Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Howard L. Wallace papers
- Dates:
- 1965-2011
- Creators:
- Wallace, Howard Leslie, 1936-2012
- Abstract:
- Writings, training material, publications, correspondence, photographs, audio, video, realia, and other material, 1965-2011, from San Francisco gay and labor union activist Howard Wallace. Wallace was active in LGBT, labor, and human rights movements from a young age, often combining his labor union advocacy with social justice movements. He founded Bay Area Gay Liberation in 1975, and later founded the Lesbian Gay Labor Alliance in the 1980s, which eventually evolved into the organization Pride at Work and affiliated with the AFL-CIO.
- Extent:
- 3.4 Linear Feet 3 boxes.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder #, or item name] Howard L. Wallace Papers, Coll2018-019, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection comprises writings, promotional material, training material, publications, correspondence, photographs, audio, video, realia, and other material, 1965-2011, from San Francisco gay and labor union activist Howard Wallace. Wallace was active in gay, labor, and human rights movements from a young age, often combining his labor union advocacy with social justice movements. The collection includes documents and photographs related to Lesbian Gay Labor Alliance, later known as Pride at Work, an organization he founded that is now affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Materials in the collection also document his activism in various labor union and social justice movements, including his work in union organizing, local political campaigns, and advocacy for seniors. Also included are materials related to the boycott of Coors Brewing Company in the 1970s-1990s.
- Biographical / historical:
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Howard Leslie Wallace was born on August 29, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He spent most of his early years living in Denver, Colorado, where he became active in human rights, LGBT, and labor movements at a young age.
By the late-1960s, he moved to San Francisco. In 1975, he founded Bay Area Gay Liberation, and led campaigns to boycott Coors Brewing Company for their discriminatory practices.
Wallace's activism often combined his labor union organizing with social justice and human rights issues. In the 1980s, he founded Lesbian Gay Labor Alliance, which eventually evolved into Pride at Work, an organization of LGBT labor union activists affiliated with the AFL-CIO.
Wallace died on November 14, 2012 in San Francisco.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Craig Scott, March 30, 2017.
- Processing information:
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Collection processed by Craig Scott and Loni Shibuyama, 2019.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is divided into three series: (Series 1) personal papers, (Series 2) audio and video, and (Series 3) realia. Each series is arranged alphabetically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-10 11:54:19 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder #, or item name] Howard L. Wallace Papers, Coll2018-019, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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909 West Adams BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007, US
- Contact:
- (213) 821-2771