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Lucas (Don) collection of Mattachine Society audio recordings

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Series 1. Mattachine Society annual conventions and meetings

Scope and Contents

Recordings of speeches & panels from national conventions/conferences (almost all in San Francisco, CA), as well recordings from or for New York and Tacoma, Washington meetings.

box 1, reel 2

"What is the Mattachine Society?" Public Relations talk. First third of tape. Rest tape Dr. Hooker partial talk, discussion of first tests (excellent) 868815 July 27, 1954

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Talk by unidentified Mattachine Society Public Relations director ; Talk by Dr. Evelyn Hooker

box 2, reel 21

Side I: Bill Bartlett. 3/4 of tape. Mattachine Society Discussion 1/4 1956 talk. Transcribe. Side II: Denver Talk, Dictation Letters. Erase 868853 1956-1957

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SIDE A:

At least two men talking, singing, drinking wine and reciting poetry including Whitman "Oh Captain My Captain." Last ten minutes of track is a recording of speaker (probably Don Lucas) at 1956 Mattachine Society conference. Del Martin also speaks

SIDE B:

Don Lucas practice recording of welcome speech at Mattachine Society 4th annual Convention (1957) ; other speaker (Bartlett?) briefly, followed by Lucas dictating letters

box 3, reel 31

1. Business Meeting Board of Directors, Mattachine Society 1956 3/4 of Side. 2. May Be Erased (U.S. Steel Hour) 868873 1956

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Mattachine Society business meeting

SIDE B: United States Steel Hour dramatic program "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals"

box 2, reel 20

Mattachine Convention, S.F. California, Afternoon Session, opening speech Basil Vaerlen, Rhoda Kellogg, Dr. Lieberman, Business Meeting 868851 May 11-12, 1956

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SIDE A:

Mattachine Society 3rd annual convention 1956. Research director Vaerlen hosts an "Introduction to a Survey of the Homophilic Problem." Kellogg of Golden Gate Nursery Schools: "Conditioning of Pre-School Children" ; Daniel Lieberman, Mendocino State Hospital Superintendent & Medical Director: "When Does the Homophile Need Psychiatric Treatment" ; Robert "Bob" Flippin, counselor at San Quentin prison: "The Homophile in State Prisons." Incomplete, continued by reel 28

SIDE B:

Mattachine Society business meeting May 12, 1956 (quiet recording)

box 2, reel 28

Mattachine Society Convention San Francisco May 12, 1956; Opening Speech Ken Burns, Don Slater, Sam Morford, Ken Zwerin 868867 [May 11, 1956]

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Mattachine Society 3rd annual convention 1956, morning session. Ken Burns delivers Chairman's address ; Program chairman Basil Vaerlen hosts Don Slater of One Magazine ; William Lambert, Secretary-Treasurer ; Sam Morford "Report on Mattachine In Eastern States" ; Ken Zwerin, attorney "Comment On the Law"

SIDE B:

Mattachine Society 3rd annual convention 1956. Basil Vaerlen introduces Mattachine Society Board ; Ken Burns announces "awards of merit" ; Harold Call presents member of year award to Don Lucas, who speaks briefly ; Vaerlen introduces Dr. R.S. Rood, superintendent & medical director of Atascadero State Hospital (introduction only)

box 1, reel 1

Donald Webster Cory. Address before the New York Area Council, Mattachine Society, Inc., Monthly meeting 868813 August 6, 1957

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box 2, reel 23

[Mattachine Society convention] Panel Discussion- Convention. Sam Morford-Moderator, "Must the Individual Homosexual Be Rejected in Our Time." Dr. Auerback, Dr. Harry Benjamin 868857 [August 31, 1957]

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Mattachine Society 4th annual convention 1957, afternoon panel. Research director Sam Morford introduces Harry Benjamin, endocrinologist, sexologist, psychologist; Leo J. Zeff, Berkeley clinical psychologist & practicing therapist; and two social workers - Julia Coleman & William A. Baker of San Carlos, California

SIDE B:

Mattachine Society 4th annual convention 1957, afternoon panel continued. Dr. Alfred Auerback, psychiatrist at University of California. Recording is muffled

box 3, reel 30

[Mattachine Society convention] Discussions on Mattachine Society ; The Review, Daughters of Bilitis ; The Ladder, One, Inc. ; One Magazine ; Pan Graphic Press. Hal Call, Phyllis Lyon, Helen Sanders, Dorr Legg, Jim Kepner, Tony Segura 1957 868871 [September 1, 1957]

