Finding Aid to the Charles W. Gossett Papers
Coll2013-082
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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909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007
askone@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Charles W. Gossett papers
creator:
Gossett, Charles W.
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-082
Physical Description:
6.65 Linear Feet
5 archive boxes + 1 archive carton
Date (inclusive): 1966-2008
Abstract: The collection consists of Dr. Charles W. Gossett's research on domestic partnership benefits, LGBT employment discrimination,
and other LGBT-related topics, 1966-2008. The collection includes administrative records of the Commission on Domestic Partnership
Benefits for the District of Columbia, Georgia Equality Project, and American Political Science Association's Committee on
the Status of Lesbians and Gays in the Profession, 1986-2007. A university professor and administrator, Gossett has researched,
published, and advocated on issues related to lesbian and gay rights since the late 1980s.
Container: 1
Separated Materials
Separated to the ONE periodical collection
Angles, the Policy Journal of the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies, v.5, no.1 (November 2000).
ASPA Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual News, a publication of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual members of ASPA (February 1994, March 1995).
BLK, v.4, no.3; v.5, no.1 (1993-1994).
Equality Notes, George Equality Project, second and fourth quarter (1999); first and fourth quarter (2000).
GAPOO, Gay People's Union at Stanford (May 15, 1974).
Gayellow Pages, Southern Edition, no.8 (1992).
Georgia Equality Project, v.7, no.3 and 4 (1997).
Georgia Equality Project , v.7, no.2, 4, 5, unmarked (1997-1998).
Georgia Equality Project NEWS (January 1997).
GLAAD Images (May/June 1996).
HRC Quarterly (Spring 2001).
The Network News, v.21, no.5 (May 2008).
Network News, v.13, no.8; v.21, no.12 (June 1999 September 2007).
Newsletter of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus for Political Science, (April, August 1993; August 1994).
Newsletter of the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Political Science Caucus, v.1, no.1, 2; v.2, no.1, 2; v.3, no.1 (1995-1997).
Partners, v.7, no.2 (Spring 1992).
Timeless Voices (April, May, June 1999).
Venus Magazine (February-March 1996).
Separated to the ONE program and booklet collection
"Homosexuals in the Military." United States General Accounting Office, Report to the Honorable John W. Warner, U.S. Senate.
June 1993.
"Registering as Domestic Partners." Lambda Legal and LA Gay & Lesbian Center
"Annual Update on the Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy," The Williams Institute, CLE Materials, February 24, 2006
and February 23, 2007.
Separated to the ONE T-shirt collection
"1993 MARCH ON WASHINGTON / LESBIAN, GAY, AND BI / EQUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERATION" Black shirt with the United States Capitol
Building inside a purple triangle on the front. Text reads around the triangle.
"MARRIAGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT / NOT A HETEROSEXUAL PRIVILEDGE / Don't Amend.com / STOP the Constitutional Amendment to Ban Same-Sex
Marriage" Blue shirt with white text on the front.
Separated to the ONE magnet and pin collections
"Call - Write - Vote / HRC - GLAAD - GEP" (magnet)
"march 21-27, 1999 / equality / begins / at home / National Gay and Lesbian Task Force / Federation of LGBT Statewide / Political
Organizations"
"Equality / Through Visibility / in the Media / GLAAD 1.800.GAY MEDIA / www.glaad.org" (magnet)
"The Lady Chabils" (magnet)
"Moving? / Anywhere in the U.S.A. / Referral to Gay/Lesbian Real Estate Agents / In Your "New" (or Current) Area / Toll Free
1-877-GAY-HOMES / www.gay-homes.com / Across America Real Estate Network / No Fee to You!! Sorry, No Rentals" (magnet)
"Southern / Voice / All the news for your Life. / And your Style. / voice 404-876-1819 / fax 404-876-2709 / www.sovo.com"
(magnet)
Separated to the Non-LGBT Magazine Cover Story Collection, Coll2013.027
The Nation (July 4, 1994 and July 12, 1999).
Separated to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Collection, Coll2011-056
"Legislating Equality" by Wayne van der Meide. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute.
"Domestic Partnership Organizing Manual." The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute.
