Mark 40 Defense Fund Records, 1976-1983, bulk Bulk, 1976-1977

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Summary

Title:
Mark 40 Defense Fund Records
Dates:
1976-1983, bulk Bulk, 1976-1977
Creators:
Mark 40 Defense Fund.
Abstract:
Correspondence, meeting minutes, police reports, legal papers, defendent lists, notes, memoranda, financial documents, constitution, press releases, photograph, interview transcripts, clippings, fact sheets, flyers, and graphic design material from the Mark 40 Defense Fund, 1976-1983. The Mark 40 Defense Fund was organized to provide legal representation for 4 men (of 40 arrested) charged with "pandering" and "involuntary servitude" in the wake of a Los Angeles Police Department raid on a gay benefit "slave auction" held at the Mark IV Health Club on Melrose Ave. in 1976.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
0.4 linear foot. [9 folders]
Language:
Preferred citation:

Mark 40 Defense Fund Records, Coll2011-093, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, meeting minutes, police reports, legal papers, defendent lists, notes, memoranda, financial documents, constitution, press releases, photograph, interview transcripts, clippings, fact sheets, flyers, and graphic design material from the Mark 40 Defense Fund, 1976-1983. The Mark 40 Defense Fund was organized to provide legal representation for 4 men (of 40 arrested) charged with "pandering" and "involuntary servitude" in the wake of a Los Angeles Police Department raid on a gay benefit "slave auction" held at the Mark IV Health Club on Melrose Ave. in 1976.

Biographical / historical:

The Mark 40 Defense Fund was organized to provide legal representation for 4 men (of 40 arrested) charged with "pandering" and "involuntary servitude" in the wake of a Los Angeles Police Department raid on a gay benefit "slave auction" held at the Mark IV Health Club on Melrose Ave. in 1976.

Processing information:

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Marc LaRocque
Date Prepared:
(c) 2011
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-05-30T15:06-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Contact ONE archivist regarding access restrictions.

Terms of access:

Contact ONE archivist regarding publication and use restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Mark 40 Defense Fund Records, Coll2011-093, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu
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