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Title: Bond Shands papers
Dates: 1970-1984
Collection Number: 1994-27
Creator/Collector:
Shands, Bond
Extent: 0.8 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Bond Shands papers are related to his political activities and his work with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and
the Council of Emperors.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
[Identification of item]. Bond Shands papers. Collection Number: 1994-27. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Bond Shands in 1994.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Bond Shands papers are related to his political activities and his work with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and
the Council of Emperors. Materials related to the Metropolitan Community Church include a biographical sketch of, and a letter
from, Reverend James E. Sandmire, and a scrapbook Shands kept on the financial campaign to rebuild the church in 1973 after
it was burned down. Shands was a principal fund-raiser and record-keeper for this campaign. There are also flyers and ephemera
from Father Gene Boyle’s 1974 campaign for California State Assembly and a letter from Supervisor Harry Britt. Materials related
to the Council of Emperors include financial records kept by Shands when he served as their treasurer; meeting minute; notes,
drafts, and a copy of the final constitution developed while Bonds was chairman of the Council of Emperors Constitution Committee;
records from Emperor Robert Cramer’s campaign fund; court photographs and ephemera; and Shands’ certificates and awards. Finally,
there is a jacket from the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008511;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007695
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