Finding Aid to the George Raya Papers, 1972-1979
Coll2013-049
Kyle Morgan
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
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Los Angeles, California 90007
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: George Raya papers
creator:
Raya, George
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-049
Identifier/Call Number: 530
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 archive box
Date (inclusive): 1972-1979
Date (bulk): 1975-1979
Abstract: Correspondence, promotional material, clippings, California legislature bills, financial records, and photographs documenting
the lobbying efforts of George Raya, bulk 1975-1979. Raya lobbied the California State Legislature regarding the consensual
sex (AB 489) and employment discrimination (AB 633) bills and was a part of the 1977 National Gay Task Force meeting at the
White House.
Container: 1
Biography
George Raya graduated from Sacramento State University where he was a founding member of the Society for Homosexual Freedom.
While in law school at the University of California, Berkeley, he was active in student and local politics and championed
a Berkeley ordinance to prohibit discrimination in employment. He worked as a liaison for the Society for Individual Rights
(SIR) to the California State Legislature and lobbied for such gay causes as the consensual sex (AB 489) and employment discrimination
(AB 633) bills. He was a member of the National Gay Task Force meeting at the White House in 1977.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Acquisition
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] George Raya Papers, Coll2013-049, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2013.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, promotional material, clippings, California legislature bills, financial records, and photographs documenting
the lobbying efforts of George Raya, bulk 1975-1979.
Separated Materials
The HARVEY MILK SUPERVISOR (blue and red text on a white background) and the MOSCONE (red text on a blue background) pins
were separated to the ONE button collection.
Separated to the ONE periodical collection
Capitol Hill, Vol. 1, No. 5 and 6
Community News, No. 10, July 1975
Entertainment West, No. 130, May 1975
Gays On The Hill, Vol. I, No. 3 and 4, 1976
The Liberty Express, No. 1 and 2, 1975
On The Line, Vol. I, No. 3 and 4, 1977; Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1978
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gays -- Political activity
Lobbyists
Gay rights -- United States
Political activists
George Raya papers 82279
1972-1979
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 1, Folder 1
Al Best campaign for San Diego city council 82257
1979
Box 1, Folder 6-10
California State Legislature, lobbying 82261
1975-1979
Physical Description: [5 folders]
Box 1, Folder 2-5
Clippings 82259
1975-1979
Physical Description: [4 folders]
Box 1, Folder 11
Financial records, lobbying 82262
1975-1976
Box 2, Folder 1
Gay Academic Union, Golden Gate Business Association, and other organizational subject files 82263
circa 1974-1977
Box 2, Folder 2
Gay rights legislation across the United States, subject files 82265
1975-1979
Box 2, Folder 3
Gay Rights National Lobby 82266
1976-1978
Box 2, Folder 4
George Moscone and Harvey Milk correspondence and subject files 82267
1974-1979
Box 2, Folder 5
Photograph of Raya and a student paper "Homosexuals and the Law" 82268
1972, undated
Box 2, Folder 6
White House National Gay Task Force meeting 82270
1977
Scope and Contents
Includes 2 black-and-white photographs.
