Rob Montague papers
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Title: Rob Montague papers
Dates: circa 1970-2002
Collection Number: 2003-34
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.8 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains 30 years of correspondence from friends and family to gay activist Samuel Robinson “Rob” Montague.
Montague (b. 1946) lived in San Francisco from 1976-2003. He was active in LGBT Jewish circles, and local and union politics.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Rob Montague papers. Collection Number: 2003-34. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Samuel Robinson Montague on August 26, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains 30 years of correspondence from friends and family to gay activist Samuel Robinson “Rob” Montague.
Montague (b. 1946) lived in San Francisco from 1976-2003. He was active in LGBT Jewish circles, and local and union politics.
Montague was a board member and president of congregations Sha’ar Zahov and Ahavat Shalom. He was involved in “No on 6” efforts
and the Human Rights Coalition and was office manager for Jimmy Carter’s primary campaign in California. Montague worked for
the United States Department of Health and Human Services for 20 years and was president of National Treasury Employees Union
Chapter 212. He was on the bargaining team that negotiated the first union contract in the federal sector that barred discrimination
on the basis of sexual orientation. After leaving San Francisco, Montague divided his time between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
and Kansas City, Kansas. The bulk of the collection is personal correspondence. It also includes a short autobiography and
Montague’s annotated description of his correspondents, through April, 1996. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007701;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003411; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
Jewish people
Labor
Gay men