Dignity/San Francisco Records, 1972-2005

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Summary

Title:
Dignity/San Francisco records
Dates:
1972-2005
Creators:
Dignity (San Francisco)
Abstract:
Contains administrative files, and worship and liturgy files. Administrative files include correspondence, board and committee meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, brochures, and Biennial Convention programs. Worship and Liturgy files include service scripts, schedules, lectionaries, readings, and programs for Sunday service. Also contains newsletters, flyers, readings, and meeting minutes from other Dignity chapters including the national chapter and the East Bay chapter.
Extent:
Number of containers: 7 cartons Linear feet: 8.75
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Dignity/San Francisco Records, BANC MSS 2002/73 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains administrative files, and worship and liturgy files. Administrative files include correspondence, board and committee meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, brochures, and Biennial Convention programs. Worship and Liturgy files include service scripts, schedules, lectionaries, readings, and programs for Sunday service. Also contains newsletters, flyers, readings, and meeting minutes from other Dignity chapters including the national chapter and the East Bay chapter.

The papers cover Dignity/San Francisco's relationship with the Archdiocese of San Francisco and its shift from the Bay Area chapter to the San Francisco Chapter.

The newspaper clippings cover not only Dignity/San Francisco, but also Catholicism and homosexuality in general. Of note are essays by Father Henry Fehren, Kevin Gordon, and Paul Giurlanda.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1969 Father Patrick X. Nidorf arranges meetings in Southern California for Catholic homosexuals to worship eventually becoming Dignity/USA
1973 Dignity/Bay Area is formed.
1982 Dignity/Bay Area changes its name to Dignity/San Francisco.
1983 Archdiocese of San Francisco asserts that the homosexual lifestyle is "morally unacceptable"
1988 St. Boniface, in light of 1983 Archdiocese's assertion, expels Dignity/San Francisco's membership from participation in services.
1989-1993 Services held at Dolores Street Community Church.
1993-present Services moved to Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church after fire at Dolores Street Community Church.
Acquisition information:
The Dignity/San Francisco papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Tom Kaun on May 9, 2000.
Processing information:

Processed by Iris Donovan in 2004; additions by Alison E. Bridger in 2007.

Arrangement:

Arranged to the folder level.

Accruals:

No additions are expected.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding Aid written by Iris Donovan; revised by Alison E. Bridger; revised by Mario H. Ramirez.
Date Prepared:
© 2007
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by Finding Aid author(s) via EAD XPress; markup validated by The Bancroft Library staff using OAC validation tools; Date of source: April 2007

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Dignity/San Francisco Records, BANC MSS 2002/73 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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