Guide to the Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative collection Mss 367

Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2018.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2018 November 20


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

box 1, folder 1

Nine Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI) handbills and brochures 1978

box 1, folder 2

Gayvote: News from the San Francisco Gay Democratic Club 1978 January-November