Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Kralj, Kim
- Abstract:
- Kim Kralj is a community activist and art dealer based primarily in Los Angeles, California. The collection consists primarily of agendas, minutes, subject files, and general notes of action regarding West Hollywood's recognition and promotion of its gay and lesbian citizens, including information about the Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Lesbian and Gay Advisory Committee on which Kralj served.
- Extent:
- 2.4 Linear Feet (6 document boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Kim Kralj papers (Collection 2157). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists primarily of agendas, minutes, subject files, and general notes of action regarding West Hollywood's recognition and promotion of its gay and lesbian citizens, including information about the Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Lesbian and Gay Advisory Committee on which Kralj served.
- Biographical / historical:
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Kim Kralj is an art dealer, human services commissioner, and community activist primarily based in Los Angeles, California. She served on the West Hollywood Gay/Lesbian Task Force and the West Hollywood Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board. The West Hollywood Gay/Lesbian Task Force was the precursor to the present West Hollywood Gay and Lesbian Advisory Board, and served as a liaison between residents, police, and city council. In addition to her work with the Task Force, Kralj also served as the June Mazer Lesbian Archives board president.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Kim Kralj, 1991. This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW), and the UCLA Library.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Kimberlee Granholm, 2012. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.
Preservation photocopies made of water damaged items in Box 4, Folder 7.
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- Arrangement:
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The materials were grouped by project and arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: West Hollywood Gay/Lesbian Task Force
- Series 2: Sheriff's Conference Committee
- Series 3: Organizing, programming, and subject files
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Kim Kralj papers (Collection 2157). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988