Finding aid of the Jim Kepner papers
Coll2011.002
Finding aid prepared by Loni Shibuyama
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California, 90007
(213) 741-0094
askone@ONEarchives.org
March 31, 2011
Title: Jim Kepner papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011.002
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
40.4 linear feet.
62 archive cartons + 1 archive binder + 3 oversize flat archive boxes + 1 oversize envelope.
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1940-1997
Date (inclusive): 1933-2010
Abstract: Manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, minutes and organizational records, notebooks, science fiction writings, poetry, erotica,
educational material, photographs, computer disks, textiles, ephemera and memorabilia from writer, historian and gay activist,
Jim Kepner (1923-1997). Founder of the Western Gay Archives (later renamed the National Gay Archives and then the International
Gay & Lesbian Archives), Kepner began collecting gay- and lesbian-related material in the 1940s and began writing about the
gay and lesbian community in the 1950s. A highly active participant in the gay liberation movement, Kepner has been a founding
member or board member of numerous gay and lesbian rights organizations, including ONE, Incorporated, PRIDE (Personal Rights
in Defense and Education), Gay Community Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, Metropolitan Community Church, Christopher Street
West, Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile, and the Gay Community Services Center. The bulk of this collection
consists of Kepner's writings, including autobiographies; non-fiction books and essays about the gay and lesbian community;
science fiction publications; journals and notebooks; as well as fiction, poetry and erotica. The collection also consists
of Kepner's extensive correspondence files; class material for courses he taught in gay and lesbian studies; and minutes and
organizational material for the many organizations in which he has been involved throughout his life.
creator:
Kepner, Jim, (James Lynn Kepner, Jr.), 1923-1997
Biography
James Lynn Kepner Jr. was found as an abandoned infant in Galveston, Texas, on September 19, 1923. He was adopted by a railroad
worker, James Kepner Sr., and his wife, Mary Christina Peterson Kepner. By 1930, Kepner gained a sister, Ella Nora. Upon graduating
from Ball High School in Galveston, Kepner worked in a variety of jobs, including Western Union messenger, waiter and office
clerk.
Around 1942, Kepner moved to San Francisco with his father and sister, where he began seeking out gay and lesbian communities
and any books or materials related to gay and lesbian issues. During his time in San Francisco--and for two years in New York--Kepner
worked as a copy boy or film reviewer for newspapers such as the
New York Daily Worker (1946-1948) and
People's World (1948). In addition, Kepner also became actively involved in science fiction fan clubs, and in 1943-1945, he edited his first
publication,
Toward Tomorrow, a science fiction fan magazine. In 1950, Kepner co-founded and operated the bookstore, Books on Telegraph Hill, but the
company went out of business in 1951.
Following the close of the bookstore, Kepner moved to Los Angeles, where he continued to collect gay and lesbian material
and stay involved with science fiction fan groups. Kepner also began attending meetings of a gay and lesbian "homophile" group
known as the Mattachine Society. In 1953, a political schism in the Mattachine Society led Kepner to depart from Mattachine,
and he began working with ONE, Inc., which produced the national homophile publication,
ONE Magazine. For several years, Kepner continued his involvement with ONE, serving on the magazine's editorial board; writing articles
(often under pseudonyms, including Lyn Pedersen, Dal McIntire and Frank Golovitz); expanding ONE's library; developing classes
in gay studies; and helping to start ONE's scholarly journal,
ONE Institute Quarterly of Homophile Studies.
In 1960, Kepner attended Los Angeles City College and also worked as a cab driver. By the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s,
Kepner became increasingly involved with the development of the gay and lesbian liberation movement. He was a founding member
or board member of numerous gay and lesbian organizations, including ONE, Southern California Council on Religion & the Homophile
(CRH), Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE), Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Gay Community Alliance (GCA),
Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE), Christopher Street West (CSW), Gay Liberation Front (GLF), Gay Community
Services Center (GCSC), IMRU gay radio collective, Celebration Theatre, and others.
At the same time, Kepner increased his efforts in collecting gay and lesbian material and writing about gay and lesbian experience.
In 1966, Kepner created and published
Pursuit & Symposium, a homophile magazine that printed only two issues due to financial problems. For two decades, Kepner continued to write
articles and columns for several (primarily gay) newspapers and magazines, including
The Advocate,
Entertainment West,
Frontiers,
In Touch, and
Newswest. Developing his reputation as a gay historian, Kepner also began making presentations on gay and lesbian history and teaching
a course on gay and lesbian studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Experimental College.
