The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz Trailblazers Collection
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Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
2019
705 Front Street
Santa Cruz, California 95060
(831) 429-1964
https://santacruzmah.org/
Title: The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz Trailblazers Collection
Dates: ca. 1974-present
Collection Number: MS_001
Creator/Collector:
The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz County
Extent: 14+ linear feet
Repository:
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
Santa Cruz, California 95060
Abstract: The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz Trailblazers collection consists of a broad range of materials that pertain to LGBTQ activism
in the Santa Cruz area of California. This collection was amassed as part of a public history project initiated on behalf
of the Diversity Center in order to preserve and document local Queer histories in Santa Cruz. Dating from roughly 1974 to
2018, this collection contains local publications, photographs, magazines, posters, buttons, audio cassettes, manuscripts,
oral history video files, and ephemera that trace the trajectory of the LGBTQ+ community in the region. This collection and
the oral history files were funded by a grant from the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's Dolkas History Forum.
Language of Material: English
Open for research.
The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz Trailblazers Collection. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection has been arranged in the original order in which it was received from the Diversity Center. Materials have
been sorted into an intellectual grouping with other similar objects. A PDF of the Container List and complete contents is
provided for researchers.
A Gay Evening in May
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC)
Santa Cruz Gay Men's Chorus
Santa Cruz Pride
Names Project Foundation
Equality Action Project
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Committee United to Defeat the Briggs Initiative
Santa Cruz, California
Monterey, California