Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Chronology
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection Summary
Collection Title:
Dignity/
San
Francisco
records
Date (inclusive): 1972-2005
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2002/73 c
Creator :
Dignity (
San
Francisco
)
Extent:
Number of containers: 7 cartons
Linear feet: 8.75
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
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.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
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.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Gays--California--San Francisco
Lesbians--California--San Francisco
Sexual orientation and social conflict collection
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The
Dignity/
San
Francisco
papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Tom Kaun on May 9, 2000.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Iris Donovan in 2004; additions by Alison E. Bridger in 2007.
Chronology
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. |
Scope and Content of Collection
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.