Gay Bands Collection, 1978-1986 Coll2011.043*
Finding aid prepared by Marc LaRocque
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
(c) 2011
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California, 90007
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Title: Gay Bands Collection
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011.043*
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Language of Material:
English
Container: 1
Physical Description:
0.8 linear foot.
[13 folders]
Date (inclusive): 1978-1986
Abstract: Flyers, performance programs, correspondence, bylaws, meeting minutes, clippings, press releases, financial documents, member
lists, posters, photographs, memoranda, and conference materials primarily documenting Great American Yankee Freedom Band
in Los Angeles, a gay marching band established in 1978.
creator:
International Gay and Lesbian Archives.
The Great American Yankee Freedom Band was a gay marching band established in Los Angeles in 1978, following the lead of San
Francisco's Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps, founded earlier that same year. The Lesbian and Gay Band Association
was "a national organization founded [in 1983] to encourage and perpetuate the community band movement in the lesbian and
gay community."
Flyers, performance programs, correspondence, bylaws, meeting minutes, clippings, press releases, financial documents, member
lists, posters, photographs, memoranda, and conference materials primarily documenting Great American Yankee Freedom Band
in Los Angeles, a gay marching band established in 1978. The bulk of the materials concern the band's performances and fundraising
activities. The collection also includes a folder documenting a 1983 conference held by the Lesbian and Gay Band Association
in Washington, D.C.
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Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were
given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.
Gay Bands Collection, Coll2011-043, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Great American Yankee Freedom Band.
Lesbian and Gay Bands Association.
Bands (Music)--Gay
Bands (Music)--Lesbian