In 1972, after amassing a large library of gay- and lesbian-related books and other materials in his Torrance, California,
apartment, Kepner began allowing researchers access to his collection. In 1975, he named it the Western Gay Archives. In 1979,
a board of directors was created, the collection was incorporated as the National Gay Archives, and the materials were housed
in an office on Hudson Street in Hollywood, California. The archives changed its name to the International Gay & Lesbian Archives:
Natalie Barney/Edward Carpenter Library in 1984.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Kepner continued to operate the International Gay & Lesbian Archives, participate in gay and
lesbian activism, and write several manuscripts on gay and lesbian history. One of his books,
Rough News, Daring Views, was published by Haworth Press in the last year of Kepner's life. Kepner died following emergency surgery on November 15,
1997.
Sources:
Box 1, Folder 1, Jim Kepner Papers, Coll2011-002, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Cain, Paul D.
Leading the Parade: Conversations with America's Most Influential Lesbians and Gay Men. Boston: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2002.
Potvin, Ernie. "Remembering Jim Kepner."
Celebrating Jim Kepner's Life and the Past 50 Years of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement, 1998.
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Publication Rights
Researchers wishing to publish material must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives as the
physical owner of the material. Note that permission to publish does not constitute copyright clearance. ONE National Gay
& Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold copyright. It is the responsibility
of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials from the copyright holder(s).
Acquisition Information
Materials in this collection were created and collected by Jim Kepner, founder of the International Gay & Lesbian Archives
(IGLA). In 1994, IGLA merged with ONE Institute to form the organization renamed ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. Materials
from Kepner's estate were transferred to ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives following his death in 1997. In addition, a portion
of this collection was donated by Bill Kaiser on January 12, 2002.
Other Finding Aids
International Gay & Lesbian Archives records, Coll2011-008, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
Preferred Citation
Box #, folder #, Jim Kepner Papers, Coll2011-002, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
Processing Information
Formerly boxes 103-021, 103-025, 103-027, 103-046, 103-071, 103-085, 103-114, 103-116, 103-147, 103-157, 103-158, 103-168,
103-221, 103-223, 103-225, 103-229, 103-234, 103-235, 103-237, 103-242, 103-243, 103-267, 103-284, 103-289, 103-291, 103-296,
103-302, 103-322, 103-323, 103-326, 103-327, 103-328, 103-331, 103-332, 103-337, 103-353, 104-017, 104-020, 104-021, 104-022,
104-023, 104-024, 104-025, 104-026, and 104-146. Processed by Loni Shibuyama, March 31, 2011.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Related Materials
ONE Incorporated records, Coll2011-001, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately 39 linear feet of materials created or collected by gay and lesbian historian, writer
and activist, Jim Kepner (1923-1997). The materials include manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, meeting minutes and organizational
records, notebooks, photographs, computer disks, textiles and memorabilia that Kepner created or collected throughout his
lifetime. The bulk of this collection reflects Kepner's activities in collecting materials and writing about the gay and lesbian
community beginning in the 1940s. As a highly active member in the gay and lesbian liberation movement, this collection also
includes records documenting the activities of several gay and lesbian organizations including, but not limited to, ONE, Incorporated,
Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE), Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile, Metropolitan
Community Church, Gay Community Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, Christopher Street West and the Gay Community Services Center.
The collection is divided into twelve series:
Series 1: Personal, includes resumes, appointment books, clippings, correspondence and other material related to Kepner's
daily activities, education, employment, health, real estate, selective service and other personal matters.
Series 2: Autobiographies, includes Kepner's autobiographical manuscripts and personal newsletters. One of these manuscripts,
My First 75 Years of Gay Liberation, provides a yearly account of Kepner's involvement in the gay and lesbian rights movement.
Series 3: Writings on gay and lesbian history, includes Kepner's book manuscripts, as well as published and unpublished articles
and essays on gay and lesbian history and biographies of historical figures.
Series 4:
Pursuit & Symposium, includes records related to the homophile magazine that Kepner created and published from 1966-1967.
Series 5: Science fiction, includes publications, manuscripts, minutes and correspondence related to Kepner's participation
in science fiction fan clubs and collectives, mostly during the 1940s and early 1950s.
Series 6: Other writings, includes Kepner's fiction, poetry and gay men's erotica.
Series 7: Journals, notebooks and notes, includes diaries, journals, notebooks and miscellaneous (mostly handwritten) notes.
Series 8: Correspondence, consists of Kepner's personal correspondence.
