UC San Diego LGBT Campus Historical Collection
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2022
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Business Number: 858-534-2533
Fax Number: 858-534-5950
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: UC San Diego LGBT Campus Historical Collection
Identifier/Call Number: RSS 3552
Physical Description:
5.85 Linear feet
(14 archives boxes, 1 shoebox, 1 oversized folder)
Date (inclusive): 1977-2020
Abstract: The UC San Diego LGBT Campus Historical Collection documents the experiences of LGBTQIA+ community at UC San Diego, and reflects
the activities and interests of students, staff, faculty, and alumni. It includes correspondence, proposals, reports, speeches,
flyers, and photographs arranged in numbered volumes.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
The UC San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Historical Collection documents the experiences of LGBTQIA+
community at UC San Diego, and reflects the activities and interests of students, staff, faculty, and alumni. It includes
correspondence, proposals, reports, speeches, flyers and photographs. Materials focus on campus climate, policies, and decisions;
events and outreach; and wider political, social, and cultural dynamics.
Materials were originally housed in binders and assigned a volume number. Additional documents and photographs were labeled
by topic. For more information about the project, a survey of organizations and programs, timelines, and an index of academic
materials and articles, please see Volume I: Project guide in the VOLUMES series.
Arranged in two series: 1) VOLUMES and 2) SUBJECT FILES.
Historical Background
The LGBT Campus Historical Collection and Project was conducted to document and preserve the diverse experiences of lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people at UC San Diego, with the goal of filling representation gaps in the historical
record. The project was initially developed under the name "LGBT Campus Archive and History Project." Many individuals, organizations,
and institutions participated in building the collection and curating the volumes. This collection was originally housed in
white binders and maintained at the LGBT Resource Center on campus.
For more information about the project, please see Volume I: Project guide in the VOLUMES series.
Preferred Citation
UC San Diego LGBT Campus Historical Collection. RSS 3552. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 2022.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by UC Regents.
Digital Content
The bulk of material from this collection has been digitized.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
LGBT Community Centers -- California -- San Diego
Gay and lesbian studies -- California -- San Diego
College environment -- Cailfornia -- San Diego
Gay college students -- California -- San Diego
Lesbian college students -- California -- San Diego
Transgender college students -- California -- San Diego
Universities and colleges -- Employees
Gay community -- California -- San Diego
Gay culture -- California -- San Diego
Lesbian culture -- California -- San Diego
LGBTQ+ people -- California -- San Diego
University of California, San Diego. LGBT Resource Center -- History
VOLUMES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) VOLUMES: The content of binders, typically arranged in two main sections: General Materials, and Clippings. General
materials sections contain correspondence, speeches, flyers, and memorabilia. The clippings sections contain original and
reproduced articles from newspapers, newsletters, and other periodicals. Additionally, there are Appendix volumes that contain
reports, long documents, and photograph albums.
Materials that can only be placed within a general time period were arranged within miscellaneous sections, separated by decade.
Some outreach materials, like brochures, have been placed in the year they were distributed, rather than the year they were
produced. Volume 16 not acquired by the Library, but according to the project guide it contained campus climate reports from
1992, 1995, and 1997.
Curated by project participants and arranged by volume.
Box 1, Folder 1
Volume 1: Project guide
2001
Volume 1: Project Guide: 2001
General note
Compiled by Scott Heath. Includes: project description, list of acronyms and abbreviations, survey of organizations and programs,
activism and event timelines, references, and volume guide. Some materials identified on the table of contents were not completed;
for example, the organizational charts on pages 20-23 are blank and marked as blank "in-progress." Page 101 is also marked
as "in-progress."
Box 1, Folder 2
Volume 2
1977-1985
Volume 2: 1977-2020
General note
Includes: Lesbian and Gay Organization (LAGO) constitution draft, conference materials, and newsletters | LAGO Jeans Day and
campus reactions | Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) events | UC San Diego Lesbian and Gay Student Organization
Conference schedule | articles on UC Regents non-discrimination policy and the City of San Diego AIDS Task Force |
Sappho Speaks | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach. Also includes "Bob Lane and the UCSD Gay Student Union, 1976-1979"
by Ed Brownson; written in 2020.
