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Title: Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club records
Dates: 1977-1982
Collection Number: 2002-06
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .6 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains records of Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club (HMGDC) from 1977 to 1982. Originally the San Francisco
Gay Democratic Club, the organization was renamed after the assassination of Supervisor Harvey Milk in November 1978. Milk
had co-founded the club in 1976 after his unsuccessful campaign for California State Assembly. The contents of this collection
were amassed by Jim Gordon, co-founder, second Secretary and Historian of HMGDC.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals
will be restricted for 20 years.
[Identification of item]. Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club records. Collection Number: 2002-06. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of James E. Gordon on February 27, 2002.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains records of Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club (HMGDC) from 1977 to 1982. Originally the San Francisco
Gay Democratic Club, the organization was renamed after the assassination of Supervisor Harvey Milk in November 1978. Milk
had co-founded the club in 1976 after his unsuccessful campaign for California State Assembly. The contents of this collection
were amassed by Jim Gordon, co-founder, second Secretary and Historian of HMGDC. It contains a few organizational and financial
records, such as by-laws; correspondence and mass mailings; newsletters; reports of endorsements; texts of speeches; flyers;
mailing lists; and news clippings. The records were arranged chronologically by Gordon. Gordon included an inventory of all
news stories about HMGDC. There is one flyer from the same organization under its subsequent name, the Harvey Milk Lesbian
and Gay Democratic Club. Box 1 contains the inventory of newspaper clippings and materials from January 1977 to December 1980.
Box 2 contains materials from January 1981 to December 1982 and undated.
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Politics and elections