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Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative collection
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  • Title: Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative collection
    Identifier/Call Number: Mss 367
    Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 0.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
    Creator: Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI)
    Date: 1978
    Abstract: Group of nine Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI) handbills and brochures, opposing California Proposition 6, the "Briggs Initiative" of 1978. The collection also contains nine issues of the newsletter Gayvote: News from the San Francisco Gay Democratic Club from January to November, 1978.
    Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Access Restrictions

    The collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative collection, Mss 367. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Acquisition Information

    Library purchase, 2018.

    Scope and Content

    Group of nine Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI) handbills and brochures, opposing California Proposition 6, the "Briggs Initiative" of 1978.
    Items include rally announcements, information handouts, and statements issued by various opponents of the proposition, which would have banned gay and lesbian school teachers in the state of California.
    The collection also contains nine issues of the newsletter Gayvote: News from the San Francisco Gay Democratic Club, from January to November, 1978.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Gay rights -- California
    Gay teachers -- Law and legislation -- California
    Lesbian teachers -- Law and legislation -- California
    Teachers -- Law and legislation -- California
    Announcements
    Brochures
    Handbills
    Newsletters
    Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI) -- Archives
    California. Proposition 6 (1978)
    San Francisco Gay Democratic Club -- Periodicals