Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Murray Lee Balan papers
- Dates:
- c 1969-2009
- Creators:
- Murray Lee Balan
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1.5 linear feet (1 oversize box)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Murray Lee Balan papers. GLBT Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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Murray Lee Balan was the co-founder of the Gay Emmaus House of San Francisco in 1969, which had a goal of providing food, shelter, community, social services, and counseling to the LGBTQ community. He also worked to form a gay commune in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco and served as the administrative director of the LGBT Center in Long Beach from 1987-1989. This collection includes flyers, photographs, newsletters, and ephemera documenting this work, as well as three audio cassettes of an interview with Morris Knight, and a book, written by Balan titled, Alien Journal.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Murray Lee Balan, 2022.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- LGBTQ
gay men - Places:
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- c 1969-2009
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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:
-
Murray Lee Balan papers. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455