Berlandt (Konstantin) Papers, 1962-1994

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Scope and content:: This collection contains materials related to journalist and gay liberation activist, Konstantin Berlandt. Freelance journalist Berlandt was editor-in-chief of UC-Berkeley's student newspaper, the "Daily Californian," and author of the 1965 series on sexual minorities at Cal. The collection includes biographical materials; his high school yearbook; a diary; journalism and other writings by Berlandt; typescripts of writings by other authors; and materials related to the estate and Trust of Morgan Pinney (Berlandt was one of three trustees). The Trust gave money to various LGBT causes. Pinney was an advocate of LGBT media and a former treasurer of the Gay and Lesbian Press Association. Included in Berlandt's papers are a wealth of materials related to Pinney's unpublished biography of "Advocate" publisher and gay rights advocate, David B. Goodstein, called "David: King of the Gays." GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C16529; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008497

Subjects:: Gay men
Education
Journalism
Gay liberation movement--California--Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley.
Gay journalists
Journalists

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: 1962-1994
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Restrictions:: Collection is open for research. Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Terms of access:: Copyright was not transferred to the GLBT Historical Society.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

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