Labonté (Richard) Photographs and Certificate, circa 1990-2000

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Title:: Richard Labonté photographs and certificate
Dates:: circa 1990-2000
Creators:: Labonté, Richard
Abstract:
Extent:: .25 linear feet (1 half manuscript box)
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Preferred citation:: Richard Labonté photographs and certificate. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and content:: Color photographs documenting the social world of A Different Light (ADL) bookstore's San Francisco location in the 1990s, including ADL staff, an event by the cultural activist collective Boy with Arms Akimbo, and the 1996 Readers and Writers conference. Also includes a certificate, signed by San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano, commemorating the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s proclamation of August 21, 2000 as Richard Labonté Day in San Francisco.
Biographical / historical:: Richard Labonté (1949-2022) was a Canadian author, editor, and business person who helped to found the A Different Light bookstore chain.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Richard Labonté, July 2021.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: circa 1990-2000
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred citation:: Richard Labonté photographs and certificate. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US