Separated to the ONE subject files collection, Coll2012-001
Human Rights Campaign Fund information including the "Citizen Advocate Training Manual," "Resource Guide to Coming Out," material
regarding the 105th and 106th Congresses, pamphlets, and stickers
Deaccessed
"Board and Administrator's Guide to Better Board Meetings" booklet, Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1994.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Charles W. Gossett Papers, Coll2013-082, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2013.
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.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises Dr. Charles W. Gossett's research on domestic partnerships benefits and LGBT employment discrimination
in city, county, and state government agencies in the United States, and to a lesser extent, in academic, federal, and corporate
institutions, 1966-2008. The collection includes administrative records documenting his work with the District of Columbia
Domestic Partnership Commission, Georgia Equality Project, American Political Science Associations Committee on the Status
of Lesbians and Gays in the Profession, and other organizations. The collection includes research on LGBT issues regarding
adoption, civil rights, elections, families, hate crimes, marriage, military service, sodomy, and the United States Supreme
Court.
The collection consists of city, county, state, and federal bills, resolutions, and ordinances; court records; clippings,
articles, and reports; meeting minutes; correspondence; survey records; insurance, healthcare, and pension plans; budget records;
bylaws; handbooks; and human resources policies. The collection includes the following papers authored by Gossett: “Dillon’s
Rule and Gay Rights: State Control over Local Efforts to Protect the Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men,” presented at the annual
meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 1996, San Francisco; "Domestic Partnership Benefits: Public
Sector Patterns," presented at the American Society for Public Administration Conference, July 1993, San Francisco; and "Legal
Challenges to Local Ordinances Providing Domestic Partnership Benefits," 2005.
Biography
Dr. Charles W. Gossett has held various research and administrative positions in the federal government and District of Columbia
city government, including Secretary of the Commission on Domestic Partnership Benefits for the District of Columbia. He joined
Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia in 1992, and served on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Equality Project
from 1995-2001. He served as Chair of the Department of Political Science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
from 2002-2009. Dr. Gossett served as Chair of the American Political Science Association's (APSA) Committee on the Status
of Lesbians and Gays in the Profession, before serving as a member of the APSA Executive Committee from 2006-2009. He was
a Fulbright Scholar at the Centre for the Study of HIV and AIDS at the University of Botswana in 2008. In 2009, Dr. Gossett
joined California State University, Sacramento, and was appointed Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary
Studies. In June 2012, he became Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Gossett’s areas of research include public sector human resources management, state and local intergovernmental relations,
and African politics. He has published articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries on civil service reform and public
service motivation; on how state and local governments deal with one another on issues related to lesbian and gay rights;
on public opinion on same-sex marriage; and on the impact of AIDS on governance in southern Africa.
Source:
http://www.csus.edu/acaf/provost/meet_the_provost_Gossett.html (accessed on September 20, 2013)
http://www.csus.edu/ssis/documents/DeanResume3.pdf (accessed on September 20, 2013)
Acquisition
Donations made by Charles Gossett on June 5, 2009; July 10, 2009; March 30, 2010; and April 12, 2012.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Administrative records, 1986-2007
Series 2. Domestic partnership benefits research, 1984-2008
Series 3. LGBT employment discrimination research, 1966-2001
Series 4. General research on LGBT topics, 1974-2006
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Discrimination in employment
Domestic partner benefits
Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Cases
Gossett, Charles W.
Administrative records
1986-2007
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, clippings, flyers, budget records, court records, press releases, bylaws, fundraising
records, and other administrative records regarding Charles Gossett's activist work for LGBT organizations, 1986-2007.
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 4, Folder 24-26
American Political Science Association: Committee on the Status of Lesbians and Gays in the Profession
1994-2007
Physical Description: [3 folders]
Box 4, Folder 23
American Political Science Association: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Political Science Caucus
1991-1997
Box 1, Folder 59-62
District of Columbia Domestic Partnership Commission
1986-1992
Physical Description: [3 folders]
Box 5, Folder 23-29
Georgia Equality Project
1994-2001
Physical Description: [7 folders]
Physical Description: Includes two 3.5-inch floppy disks.
Box 5, Folder 30
Georgia Political Action Committee
1992-1995
Box 6, Folder 4
Miscellaneous
1991-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes Educational Resources Committee and Buchanan Memorial Fund Trustees meeting records as well as Metropolitan Community
Church of Washington, D.C., building underpinning agreement and permits.