Box 1, Folder 3-4
Volume 3
1984-1987
Volume 3: 1984-2016
General note
Includes: LAGO constitution draft and meetings | articles on the AIDS crisis |
Sappho Speaks | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach. Also includes 2016 obituary for Deborah Carlin, who served as Associate
Chair of the English Department at UC San Diego.
Box 1, Folder 5-6
Volume 4
1986-1990
Volume 4: 1986-1990
General note
Includes: LGBT Faculty and Staff Association | LAGO meetings | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Association (LGBA) | petition for domestic
partners' benefits | articles on the UC Regents non-discrimination policy and the AIDS crisis |
Sappho Speaks | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 1, Folder 7-8
Volume 5
1990-1992
Volume 5: 1990-1992
General note
Includes: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Association (LGBA) constitution, letter to Chancellor Atkinson, and articles regarding bomb
threats and hate crimes | Gays and Lesbians in Literature (GALL) graduate student organization | Sociology 178: Lesbian and
Gay Cultures in Post-War USA course description | student speeches for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Awareness Week and Rally
Against Hate Crimes | information sheet and letter declaring establishment of the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Faculty and Staff
Association (LGBFSA) | article regarding the Student Affirmative Action Committee (SAAC) voting against the admittance of
LGBA | letters regarding the United Way policy on the Boy Scouts of America | UCSD policy for library cards for domestic partners
| newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 2, Folder 1-2
Volume 6, part 1
1991-1993
Volume 6, part 1: 1991-1993
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding a published work. Includes: articles on LGBA not
being admitted into SAAC | the founding of the Human Relations Advisory Committee (HRAC) | rally against Governor Wilson's
veto on legislation to prevent job discrimination (AB101) | hate crimes | Kiss-in event | UCSD Exposed posters | Queer University
Employees discussion on the term Queer | Umbrella Group bylaws | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 2, Folder 3-4
Volume 6, part 2: Campus climate reports
1992-1997
Volume 6, part 2: Campus climate reports: 1992-1997
Box 2, Folder 5-6
Volume 7
1993-1995
Volume 7: 1993-1995
General note
Includes: LGBA pamphlet and description | UCSD Medical Center Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay Network events | Western Association
of Schools and Colleges (WASC) correspondence and diversity statement | Umbrella Group annual registration | Chancellor Atkinson's
response to Cross-Cultural Center Coalition proposal | Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Campus Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual
Issues (CACLGBI) proposal, correspondence, and minutes | response to accrediting commission policy excluding gays and lesbians
from protection against discrimination | Queer University Employees newsletter and progress report | articles on hate crimes
and vandalism | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 2, Folder 7
Volume 8
1995-1996
Volume 8: 1995-1996
General note
Includes: CACLGBI resource guide and meeting minutes | UCSD Medical Center Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay Network events | Umbrella
Group newsletters | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 2, Folder 8-9
Volume 9
1996-1997
Volume 9: 1996-1997
General note
Includes: CACLGBI correspondence and request for the establishment of an LGBT Resource Center | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Speakers'
Bureau flyer | LGBA constitution and reflection on campus climate | National Coming Out Day rally speech | Umbrella Group
newsletters | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 3, Folder 1
Volume 10: General
1997-1998
Volume 10: General: 1997-1998
General note
Includes: CACLGBI pamphlets and correspondence | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Conference pamphlet and reports | UCSD
Health Care Diversity Awards | Chancellor Dynes memorandum regarding update to policies on domestic partner benefits | petition
(blank) and resolutions towards the establishment of a LGBT Resource Center (LGBTRC) at UCSD | newspaper clippings | flyers
for events and outreach.
Box 3, Folder 2-3
Volume 11: Newspaper clippings and event flyers
1997-1998
Volume 11: Newspaper clippings and event flyers: 1997-1998
General note
Includes: legislative bills AB 1318 and AB 1415 | domestic partner benefits | UCSD Women Center | National Coming Out Day
| AIDS walk | UCSD Forum on Homosexuality and Public Life | LGBA name change to Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association
(LGBTA) | Newt Gingrich as commencement speaker at UCSD. Also includes Umbrella Group newsletters and
Common Ground (Cross-Cultural Center newsletter).
