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Title: Dennis Richards papers
Dates: 1991-2005
Collection Number: 2005-27
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 manuscript boxes
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Dennis Richards papers contain materials related to his work as a neighborhood activist and preservationist. Richards
was president of the Friends of 1800, a group of preservationists who successfully fought to save the Fallon Building, which
was slated to be demolished to build the LGBT Community Center. The bulk of the collection contains materials related to that
fight, including administrative records, board meeting minutes, correspondence, directories, e-mails, financial records, flyers
and other ephemera, materials about the Fallon Building, newsclippings, preservation reports and materials from the LGBT Community
Center, such as a grand opening program and a Naming Opportunities packet.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals
will be restricted for 20 years.
[Identification of item]. Dennis Richards papers. Collection Number: 2005-27. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Dennis Richards on February 5, 2005.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Dennis Richards papers contain materials related to his work as a neighborhood activist and preservationist. Richards
was president of the Friends of 1800, a group of preservationists who successfully fought to save the Fallon Building, which
was slated to be demolished to build the LGBT Community Center. The bulk of the collection contains materials related to that
fight, including administrative records, board meeting minutes, correspondence, directories, e-mails, financial records, flyers
and other ephemera, materials about the Fallon Building, newsclippings, preservation reports and materials from the LGBT Community
Center, such as a grand opening program and a Naming Opportunities packet. Richards was also President of the Duboce Triangle
Neighborhood Association, and there are newsclippings and additional materials related to other neighborhood preservation
projects. The bulk of the materials are from 1997 to 2001, but the collection also includes two ACT UP t-shirts, circa 1991.
T-shirts are in Box 2. The Thomas Mayer papers (1998-40) also have materials related to the Friends of 1800. GSSO Linked Terms:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008494
Gay men
Historic preservation