Series 9: Gay and lesbian studies and activism, includes educational course material on gay and lesbian studies and Kepner's
participation in numerous gay and lesbian organizations and political committees.
Series 10: Photographs, includes photographs of Kepner with other individuals, as well as photos of science fiction fan gatherings,
and photos of Kepner's sister, Ella Nora.
Series 11: Computer disks, consists of 5 1/4-inch floppy disks, 3 1/2-inch diskettes, zip disks and compact discs documenting
Kepner's writings and organizational records.
Series 12: Awards, clothing and memorabilia, includes award plaques, personalized clothing and personal objects collected
by Kepner.
Separated Materials
Published versions of Jim Kepner's erotic writings have been separated from this collection and cataloged into the ONE National
Gay & Lesbian Archives' periodicals collection. In addition, the following publications have been separated from this collection:
A Book of Commandments, for the Government of the Church of Christ. Independence: Herald House, 1972.
The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1991.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srimad Bhagavatam Tenth Canto-Part Two. “The Summun Bonum” (Part Two—Chapters 6-12). New York: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
Bucaille, Maurice.
The Bible, The Qur’an and Science.
Campbell, Byram.
The New Mythology of Racial Equality. New York: The Truth Seeker Company, Inc., 1963.
Chesham, Sallie.
Born to Battle: The Salvation Army in America. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1965.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints.The Old Testament/ The New Testament/ The Book of Mormon: Another Testament
of Jesus Christ/ The Doctrine and Covenants & The Pearl of Great Price
: Boxed Set.
Clymer, Swinburne.
The Rosicrucians in America: The False vs. The True Order of the Rosy Cross. Quakertown: The Rosicrucian Foundation.
Grant, Madison.
The Passing of the Great Race. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1916.
Howe, E.D.
Mormonism Unvailed. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1834.
Judd, Peter A. and A. Bruce Lindgren.
Who Are the Saints? An Introduction to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Independence: Herald Publishing House, 1985.
The Legend of Kyrandia. Book Two. Irvine: Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1994. [CD Rom and Game Manual].
Murray, Gilbert.
Five Stages of Greek Religion. London, Eng: Watts & Co., 1946.
Prophet, Mark L. and Elizabeth Clare Prophet.
The Lost Teachings of Jesus. Livingston: Summit University Press, 1986.
Putnam, Carleton.
Race and Reality: A Search for Solutions. Cape Canaveral: Howard Allen, 1967.
Putnam, Carleton.
Race and Reason: A Yankee View. Cape Canaveral: Howard, Allen, 1961.
Segond, Louis.
Le Nouveau Testament. Paris: Imprime en Angleterre, 1956.
Smith, Morton.
The Secret Gospel: The Discovery and Interpretation of the Secret Gospel According to Mark. Clearlake: The Dawn Horse Press, 1982.
Spivak, Lawrence E. and Charles Agnoff, eds.
The American Mercury Reader: A Selection of Distinguished Articles and Stories Published in the American Mercury Reader During
the Past 20 Years
. New York: American Mercury, Inc., 1943.
Stoddard, Lothrop.
The Rising Tide of Color: Against While World-Supremacy. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920.
The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. New York: James Pott and Co.
U.S. Department of Defense.
Arabic: Language Familiarization Manual. Washington: Educational Services, 1960.
Vaughan, Curtis.
The New Testament from 26 Translations. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1967.
Wesley, George Criz.
The Biology of the Race Problem. Richmond: The Patrick Henry Press.
List of Pseudonyms
Lyn Pedersen
Dal McIntire
Dalvan McIntire
Frank Golovitz
Jack Muller
Jack Miller
J.K. Short
J.K. Long
J.K. Symes-Horvath
Jean Arnold
John Arnold
Arlen Coger
Dalvin Arthur
Dr. Fecal de Chevreaux
Jim Taylor
Ronald Greyson
Francis Leach
Subjects and Indexing Terms
International Gay and Lesbian Archives.
National Gay Archives.
ONE Institute & Archives.
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives.
ONE, Inc.
Western Gay Archives.
Diaries, letters, and memoirs
Gay activists--United States--History
Gay and lesbian rights
Gay erotic literature
Gay liberation movement--United States--History
Gay men
Gay men's writings, American
Gay rights--United States--History--20th century
Gays' writings, American
Homosexuality
Homosexuality and education
Homosexuality and literature
Homosexuality--History
Science fiction
Personal Series 1.
