Lin Gilbert Davis Collection, 1974-2013

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Davis, Lin Gilbert Lin Gilbert Davis
Abstract:
Extent:
1.25 linear feet (1 carton)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Lin Gilbert Davis Collection. GLBT Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes Davis’s photographs documenting women’s and lesbian gatherings in the 1970s Bay Area and Oregon; materials related to her 1990 wedding; and LGBT activist ephemera, t-shirts, and periodical, primarily dating to Davis’s years in San Francisco.

Biographical / historical:

Lin Gilbert Davis (b. 1942 September 15) is an LGBTQ rights activist. Born in Denver and raised in Washington and Ohio, Davis moved to San Francisco in 1967. In 1987, Davis joined the San Francisco contingent in the March on Washington. Also in 1987, she met Maureen “Mo” Longworth, whom she would marry in 1990. In 1993, Davis and Longworth relocated to Juneau, Alaska, becoming active in the state’s LGBTQ movement.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Lin Gilbert Davis, 2022.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
LGBTQ
Lesbians
Places:
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred citation:

Lin Gilbert Davis Collection. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:
989 Market Street, Lower Level
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Contact:
(415) 777-5455