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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Matthew
Shepard
street memorial artifacts
Dates: 1998
Collection Number: 1998-38
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 3.7 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Various drawings, poems, cards, slogans, candles, and other material left in a spontaneous memorial to
Matthew
Shepard
following his beating and death in Wyoming in October of 1998. The San Francisco memorial was initiated by persons unknown
on and in front of the Bank of America Building (informally known as 'Hibernia Beach') at the southeast corner of 18th and
Castro Streets.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item].
Matthew
Shepard
street memorial artifacts. Collection Number: 1998-38. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
Various drawings, poems, cards, slogans, candles, and other material left in a spontaneous memorial to
Matthew
Shepard
following his beating and death in Wyoming in October of 1998. The San Francisco memorial was initiated by persons unknown
on and in front of the Bank of America Building (informally known as 'Hibernia Beach' from when a branch of Hibernia Bank
occupied the building) at the southeast corner of 18th and Castro Streets. This memorial grew as others added to it, particularly
after a nighttime march protesting violence against LGBTQ people was held starting from this spot. The memorial was finally
deconstructed and portions of it saved for the GLBTHS Archives at the initiation of Tommi Avicolli, a local gay activist and
employee of A Different Light Bookstore. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_002861; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
Indexing Terms
Homophobia
Gay men