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Mattachine Society 4th annual convention 1957. Harold Call moderates discussion on "Homophile Organizations and Publications in the U.S. Today". Includes Daughters of Bilitis president Helen Sanders ; treasurer & editor of "The Ladder" Phyllis Lyon (gap in recording) ; "One" magazine editor William Dorr Legg ; associate editor Jim Kepner and Mattachine Society member Sten Russell

SIDE B:

Mattachine Society 4th annual convention 1957. Tony Segura of New York, Public Relations Director

box 3, reel 42

Dr. Ellis, Recorded Message, Sent to 4th Mattachine Society Convention 868895 1957

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Mattachine Society 4th Annual convention 1957, brief greeting by Dr. Albert Ellis

box 3, reel 32

Mattachine - The Beginning of an Era, D. Stewart Lucas, Secretary-General, Board of Directors, Mattachine Society, Inc., Denver Area Council 868875 August 23, 1958

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"This tape recording is of an address only. The Chairman is to supply the introduction from the info below. Speaker: D. Stewart Lucas, Secretary-General, Board of Directors, Mattachine Society, Inc. Delivered before a meeting sponsored by the Denver Area Council on August 23, 1958. This tape is of special value in the orientation of new people to the history, aims and purposes of the Mattachine Society. It is suggested that one or more members be present to answer questions during the question & discussion period following playing of the tape."

box 3, reel 33

[Mattachine Society Publications Day Seminar] Afternoon Panel, December 5, 1959. Phyllis Kronhausen, Dr. Wallace Maxey, Walter Winters, Molly Minudri, Charles Garry 868877 December 5, 1959 February 12, 1960

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Off-air recording of KPFA radio program. Mattachine Society Second Annual Publications Day Seminar panel discussion on "Should Americans Read About Sex?" Harold Call introduces and KPFA Public Affairs Director Elsa Knight Thompson moderates. Panelists: Dr. Phyllis C. Kronhausen (psychologist & co-author of '"Pornography and the Law") ; Mrs. Molly Minudri (attorney & President, "San Francisco Committee for Decent Literature") ; Wallace de Ortega Maxey (former editor of "Sex & Censorship" magazine, author of "Man Is a Sexual Being" & Director of Research, Mattachine Society) ; Charles R. Garry (attorney). Recording is noisy

box 2, reel 27

Rev. Robert Wood, New York Mattachine 868865 1960

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box 2, reel 19

[Don Lucas] Resume of Talk Given in Tacoma, Washington 868849 May 7, 1960

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Scope and Contents

recording of Don Lucas speech

Box 1, reel 6

[Mattachine Society convention] Let's Change Our Outmoded Sex Laws Panel, First Part. 9-3-60 September 3, 1960

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Mattachine Society 7th annual convention 1960. Hotel Bellevue, San Francisco. Panel discussion introduced by Dr. Harry Benjamin and moderated by Molly Minudri. With John O'Connell, 23rd Assembly District, San Francisco ; Dr. David W. Allen, University of California School of Medicine ; Assemblyman Phillip Burton ; Dr. Joseph Andriola, Atascadero State Hospital ; Bernice Engle, Research Assistant, Langley Porter Clinic and University of California School of Medicine

box 3, reel 36

Mattachine Society Convention, Joseph Silver, Dr. Harry Benjamin. Mr. Silver- Morning Session, Dr. Benjamin-Afternoon Session; Prescott Townsend, Boston 868883 September 3, 1960

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Mattachine Society 7th annual convention 1960. Joseph R. Silver, Executive Director of Northern California Service League, San Francisco "Problems of Rehabilitation"

SIDE B:

Mattachine Society 7th annual convention 1960. Dr. Harry Benjamin, "The Seven Sexes of Man" ; Prescott Townsend "Greetings From Boston" (possibly from 9/4/59 Denver conference)

box 3, reel 37

[Mattachine Society convention] Saturday Afternoon Panel "Employment and Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders and Veterans with Less than Honorable Discharges". Moderator Lucas. Jan Marinissen, Joseph R. Rowan, Mrs. Lillian Stodick, Charles Ivens, Robert Gilbert, Jack Garner 868885 September 2, 1961

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A & B:

