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Title: Jane Warner papers
Dates: circa 1990s-2014
Collection Number: 2023-53
Creator/Collector:
Warner, Jane
Extent: 5 linear feet (1 carton, 1 manuscript box, 1 oversized box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Jane Ellen Warner (1956-2010) was a lesbian law enforcement officer and newspaper columnist. From 1993 to 2009, Warner served
as San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer in the Castro, Noe Valley, and Mission neighborhoods in San Francisco. Materials
include DVD-Rs documenting Halloween on Castro Street in 2008, Warner’s wedding to Dawn Robinson Warner, and Jane Warner’s
memorial; documents related to Warner’s memorial; numerous award certificates from elected officials and government agencies;
clippings of Warner’s columns in the Bay Area Reporter; Warner’s uniform; T-shirts from the Castro Street Fair; display cases
featuring Warner’s badges and a flag; champagne flutes commemorating Warner’s wedding anniversary; and several collars, tags,
and mementos from pets dogs.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission
to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
[Identification of item]. Jane Warner papers. Collection Number: 2023-53. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Dawn Robinson Warner, July 2023.
Biography/Administrative History
Jane Ellen Warner (1956-2010) was a lesbian law enforcement officer and newspaper columnist. From 1993 to 2009, Warner served
as San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer in the Castro, Noe Valley, and Mission neighborhoods in San Francisco. She
also wrote for the Bay Area Reporter’s “Crime and Punishment” column between 1999 and 2010. In November 2010, Jane Warner
Plaza was dedicated in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood.
Scope and Content of Collection
Materials include DVD-Rs documenting Halloween on Castro Street in 2008, Warner’s wedding to Dawn Robinson Warner, and Jane
Warner’s memorial; documents related to Warner’s memorial; numerous award certificates from elected officials and government
agencies; clippings of Warner’s columns in the Bay Area Reporter; Warner’s uniform; T-shirts from the Castro Street Fair;
display cases featuring Warner’s badges and a flag; champagne flutes commemorating Warner’s wedding anniversary; and several
collars, tags, and mementos from pets dogs.
LGBTQ
Lesbians
Law enforcement
Castro (San Francisco, Calif.)