Box 6, Folder 6
Olympics Out of Wayne County, Georgia
1994-1997
Domestic partnership benefits research
1984-2008
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically by topic. Subsets of city, county, and state governments; court cases; and universities
are listed at the end.
Scope and Contents
Survey records, court records, clippings, articles, correspondence, resolutions, handbooks, ordinances, pension plans, insurance
plans, healthcare plans, and other records documenting the status of domestic partnership benefits in city, county, and state
governments, and to a lesser extent, in federal, educational, and corporate institutions, 1984-2008.
Box 1, Folder 54-56
Articles, general
1989-2004
Physical Description: [3 folders]
Box 1, Folder 57
City and state benefits
1996-1999
Box 1, Folder 63
GIS files
undated
Physical Description: 1 CD-ROM
Box 2, Folder 1
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
1993
Box 2, Folder 2
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
1995
Box 2, Folder 4-5
Publications
1993-2005
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Scope and Contents
Includes Gossett papers "Domestic Partnership Benefits: Public Sector Patterns" (1993) and "Legal Challenges to Local Ordinances
Providing Domestic Partnership Benefits" (2005).
City, county, and state governments
1984-2006
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Alameda County, California
1990-1997
Box 1, Folder 2
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 3-4
Atlanta, Georgia
1993-1996
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 6
Baltimore, Maryland
1993-1994
Box 1, Folder 7
Berkeley, California
1984
Box 1, Folder 10
Brookline, Massachusetts
1994
Box 1, Folder 12
Dade County, Florida
1997
Box 1, Folder 13
Dane County, Wisconsin
2000
Box 1, Folder 14
East Lansing, Michigan
1986-1993
Box 1, Folder 15
Ithaca, New York
1990-1995
Box 1, Folder 16
King County, Washington
1993-1995
Box 1, Folder 17
Laguna Beach, California
1993
Box 1, Folder 19
Long Beach, California
1992-1993
Box 1, Folder 20
Los Angeles, California
1992-1994
Box 1, Folder 21
Madison, Wisconsin
1987-1990
Box 1, Folder 22
Marin County, California
1993
Box 1, Folder 25-26
Multnomah County, Oregon
1992-1995
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 27
Newton, Massachusetts
1999
Box 1, Folder 29
Northampton, Massachusetts
1995
Box 1, Folder 32
Salt Lake City, Utah
2005-2006
Box 1, Folder 33
San Diego, California
1994
Box 1, Folder 34
San Francisco, California
1990
Box 1, Folder 35
San Mateo County, California
1992-1993
Box 1, Folder 37
Olympia, Washington
1993-1995
Box 1, Folder 39
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994-1996
Box 1, Folder 41
Rochester, New York
1989-1994
Box 1, Folder 42
Sacramento, California
1992
Box 1, Folder 43
Santa Cruz, California
1986-1993
Box 1, Folder 44
Santa Cruz County, California
1992
Box 1, Folder 45
Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin
1993
Box 1, Folder 46
Springfield, Massachusetts
1997
Box 1, Folder 47
Seattle, Washington
1989-1992
Box 1, Folder 48
Takoma Park, Maryland
1992-1993
Box 1, Folder 51-52
Washington, D.C.
1992-2002
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 1, Folder 53
West Hollywood, California
1988-1993
Court cases
1986-2008
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 3, Folder 49
Albany, New York
1996-1999
Box 3, Folder 51-53
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2003-2005
Physical Description: [3 folders]
Box 3, Folder 54
Ann Arbor School District, Michigan
2003-2007
Box 3, Folder 55
Arlington, Virginia
1997-2000
Box 3, Folder 56
Atlanta, Georgia
1986-2004
Box 3, Folder 57-58
Boston, Massachusettes
1993-1999
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 3, Folder 59-60
Broward County, Florida
1999-2004
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 3, Folder 61
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1992-2000
Box 3, Folder 62
Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina
1994-2001
Box 3, Folder 63
Chicago, Illinois
1997-1999
Box 3, Folder 64
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
2005
Box 4, Folder 1
Denver, Colorado
1992-1999
Box 4, Folder 2-3
Gainesville, Florida
2000-2001
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 4, Folder 4
Kalamazoo, Michigan
2005-2008
Box 4, Folder 5
Kansas City, Missouri
2003-2007
Box 4, Folder 6
Madison Metro School District, Wisconsin
1997-2001
Box 4, Folder 7
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1992-2004
Box 4, Folder 8-9
Montgomery County, Maryland
1999-2002
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 4, Folder 10
New Orleans, Louisiana
2003-2008
Box 4, Folder 11
New York, New York
1989-2000
Box 4, Folder 12-16
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1995-2002
Physical Description: [5 folders]
Box 4, Folder 17-18
Pima County, Arizona
1997-1999
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 4, Folder 19
Portland, Maine
2003-2004
Box 4, Folder 20
Santa Barbara, California
1997-1999
Box 4, Folder 21
Vancouver, Washington
1999-2001
Universities
1992-2002
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 2, Folder 6-7
Private universities
1992-1993
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 2, Folder 11-12
Universities, general
1994-2001
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Scope and Contents
Includes Georgia Equality Project records.
