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Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Timeline Research Files
MS.R.105
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Timeline research files
Creator:
Muirhead, Barbara
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.105
Physical Description:
3.8 Linear Feet
(11 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1970-2000
Date (bulk): 1991-1996
Abstract: The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, and ephemera about Orange County, California's gay and lesbian
communities. The materials were collected by multiple individuals as part of the Orange County Historical Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender (LGBT) Timeline Project.
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Timeline research files. MS-R105. Special Collections and Archives,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Richard Hitt and Barbara Muirhead, 2003.
The majority of news clippings from this collection were contributed by Rus Calish. Additional materials were contributed
by: Tricia Aynes, Lillian Lobb, Linda Hidy, Alex Wentzel, Ron Rudderro, Joe Wilkins, John Rule, Max Schneider, Ron Smelt,
Roger Harrison, Bill La Pointe, Melitas Forster, Ron Kaump, Ted Heier, James Marchese, Pat Walsh, Laural Connor, Cheryl Miller,
Terry Stone, Perry Wiggins, Jay Murley, Stuart Baron, Drew Barras, Don Hagan, Sam Warren, Don Odorizzi, and the OC Human Relations
Commission.
Jayme Hall and Joanna Lamb, 2008-2009.
The Orange County Historical LGBT Historical Timeline Project was started in 1995 by Barbara Muirhead to provide background
information to participants of the Orange County Federation of Lesbian, Gay, and HIV/AIDS support organizations. That same
year, UC Irvine opened the first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Resource Center in the University of California System which hosted
the first online version of the Timeline. Since the project's inception, researcher Dick Hitt has also contributed information
and materials to the collection.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, and ephemera about Orange County, California's gay and lesbian
communities. The materials were collected by multiple individuals as part of the Orange County Historical Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgender (LGBT) Timeline Project. The project highlights important people, organizations, and events related to the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community in Orange County, California. The bulk of the collection comprises newspaper
and magazine clippings, with additional photographs, newsletters, correspondence, and ephemera included. The collection is
particularly strong in documenting Orange County residents' participation in Laguna Pride Weekend, Gay Games IV, the 1993
March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject. Oversize clippings and magazines have been separated and are arranged
alphabetically by subject in boxes 5-10.
Some materials from this acquisition were separated to form the following collections:
- Dick Hitt files on gays and lesbians in Orange County, California. MS-R124.
- Robert R. Hodges papers. MS-R117.
- The Center Orange County records. MS-R118.
- George Raab collection. MS-R122.
- Art Balderrama papers. MS-R123.
- Thomas J. Peterson collection on the Elections Committee of the County of Orange. MS-R125.
- Nancy Phelps files on the American Civil Liberties Union. MS-R132.
- Patric A. Magee papers concerning transgenderism. MS-R133
- Mary A. Lynch papers. MS-R134
Duplicates and materials not related to Orange County were not retained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bisexuals -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Lesbians -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Gays -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Transgender people -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Gay liberation movement -- California -- History -- Sources
AIDS (disease) -- California -- Sources.
Scrapbooks -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century
Gay Games