Peper (Karen) video recordings, 1979-2005

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Summary

Title:
Karen Peper video recordings
Dates:
1979-2005
Creators:
Peper, Karen
Abstract:
Video recordings (1979-2005) from filmmaker and attorney, Karen Peper, documenting a variety of LGBT-related events from the 1980s to the early 2000s, particularly LGBT community activities in Michigan. The collection includes footage from the Marches on Washington for LGBT rights, Gay Games events, the national tour of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, lesbian weddings, protest demonstrations, pride parades, and other events.
Extent:
14.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Karen Peper Video Recordings, Coll2021-013, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises video recordings (1979-2005) from filmmaker and attorney, Karen Peper, documenting a variety of LGBT-related events from the 1980s to the early 2000s, particularly LGBT community activities in Michigan. The collection includes footage from the Marches on Washington for LGBT rights, Gay Games events, the national tour of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, lesbian weddings, protest demonstrations, pride parades, and other events. Notably, the materials highlight the history of LGBT communities in Michigan, in places such as Detroit, Lansing, Ferndale, Belleville, Royal Oak, and Huron Township, among others. Topics documented in this collection include the groundbreaking for the Affirmations LGBT community center, lesbian weddings, women's music concerts, Metropolitan Community Church activities, the 1992 murder of lesbian couple Susan Pittmann and Christine Puckett, and 1991 demonstrations protesting discriminatory practices at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Belleville, MI.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Karen Peper, July 2018.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, 2021.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Loni Shibuyama
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-05 11:55:44 -0800 .

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] Karen Peper Video Recordings, Coll2021-013, ONE National Gay and 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
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