Schell (Randy) Papers, 1970-1996

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Scope and content:: The Randy Schell papers contain materials related to the grassroots effort to develop a lesbian and gay community center in 1979 and 1980, and to Schell’s work against ant-gay violence as a Senior Client Advocate for the Community United Against Violence (CUAV). Schell (1948-1996) was a co-founder of CUAV and an activist for victim’s rights. The collection includes correspondence; project and grant proposals for the community center; materials related to community activist Adrienne Fuzee and the Harvey Milk Neighborhood Center, the non-profit organized to develop and implement a community center; materials related to the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Victim Services Advisory Committee; materials related to the Task Force on Gay & Lesbian Issues for the Commission on Social Justice of the Archdiocese of San Francisco; anti-gay violence statements, articles and papers written by Schell, including his “CUAV” column in the “Bay Area Reporter”; subject files; and awards, commendations, proclamations and resolutions. The bulk of the papers cover the years 1978-1989. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_002861; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194
Acquisition information:: Gift of Timothy G. Meyers, 1997.

Subjects:: Homophobia
Gay men
Homophobia.
Gay community--California--San Francisco.
Names:: Community United Against Violence (CUAV).

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: 1970-1996
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Restrictions:: Collection open for research. Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US