Linda Welcome papers

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GLBT Historical Society
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2023


Descriptive Summary

Title: Linda Welcome papers
Dates: 1946-2001
Collection Number: 2008-12
Creator/Collector: Welcome, Linda
Extent: 5 linear feet (two cartons, one oversize box)
Repository: GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Linda Welcome was a lesbian who grew up in New England, lived in the Bay Area, and recorded her life in scrapbooks that span the time from her childhood in the 1940s to the late 1990s. The collection contains scrapbooks, extensive photographs, correspondence, journals, and schoolwork.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Linda Welcome papers. Collection Number: 2008-12. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ruth Mahaney, October 2007.

Biography/Administrative History

Linda Welcome was a lesbian who grew up in New England, lived in the Bay Area, and recorded her life in scrapbooks that span the time from her childhood in the 1940s to the late 1990s. The scrapbooks provide documentation of Welcome’s family, friends, and lesbian community.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains scrapbooks, extensive photographs, correspondence, journals, and schoolwork. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/MESH/D019497

Indexing Terms

Lesbians
Photography
Diaries

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