Kathi Smith papers
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Title: Kathi Smith papers
Dates: circa 1970s-1991
Collection Number: 2008-06
Creator/Collector:
Smith, Kathleen
Extent: 3.3 linear feet (2 cartons and 2 manuscript boxes)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Kathleen (Kathi) Smith is a disability and LGBT rights activist. Notes, ephemera, and an original copy of a 1979 November
29 speech by Cleve Jones document Smith’s activities with the Democratic Party in California, including on behalf of Harry
Britt’s campaign for San Francisco Supervisor. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes, and the results of a FOIA request
to the Department of the Treasury document Smith’s role in pursuing a 1979 complaint against the City of San Francisco for
violating Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Correspondence, tenants rights literature, and government agency records
document Smith’s experience as a tenant in multiple buildings, her relationships with landlords, and efforts to research and
enforce tenants rights. Also included is the Boy Scout uniform of Randy Taylor, a gay veteran of the Vietnam War.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item]. Kathi Smith papers. Collection Number: 2008-06. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Kathi Smith, March 2009.
Scope and Content of Collection
Kathleen (Kathi) Smith is a disability and LGBT rights activist. Notes, ephemera, and an original copy of a 1979 November
29 speech by Cleve Jones document Smith’s activities with the Democratic Party in California, including on behalf of Harry
Britt’s campaign for San Francisco Supervisor. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes, and the results of a FOIA request
to the Department of the Treasury document Smith’s role in pursuing a 1979 complaint against the City of San Francisco for
violating Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Correspondence, tenants rights literature, and government agency records
document Smith’s experience as a tenant in multiple buildings, her relationships with landlords, and efforts to research and
enforce tenants rights. Also included is the Boy Scout uniform of Randy Taylor, a gay veteran of the Vietnam War.
LGBTQ
Activism
People with disabilities
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)