Touchet (Gene R.) Papers, 1975-1987

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Summary

Title:

Gene R. Touchet papers

Dates:

1975-1987

Creators:

Touchet, Gene R.

Abstract:

Correspondence and clippings related to letters to the editor, along with information on the Gay and Lesbian Police Advisory Task Force of Los Angeles collected or written by Gene R. Touchet, 1975-1987. Touchet served as an ONE Incorporated board member, 1976-1987, the American Civil Liberties Union Gay Rights Chapter as a Media Watch monitor, and on the Gay and Lesbian Police Advisory Task Force of Los Angeles.

Extent:

0.1 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Box #, item,] Gene R. Touchet Papers, Coll2014-103

, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:: Correspondence and clippings related to letters to the editor, along with information on the Gay and Lesbian Police Advisory Task Force of Los Angeles collected or written by Gene R. Touchet, 1975-1987. Touchet's letters to the editor were in response to an Oliphant editorial cartoon, Ralph F. Pynchon's letter to the editor, and Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Manning's column in the Los Angeles Hearld Examiner.
Biographical / historical:: Gene R. Touchet was born in 1938. He served in the United States Army from 1958-1961. He received his Bachelor of Science from Lamar University in 1963, his master's degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 1969, and his doctorate from the University of Florida in 1974. He taught speech, dramatics and English in East Orange, New Jersey from 1963-1969. Touchet went on to the University of Florida from 1969-1973 and then to Columbia State Community College, Columbia, Tennessee, 1973-1975. He relocated to Southern California. Touchet served ONE Incorporated as a board member, 1976-1987, the American Civil Liberties Union Gay Rights Chapter as a Media Watch monitor, and on the Gay and Lesbian Police Advisory Task Force of Los Angeles.
Acquisition information:: Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Processing information:: Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, October 2014.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Gay activists -- California -- Los Angeles
Correspondence
Names:: Touchet, Gene R.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Michael C. Oliveira
Sponsor:: Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2014-12-16 16:29:15 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Terms of access:: 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.