1933-1997
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises resumes and curriculum vitae, last will and testaments, interview transcripts, appointment books, education-
and employment-related documents, financial records, real estate records, health records, correspondence, clippings and other
material documenting Jim Kepner's personal life. The majority of this series includes material that is not directly related
to his participation in the gay and lesbian movement. However, it should be noted that this series includes correspondence
with the United States Selective Service and the Galveston County Draft Board regarding Kepner's homosexuality (1943-1945),
as well as transcripts of interviews with Kepner. In addition, this series also includes documentation for Kepner's other
jobs and business ventures, such as his co-ownership of a San Francisco bookstore, Books on Telegraph Hill (1950-1951).
Box 1, Folder 1
Resumes, biographies and curriculum vitae
circa 1973-1997
Box 1, Folder 3
Last will and testaments
1972-1997
Box 1, Folder 4-7
Interviews
1976-1994
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 1, Folder 4
Kepner 1976 interview tapes synopsis
1976
Box 1, Folder 5
An interview with gay historian, Jim Kepner, by John Mauceri
1978
Box 1, Folder 6
Kepner interview transcript
1986
Box 1, Folder 7
Interview with Jim Kepner, by Jim Sears
1994
Box 1, Folder 8-10
Surveys and questionnaires answered by Kepner
circa 1970-1979
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 1, Folder 8
Advocate 400 Questionnaire
No date
Box 1, Folder 9
Identifying Your Gay Spirit
No date
Box 1, Folder 10
Unidentified questionnaire
circa 1971
Box 1, Folder 11-20
Appointment books
1967-1992
Physical Description:
[10 folders]
Box 1, Folder 14-15
1978-1979
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 2, Folder 1-6
Clippings about Kepner
1936-1997
Physical Description:
[6 folders]
Box 2, Folder 7
Celebrating Jim Kepner's Life and the Past 50 Years of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement (Jim Kepner memorial)
1998
Box 4, Folder 1
Awards, honors and recognition certificates
1969-1998
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 2, Folder 9
Business cards, membership cards and name tags
circa 1945-1997
Box 2, Folder 11-19
Education
circa 1940-1965
Physical Description:
[9 folders]
Box 4, Folder 2
Education
circa 1940-1965
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 2, Folder 12
California Labor School and the New Writers Group
1948-1949
Box 2, Folder 13
Los Angeles City College
1961-1964
Box 2, Folder 14-15
Arabic class notebook
No date
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 2, Folder 16-17
English class notebook
1963
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 2, Folder 18
French class notebook
No date
Box 4, Folder 2
History 1107 chart
No date
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 2, Folder 19
Miscellaneous class work
circa 1940-1965
Box 2, Folder 20-22
Employment
1942-1993
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 3, Folder 1-3
Employment
1942-1993
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 4, Folder 3
Employment
1942-1993
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 2, Folder 20
American Can Company
1953-1958
Box 2, Folder 21
Books on Telegraph Hill
1950-1951
Box 2, Folder 22
Employability plan
1982-1983
Box 4, Folder 3
Employment applications, forms and timecards
1968-1993
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 3, Folder 1
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company
1942
Box 3, Folder 2
Yellow Cab Company
1961-1968
Box 3, Folder 3
Unemployment insurance
1948-1980
Box 3, Folder 4-11
Financial records
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[8 folders]
Box 3, Folder 4-7
General
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 3, Folder 8
Automobile
circa 1940-1997
Box 3, Folder 9-10
Income taxes
1949-1970
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 3, Folder 12
Family information and material
No date
Box 3, Folder 13
Friends of Jim Kepner Fund
1996-1997
Box 3, Folder 14
Health- and medical-related material
circa 1980-1997
Box 3, Folder 15-17
Housing
1947-1997
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 4, Folder 4
Housing
1947-1997
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 4, Folder 4
Baxter Street, Los Angeles
1956-1974
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 3, Folder 15
Lexington Avenue, Los Angeles
1994
Box 3, Folder 16
University of Southern California, Center for Scholars in Residence
1995-1997
Box 3, Folder 21-23
Politics
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 3, Folder 21
Political flyers
circa 1940-1990
Box 3, Folder 22
Voter registration
1968-1971
Box 3, Folder 23
William Clinton memorabilia
1992
Box 3, Folder 25-26
Selective Service
1943-1945
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 3, Folder 25
Alto Psychologic Center
1943
Box 3, Folder 26
Galveston County Draft Board
1943-1945
Box 3, Folder 27
Travel records
circa 1970-1995
Box 3, Folder 28
United States Customs correspondence regarding obscene material
1967
Box 4, Folder 5
Memorabilia
circa 1950-1997
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Autobiographies Series 2.
