Muirhead (Barbara) files on Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and HIV/AIDS Activism, Circa 1975-2006

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Summary

Title:

Barbara Muirhead files on Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and HIV/AIDS Acitivism

Dates:

Circa 1975-2006

Abstract:

This collection contains materials documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV/AIDS activism in Orange County, California and other areas of Southern California. Materials include files, photographs, audiotapes of oral histories, slides, and artifacts documenting such topics as the Orange County Federation of Lesbian, Gay, HIV/AIDS support, the City of Laguna Beach AIDS committee, and the 1998 Orange County Gay Games team. Barbara Muirhead is an LGBT and HIV/AIDS activist and leader in the LGBT community in Orange County. Muirhead also founded the Orange County LGBT Historical Timeline Project in 1995.

Extent:

1.1 Linear Feet (1 record carton, 1 oversize folder, and 1 A/V box)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Barbara Muirhead files on Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and HIV/AIDS Activism. MS-R191. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. [Date accessed].

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Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains materials documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV/AIDS activism in Orange County, California and other parts of Southern California. Included are materials from LGBT organizations, events and publications. Also included are audiocassette recordings of oral histories with members of the LGBT community. Materials include files, photographs, audiotapes of oral histories, slides, and artifacts documenting such topics as the Orange County Federation of Lesbian, Gay, HIV/AIDS support, the City of Laguna Beach AIDS committee, and the Orange County team for multiple Gay Games.

Biographical / historical:

Barbara Muirhead is an LGBT and HIV/AIDS activist and leader in the LGBT community in Orange County. Muirhead also founded the Orange County LGBT Historical Timeline Project in 1995.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Barbara Muirhead, 2017.

Processing information:

Processed by Zoe MacLeod, 2018.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized in four series:

Series 1. Organizations, 1975-2006. 0.28 linear feet
Series 2. Events, 1989-2003. 1.33 linear feet
Series 3. Publications, 1975-2006. 0.33
Series 4. Oral Histories, 2000-2004. 0.16 linear feet

Physical description:

Materials are in good condition.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: AIDS activists -- California -- Orange County -- Archives
Gay activists--California--Orange County
Names:: Gay Games
Muirhead, Barbara

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Zoe MacLeod
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-10-04 23:30:30 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research. Access to original audio tapes and DVD is restricted; researchers may request listening copies.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are generally retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright. For information on use, copyright, and attribution, please visit: http://special.lib.uci.edu/using/publishing.html