Box 3, Folder 4
Volume 12: General
1998-1999
Volume 12: General: 1998-1999
General note
Includes: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Peer Counseling Program | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Speakers' Bureau
| the Umbrella Group brochure and by-laws | Hate Crimes Awareness Rally | correspondence advocating for an LGBT Resource Center
| report by Scott Heath titled "Student outreach issues" | 10th Annual Conference of the LGBTA | correspondence identifying
a space for the LGBTRC at UCSD | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 3, Folder 5
Volume 13: Newspaper clippings
1998-1999
Volume 13: Newspaper clippings: 1998-1999
General note
Includes: Rainbow Student Alliance newsletter, Under the Umbrella (Umbrella Group newsletter), and newspaper clippings.
Box 3, Folder 6-7
Volume 14: General
1999-2000
Volume 14: General: 1999-2000
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding ceremony ribbon. Includes: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender Resource Office (LGBTRO) brochure | UCSD's critical gender studies program booklet | student resource center brochures
and flyers | Queer People of Color (QPOC) flyer and brochure | letter from Scott Heath requesting materials and donations
for the LGBT Campus Historical Project | responses to the Knight Initiative (Proposition 22) | 11th Annual Conference of the
LGBTA | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 4, Folder 1
Volume 15: Newspaper clippings
1999-2000
Volume 15: Newspaper clippings: 1999-2000
General note
Includes: Proposition 22 and UCSD's budget.
Box 4, Folder 2
Volume 17: Appendix
1996-1998
Volume 17: Appendix: 1996-1998
General note
Includes: Diversity report, the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor responses, UCLGBTA campus survey, CACLGBTI achievement reports,
and HAPL briefing.
Box 4, Folder 3
Volume 18: Appendix - Proposal to establish a LGBT Resource Center at UC San Diego
1998
Volume 18: Appendix - Proposal to establish a LGBT Resource Center at UC San Diego: 1998
Box 4, Folder 4
Volume 19: Appendix - LGBT Resource Guide, annotated material from Robert Nguyen, and LGBTA e-newsletters
1997-1999
Volume 19: Appendix: 1997-1999
Box 4, Folder 5
Volume 20: Appendix - Photographs
1994-2000
Volume 20: Appendix - Photographs: 1994-2000
General note
Includes: San Diego Pride parades, National Coming Out Day, Divas in Denial: Drag show, LGBA staff and events, and Gay Awareness
Week. Photographs by Robert Nguyen and Rebecca Lee. Some images identified on the binder spine insert are missing.
Box 4, Folder 6-7
Volume 21: Appendix - Photographs and posters
1991-1999
Volume 21: Appendix - Photographs and posters: 1991-1999
General note
Includes: LGBA Semi-Formals, retreat, and Drag Show | San Diego and Los Angeles Pride parades | Stonewall awards | All Campus
Organization Fair | National Coming Out Day | Out and Proud Week rally | LGBTA tabling at events.
Oversize MC-132, Folder 03
Volume 21: Appendix - LGBT Resource Center blueprint
2001
Box 4, Folder 8
Volume 22
2000-2001
Volume 22: 2000-2001
General note
Includes: Hate Free Campus Campaign | Out and Proud Week | National Coming Out Day rally | CACLGBTI climate report draft |
newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach. Includes photograph.
Box 5, Folder 1
Volume 23
2001-2005
Volume 23: 2001-2005
General note
Includes: Interviews with LBGTRC | Out and Proud Week | Anti-Gay Group protest and counter protest photographs | Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Association (LGBTQIA) brochure | QPOC brochure |
Rainbow newsletter | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 5, Folder 2-4
Volume 24
2005-2006
Volume 24: 2005-2006
General note
Includes:
Rainbow newsletter | LGBTRC grand opening | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 5, Folder 5-6
Volume 25
2006-2007
Volume 25: 2006-2007
General note
Includes: Photographs of LGBTRC staff and events |
Rainbow newsletter | LGBTRC statistics | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 6, Folder 1-3
Volume 26
2007-2008
Volume 26: 2007-2008
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding an oversized poster and banner. Includes: Photographs
of LGBTRC staff and events | Hopes Voice posters |
Rainbow newsletter | LGBTRC gender coloring book | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 6, Folder 4-6
Volume 27
2008-2009
Volume 27: 2008-2009
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding brochure for event held outside of campus. Includes:
Rainbow newsletter | Transgender Day of Remembrance Day display | Proposition 8 flyers and reactions | 19th Annual LGBTQIA Conference
| 4th Annual Transgender Leader Summit | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 7, Folder 1-2
Volume 28
2009-2010
Volume 28: 2009-2010
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding brochure for event held outside of campus. Includes:
the 10th Anniversary of the LGBTRC, newspaper clippings, flyers for events and outreach.
