Guide to the Patricia Callahan Files on Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Activism

Series 1. Patricia Callahan's subject files 1984-2002

Physical Description: 2.10 linear feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series consists of Callahan's subject files, including articles, correspondence, newsletters, agendas, minutes, financial records, directories, reports, 2 videocassettes (VHS), advertisements, brochures, and other printed ephemera she collected as an activist for LGBT and AIDS related causes in Orange County California during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Arrangement

The series is arranged alphabetically.

Box : Folder 1 : 1

39 th Congressional District Precinct report 1986

Box : Folder 1 : 2

AIDS confidentiality materials 1985-1986

Box : Folder 1 : 3

AIDS legislative and election materials 1986

Box : Folder 1 : 4

AIDS Services Foundation Orange County annual report 2002

Box : Folder 1 : 5-6

Assembly Bill 101 materials 1986, 1989-1992 undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes agendas, handouts, clippings, memoranda, newsletters, and other campaign related materials.

AB101 - The Time is Now!! undated

Box : Folder AV12 : C001-A

Archival Original undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS)

Access Information

Access to archival original is restricted; researchers must request a viewing copy be made

Box : Folder 1 : 7

ACLU newsletters, correspondence, and other materials 1986

Box : Folder 1 : 8

Attorney General's Commission on Racial, Ethnic, Religious and Minority Violence: Implementation Task Force Progress Report 1987

Box : Folder 8 : 2

Bird, Rose: News clippings and ephemera 1985

Box : Folder 1 : 9-10

California Statewide AIDS Conference materials 1986

Scope and Content Note

Includes agendas, clippings, committee and attendance lists, and research materials with the conference packet.

Box : Folder 1 : 11

The Center Dinner honoring Dr. Drew Barras and Dr. Don Hagan: planning notes, agendas and other materials 1989 April

Box : Folder 1 : 12

Christian publications and fundraising correspondence 1986-1987

Box : Folder 2 : 1

Directory of LGBT establishments Undated

ECCO records 1984-1991

Box : Folder 2 : 2

Board members directory, correspondence, and ephemera 1986-1991

Box : Folder 2 : 3

Dinner agenda, correspondence, and other materials 1990

Box : Folder 2 : 4

Dinner guest list, agenda, and related materials 1988

Box : Folder 2 : 5

Dinner invitations and planning materials 1989-1991

Box : Folder 2 : 6

Dinner planning materials 1989

Box : Folder 2 : 7

Dinner program and invitation 1984

Box : Folder 2 : 8-9

Dinner programs 1985-1990 undated

Box : Folder 2 : 10

Media training materials 1986-1990

Box : Folder 2 : 11

Newsletter, advertisement, and other materials 1988

Box : Folder 2 : 12

Organizational file 1987 and undated

Box : Folder 2 : 13

Pledge list 1989

Box : Folder 2 : 14

Political Affairs and Strategic materials 1989-1990

Box : Folder 2 : 15

Putting Lesbians in Power resource directory 1988

Box : Folder 2 : 16

Putting Lesbians in Power conference materials 1988

Box : Folder 2 :17

Williams, Danny: promotional materials undated

Box : Folder 3 : 1

Facilitating AIDS Education in the Work Environment 1987

Box : Folder 3 : 2

Family Diversity and Changing Family: education packet 1988

Federation Lobby/Education Network

Box : Folder 3 : 3

Advanced training materials undated

Box : Folder 3 : 4

Harriet Wieder Breakfast materials 1994

Box : Folder 3 : 5

Overview, congressional biographies, and other materials 1993

Box : Folder 3 : 6

Gann, Paul: clippings and ephemera 1987

Box : Folder 3 : 7

Gay and Lesbian Services Center of Orange County 25th Anniversary Celebration: advertisements and ephemera 1977

Box : Folder 3: 8

Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund training materials, planning notes, and contact list Undated

Box : Folder 3 : 9

Gay Bashing Club: ephemera and clippings undated

Box : Folder 3 : 10

Gay Games IV brochures 1994

Box : Folder 3 : 11

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Corporate Letter 1992

Box : Folder 3 : 12

"Gay Rights at Work" article Undated

Box : Folder 3 : 13

Hagan, Don: memorial photographs, clippings, and other materials 1992

Box : Folder 3 : 14-15

"Help Lift the Military Ban" faxes, lobbying forms, and form letters 1993

Box : Folder 3 : 16-17

Human Right Campaign Fund materials 1994-1995

Scope and Content Note

Includes Leadership Conference manual, press releases, general correspondence, budget, newsletter, handouts, faxes, clippings, and benefits manual for domestic partners.

Box : Folder 3 : 18, 4 : 1-5

Irvine Human Rights ordinance materials 1986-1989

Scope and Content Note

Includes memoranda, correspondence, agendas, planning notes, contact lists, photograph contact sheets; Human Rights Ordinance drafts and correspondence, and research materials.

Box : Folder 4 : 7-11

Laguna Outreach records 1982-1995

Scope and Content Note

Includes history, newsletters, Lavender Limelight programs, clippings, handouts, and photocopies of photographs.

