Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles records, 1981-2003, bulk Bulk, 1992-2001

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Summary

Title:
Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles Records
Dates:
1981-2003, bulk Bulk, 1992-2001
Creators:
Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles.
Abstract:
Meeting minutes, correspondence, bylaws, flyers, registration forms, posters, financial records, photographs, audiocassettes, floppy disks, T-shirts and other material documenting activities of the Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles, a LGBT-oriented running and social club founded in 1981. The collection documents the club's administration of and participation in events such as the annual Run/Walk for Gay and Lesbian Pride, Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon, Gay Games and other activities.
Extent:
2.0 linear feet. 1 archive box + 1 flat archive box.
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles Records, Coll2012-148, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection comprises meeting minutes, correspondence, bylaws, flyers, registration forms, posters, financial records, photographs, audiocassettes, floppy disks, T-shirts and other material documenting activities of the Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles, a LGBT-oriented running and social club founded in 1981. The collection documents the club's administration of and or participation in events such as the annual Run/Walk for Gay and Lesbian Pride, Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon, Gay Games and other activities. Also documented are various social events organized by the club, as well as its annual awards banquet fundraiser.

Biographical / historical:

Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles (more commonly known as LA Frontrunners) is a running and walking club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, their friends, and their supporters. Founded in 1981, the club takes its name from The Frontrunner, Patricia Nell Warren's 1974 best-selling novel about a gay relationship. The club participates in competitive and non-competitive running events, an annual Pride Run, and other fundraising and social events. LA Frontrunners' aims include informing the general public of the mental and physical health benefits of running; organizing and coordinating running events and programs; and promoting understanding and camaraderie between people of different ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.

In 2012, the LA Frontrunners is one of more than 100 Frontrunner clubs throughout the United States and other countries.

Source:

LA Frontrunners website, www.lafrontrunners.com, (last accessed March 4, 2013).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mark Penn, March 19, 2008.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Marc LaRocque and Loni Shibuyama, March 2013.

Arrangement:

A folder with LA Frontrunner's bylaws and incorporation papers is at the beginning of the collection. The remaining folders are arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Marc LaRocque and Loni Shibuyama
Sponsor:
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Date Prepared:
(c) 2013
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-05-01T11:46-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Frontrunners Track Club of Greater Los Angeles Records, Coll2012-148, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu
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