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Contributing Institution:
ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Karen Peper video recordings
Creator:
Peper, Karen
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2021-013
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/9/resources/3262
Physical Description:
14.5 Linear Feet
11 boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1979-2005
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.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is arranged alphabetically.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Karen Peper, July 2018.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Karen Peper Video Recordings, Coll2021-013, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, 2021.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil rights demonstrations
Gay athletes
Gay Games
Gay pride parades
Hate crimes -- Michigan
Lesbian activists -- Michigan
Lesbian athletes
LGBT community centers -- Michigan
March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993: Washington, D.C.)
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (2nd : 1987 : Washington, D.C.)
Same-sex marriage
Gerrity, Sue
Pittmann, Susan
Puckett, Christine