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Title: Bill Billings papers
Dates: 1939-1967
Collection Number: 1997-20
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .4 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection consists of photographs, reel to reel recordings, and documents of William W. (Bill) Billings. Photographs
are of four young men and are annotated by Billings indicating at least three of these men were his lovers.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Bill Billings papers. Collection Number: 1997-20. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of photographs, reel to reel recordings, and documents of William W. (Bill) Billings. Photographs
are of four young men and are annotated by Billings indicating at least three of these men were his lovers. The reel to reel
recordings contain religious broadcasts; four are recordings for a book Billings wrote during the 15 months he was in the
Colorado State Penitentiary (1954-1955), and one contains recordings relating to homosexuality ("How Abnormal is Homosexuality,"
"I Married a Homosexual," "Personal Feelings of a Homosexual"). Additionally, there are two folders of meeting minutes and
other various documents relating to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007695; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007702
Gay men
Christians