Steve Ault Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) Records, 1983-1994
Coll2012-027
Marc LaRocque, Kyle Morgan
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Steve Ault Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) Records
creator:
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY)
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2012-027
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 archive box
Date (inclusive): 1983-1994
Date (bulk): 1983-1987
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.
Container: 1
Historical Note
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.
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Publication Rights
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.
Acquisition Information
Materials donated by Steve Ault, date unknown.
Preferred Citation
Steve Ault Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY) Records, Coll2011-027, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
Los Angeles, California
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.
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.
Separated to the ONE periodical and program collections
Center Happenings, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 23 issues, 1986-1991, 1997.
Center Sports, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 4 issues, 1989-1990.
Center Stage, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 11 issues, 1987-1988.
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Garden Party programs, 1987 1988/1989, 1989/1990.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gays -- Services for
Lesbians -- Services for
Gay community -- New York (State) -- New York
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (New York, NY)
Box 1, Folder 1
Administrator records
1983-1985
Box 1, Folder 2-3
Architects' committee
1983-1987
Box 1, Folder 4-11
Board of directors
1983-1987
Box 1, Folder 12
Mario Cuomo photograph
1987
Box 1, Folder 13
Dance committee
1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 14
Executive director
1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 17
Garden parties
1985-1987, undated
Box 1, Folder 18-20
General administration
1983-1994
Box 1, Folder 21
History and bylaws
1983, undated
Box 1, Folder 22
Resumes of board members, directors, managers, et al.
1984-1986
Box 1, Folder 23
Space and group use
1984-1986
