Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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Van Aalst was an active member of Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). As part of his work with MCC, Van Aalst helped produce the Pillars Dinner, an annual fundraising event begun in 1989. Van Aalst planned the menu and helped produce the evening. The bulk of the materials in the collection includes materials related to the Pillars Club dinner, including programs, menus, invitations, awards and funding requests. There is also documentation of the consecration of Bishop John Darcy Noble in 1980. Bishop was consecrated in the Church of the Beloved Disciple in 1980, a Manhattan church created to reach out to the gay and lesbian community. His life partner was the Most Reverend Robert Mary Clement, Archbishop of North America of the original American Catholic Church and the original Eucharistic Catholic Church; founder of The Church of the Beloved Disciple. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007695; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007702
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Cees van Aalst on December 26, 2000.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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Cees Van Aalst papers. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455