Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Additional collection guides
Descriptive Summary
Title:
Harvey
Milk
and Scott Smith collection of artifacts and ephemera
Dates: 1973-1993
Collection Number: 2002-43
Creator/Collector:
Milk,
Harvey
Smith, Scott
Extent: 15 cartons, 8 oversize boxes, miscellaneous large objects not in boxes (55 linear feet)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The collection includes artifacts and ephemera relating to
Harvey
Milk
’s campaign for and election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, his assassination, and the Castro Camera store; and
clothing and memorabilia that belonged to both Milk and Scott Smith.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research. Funding for processing this collection was provided by the Council on Library and Information
Resources (CLIR).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item].
Harvey
Milk
and Scott Smith collection of artifacts and ephemera. Collection Number: 2002-43. GLBT Historical Society
Acquisition Information
Gift of Elva R. Smith in November 2002.
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes artifacts and ephemera relating to
Harvey
Milk
’s campaign for, and election to, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; materials related to Milk’s assassination; artifacts
from the Castro Camera store; clothing that belonged to both Milk and Smith; memorabilia and artifacts that had personal meaning
for Milk and Smith; and political posters. There is some material in the collection that dates back to the late 1960s. For
manuscript material and photographs, please refer to the
Harvey
Milk
Archives--Scott Smith Collection at the San Francisco Public Library: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8x63q17/.
GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003201; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381
Indexing Terms
Gay men
Politics and elections
Milk,
Harvey
--Archives.
Additional collection guides