Mirken (Bruce) papers, 1987-1993

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Summary

Title:
Bruce Mirken papers
Dates:
1987-1993
Creators:
Mirken, Bruce
Abstract:
Minutes, contract agreements, corporate and government reports, correspondence, financial records, clippings, publicity material and other administrative records, 1987-1993, from writer and activist Bruce Mirken. Mirken worked for over 20 years in communications and activism in social justice, drug policy reform, LGBT- and AIDS-related issues, and materials in the collection document his participation in AIDS- and LGBT-related organizations, government agencies and committees.
Extent:
1.0 linear foot. 1 archive box.
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Bruce Mirken Papers, Coll2013-094, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes minutes, contract agreements, corporate and government reports, correspondence, financial records, clippings, publicity material and other administrative records, 1987-1993, from writer and activist Bruce Mirken. Materials in the collection document his activist work and participation in AIDS- and LGBT-related organizations and government agencies, including ACT UP/LA, Californians for AIDS Research and Education (CARE), Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation/LA (GLAAD/LA), Los Angeles County AIDS Program, and 1987 March on Washington. Also included are documents related to police-community relations, AIDS research and education, drug research, California legislation, and a national African American gay and lesbian conference.

Biographical / historical:

Bruce Mirken is a writer with 20 years experience in communications and activism in social justice, drug policy reform, LGBT- and AIDS-related issues. Mirken grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Pomona College in 1978. His activist career began in the LGBT community in the campaign against California Proposition 6 Briggs Initiative in 1978, then he went on to participate in a number of social activists movements. He was a regular contributor to periodicals such as San Francisco Chronicle, AIDS Treatment News, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Men's Health, Bay Windows, Progressive Media Project, and Los Angeles Reader; and a contributor to books and anthologies such as Pot Politics: Marijuana and the Costs of Prohibition (2007), T he Castro: Desire, Promise, Activism (2001), Sexually Stigmatized Communities (1999), and Uncommon Heroes (1994), among others. Mirken has worked as a freelance communications consultant and was communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project for eight years.

As of 2013, Mirken lives in San Francisco and is media relations director for the Greenlining Institute, a non-profit public policy organization working for racial and economic justice.

Sources:

Bruce Mirken, LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/in/brucemirken (accessed October 31, 2013).

"Our Team: Bruce Mirken, Media Relations Director," The Greenlining Institute, http://greenlining.org/about-greenlining/our-team/ (accessed October 31, 2013).

Acquisition information:
Donor and date of acquisition unknown.
Processing information:

Formerly box #102-A115. Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, October 2013.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Loni Shibuyama
Sponsor:
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Date Prepared:
(c) 2013
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-10-31T19:45-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Bruce Mirken Papers, Coll2013-094, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu
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