Gay Men’s Spiritual Retreat records

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GLBT Historical Society

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Gay Men’s Spiritual Retreat records

Dates: 1981-2013

Collection Number: 2023-31

Creator/Collector: Gay Men's Spiritual Retreat

Extent: 17 linear feet (10 cartons and 5 oversized boxes)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: First founded in 1981, the Gay Men’s Spiritual Retreat’s (GMSR) mission is, in the words of its 2023 web page, “to foster spiritual growth by sponsoring spiritual retreats and activities that are non-religious non-sectarian and non-judgemental.” This collection includes membership and attendee lists, planning meeting minutes, newsletters, and scrapbooks documenting GMSR’s retreats. Each of the collection’s scrapbooks contain dozens of photographs, sometimes interfiled with songs and ritual chants, spiritual literature, activity schedules, and artworks by retreat attendees, that documenting individual retreats in the North Bay Area.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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

[Identification of item]. Gay Men’s Spiritual Retreat records. Collection Number: 2023-31. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Elliott Brown, March 2023.

Scope and Content of Collection

First founded in 1981, the Gay Men’s Spiritual Retreat’s (GMSR) mission is, in the words of its 2023 web page, “to foster spiritual growth by sponsoring spiritual retreats and activities that are non-religious non-sectarian and non-judgemental.” This collection includes membership and attendee lists, planning meeting minutes, newsletters, and scrapbooks documenting GMSR’s retreats. Each of the collection’s scrapbooks contain dozens of photographs, sometimes interfiled with songs and ritual chants, spiritual literature, activity schedules, and artworks by retreat attendees, that documenting individual retreats in the North Bay Area.

Indexing Terms

LGBTQ

Gay men

Religion and spirituality

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Albums (Books)

Photographs