Mattachine Society 8th annual convention 1961. Don Lucas, moderator, with Jan Marinissen (Rehabilitation Secretary, American Friends Service Committee) ; Joseph R. Rowan (Western Director, Citizens Action Program, National Council on Crime & Delinquency) ; Mrs. Lillian E. Stodick (Secretary of Allied Fellowship Service) ; Charles Ivens (Selective Placement Interview Division of California State Department of Employment) ; Robert Gilbert (former Executive Director for San Francisco Council on Alcoholism, now with Adult Probation Unit, Marin County)

box 1, reel 7

Side I: Dr. Karl Bowman, Banquet Speaker, 1962 Mattachine Society Conference, August 25, 1962. Side II: Dr. Edgar Cummings, Hal Call 868825 August 25, 1962

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SIDE A:

Mattachine Society 9th annual convention 1962. Harold Call remarks, introduces some of Mattachine Board ; dramatic performance by P.E. [Ritten?] of Los Angeles ; Karl Bowman speech titled "Changing Attitudes Towards Homosexuality," closing remarks by Call

SIDE B:

Mattachine Society 9th annual convention continued. Harold Call introduces Edgar Cummings, Associate Director of American Social Health Association, who discusses veneral disease (with Q&A) ; Don Lucas announcement ; Harold Call speech (transcribed in Mattachine Review Vol.8 No.10 October 1962) and introduction of Cummings (repeated)

box 2, reel 26

Mattachine Society Conference, Marshal Krause A.C.L.U., Richard Schlegal "Homosexual Cupid" 868863 August 25, 1962

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Mattachine Society 9th annual convention 1962. Harold Call introduces Richard Schlegel of American University. Speech transcribed in Mattachine Review vol.8 no.11, November 1962 as "Homosexuals in Government: Can We Afford the Manpower Waste and Human Tragedy Resulting from Our Double Standard of Morals?"

SIDE B:

Mattachine Society 9th annual convention 1962. Harold Call introduces Marshall W. Krause, staff counsel, Northern California branch of American Civil Liberties Union

box 1, reel 3

[Mattachine Society convention] Rev. Robert W. Wood: 50 minute address on "Changing Religion's Attitudes Toward Homosexuality" 868817 August 1962

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Mattachine Society 9th annual convention 1962. Dr. Wood pre-recorded his speech due to a family emergency. Speech was transcribed in Mattachine Review Vol.8 No.11 November 1962 as "Changing Religious Attitudes Toward Homosexuality"

box 2, reel 25

Mattachine Conference, Dean Julian Bartlett, Evander Smith, Rev. Cecil Williams 868861 August 28, 1965

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Mattachine Society 12th annual convention 1965. Speakers are Rev. C. Julian Bartlett (with a Q&A moderated by Harold Call) followed by Reverend Cecil Williams and then Evander Smith. Recording is incomplete

Series 2. Radio & television broadcasts

Scope and Contents

Mostly recorded from broadcasts in San Francisco and Los Angeles, including KPFA panel discussions, audio from Paul Coates television programs, and recordings of political editorials by mayoral candidate Russell Wolden Jr. (the subject of a defamation lawsuit by the Mattachine Society)

box 2, reel 22

Hooker Discussion Meeting July 21, 1954 1. Paul Coates (Police Entrapment). 2. Sex Variant & Society (Discussion Group). Side II: Talk with P.R. Director on Audio Visual Program (Not Good) 868855 July 21, 1954

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Off-air recording of Paul Coates KTTV, Los Angeles "Confidential File" television program on police entrapment. Commercials removed, some recording problems ; Mattachine Society discussion group including "Bob" (possibly Bob Hull?), "Frank," "John," others

SIDE B:

Informal interview in Los Angeles, poor recording

box 3, reel 41

The Homosexual in Society, KPFA 868893 November 24, 1958

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SIDE A:

Off-air recording of two-part KPFA program moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson of KPFA's Public Affairs Department. First part, "The Role of the Homosexual as an Individual and as a Member of Society" with Harold L. Call, editor of Mattachine Review ; Dr. Blanche M. Baker, psychiatrist ; Leah Gailey, housewife

SIDE B:

Off-air recording of two-part KPFA program moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson of KPFA's Public Affairs Department. Second part, "The Role Society Should Play" with Dr. Karl Bowman, psychiatrist, former director of Langley Porter Clinic of the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco ; Dr. Frank A. Beach Jr., anthropologist and professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley ; Morris Lowenthal, San Francisco attorney ; Dr. David H. Wilson, attorney and psychiatrist of the University of California School of Criminology at Berkeley

box 3, reel 40

Radio Broadcast Over Station KPFA. Discussion on the 'Beats' and their sex life, Dr. Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen; Lawrence Lipton, author of "The Beats" 868891 July 29, 1959

