Bulletin (Long Beach, Calif.) Records, 1985-1987

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Summary

Creators:
Triangle Media Inc.
Abstract:
Correspondence, sales reports, receipts, invoices, financial documents, distribution lists, advertiser account lists, clippings, and news releases documenting Bulletin, a gay publication in the 1980s and based in Long Beach, California, that appeared as a monthly magazine and bi-monthly tabloid format. Bulletin promoted itself as Southern California's "most discreet [...] positive, upbeat, fastest growing gay newsmagazine." Advertising lists document the paper's distribution throughout Southern California and as far east as Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Extent:
0.2 linear foot. [7 folders]
Language:
Preferred citation:

Bulletin (Long Beach, Calif.) Records, Coll2011-019, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Background

Scope and content:

Notes, receipts, sales reports, invoices, correspondence, tax documents, distribution lists, financial documents, news releases, clippings, and advertiser account lists documenting the publishing history of Bulletin, a 1980s gay periodical based in Long Beach, California. Advertiser lists document distribution sites throughout Southern California, as well as in several Southwestern cities in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.

Biographical / historical:

Bulletin was a gay publication based in Long Beach, California, that appeared as a monthly magazine and bi-monthly tabloid format in the 1980s. Focusing primarily on Southern California, it also solicited advertisers and distributors in Southwestern cities as far east as Santa Fe, New Mexico. Bulletin marketed itself to potential advertisers and distributors as Southern California's "most discreet" and "fastest growing gay newsmagazine."

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.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Gay press publications
Periodicals

Access and use

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Preferred citation:

Bulletin (Long Beach, Calif.) Records, Coll2011-019, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

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