Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- John Fadner Papers
- Dates:
- 1910-1993
- Creators:
- Fadner, John
- Abstract:
- Honorable discharge form, photographs, clipping, medal, military identification tags, and certificate of Baptism from John Fadner, 1910-1993. John Fadner was a gay man fired from his job as an orderly at a Veteran's Administration Hospital during the McCarthy-era persecution of suspected gays in government service.
- Containers:
- Box: 1
- Extent:
- 0.2 linear foot. [1 archive carton.]
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Box #, folder #, John Fadner Papers, Coll2011-092, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
Background
- Scope and content:
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Honorable discharge form, photographs, clipping, medal, military identification tags, and certificate of Baptism from John Fadner, 1910-1993. John Fadner was a gay man fired from his job as an orderly at a Veteran's Administration Hospital during the McCarthy-era persecution of suspected gays in government service. Fadner was the "earliest applicant for ONE's Social Services Division"; he remained closely connected to ONE until his death in 1993.
- Biographical / historical:
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John Fadner was a gay man fired from his job as an orderly at a Veteran's Administration Hospital during the McCarthy-era persecution of suspected gays in government service. Fadner was the "earliest applicant for ONE's Social Services Division"; he remained closely connected to ONE until his death in 1993.
- Processing information:
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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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Gay military personnel--United States
Gays in the military - Names:
- ONE, Inc.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- (c) 2011
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-11-20T18:29-0800
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Contact ONE archivist regarding access restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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Contact ONE archivist regarding publication and use restrictions.
- Preferred citation:
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Box #, folder #, John Fadner Papers, Coll2011-092, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
- Location of this collection:
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909 West Adams BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007, US
- Contact:
- (213) 821-2771