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Title: Jim Gordon papers
Dates: 1938-2002
Collection Number: 2002-27
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 8.4 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection documents the everyday life and political work of San Francisco gay activist Jim Gordon (1938-). The collection
contains chronological files that record his activities and his association with a myriad of organizations—including but not
limited to—the Harvey Milk Archives, various LGBT Democratic clubs, the San Francisco Hiking Club, SKIN (San Francisco Kindred
Nudists), spirituality and travel.
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]. Jim Gordon papers. Collection Number: 2002-27. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of James E. Gordon, 2002-2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection documents the everyday life and political work of San Francisco gay activist James (Jim) Gordon (1938-). The
collection contains chronological files that record his activities and his association with a myriad of organizations—including
but not limited to—the Harvey Milk Archives, various LGBT Democratic clubs, the San Francisco Hiking Club, SKIN (San Francisco
Kindred Nudists), spirituality and travel. The chronological files contain a wide range of materials, including correspondence,
e-mails and memos; ephemera; newsletters; organizational records; periodicals; personalia; and subject materials. The collection
also contains hundreds of slides documenting Gay Freedom Day and Pride parades, marches and rallies, street fairs and protests;
almost 40 years of correspondence to his parents; nearly 30 years of diaries, journals of spiritual experiences and dream
logs; subject files; personalia; and a few t-shirts and artifacts. Gordon kept meticulous records of his everyday life; as
he noted in an e-mail, “I may be the only person whose life GLBTHS has records of on four levels of consciousness: waking,
dreaming, psychedelic and meditative!”
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003201; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001021
Politics and elections
Pride parades