Finding Aid to the Pride Foundation records, bulk 1973-1983
Coll2011-071
Marc LaRocque and Loni Shibuyama
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Pride Foundation records
creator:
Pride Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011-071
Physical Description:
8.8 Linear Feet
6 archive boxes + 2 archive cartons + 1 flat archive box.
Date (inclusive): 1966-1984
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: Articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, legal referral documents, contractual agreements, resolutions,
clippings, flyers, publicity material, legal papers, financial records, photographs, telephone and visitor logs, municipal
agency documents, real estate records, position statements and other material, 1966-1984, documenting the activities of the
Pride Foundation, founded in San Francisco in 1973. Pride Foundation was a community organization that provided legal assistance
and educational, health and social services to San Francisco's gay and lesbian community. The collection also includes administrative
records from the Pride Center at 330 Grove, the gay community center founded and operated by the Pride Foundation.
Administrative History
The Pride Foundation was founded on August 8, 1973 in San Francisco and operated by a board of directors. A partial list of
the organization's founders include Zane Thomas, B.J. Beckwith, George Mendenhall, Roberta Buba, Charlotte Coleman, John Wahl,
Perry Wood, Larry Littlejohn and Paul Hardman. Lee Mentley served on the board's executive committee. Their initial application
for tax exempt non-profit status was met with resistance when the Internal Revenue Service concluded that "[the Pride Foundation's]
activities carry a serious risk of contributing to a more widespread development of homosexual tendencies among certain segments
of the public and a consequent increase in the general prevalence of what is still generally regarded as deviant sexual behavior.
As such your activities are contrary to public policy and are therefore, not 'charitable.'" The Foundation disputed that judgement,
however, and their tax exempt status was eventually granted. The Foundation served the gay and lesbian community by providing
direct legal assistance, especially in cases of discrimination and defamation, engaging in educational research, conducting
classes, and providing assistance in social and health services. It provided services such as gay legal referrals, a senior
citizens program, a gay tourist and visitors information bureau, health referrals, a coalition to defend gays in the military,
art classes, drop-in facilities for youth, job placement, and a social group for older men known as G40+. The Foundation
also operated the Top Floor Gallery for local gay artists.
Beginning in 1976, Foundation Chairman Paul Hardman began requesting the use of 330 Grove Street, which was under the ownership
of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. A signed agreement of occupancy was negotiated between the Foundation and the
Redevelopment Agency, and the Foundation began operating the Pride Center at 330 Grove, their gay and lesbian community services
center, in December of that year. Pride Center served as the Foundation's offices and also provided low-cost meeting spaces
for other neighborhood organizations. Due to disputes over funding and occupancy of 330 Grove, Hardman, who had been president
and chairman since the organization's founding, was pressured to resign in 1979, increasing internal conflicts in the Foundation's
board. Pride Center later moved to a location at 890 Hayes, and the Foundation attempted for years to raise funds to secure
a permanent site for the Center.
The Pride Foundation discontinued operations in the mid-1980s.
Source:
Pride Foundation Records, Coll2011-071, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
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
The bulk of the collection was donated by Lee Mentley, date of acquisition unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Pride Foundation Records, Coll2011-071, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Formerly boxes 103-049, 103-57C, 104-148, 104-155, and 104-157. Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama with assistance from
Marc LaRocque and Sana Shuja, August 2013.
Scope and Content
This collection includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, legal referral documents, contractual
agreements, resolutions, clippings, flyers, publicity material, legal papers, financial records, photographs, telephone and
visitor logs, municipal agency documents, real estate records, position statements and other material, 1966-1984, documenting
the activities of the Pride Foundation and the Pride Center at 330 Grove.
Included are documents from the Foundation's board of directors and executive committee, and incorporation records documenting
the Internal Revenue Services' denial of 501(c)(3) exemption status. The general administrative records document the Foundation's
activities such as services for legal referrals, recovery from substance abuse, job placement, housing placement, and women
and youth; and advocacy efforts such as an anti-defamation project, police-community relations, fair employment projects and
legal cases, and engagement with local and state government on behalf of gay and lesbian rights. The collection also includes
records documenting the founding and daily operations of the Pride Center at 330 Grove in San Francisco--particularly, the
legal and financial struggles to secure a lasting site for the community center.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Incorporation, board of directors and executive committee records
Series 2. Administrative records
Series 3. Pride Center at 330 Grove records
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay and lesbian rights
Correspondence
Legal documents
Gay activists -- United States -- California
Legal assistance to gays -- United States
United States -- Legal assistance to lesbians
Gay community -- California -- San Francisco
Gays -- Services for
Lesbians -- Services for
Clippings
Discrimination in employment
Lesbian activists
Pride Center
Littlejohn, Larry
Hardman, Paul D.
Pride Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.)