1923-1997
Arrangement
Kepner's
My First 75 Years of Gay Liberation and
Loves of a Long-Time Activist are grouped at the beginning of the series. The remaining autobiographical manuscripts and newsletters are arranged alphabetically.
Series Scope and Contents
This series comprises manuscripts and notes for Kepner's autobiographies and his personal newsletters,
!Mi Vida¡ and
Song and Dance. The bulk of this series consists of manuscripts for
My First 75 Years of Gay Liberation, an almost daily account of Kepner's life and his involvement in the gay and lesbian rights movement. Note that alternate
titles for the
My First 75 Years of Gay Liberation manuscript have been provided to indicate the version of the draft and the years in Kepner's life that are described. Also
included in this series is Kepner's manuscripts for "Vignettes"--later renamed
Loves of a Long-Time Activist--a collection of poems describing Kepner's relationships with former lovers.
Box 5, Folder 1
My First 66 Years of Gay Liberation: 1923-1932
circa 1985-1997
Box 5, Folder 2-3
My First 73 Years of Gay Liberation: 1923-1942
circa 1985-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 5, Folder 4
My First 64 Years of Gay Liberation: 1933-1942
circa 1985-1997
Box 5, Folder 5
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1941-1942
circa 1985-1997
Box 5, Folder 6-7
My First 73 Years of Gay Liberation: 1941-1952
circa 1985-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 5, Folder 8
My First 64 Years of Gay Liberation: 1942-1945
circa 1985-1997
Box 5, Folder 9
My First 66 Years of Gay Liberation: 1942-1945
circa 1985-1997
Box 5, Folder 10-11
My First 73 Years of Gay Liberation: 1942-1952
circa 1985-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 5, Folder 12
My First 67 Years of Gay Liberation: 1944-1948
circa 1985-1997
Box 5, Folder 13
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1949-1950
circa 1985-1997
Box 5, Folder 14
My First 64 Years of Gay Liberation: 1952-1954
circa 1985-1997
Box 5, Folder 15
My First 74 Years of Gay Liberation: 1953
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 1
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1955-1957
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 2
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1958-1963
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 3-4
My First 64 Years of Gay Liberation: 1964-1969
circa 1985-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 6, Folder 5
My First 64 Years of Gay Liberation: 1970
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 6
My First 63 Years of Gay Liberation: 1971-1975
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 7
My First 63 Years of Gay Liberation: 1976
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 8
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1976
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 9
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1980
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 10
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1981-1985
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 11
My First 64 Years of Gay Liberation: 1985a
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 12
My First 64 Years of Gay Liberation: 1986
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 13
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1987
circa 1985-1997
Box 6, Folder 14-15
My First 65 Years of Gay Liberation: 1988
circa 1985-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 7, Folder 1-2
My First 66 Years of Gay Liberation: 1989
circa 1985-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 7, Folder 3
My First 66 Years of Gay Liberation: 1989b
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 4
My First 69 Years of Gay Liberation: 1989-1993
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 5
My First 67 Years of Gay Liberation: 1990-1991
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 6
My First 67 Years of Gay Liberation: 1991-1992
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 7
My First 69 Years of Gay Liberation: 1992
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 8
My First 69 Years of Gay Liberation: 1993
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 9
My First 75 Years of Gay Liberation: 1993-1994
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 10
My First 69 Years of Gay Liberation: 1994
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 11
My First 71 Years of Gay Liberation: 1994
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 12
My First 69 Years of Gay Liberation: 1995
circa 1985-1997
Box 7, Folder 13
My First 69 Years of Gay Liberation: 1996
circa 1985-1997
Box 8, Folder 1-17
Loves of a Long-Time Activist
circa 1985-1997
Physical Description:
[17 folders]
Box 8, Folder 1
Vignettes: "'And He'll Be Big and Strong…' a Suite for Lovers, Tricks, Fascinations and Near Misses"
circa 1985-1990
Box 8, Folder 2
Vignettes: a selection from "And He'll Be Big and Strong..."
