Gay Faire Records, 1977-1983

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Summary

Title:
Gay Faire Records
Dates:
1977-1983
Creators:
Gay Faire.
Abstract:
Flyers, organizational correspondence, financial documents, contracts, event planning documents, news releases, legal documents, clippings, meeting notes, grant disbursal and participant lists, and notes documenting the administration of the Gay Faire, 1977-1983. Gay Faire was an annual summer street fair located in Hollywood and sponsored by the United States Mission, a charitable organization.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
0.2 linear foot. 1 archive carton.
Language:
Preferred citation:

Box #, folder #, Gay Faire Records, Coll2012.124, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Flyers, organizational correspondence, financial documents, contracts, event planning documents, news releases, legal documents, clippings, meeting notes, grant disbursal and participant lists, and notes documenting the administration of the Gay Faire, 1977-1983. Gay Faire was an annual summer street fair located in Hollywood and sponsored by the United States Mission, a charitable organization. According to the Faire proposal, "the purpose of the event shall be to support the concept of human rights for all persons, particularly by supplying visibility of the Gay community to the straight community."

Biographical / historical:

Gay Faire was an annual summer street fair located in Hollywood and sponsored by the United States Mission, a charitable organization, 1977-1983. According to the Faire proposal, "the purpose of the event shall be to support the concept of human rights for all persons, particularly by supplying visibility of the Gay community to the straight community." Profits from Gay Faire were distributed as small grants to social service and other organizations representing the Southern California gay and lesbian community.

Processing information:

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2012. Date spans were given whenever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Marc LaRocque
Date Prepared:
(c) 2012
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-12-12T17:50-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

Contact ONE archivist regarding access restrictions.

Terms of access:

Contact ONE archivist regarding publication and use restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Box #, folder #, Gay Faire Records, Coll2012.124, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, 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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