Material Specific Details: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings occupies boxes 1 through 3. Notable subjects include Cleve Jones and his promotion of the Names Project; lesbian and gay parenting; writer Armistead Maupin; attorney Gloria Allred; the economics of living in a domestic partnership; Legal Action for Women founder Ginny Foat; philanthropist Audrey Mertz; philanthropy within the gay and lesbian community; marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples; publisher Sasha Allyson; gay Republican Frank Ricchiazzi; San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos; gay and lesbian teen advocate and Project 10 founder Virginia Uribe; legislative consultant Stan Hadden; Sacramento School Board member Gary Miller; politician and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson; Sacramento gallery owner Michael Himovitz; Rick Saporito; the Shanti Project's George Voigt; discrimination activist Paul Jasperson; Elizabeth Harrison of the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights; animal rights activist Rick Haze; Santa Cruz Mayor John Laird; Fleet Feet founder Sally Edwards; filmmaker Gus Van Sant; female impersonator Robert Decker; outreach to gay youth; discrimination against gay and lesbian servicemembers; AIDS treatment advocate Michael Ritter; artist and writer Michael Willhoite; writer and philosopher Judy Grahn; Reverend Jerry Sloan of Sacramento's Metropolitan Community Church; Psychotherapist Ellie Zacks; Shireen Miles of the National Organization of Women; youth advocate Liz Huesemann; research psychologist Joan McKenna; Rutgers University professor Susan Cavin; Cornell University clinical psychiatrist Richard Isay; advertising executive Howard Wallman; gay rights activist Peri Jude Redecic; Washington State legislator Cal Anderson; gay greeting card creator Laura Baker; Colorado gubernatorial candidate Tea Schook; comedian Robin Tyler; lesbian contributions throughout history; author and relationship consultant Celeste West; publisher and gay activist Alan Bell; author and film critic Vito Russo; artist Tee Corinne; butch-femme modeling; notable gay African Americans in history; homosexuality, genetics, and evolution; impacts of philanthropy and investment on gay rights; gay cable television; California Assembly Bill 101 (AB 101); novelist Blanche McCrary Boyd; androgyny; gay activist Jeanne Cordova; lesbian erotica; Vivian Shapiro of New York's Stonewall Community Fund; Deneuve Magazine; Diane Mosbacher; the work satisfaction of gays and lesbians; philanthropist James Hormel; Torie Osborn of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Sacramento police officer Shawn Hansen; lesbian greeting cards; Quentin Crisp; Don't Ask, Don't Tell; political strategist David Mixner; writer Paula Gunn Allen; writer Robert Plunket; gay adoption; gay and lesbian bookstores; gay men and lesbian couples; writer Kim Chernin; actor Kathy Najimy; and acting California Secretary of State Tony Miller.

Material Specific Details: Book Notes occupies Boxes 4 and 5. Material appears in the following order: Superstars: Twelve Lesbians Who Changed the World (1993), Lesbian Lists: A Look at Lesbian Culture, History, and Personalities (1990), and the rape journal (1974). The original manuscript for the rape journal is included.

Material Specific Details: Photographs can be found in a single folder in Box 5. Images of particular note show Richards, award-winning journalist Jeannine Guttman, Sacramento gallery owner Michael Himovitz, and acclaimed neon artist Lili Lackich.

Material Specific Details: Mainstream Articles is housed in Box 5. Subjects include California PERS investment manager Greta Marshall, artist Patricia Szymanowski, information technology professional Steve Kolodney, policy specialist Jananne Sharpless, New Age promoter Paulette Pitner, physician David Katz, attorney Delicia "Dee Dee" Abdur-Rahim, attorney Gene Livingston, and artist Steve Running Stream Phillips.

Material Specific Details: Electronic Media can be found in Box 6. Notable content includes a December 1990 audio interview of Richards on KRCC radio called "Concerning Gays and Lesbians"; a June 1990 audio interview of Richards with Bay Area journalist David Lamble; a 1990 audio recording of a panel for the OUT Write Conference entitled "Cultural Workers: The Roles of Gay Journalism"; and a May 1990 audio interview of Richards regarding Lesbian Lists on the "Coming Out Show." Also included is a video interview of Richards on an August 1988 segment of the evening news on KXTV; a video interview for Superstars on the Gay Cable Network in October 1993; a video interview on "Spectrum News" in June 1990; a video interview for "Gay Fairfax" in January 1991; a video interview for the "Lambda Report" in September 1990; and "Gay Talk" in November 1991. 34 microcassette interviews, conducted by Richards, are also included.

Material Specific Details: Public Relations lives in Box 7 and relates to Richards's founding and operation of her Sacramento-based public relations firm. Clients of note include Mutual Housing California, Sacramento Piano Conservatory founder Tanya Plescia, Brian Witherell of Witherell's auctions, and artist and lighting designer Michael Sestak. Richards was also influential in securing and promoting the Sacramento visit, in 1996, of Huichol Indian, shaman, and yarn painter Jose Benitez Sanchez. The trip was highlighted by appearances at the Himowitz Gallery and California State University, Sacramento.

Material Specific Details: Personal can be found in Box 7 and is composed of content relating to Richards's interest in studio dance, fire dancing, and birding watching, which has taken her to various continents. Formats are articles, photographs, and CDRs that contain digital images. A VHS cassette contains the July 2004 Sacramento DanceSport event "Dance-Dance-Revolution," conducted at North Sacramento's Musicians Hall.

Material Specific Details: Family Correspondence (Restricted) occupies Box 8. Several letters and postcards written between Richards and her parents, Betty and Ray Fitzgerald, cover years 1978 to 1987. Access is governed by restrictions specified in the access field and Scope and Content Note.

Material Specific Details: Correspondence (Restricted) occupies Box 9 and holds correspondence between the creator and personal acquaintances. Access is governed by restrictions specified in the access field and Scope and Content Note. Items have been left in their original order.