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Muirhead (Barbara) files on Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and HIV/AIDS Activism
MS.R.191
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Barbara Muirhead files on Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and HIV/AIDS Acitivism
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.191
Physical Description:
1.1 Linear Feet
(1 record carton, 1 oversize folder, and 1 A/V box)
Date (inclusive): 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.
The collection is open for research. Access to original audio tapes and DVD is restricted; researchers may request listening
copies.
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
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].
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Barbara Muirhead, 2017.
Processed by Zoe MacLeod, 2018.
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.
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.
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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS activists -- California -- Orange County -- Archives
Gay activists--California--Orange County
Muirhead, Barbara
Gay Games