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Collection of Society for Individual Rights records
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Title: Collection of Society for Individual Rights records
Dates: 1965-1978
Collection Number: 2013-06
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 manuscript box
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains materials related to the homophile organization Society for Individual Rights (SIR) from the 1960s
and 1970s.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Collection of Society for Individual Rights records. Collection Number: 2013-06. GLBT Historical
Society
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains materials related to the homophile organization Society for Individual Rights (SIR) from the 1960s
and 1970s. Records include articles of incorporation, by-laws and a constitution; a bibliography on homosexuality compiled
by William Parker; directional reports; financial records; flyers; an information packet for E.C.H.O. (East Coast Homophile
Organizations); mass mailings; materials related to the Religious Committee and the Bay Area Prison Coalition; meeting minutes;
pamphlets from the Essays on Homosexuality series; press releases; and programs from shows, including the Sirlebrity Capades.
Related materials from SIR can be found in other Historical Society manuscript collections, as well as in the archives’ Periodical
and Ephemera Collections.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_002235; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
Homophile movement
Gay men