Box 7, Folder 3-4
Volume 29
2010-2011
Volume 29: 2010-2011
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding campus-wide event program. Includes: Family Day
program | timeline of important events |
Common Ground | 10th Annual QPOC High School Conference |
The Queery (LGBTQ Pride Center) | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 7, Folder 5-7
Volume 30
2011-2012
Volume 30: 2011-2012
General note
Includes: newspaper clippings, as well as flyers for events and outreach.
Box 8, Folder 1-3
Volume 31
2012-2013
Volume 31: 2012-2013
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding brochure for event held outside of campus. Includes:
QPOC resource guide | 13th Queer Pin@y (Pinay) Conference | UQ Conference: 20 years of campus LGBT progress | newspaper clippings
| flyers for events and outreach.
Oversize MC-132, Folder 03
Volume 31 - San Diego Pride Youth Leadership Academy poster
2013
Box 8, Folder 4-6
Volume 32
2013-2014
Volume 32: 2013-2014
General note
Includes: LGBT Speakers' Bureau flyer |
Common Ground | UC San Diego Asian and Pacific Islander student resource guide | newspaper clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 9, Folder 1-2
Volume 33
2014-2015
Volume 33: 2014-2015
General note
Includes: Letter and card from President Barack Obama | Second Annual Multicultural LGBT Literacy Foundation Gala program
| UC San Diego Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Desi America (APIMEDA) Life Book (student resource guide) | newspaper
clippings | flyers for events and outreach.
Box 9, Folder 3
Volume 33 - Polaroid photograph exhibit
2015
Box 9, Folder 4
Volume 34
2015-2016
Volume 34: 2015-2016
General note
Includes: Letters of appreciation regarding visit by the Clairemont High School Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, polaroids
from "Fluid Attraction" student group, newspaper clippings, flyers for events and outreach.
Box 9, Folder 5-7
Volume 35, part 1
2015-2017
Volume 35, part 1: 2015-2017
General note
Includes: articles on hate crimes, newspaper clippings, flyers for events and outreach.
Box 9, Folder 8-9
Volume 35, part 2
2017
Volume 35, part 2: 2017
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding face masks. Includes: LGBT future pins, newspaper
clippings, flyers for events and outreach.
Box 10, Folder 1-3
Volume 36
2017-2018
Volume 36: 2017-2018
General note
The majority of materials from this volume have been digitized, excluding a published work. Includes: photograph of LGBTRC
interns and staff,
Rainbow newsletter, newspaper clippings, and flyers for events and outreach.
Box 10, Folder 4-6
Volume 37
2018-2019
Volume 37: 2018-2019
General note
Includes:
Rainbow newsletter, newspaper clippings, flyers for events and outreach.
Box 11, Folder 1
Volume 38
2018-2019
Volume 38: 2018-2019
General note
Includes: photographs from World Aids Day event, newspaper clippings, flyers for events and outreach.
SUBJECT FILES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) SUBJECT FILES: Contains many of the original photographs and documents collected during the course of the project,
with copies of some material incorporated into the curated volumes. Of particular interest are the photograph albums and scrapbook.
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 11, Folder 2-3
Flyers
ca. 1983-2001
Flyers: ca. 1983-2001
General note
Includes events and outreach.
Box 11, Folder 4
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Office (LGBTRO) - Description of ceremony
1999
General note
Originally displayed in center.
Box 11, Folder 5
LGBT Resource Center (LGBTRC) - Invitation and ribbon display label
2006
LGBT Resource Center (LGBTRC) - Opening event description and invitation: 2006
Box 15, Folder 1
LGBT Resource Center (LGBTRC) - Ribbon from ceremony
2006
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association (LGBTA)
Box 11, Folder 6
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Association (LGBA)
1991
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Association (LGBA): 1991
General note
The majority of materials from this folder have been digitized, excluding printout on data sheet. Includes: notes on documenting
the history of the LGBT community, Hate Crimes Rally speeches, photographs from rally in support of the Lesbian and Gay Archives
of San Diego, and flyers for events and outreach. The LGBA would later become LGBTA.
