Kutsche (Paul) non-discrimination policy in higher education papers, 1980-2016

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Title:
Paul Kutsche non-discrimination policy in higher education papers
Dates:
1980-2016
Creators:
Kutsche, Paul, 1927-
Abstract:
Papers of ethnographer Paul Kutsche, who taught at the Department of Anthropology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The collection, covering the years 1980-2016, includes correspondence relating to sexual orientation non-discrimination policies in higher education in the United States. The collection includes documents relating to both the Colorado referendum known as Amendment 2, and the Grand Rapids, Michigan, failed ballot initiative to eliminate rights based upon sexual orientation. The collection also contains correspondence with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, anthropologist Ralph Bolton, psychologist Gregory M. Herek, and political scientist David M. Rayside. There are also clippings, lists, writings by Kutsche, reference materials, agendas, notes, fliers, questionnaires, and course syllabi.
Extent:
0.8 Linear Feet 2 boxes.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Paul Kutsche Non-discrimination in Higher Education Papers, Coll2016-011, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection comprises the papers of ethnographer Paul Kutsche, who taught at the Department of Anthropology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The collection, covering the years 1980-2016, contains correspondence related to sexual orientation non-discrimination policies in higher education in the United States. The collection includes documents pertaining to the Colorado civil rights referendum on sexual orientation known as Amendment 2 - No Protected Status Based on Homosexual, Lesbian, or Bisexual Orientation, November 3, 1992. That amendment was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in May 1997. The collection also includes documents related to the Grand Rapids, Michigan, failed ballot initiative (2000) that would have prohibited the city from enacting, adopting, enforcing or administering any ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy which grants special class status based upon sexual orientation, conduct, or relationship.

There are lists of colleges, universities, and national professional and scientific associations that issued official non-discrimination statements regarding sexual orientation. There are writings by Kutsche, including his article "Minority Anthropologists and Federal Law." There are also reference materials by Gerald Creed, William Simon & John H. Gagnon, Clark L. Taylor, Esther Newton, and Gary W. McDonogh.

The collection contains course syllabi of gay and lesbian English literature courses from the New School, New York, New York, and Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The collection also contains clippings, notes, fliers, agendas, and questionnaires.

Biographical / historical:

Paul Kutsche graduated from Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in European history from Harvard University, a Master of Arts in anthropology from the University of Michigan, and a Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. He also spent a semester at Black Mountain College, North Carolina.

An ethnographer by profession, he conducted research among the Eastern Bank of the Cherokee nation, at Cherokee, North Carolina. He also conducted research in Costa Rica, where he studied the migration from rural to urban areas, and in a Spanish village in northern New Mexico. He taught at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and founded the Department of Anthropology there.

Dr. Kutsche advocated to get the American Anthropological Association to pass its non-discrimination policy. He also fought for the establishment of a non-discrimination policy at Colorado College. He was active in the fight against Amendment 2 in Colorado, as well as the fight against the proposed elimination of a gay non-discrimination ordinance in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dr. Kutsche has had five books published.

Sources:

Giller, Marshall, Ph.D, ed. The Torch Club Newletter (Jan. 2001). Print.

Kutsche, Paul. The Living History Project: Stories Told by Michigan's Oldest Old. 2015. Website.

Acquisition information:
Gift of donor, dated April 16, 2016.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Joseph Klice, June 2016.

Arrangement:

The folders in the collection are arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Joseph Klice
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-27 11:56:32 -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] Paul Kutsche Non-discrimination in Higher Education Papers, Coll2016-011, ONE Archives at the 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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