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Lucas (Don) collection of Mattachine Society audio recordings
MSS.MEDIA.0029
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Don Lucas collection of Mattachine Society audio recordings
source:
Lucas, Donald Stewart
Creator:
Call, Hal, -2000
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.MEDIA.0029
Identifier/Call Number: 2559
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Physical Description:
45 7" audiotape reel(s)
Date (inclusive): 1954 - 1965
Abstract: 1950s and 60s Audio recordings from the Mattachine Society and other gay rights organizations, including meetings, conferences,
broadcasts, and other material.
Open for research. All tapes have been digitized.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer from the Archive of Recorded Sound, 2003. Accession 2003-250. Originally donated by Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender
Historical Society.
Tapes have been grouped in related series, and arranged more or less chronologically there.
Many tapes have more than one track. One may access various tracks from a recording by clicking on the bar with three dots
along the bottom of the media viewer/player (you can also see what the physical tapes look like here).
[identification of item], Don Lucas collection of Mattachine Society audio recordings (MSS MEDIA 0029). Dept. of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society holds the Donald Stewart Lucas Papers, 1941-1998 (https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt638nb39r/)
Donald Stewart Lucas (1926-1998) was involved with the Mattachine Society, a pre-Stonewall gay rights organization more or
less headquartered in San Francisco, California in the 1950s and early 60s. These 45 open reel audio tapes originated from
a collection of Lucas's papers housed at the GLBT Historical Society. Many were recorded by Lucas himself. Harold "Hal" Call,
who was MS president through these years, participates in most recordings, which chronicle annual conferences and meetings
of the Society from 1954 to 1965 as well as educational programs produced by the Mattachine Society in 1962. There are also
recordings of related broadcasts of San Francisco and Los Angeles radio & television programs. Other organizations in the
collection include various local chapters of the Society, as well as the Daughters of Bilitis, One, Incorporated, Society
for Individual Rights, Council on Religion and Homosexuality, and the San Francisco Tavern Guild.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Homosexuality -- United States.
Gay liberation movement -- California.
Gay rights
Lucas, Donald Stewart
Daughters of Bilitis
Mattachine Society
Mattachine Society. San Francisco Area Council