Mentley, Lee
Incorporation, board of directors and executive committee records Series 1.
1972-1983
Series Description
This series includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, reports, correspondence, voting ballots, financial and tax
records, resumes, and other records, 1972-1983, from Pride Foundation's board of directors and executive committee. This
series includes records documenting the Internal Revenue Services' denial of 501(c)(3) exemption status and the Foundation's
subsequent protest.
Arrangement
Articles of incorporation and bylaws are at the beginning of this series. The remaining folders are arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1-2
Articles of incorporation and bylaws
1973-1983
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 3
Articles of incorporation and IRS exemption
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 5-10
Board of directors minutes
1973-1981
Physical Description: [6 folders]
Box 1, Folder 11-17
Board of directors and executive committee materials
1973-1983
Physical Description: [7 folders]
Box 1, Folder 18
Board of directors and executive committee correspondence and memoranda
1973-1983
Box 1, Folder 19
Board of directors members and election
1973-1977
Box 1, Folder 20
Board of directors' reports
1973-1974
Box 1, Folder 21
Board resignations
1978-1980
Box 1, Folder 22
Executive committee
1973-1980
Box 1, Folder 23-24
Executive secretary
1974-1979
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 25
Executive secretary's report
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 26-27
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Franchise Tax Board
1973-1982
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 2, Folder 2
IRS dispute, protest
1974
Box 2, Folder 3
Planning meetings and bylaw drafts
1972-1973
Box 2, Folder 4
President, Del Dawson
1974-1979
Box 2, Folder 5
Resumes of Pride Foundation board of directors
1979
Box 2, Folder 7-8
Treasurer's reports
1975-1979
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Administrative records Series 2.
1966-1984
Series Description
This series includes correspondence, reports and proposals, legal referral documents, contractual agreements, resolutions,
clippings, flyers, publicity material, legal papers, financial records, photographs, municipal agency documents, personnel
records, membership information, position statements, manuscripts, and other material, 1966-1984, regarding the Pride Foundation's
many services and advocacy efforts. Materials document the Foundation's activities such as services for legal referrals,
recovery from substance abuse, job placement, housing placement, and women and youth; and advocacy efforts such as an anti-defamation
project, police-community relations, fair employment projects and legal cases, and engagement with local and state government
on behalf of gay and lesbian rights. Notably, this series includes correspondence with the Foundation's members and clients,
as well as records documenting a complaint that the Pride Foundation filed against the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
(PT&T) regarding discriminatory hiring practices.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 2, Folder 9
Acceptance House
1976-1978
Box 2, Folder 10
Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license information and bylaws
1979
Box 2, Folder 11
Alcohol services
circa 1973-1983
Box 2, Folder 12
Anders, Thad habeas corpus
1978
Box 2, Folder 13
Anti-defamation project
1973-1974
Box 9, Item 5
Anti-defamation project; David [Lind] complaint, October 30 incident
circa 1973-1974
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette.
Box 2, Folder 14
Anti-defamation committee; Humanist Society; pro-gay
Newsweek article
1974
Box 2, Folder 15
Assembly Bill 1 (AB 1) Day
1979-1981
Box 2, Folder 16
Bay Area Urban League
1981
Box 2, Folder 17
Boston University School of Law victimless crime report
1975
Box 2, Folder 18-20
Briggs Initiative "No on (Proposition) 6"
1978-1980
Box 2, Folder 22
Brown and Associates
1972-1982
Box 2, Folder 25
California Democratic Council
1977
Box 2, Folder 26
California Human Rights Advocates (CHRA)
1979-1981
Box 2, Folder 27
CAST training workshop materials, revisions
1979
Box 2, Folder 31
Clippings regarding lawsuits
1973-1974
Box 2, Folder 32
Coalition to Defend Gays
circa 1973-1983
Box 2, Folder 33
Community Board Program
1981-1983
Box 2, Folder 34
Community Law Week legal information
1980
Box 2, Folder 35
Community service committee
1982
Box 2, Folder 36
Community United Against Violence (CUAV) self-defense classes
1983
Box 2, Folder 37
Contracts and agreements
1978-1981
Box 3, Folder 1-7
Correspondence and memoranda
1973-1983
Box 3, Folder 8
Correspondence regarding legal matters
1974-1982
Box 3, Folder 9
Correspondence with legislators
1975-1979
Box 3, Folder 10
Correspondence with the mayor
1981-1982
Box 3, Folder 11
Correspondence with prisoners
1976
Box 3, Folder 12
Democratic Convention
1973-1974
Box 3, Folder 13
Electrical inspection
1983
Box 3, Folder 15
Employment discrimination project
1973-1975
Box 3, Folder 16
Employment, housing, youth; monthly reports
1978-1979
Box 3, Folder 19
Fair employment practices committee
1973-1976
Box 3, Folder 20-21
Fair Employment Practice Commission
1970-1975
Box 3, Folder 22
Feather and Leather Follies
1973
Box 3, Folder 24
Financial contributions
1974-1983
Box 3, Folder 25
Financial credit agreements
1981-1982
Box 3, Folder 26-28
Financial records
1973-1983
Box 8, Folder 2-4
Financial records
1973-1981
Box 3, Folder 30
Flyers and announcements
1977-1979
Box 3, Folder 34
G40 Plus Club
circa 1973-1983
Box 3, Folder 35
Gay Freedom Day committee corp complaints
1978-1979
Box 3, Folder 36
Gay groups sign-in sheets
1974
Box 3, Folder 37-39
Gay legal referral service
1975-1980
Box 4, Folder 1-2
Gay legal referral service
1977-1980
Box 4, Folder 3
Gay legal referral service, client no-shows
1978-1979
Box 4, Folder 4
Gay legal referral service, homosexual information
1973-1977
Box 4, Folder 5-6
Gay legal referral service oversight committee
1977-1980
Box 4, Folder 8
Gay organizations, general information
1977-1980
Box 4, Folder 9
Gays in business
1973-1974
Box 8, Folder 1
General accounting ledger; Acceptance House
1977-1979
Box 4, Folder 11
Hardman, Paul D.
