 2060 (75 years after last date of
creation). Otherwise the collection is open for research; materials must be requested at
least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections 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, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfers, 1981-2019.
Biographical / Historical
In 1971, a group of students, staff, and alumni came together to form the Gay People's
Union at Stanford – one of the first LGBT campus organizations in America.
In 1984, Stanford Pride was established on an alumni group.
Queer Student Resources, formerly, LGBT Community Resources Center, is a student
organization whose services include mentoring, diversity awareness, lecture series, support
groups, workshops, and culture events. Programs represented in the records include the Gay
and Lesbian Awareness Week, BGLAD (Bisexual, Gay, and Lesbian Awareness Days), AIDS
Education Project, and Queer Awareness Days (QuAD).
Description of the Collection
Collection consists of the records of the LGBT Community Resources Center and its
predecessors GLAS (Gay and Lesbian Alliance at Stanford) and the Gay People's Union.
Included are correspondence, memoranda, office files, reference files on service
organizations in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, log books, notebooks, VECTOR magazine,
questionnaires, tape recordings, videos, photographs, posters, and ephemera pertaining to
the gay, lesbian, and transgender community at Stanford and the surrounding communities.
Collection also includes the records of the Gay Community of Concern, 1974-1976, a local
community group; records from the Women's Collective, 1974-85; and some materials concerning
the Palo Alto School Board anti-discrimination policy, 1975. Tape recordings include "Gay
Life Styles," 1975, and Leonard Matlovich speaking at Stanford, 1975.
Arrangement note
The materials are arranged by accession.
Cite As
Stanford University, LGBT Community Resources Center, Records (SC0252). Department of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Separated Materials
Issues of
Vector magazine were removed and individually
cataloged as part of the Stanford University Libraries Special Collections' rare books and
manuscripts collections, call number HQ75 .V43.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Transsexual college students -- United States.
Transgenderism -- United States.
Lesbians.
Lesbian college students -- United States.
Memorabilia.
Gay college students -- United States.
Speeches.
Education, higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
Bisexual college students -- United States.
Homosexuality and education -- United States.
Gays
Peer counseling -- California.