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Title: Lee Westbrook papers
Dates: circa 1984-1991
Collection Number: 1989-02
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .4 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Anonymous surveys, notes and unpublished manuscript materials from C. Leroy (Lee) Westbrook's uncompleted dissertation in
Psychology, "A Comparative Study of the Relationship of Childhood Christian Religious Training To Adjustment Problems of Gay
and Straight Men."
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Lee Westbrook papers. Collection Number: 1989-02. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of C. Leroy Westbrook on August 15, 1989.
Scope and Content of Collection
Anonymous surveys, notes and unpublished manuscript materials from C. Leroy (Lee) Westbrook's uncompleted dissertation in
Psychology, "A Comparative Study of the Relationship of Childhood Christian Religious Training To Adjustment Problems of Gay
and Straight Men." Having been raised as the son of an American Baptist minister, Westbrook stated that he chose this topic
because he was aware in his own life of issues raised and struggles caused by the juxtaposition of his gayness and the religious
training he received as a youngster. The collection includes personal data forms and sexual orientation statements, religious
training surveys, surveys about areas of special church influence or impact, and Tennessee Self-Concept Scales, Form C. There
is also a CV, his statement explaining why the thesis was not completed and his obituary. Westbrook was born in 1942 and died
of AIDS in 1991. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008603; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007695;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007702
Christians
Mental health