1976-1984
Box 4, Folder 12
Hardman, Paul D. "The Pride Foundation in Full Circle"
circa 1973-1983
Box 4, Folder 13
Hardman, Paul vs. Superior Court of California
1976
Box 4, Folder 14
Harvey Milk Memorial Services Center proposal for funding
1980
Box 4, Folder 15
Hayes Valley Community Development
1981-1982
Box 4, Folder 16
Health organizations information
1974-1978
Box 4, Folder 18
History of Pride Foundation
1973-1979
Box 4, Folder 19
Hotel tax controversy
1978
Box 4, Folder 21
Job applications
1976-1983
Box 4, Folder 23
KSAN special programming
1978-1979
Box 4, Folder 24
Legal case documents, information
1974-1978
Box 4, Folder 25
Letterhead, forms (blank) and templates
1982
Box 4, Folder 26
Little people's workshop
1982
Box 4, Folder 27
Mailing lists and contacts
1974-1982
Box 4, Folder 28
Media contacts and information
1972-1979
Box 4, Folder 29
Membership committee
1974
Box 4, Folder 30
Metropolitan Community Church
1980
Box 4, Folder 31
Miesen, Don articles
1972-1974
Box 4, Folder 32
Military information to change discharge
circa 1973-1983
Box 4, Folder 33
Mission Planning Council
circa 1973-1983
Box 4, Folder 34
Molinari proposal, file 463-73, non-victim crimes
1973-1974
Box 4, Folder 35
National gay health education program
1982
Box 4, Folder 36
Neighborhood Advisory Board
1983
Box 4, Folder 37
Newsletter editorial copy
1981-1982
Box 4, Folder 38
Non-discrimination ordinance
1971-1974
Box 6, Folder 3
Non-gay newsletters and mailers
1977
Box 4, Folder 41
Organizational chart
1979
Box 4, Folder 42-46
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (PT&T); Pride Foundation complaint to San Francisco Human Rights Commission
1973-1976
Box 4, Folder 48
Permits and regulations
1970-1979
Box 5, Folder 3
Photocopy log statistics
1983
Box 9, Folder 1
Photograph
circa 1975-1985
Pride Foundation photographs, sample
Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w.
Scope and Contents
Group portrait of Pride Foundation's board of directors and staff, including John Schmidt, Jordan Lee, Larry Littlejohn, Perry
Wood, Don Knutson, John Vaisey, Perry George, Jim Thies, Robert Guttman, Jerry Taylor, Leslie Plesh, Jimmy Locker, Paul Hardman,
Larry Long, Lee Mentley, John Whal and other unidentified individuals.
Box 5, Folder 4
Photographs
circa 1973-1983
Physical Description: 3 photographs: b&w.
Scope and Contents
Exterior shots of an unidentified building.
Box 5, Folder 5
Police complaints
1978-1983
Box 5, Folder 6
Police incident reports, blanks
circa 1973-1983
Box 5, Folder 9
Primary prevention component, monthly reports
1974
Box 5, Folder 10
Program proposal, Kevin Johnson
1982
Box 5, Folder 11
Psychiatrists; American Psychiatric Association (APA) sickness theory; endoctrine theory
1973-1979
Box 5, Folder 12
Public relations, reports, solicitations
1977-1979
Box 5, Folder 13
Publications project, reprints
1971-1973
Box 5, Folder 16
Resumes for employment
1978-1982
Box 5, Folder 17
San Francisco Art Commission
1976
Box 5, Folder 18
San Francisco Business & Professional Women, Inc.