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Off-air recording of KPFA broadcast of pre-recorded "The Love Ways of the Beatniks" program with host Bill Butler

box 1, reel 8

Wolden Speech. Balance of tape, music, etc. I: Music, II: Wolden Speech, Ed Sullivan Show 868827 [October 7, 1959]

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

music

SIDE B:

Off-air recording of mayoral candidate Russell L. Wolden Jr.'s statement on KNBC radio,"The Truth About the Mayor's 'Clean City:' An Expose" about his incumbent opponent George Christopher's policy on homosexuality. Wolden took out a fifteen-minute paid political spot which was broadcast at 6:45pm on October 7, 1959. Statement is followed by announcer, NBC chimes, Ed Sullivan "Army Show," radio drama, and more music

box 3, reel 39

Wolden Broadcasts 868889 1959

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Off-air recording of paid announcement by mayoral candidate Russell L. Wolden Jr. and the Wolden for Mayor Committee on KCBS regarding media bias against him, with statements by Claude H. Jenkerson (San Francisco Labor Council President) ; Emmett F. Hagerty (Chairman of Democratic County Central Committee) ; George Hardy (International President of Building Service Employees Union) ; John [Harrom?] (President of Building Trades Council and Vice President of Union Labor Party) ; and Mrs. Marie Demartini Bruce (International Representative of Communications Workers of America) - Bruce mentions "sex deviates"

Off-air recordings of two more Wolden announcements titled "My Decision and Yours" on KGO and KCBS

Short recording of unknown speaker (Don Lucas?) on telephone answering questions about Mattachine Society

box 3, reel 43

KGO Broadcast, Hal Call 868897 June 7, 1960

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Off-air recording of Harold Call interviewed on San Francisco radio station KGO

box 2, reel 24

The Rejected Side I: September 11, 1961, KQED. 1 hour. Side II: Paul Coates (2 programs) Walt Winter, Attorney in Wolden suit. Date? 868859 September 11, 1961 [side I]

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Off-air recording of KQED television program (including station announcements)

SIDE B:

Off-air recordings of Paul Coates "Confidential File" television programs on KTTV, Los Angeles with Walter T. Winter, lawyer working for the Mattachine Society in a suit against Russell Wolden, Jr. ; second program is referred to as "A Controversial & Challenging Viewpoint on an Age-Old Moral Issue"

box 3, reel 38

Side 1. "Society and the Homosexual" Panel Discussion: Jaye Bell, President of Daughters of Bilitis; Harold Call, Mattachine Society; Richard Hayden, Superior Court Judge of Los Angeles County; Paul K. Rowan, Professor of Sociology; Moderator: Ben Hunter. May 13 in Los Angeles, CA. KTTV Presents, "Argument." Side 2. "Reactions to Deviant Behavior in Other Cultures" George De Vos, social anthropologist and psychologist, associate professor, U.C. School of Social Welfare, speaking at the Extension Center Symposium, August 1962 KPFK-LA. "Obscenity and Censorships" Ernest Van Den Haag, social philosopher and psychoanalyst speaking at U.C Berkeley. Says he "believes" in both. July 1962 KPFK-LA 868887 1962

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Scope and Contents

"Recorded by John Eccles. Property of Mattachine Society, Inc."

SIDE A:

Off-air recording of KTTV Los Angeles "Argument" television program, May 13, 1962

SIDE B:

Off-air recording of KPFK Los Angeles radio programs, July & August 1962

box 3, reel 34

The San Francisco Police versus The Church - North-American Broadcasting Corporation Interview 868879 January 1965

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Pre-recorded NABC radio program about the California Hall police harrassment incident. "An interview with three attorneys and the mother of a six year old child who were arrested while attending a benefit sponsored by The Council on Religion and the Homosexual. The Benefit and arrests took place January 1st, 1965." Host interviews Elliott Leighton (lawyer), Herbert Donaldson (CRH lawyer), Evander Smith (CRH lawyer), Nancy (mother and member of Society for Individual Rights), Nancy May (ticket-taker arrested for insisting on police identification).

box 3, reel 35

Incident at California Hall Part I. North-American Broadcasting Corporation 868881 January 1965

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Pre-recorded NABC radio program. Public Affairs Department of the North-American Broadcasting Corporation presents "Incident at California Hall," a discussion by board members of The Council on Religion & The Homosexual. Following announcer, Reverend Cecil Williams of Glide Foundation moderates panel of Rev. Charles "Chuck" Lewis of Lutheran North Beach Mission ; Harold L. Call, president of Mattachine Society ; William "Bill" Beardemphl, president of the Society for Individual Rights (SIR) ; Mark Forrester, SIR secretary ; Phyllis Lyon, PR director for the Daughters of Bilitis ; Daryl Glied, president of the San Francisco Tavern Guild

