The L. James Beales Collection of Polk Street Bar Memorabilia includes flyers, invitations, photographs, t shirts and artifacts primarily from the Rendezvous, which closed in 1998. There is also material from the Q.T., Reflections and other Polk Street bars. The collection also includes two cartons of buttons collection dating from the 1970s through 2005, with themes including politics, gay and lesbian rights, safe sex, and San Francisco bars.

7.5 linear feet (6 cartons, 1 oversized folder, and 1 artifact)

Copyright to material has not 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. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Collection is open for research.