1982-1983
Box 5, Folder 19
San Francisco city and county litigation
1975-1980
Box 5, Folder 20
San Francisco Community Development Program
1979-1983
Box 5, Folder 21
San Francisco Department of Public Health, Mental Health Services Bureau of Alcoholism
1978
Box 5, Folder 22
San Francisco Fair and Exposition
1982-1983
Box 5, Folder 23-25
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
1973-1983
Box 5, Folder 26
San Francisco Planning Commission
circa 1973-1983
Box 5, Folder 27
San Francisco Police Department
1973-1979
Box 5, Folder 28
San Francisco Police Department funding proposal
1972-1979
Box 5, Folder 29
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
1977-1979
Box 5, Folder 32
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Directory of Minority Construction Contractors
1981-1982
Box 5, Folder 30-31
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency vs. Pride Foundation
1979
Box 5, Folder 33
San Francisco Sheriff's Department
1974
Box 5, Folder 34
Senate Bill 39 (SB 39)
1973-1974
Box 5, Folder 35
Services for the homeless
1982
Box 5, Folder 36
Sexual techniques
circa 1973-1983
Box 5, Folder 37
Society for Individual Rights (SIR), general information
1966
Box 5, Folder 38
Society for Individual Rights position paper
1975-1979
Box 5, Folder 39
Substance abuse services oversight committee
1980
Box 5, Folder 40
Surveys of San Francisco people
1978
Box 5, Folder 42
Telecommunications system
1982
Box 5, Folder 43
Television, radio, movies
1972-1978
Box 5, Folder 44
Tourist information
circa 1973-1983
Box 5, Folder 46
United States federal government
1975-1979
Box 5, Folder 48
United Way survey
1978-1979
Box 5, Folder 49
Womens press project
1980
Box 6, Folder 1
Women's services; Buena Vista Women's Services newsletter
1980
Pride Center at 330 Grove records Series 3.
1973-1984
Series Description
This series includes visitor and volunteer sign-in logs, telephone logs, real estate records, building contruction proposals
and floor plans, capital campaign documents, reports, advisory board and development records, space rental lease agreements,
and other records, 1973-1984, documenting the founding and daily operations of the Pride Center at 330 Grove in San Francisco,
the gay and lesbian community center operated by the Pride Foundation. Materials document the Foundation's legal and financial
struggles to secure a lasting site for the community center; the daily activities of the Center's volunteers; and the affliated
organizations housed in 330 Grove, such as the Top Floor Gallery, the Senior Citizens' Center, and the Women's History Research
Center.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 6, Folder 5-6
Administration, general
1973-1983
Box 6, Folder 9
Alterations Project
circa 1973-1983
Box 9, Folder 2-4
Blueprints and floor plans
circa 1975-1985
Box 6, Folder 10-11
Building committee
1977-1983
Box 6, Folder 13
Building lawsuit
1976-1980
Box 6, Folder 12
Building rental applications
1979
Box 6, Folder 14
Capital campaign information and correspondence
1981-1982
Box 6, Folder 15
Case statement for "Pride Center"
1982
Box 6, Folder 17
Development committee
circa 1973-1983
Box 6, Folder 19-21
Fight for 330 Grove
1976-1979
Box 6, Folder 22
Fine Line Construction
1983
Box 6, Folder 23
Furnishing and equipment committee
1982
Box 6, Folder 24
In-kind services
circa 1973-1983
Box 6, Folder 29
Operations committee
1982-1983
Box 6, Folder 30
Post-building closure
1980-1983
Box 6, Folder 31
"Pride Center Report"
1982
Box 6, Folder 32
Project 20
circa 1973-1983
Box 6, Folder 35
Senior citizens' center
1982
Box 6, Folder 37
Senior oversight committee
1982-1984
Box 6, Folder 40
Senior trips program
1982
Box 6, Folder 42-43
Space rental agreements
1978
Box 6, Folder 44
Space rental agreements, letters of intent
1977-1979
Box 7, Folder 1
Space rental, key log
1982-1983
Box 7, Folder 2
Space rental leases
1981-1983
Box 7, Folder 3
Space rental, potential tenants
1982
Box 7, Folder 4-6
Telephone logs
circa 1978-1983
Physical Description: [3 folders]
Box 7, Folder 7
Telephone switchboard index
1979
Box 7, Folder 8
Temporary rentals
1979-1982
Box 7, Folder 11-15
Visitor sign-in sheets
1978-1979
Box 7, Folder 16
Volk, Don, manuscript
1982
Box 7, Folder 17
Volunteer application forms
1981-1982
Box 7, Folder 18
Volunteer attendance records
1977-1979
Box 7, Folder 19
Women's History Research Center
1979