Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals Records, 1977-1982

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Summary

Title:
Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals Records
Dates:
1977-1982
Creators:
Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals.
Abstract:
Member list, newsletters, meeting minutes, membership applications, flyer, correspondence, ethics proposals, articles of incorporation, and clippings documenting activity of the Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals (SLGMHP), 1977-1982. The SLGMHP was "an organization for all gay health professonals in the Sacramento area to provide mutual support and to develop an informal referral system for gay clients."
Containers:
Folder: 1
Extent:
0.1 linear foot. [1 folder]
Language:
Preferred citation:

Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals Records, Coll2011-074, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Background

Scope and content:

Member list, newsletters, meeting minutes, membership applications, flyer, correspondence, ethics proposals, articles of incorporation, and clippings documenting activity of the Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals (SLGMHP), 1977-1982. The SLGMHP was "an organization for all gay health professonals in the Sacramento area to provide mutual support and to develop an informal referral system for gay clients." Among other things, the collection documents SLGMHP's efforts to convince insurance companies of the need to cover mental health services for gay and lesbian clients.

Biographical / historical:

Founded in 1980, Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals was "an organization for all gay health professonals in the Sacramento area to provide mutual support and to develop an informal referral system for gay clients."

Processing information:

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Marc LaRocque
Date Prepared:
(c) 2011
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-05-23T16:13-0700

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Restrictions:

Contact ONE archivist regarding access restrictions.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals Records, Coll2011-074, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
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