Box 11, Folder 7
LGBTA - Notes, correspondence, and meeting minutes
2002-2003
General note
Includes Associated Students (AS) call for coalition addressing issues of sexual assault on campus.
Box 11, Folder 8
LGBTA - Photograph album, part 1
1991
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association (LGBTA) photograph album, part 1: 1991
General note
Includes: dances and semi-formals | Halloween event | Pride parade in Los Angeles.
Box 12, Folder 1
LGBTA - Photograph album, part 2
1991
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association (LGBTA) photograph album, part 2: 1991
General note
Includes: Stonewall Awards | Pride parades in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego.
Box 12, Folder 2-3
LGBTA - Photograph album
1991-1992
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association (LGBTA) photograph album: 1991-1992
General note
Includes: All Campus Organization Fair | LGBA's first Lunch at the Hump | National Coming Out Day | Halloween and Christmas
events | semi-formal | LGBA retreat | and campus life.
Box 14, Folder 1
LGBTA scrapbook - Flyers, newspaper clippings, and photographs
1998-2000
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association (LGBTA) scrapbook: 1998-2000
General note
Includes: LGBTA meetings, dances, and tabling | Proposition 21 (Knight Initiative) protest | Divas in Denial annual drag show
| National Coming Out Day.
Box 12, Folder 4-5
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Office (LGBTRO) photograph album, part 1
1999-2004
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Office (LGBTRO) photograph album, part 1: 1999-2004
General note
Includes: the opening of the office in 1999 | Generation Q: Out and Proud | 1st Annual Queer Youth Conference | Rainbow Graduations
(2000-2001) | Pride parades | Day of the Dyke march | Queer People of Color meeting | Coming Out Day | UCLGBTIA Conference
| dances and drag shows | staff and building space.
Box 13, Folder 1
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Office (LGBTRO) photograph album, part 2
1999-2004
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Office (LGBTRO) photograph album, part 2: 1999-2004
General note
Includes: QPOC and LGBTIA BBQ (2002) | Rainbow Graduation (2002) | staff and building space.
Box 13, Folder 2
Scrapbook - Newspaper clippings and flyer
1986-1991
General note
Includes articles on: hate crimes and discrimination | Hate Crime Rally | SAAC voting against the admittance of the LGBA |
University of California (UC) budget | UC sociology class titled "Lesbian and Gay Cultures in Postwar America."
Reports, proposals, and publications
Box 13, Folder 3-4
CACLGBYI Center Proposal Subcommittee
1995-1998
Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (CACLGBYI) Center Proposal Subcommittee:
1995-1998
General note
The majority of materials from these folders have been digitized, excluding a published work. Includes materials regarding
the establishment of an LGBT Resource Center at UC San Diego, as well as examples from other universities.
Box 13, Folder 5
Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues (CACGISOI) annual report
2007
UC San Diego Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues (CACGISOI) annual report: 2007
Box 13, Folder 6
LGBT Focus Groups report
2006
LGBT Focus Groups report: 2006
General note
Submitted by subcommittee of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues (CACGISOI).
Box 13, Folder 7
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Speakers' Bureau - Reports and manual
ca. 2006
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Speakers' Bureau - Reports and manual: 2006
General note
The majority of materials from this folder have been digitized, excluding published works.
Box 13, Folder 8
Network Responsibility Index (NRI)
2011
Box 13, Folder 9
Proposal to establish a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center at San Diego State University
2008
Proposal to establish a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center at San Diego State University: 2008
Box 13, Folder 10
San Diego LGBT Community Wall of Honor - Booklet
2008
Box 13, Folder 11
Shepard, Yeskel, and Outcalt. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Campus Organizing: A Comprehensive Manual
1995
Box 13, Folder 12
Transgender 101
undated
Transgender 101: ca. 1995-2008
Box 13, Folder 13
Zines
ca. 2012-2016
General note
Includes: Monsters, Orphans, Robots: A Glossary of Haunting | Smart Girls Zine | Pleasure Based Anatomy Zine.