Series 3. Mattachine Society-produced educational programs

Scope and Contents

Most are half-hour segments referred to as a "series of topics on homosexuality and sex deviation," made in July 1954 possibly for broadcast or distribution to libraries and schools (one compilation reel is labeled "for Stanford University")

box 1, reel 11

The Hustler and Sex in Prison. Male Prostitution 868833 July 17, 1964

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Harold Call hosts discussion with "Tom," "Gary," and Don Lucas

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Veneral Disease. Contains Telephone Insert 868835 July 17, 1964

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Harold Call hosts discussion with two employees of San Francisco Public Health Department: James "Jim" D. Ash (epidemiologist at clinic) and Marie Angelle (psychiatric social worker)

box 1, reel 13

Mattachine and Daughters of Bilitis 868837 July 18, 1964

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Scope and Contents

"Half-hour discussion" with Mattachine Society members Harold Call and Donald Lucas and Daughters of Bilitis members Phyllis Lyon (Public Relations director), Del Martin (treasurer), and Cleo Glenn (president)

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The Daughters of Bilitis 868839 July 18, 1964

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Don Lucas hosts Daughters of Bilitis members Phyllis Lyon (Public Relations director), Del Martin (treasurer), Cleo Glenn (president)

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Research in the Homosexual Area 868841 July 18, 1964

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Harold Call, Don Lucas, Ruth McGuire [Maguire?} of New York Resource & Referral Service

box 2, reel 16

Introduction to the Homophile Movement 868843 July 21, 1964

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Harold Call and Don Lucas discuss the Mattachine Society

box 2, reel 17

Breakthrough in the Conspiracy of Silence. Hal Call, Don Lucas 868845 July 21, 1964

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Harold Call and Don Lucas discuss the Mattachine Society

box 2, reel 18

The Law and the Homosexual 868847 July 21, 1964

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Don Lucas with Herb Donaldson, San Francisco attorney

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The Church and the Homosexual 868821 July 25, 1964

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Harold Call, president of Mattachine Society, in discussion with Reverend Ted McIlvenna of Glide Foundation & director of young adult project in San Francisco, Father Jim Golder, pastor of the Church of the Advent in San Francisco, and Don Lucas, Executive Secretary of Mattachine Society

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S.F. Tavern Guild 868819 July 25, 1964

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Program titled "The Gay Bar as a Social Setting for the Homosexual." Harold Call, president of Mattachine Society in discussion with Tavern Guild members Daryl Glied (president), Jack Garner (Vice President) and Bill Plath (Treasurer)

box 1, reel 10

Side I: San Francisco Tavern Guild Recorded July 25, 1964. A Breakthrough in the Conspiracy of Silence Recorded: July 21, 1964 868831 July 1964

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Scope and Contents

compilation of recordings from other tapes

box 1, reel 9

Side I: Introduction to Mattachine Society Homophile Movement, Recorded July 21, 1964 for Stanford University. The Law and the Homosexual Recorded July 21, 1964. Side II: The Church and the Homosexual Recorded July 25, 1964. The Hustler and Sex in Prison, Male Prostitution Recorded July 17, 1964 868829 July 1964

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Scope and Contents

compilation of recordings from other tapes

Series 4. Other recordings

box 3, reel 29

Panel Discussion - Tacoma Washington 868869 circa 1960

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Scope and Contents

Unidentified symposium or conference not related to Mattachine - topic is sexual deviance, panelists are largely psychologists. Opening statements followed by discussion

box 3, reel 44

Mattachine Convention, 1956? Telling Mother About It. 9/11 868899 September 11, 1957

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Don Lucas dictates a letter to his mother recounting the 1957 Mattachine Society convention

box 3, reel 45

One Midwinter Institute. Tape broken in two places. Letters to mother, Letter to Don 868901 1957

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Scope and Contents

SIDE A:

Don Lucas dictates a letter to his mother recounting a trip to the Midwinter Institute at One Inc., Los Angeles

SIDE B:

Lucas letter to mother continued, followed by a letter from his father read aloud

Collection Contents

Series 1. Mattachine Society annual conventions and meetings

Series 2. Radio & television broadcasts

Series 3. Mattachine Society-produced educational programs

Series 4. Other recordings