Box : Folder 4 : 12

The Langtry Bed and Breakfast brochure Undated

Box : Folder 4 : 13

The Lazarus Project Lecture announcement 1986

Box : Folder 4 : 14

The Lesbian, Gay and Feminist Leadership Federation of Orange County correspondence, minutes, and other materials 1985-1986

Box : Folder 4 : 15

LGBT magazine articles 1992-1993

Box : Folder 4 : 6

Linville, Kirk: memorial programs, photographs and correspondence 1990

Box : Folder 4 : 16-17

Lobby for Individual Freedom and Equality: education packet, memoranda, and agendas 1988-1993

Box : Folder 5 :1-2

Log Cabin news clipping, correspondence, and other materials 1984-1988

Box : Folder 5 : 3-4

March on Washington lobbying materials 1993

Box : Folder 5 : 5

Writing annual reports: instructional materials 1987-1989

Box : Folder 5 : 6

Media training handouts and articles 1986-1990

Box : Folder 5 : 7

McCarthy, Leo: clippings and ephemera 1987

Box : Folder 5 : 8

National Conference of Gay and Lesbian Public Officials: correspondence and forms 1988

Box : Folder 5 : 9

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: registration forms, correspondence, and forms 1988

Box : Folder 9 : 1-9

Clippings about Orange County undated

Box : Folder 5 : 10

Orange Coast College homophobia survey undated

Box : Folder 5 : 11

Orange County Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration pamphlets 1989-1990

Box : Folder 6 : 1

Orange County Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): correspondence and pamphlet 1984

Box : Folder 6 : 2-3

Proposition 102 campaign records 1988

Scope and Content Note

Includes stickers, brochures, invitations, correspondence, initiative measure and additional campaign materials.

Proposition 64 records

Box : Folder 6 : 4-5

LaRouche Initiative agenda, news clippings, and other materials 1980-1986

Box : Folder 6 : 6

Legal Analysis and Impact Report of LaRouche Initiative and related correspondence undated

Biography/Organization History

The impact analysis and letter written by Dan Woodbridge are accredited as playing instrumental role in the defeat of Proposition 64.

Box : Folder 6 : 7-12

"No on 64" campaign materials 1985-1986

Scope and Content Note

Includes design materials, fliers, form letters, volunteer forms, campaign contacts, press releases, agendas, news clippings, and other campaign related materials.

No on 64 1986

Box : Folder AV12 : V002A

Archival Original

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS)

Access Information

Access to archival original is restricted; researchers must request a viewing copy

Box : Folder 7 : 7

Press kit materials 1986

Box : Folder 7 : 8-10

Statements of opposition to the LaRouche campaign 1986

Box : Folder 7 : 11

"Yes on 64" reports and propaganda 1985 July-August

Box : Folder 7 : 12

Religious pamphlets and other materials addressing homosexuality 1983-1993

Box : Folder 8 : 1

The Republican Digest: newsletters 1988

Box : Folder 8 : 3

The Rutherford Institute magazine article and press release 1990-1993

Box : Folder 8 : 4

Schneider, Claudine: press kit 1988

Box : Folder 8 : 5

Smith, Arlo: California Attorney General campaign correspondence and clippings 1989

Box : Folder 8 : 6-7

Southern California Women for Understanding correspondence, newsletters, and other materials 1986-1997

Box : Folder 8 : 8

Take Pride 1997 Slide Show original photographs, clippings, and other materials 1986-1997

Box : Folder 8 : 9-12

UC Irvine Chancellor's Advisory Committee: memoranda, manuals, minutes, and agendas 1984-1990

Box : Folder 8: 13

Vincent Chalk vs. Orange County Superintendent of Schools Appellate report 1988

Box : Folder 8 : 14

The War Conference programs, directories, and other materials 1988

Biography/Organization History

National Coming Out Day, October 11, was founded by Jean O'Leary and Rob Eichberg at the War Conference with full support of 100 LGBT organizations around the country.

Box : Folder 8 : 15

WESPAC, the Association of Gay and Lesbian political action committees in the western states: correspondence and convention packet 1988

Series 2. ECCO Scrapbook 1985-2005

Physical Description: 0.2 linear feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series includes materials from a binder that documents the activities of the Elections Committee of the County of Orange (ECCO) between 1985-2005 through newsletters, dinner programs, annual reports, correspondence and printed ephemera. Series 1 and 3 also include additional materials from ECCO.

Arrangement

Original arrangement has been preserved.

Box : Folder 9 : 10-15

ECCO Orange County Historical LGBT Timeline Project files 1985-2005

Box : Folder FB 68 : 6

ECCO poster 1984

Series 3. Don Hagan and Drew Barras' subject files 1965-1991

Physical Description: 0.5 linear feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series includes articles, correspondence, reports, news clippings, newsletters, newspapers, and ECCO materials collected by Hagan and Barras related to HIV/AIDS and LGBT activism in Orange County.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in alphabetical order.

Box : Folder 10: 1

Articles and newsletters 1965-1991

Box : Folder 10 : 2-3

Awards 1987-1989

Box : Folder 10 : 4

Correspondence, reports, and other materials 1983-1990

Box : Folder 10 : 5-7

ECCO records 1986

Includes correspondence, agendas, table and guest list, contribution records, and newsletters.

Box : Folder FB 68 : 5

Frontiers 1986

Scope and Content Note

Includes articles, photographs, and advertisements related to proposition 64 and Don Hagan's role at ECCO.

Box : Folder 10 : 8-11

Clippings 1985-1993

Collection Contents