Biographical Note
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Scope and Content
Acquisition Information
Arrangement
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Mikhail Itkin Papers
creator:
Itkin, Mikhail (Michael Francis Itkin)
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011-055
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
22 folders
Date (inclusive): 1958-1989
Abstract: Correspondence, flyers, newsletters, clippings, memoranda, notes, meeting notes, depositions, receipts, articles, essays,
broadsides, legal papers, medical certificates and other material from activist and gay religious leader, Mikhail (Michael)
Itkin, 1956-1989. A religious leader of various congregations, Itkin was also a gay rights and political activist.
Container: 1
Biographical Note
Mikhail Itkin was born Michael Francis Itkin on February 7, 1936. Working alternately out of New York, San Francisco, and
Los Angeles in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Itkin was a leader of churches of various names and was an activist advocate for
gay rights and political causes. Itkin died on August 1, 1989.
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.
Preferred Citation
Mikhail Itkin Papers, Coll2011-055, 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. In order to
provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Full processing of the collection
and acrural was completed by Scott Reed in 2016.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, flyers, newsletters, clippings, memoranda, notes, meeting notes, depositions, receipts, articles, essays,
broadsides, legal papers, medical certificates and other material documenting the activities of gay religious leader and activist
Mikhail (Michael) Itkin, 1956-1989. The bulk of the collection consists of Itkin's essays, flyers, and correspondence on gay,
political, and spiritual themes from the 1970s.
Acquisition Information
Some materials were sent to the International Gay and Lesbian Archives from Reverend Carol J. Davis of the Community of the
Love of Christ, circa 1991. Other materials were donated by Reverend Mikhail Itkin, circa 1982.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically. Writings and miscellaneous materials are listed at the end.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects
Gay activists -- United States -- California
Gays -- Religious life
Itkin, Mikhail (Michael Francis Itkin)