Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Warner, Jane
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 5 linear feet (1 carton, 1 manuscript box, 1 oversized box)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Jane Warner papers. GLBT Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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Materials include DVD-Rs documenting Halloween on Castro Street in 2008, Warner’s wedding to Dawn Robinson Warner, and Jane Warner’s memorial; documents related to Warner’s memorial; numerous award certificates from elected officials and government agencies; clippings of Warner’s columns in the Bay Area Reporter; Warner’s uniform; T-shirts from the Castro Street Fair; display cases featuring Warner’s badges and a flag; champagne flutes commemorating Warner’s wedding anniversary; and several collars, tags, and mementos from pets dogs.
- Biographical / historical:
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Jane Ellen Warner (1956-2010) was a lesbian law enforcement officer and newspaper columnist. From 1993 to 2009, Warner served as San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer in the Castro, Noe Valley, and Mission neighborhoods in San Francisco. She also wrote for the Bay Area Reporter’s “Crime and Punishment” column between 1999 and 2010. In November 2010, Jane Warner Plaza was dedicated in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Dawn Robinson Warner, July 2023.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- LGBTQ
Lesbians
Law enforcement - Places:
- Castro (San Francisco, Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
- Preferred citation:
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Jane Warner 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