Box 2, Folder 9
University of Maryland
1996
Box 2, Folder 10
University of Vermont
1992-1993
LGBT employment discrimination research
1966-2001
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically by topic, then by state.
Scope and Contents
Survey records, reports, clippings, articles, correspondence, ordinances, resolutions, human resources policies, and other
records documenting LGBT employment anti-discrimination policies in United States city, county, and state governments, 1966-2001.
Box 2, Folder 14
Email and notes
1994-1996
Box 3, Folder 44-45
Employment discrimination
1992-1995
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 3, Folder 46
Employment discrimination cases
1994
Box 3, Folder 47
Employment discrimination litigation
1991
Box 3, Folder 48
Employment discrimination, state
1983
Box 2, Folder 15
Home rule - primary sources and interviews
1996-1997
Scope and Contents
Includes Gossett paper "Dillon's Rule and Gay Rights: State Control over Local Efforts to Protect the Rights of Lesbians and
Gay Men" (1996).
Box 2, Folder 26
Long Beach
Physical Description: [empty folder]
Box 2, Folder 29
Oakland
Physical Description: [empty folder]
Box 2, Folder 31
Sacramento
Physical Description: [empty folder]
Box 2, Folder 32
San Diego
Physical Description: [empty folder]
Box 2, Folder 34
San Jose
Physical Description: [empty folder]
Box 2, Folder 38
West Hollywood
Physical Description: [empty folder]
Box 2, Folder 41
Santa Barbara County
1994
Box 2, Folder 47
Denver
Physical Description: [empty folder]
Box 2, Folder 51
District of Columbia
1977
Box 2, Folder 60
West Palm Beach
1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 85
Howard County [Ellicott City]
undated
Box 2, Folder 87
Prince George's County
1995
Box 3, Folder 25
Salt Lake County
1992-1995
General research on LGBT topics
1974-2006
Scope and Contents
Clippings, articles, court records, gay rights bills, handbooks, resource guides, reports, and flyers regarding assorted LGBT
topics, 1974-2006.
Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 4, Folder 27-29
Civil rights laws: city and county
1993-1999
Physical Description: [3 folders]
Box 5, Folder 1-6
Civil rights laws: federal and state
1975-1999
Physical Description: [6 folders]
Box 5, Folder 7-9
Civil rights laws: general
1974-2001
Physical Description: [3 folders]
Box 5, Folder 10
Clippings, general
1993-2002
Box 4, Folder 22
Court cases, general
1992-1995
Box 5, Folder 11
Election and supreme court
1994-2004
Box 5, Folder 12-20
Family, adoption, and marriage
1984-2000
Physical Description: [9 folders]
Scope and Contents
Includes a state legislature Defense of Marriage Act project folder.
Box 5, Folder 21
Federal employees
1993-1997
Box 5, Folder 22
Foreign countries
1993-1996
Box 6, Folder 1
Hate crimes laws
1994-1997
Box 6, Folder 3
Military service
1993, 2000
Box 6, Folder 5
Miscellaneous events and resources
1999, undated
Box 6, Folder 7
Race and prejudice
1994-1995
Box 6, Folder 9-10
Beyond Tolerance resource guides
circa 1992-1995
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Scope and Contents
Includes "A Massive Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Resource Guide" and "Beyond Tolerance: Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals on Campus."
Box 6, Folder 11
Gay-topic dissertation list
2001, undated
Box 6, Folder 12
Lesbian and gay studies programs, general
1990-1993
Box 6, Folder 13
Textbooks and LGBT issues
1989-2006