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Descriptive Summary
Title: San Francisco LGBT Groups Ephemera Collection
Dates: 1950-2010
Collection Number: GRP EPH
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 68 boxes(33 Linear feet)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Consists of ephemera pertaining to groups affiliated with San Francisco's LGBT community. The bulk of the material is from
the late 1970s through the 1990s, with the homophile groups of the 1960s represented as well. Groups include: community service
centers; governmental organizations; various social groups and clubs; musical groups, choirs and bands; theatrical companies
and performance groups; dance troupes; literary groups and non-profit publishers; scholarly associations; universities, colleges,
institutes and schools; student and youth groups; religious and spiritual
centers; motorcycle clubs; sports teams; communes, cooperatives and collectives; political parties; business and neighborhood
associations; legal aid centers; clinics and hospitals; leather groups. Most of the materials are related to the prominent
national political and social events and movements of their time, primarily the Gay Liberation Movement, the Gay Rights Movement,
and the AIDS crisis. Types of ephemera represented include: announcements, fliers, postcards, invitations, theatrical playbills,
brochures, direct mail, conference schedules, booklets, guides, directories, letterheads, business cards, meeting minutes,
correspondence, and magazine and newspaper clippings.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Managing
Archivist, GLBT Historical Society. Consent is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the
copyright owner.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. San Francisco LGBT Groups Ephemera Collection. Collection Number: GRP EPH. GLBT Historical Society
Acquisition Information
Assembled by the staff at the GLBT Historical Society. Additions to the collection are ongoing.
Scope and Content of Collection
Consists of ephemera pertaining to groups affiliated with San Francisco's LGBT community. The bulk of the material is from
the late 1970s through the 1990s, with the homophile groups of the 1960s represented as well. Groups include: community service
centers; governmental organizations; various social groups and clubs; musical groups, choirs and bands; theatrical companies
and performance groups; dance troupes; literary groups and non-profit publishers; scholarly associations; universities, colleges,
institutes and schools; student and youth groups; religious and spiritual centers; motorcycle clubs; sports teams; communes,
cooperatives and collectives; political parties; business and neighborhood associations; legal aid centers; clinics and hospitals;
leather groups. Most of the materials are related to the prominent national political and social events and movements of their
time, primarily the Gay Liberation Movement, the Gay Rights Movement, and the AIDS crisis. Includes material from many significant
Bay Area lesbian feminist, socialist, third world, disability rights, aging LGBT, queer, sex-positive, anti-assimilation,
transgender, people of color and diversity movements. Types of ephemera represented include: announcements, fliers, postcards,
invitations, theatrical playbills, brochures, direct mail, conference schedules, booklets, guides, directories, letterheads,
business cards, meeting minutes, correspondence, and magazine and newspaper clippings. Individual ephemera files can contain
a single item or more extensive amounts of material, ranging from printed to handwritten documents.
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