Ault (Steve) Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) Records, 1983-1994, bulk 1983-1987

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Summary

Title:
Steve Ault Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) Records
Dates:
1983-1994, bulk 1983-1987
Creators:
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY)
Abstract:
Correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, organizational lists, publicity releases, flyers, bylaws, event schedules, financial records, project proposals, real estate contract, and other material documenting the founding and subsequent activities of the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (LGCSC) in New York City, 1983-1994. Founded in 1983, the LGCSC began as a coalition of lesbian and gay charitable organizations who negotiated the purchase of a municipal building to serve as a centralized site for the provision of health care, counseling, cultural, and social services to New York's lesbian and gay community.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
1 Linear Feet 1 archive box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Steve Ault Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) Records, Coll2011-027, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, organizational lists, publicity releases, flyers, bylaws, event schedules, financial records, project proposals, real estate contract, and other material documenting the founding and subsequent activities of the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (LGCSC) in New York City, 1983-1994. The bulk of the collection is comprised of administrative documents related to the purchase and conversion of its building (a former trade high school located in Greenwich Village), as well as subsequent operations as a community center.

Biographical / historical:

Founded in 1983, the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York) began as the AIDS crisis impelled a coalition of gay and lesbian charitable organizations to negotiate the purchase of a municipal building (a former trade high school located in Greenwich Village) to serve as a centralized site for the provision of health care, counseling, cultural, and social services to New York's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Steve Ault is among the Center's founding members.

Acquisition information:
Materials donated by Steve Ault, date unknown.
Processing information:

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Minimally processed by Marc LaRoque, 2012. Processed fully with accrual by Kyle Morgan, 2015.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Marc LaRocque, Kyle Morgan
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2015-10-15 19:48:31 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries 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.

Preferred citation:

Steve Ault Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) Records, Coll2011-027, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
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