Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI)
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of a group of nine Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI) handbills and brochures, opposing California Proposition 6, the "Briggs Initiative" of 1978. The collection also contains nine issues of the newsletter Gayvote: News from the San Francisco Gay Democratic Club from January to November, 1978.
- Extent:
- 0.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative collection, Mss 367. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of a group of nine Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI) handbills and brochures, opposing California Proposition 6, the "Briggs Initiative" of 1978.
Items include rally announcements, information handouts, and statements issued by various opponents of the proposition, which would have banned gay and lesbian school teachers in the state of California.
The collection also contains nine issues of the newsletter Gayvote: News from the San Francisco Gay Democratic Club, from January to November, 1978.
- Acquisition information:
- Library purchase, 2018.
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Gay rights -- California
Gay teachers -- Law and legislation -- California
Lesbian teachers -- Law and legislation -- California
Teachers -- Law and legislation -- California
Announcements
Brochures
Handbills
Newsletters - Names:
- Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI) -- Archives
California. Proposition 6 (1978)
San Francisco Gay Democratic Club -- Periodicals
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative collection, Mss 367. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062