Randy Schell papers
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Title: Randy Schell papers
Dates: 1970-1996
Collection Number: 1988-04
Creator/Collector:
Randy Schell
Extent: 2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (1 linear foot)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: 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 anti-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.
Language of Material: English
Collection open for research.
Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
[Identification of item]. Randy Schell papers. Collection Number: 1988-04. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Timothy G. Meyers, 1997.
Scope and Content of Collection
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
Homophobia
Gay men
Community United Against Violence (CUAV).