1990
Box 8, Folder 3
76 Vignettes: "a Suite for Lovers, Tricks, Fascinations and Near Misses"
1990
Box 8, Folder 4
131 Vignettes: "'And He'll Be Big and Strong…' a Suite for Lovers, Tricks, Fascinations and Near Misses"
circa 1990
Box 8, Folder 5
18 Vignettes: "And He'll Be Big and Strong..."
circa 1990-1995
Box 8, Folder 6
24 Vignettes (out of 133): "And He'll Be Big and Strong…"
circa 1990-1995
Box 8, Folder 7
90 Vignettes: "And He'll Be Big and Strong…" manuscript and notes
circa 1990-1995
Box 8, Folder 8
Loves of a Long-time Activist
circa 1993-1997
Box 8, Folder 9-10
Loves of a Long-time Activist incomplete manuscript
circa 1995-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 8, Folder 11-13
Loves of a Long-time Activist
1996-1997
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 8, Folder 14
"True Stories: Eight Vignettes"
1997
Box 8, Folder 15-17
Vignettes [incomplete manuscripts]
circa 1990-1997
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 9, Folder 1-2
"Gay Liberation, Some Other Matters, and Me" manuscript
circa 1993-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 9, Folder 3
"Gay Liberation, Some Other Matters, and Me" incomplete manuscript
circa 1993-1997
Box 9, Folder 4
"How I Found Millions of Dollars"
circa 1993-1997
Box 9, Folder 5
!Mi Vida¡ [newsletter]
1992-1997
Box 9, Folder 6
"My Fifty Years of Gay Liberation"
circa 1970-1990
Box 9, Folder 7
"My 50+ Years in the Gay Movement"
1997
Box 9, Folder 8-10
"My Gay Liberation"
1997
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 9, Folder 11
"Myself and Our Movement"
circa 1993-1997
Box 9, Folder 12
"Origins and Goals of the Gay Movement: A Brief Personal Sketch"
circa 1988-1995
Box 9, Folder 13
"Our Early Movement and Me, a Memoir"
circa 1993-1997
Box 9, Folder 14
Song and Dance [newsletter]
1993-1997
Box 9, Folder 15
Song and Dance drafts and paste-ups
1993-1997
Box 9, Folder 16
"When Did I Become Gay?"
1991
Box 9, Folder 17
Untitled autobiographical manuscripts
circa 1970-1997
Box 9, Folder 18
Handwritten notes for autobiography
circa 1970-1997
Writings on gay and lesbian history Series 3.
1940-1997
Series Scope and Contents
This series comprises manuscripts, clippings, notes, correspondence and resource material related to Kepner's books, articles,
and essays about gay and lesbian history. It is divided into four subseries: (3.1) Published and unpublished books, (3.2)
Biographies, (3.3) Published and submitted articles, and (3.4) General manuscripts. Note that Kepner's educational course
material on gay and lesbian studies can be found in Series 9: Gay and lesbian studies and activism.
Published and unpublished books Subseries 3.1.
1970-1997
Subseries Scope and Contents
This subseries comprises manuscripts and drafts, notes, correspondence, and publicity material for Jim Kepner's three books:
Becoming a People;
Rough News, Daring Views; and
Seeking the Spark.
Becoming a People is a self-published chronology of 4,000 years of gay and lesbian history.
Rough News, Daring Views is a book about the history of gay and lesbian journalism in the United States during the 1950s, and it was published by
Haworth Press, Inc., in 1998.
Seeking the Spark is Kepner's unpublished book manuscript regarding philosophical and theological theories about homosexuality.
Arrangement
In this subseries, materials are grouped by book title and arranged alphabetically. For each book title, the materials are
arranged chronologically.
Box 10, Folder 1-13
Becoming a People: a 4,000 Year Gay and Lesbian Chronology
1983-1996
Physical Description:
[13 folders]
Box 10, Folder 5
Manuscript and sorting codes
1994
Box 10, Folder 6
Selector codes
circa 1994-1996
Box 10, Folder 9-12
Incomplete manuscripts
circa 1994-1996
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 11, Folder 1-10
Rough News, Daring Views: 1950s Pioneer Gay Press Journalism
1994-1997
Physical Description:
[10 folders]
Box 12, Folder 1-10
Rough News, Daring Views: 1950s Pioneer Gay Press Journalism
1994-1997
Physical Description:
[10 folders]
Box 11, Folder 1-3
"What Do We Want? When Do We Want It?" manuscripts
1994
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 11, Folder 4-6
The Cutting Edge [alternate title] manuscripts
circa 1994-1995
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 11, Folder 7-8
Gay News 1950s manuscript
circa 1994-1995
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 11, Folder 9-10
"Pioneer Gay Journalism: 1950s News and Views" manuscript
circa 1994-1995
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 12, Folder 1
"Pioneer Gay Journalism" incomplete manuscript
circa 1994-1995
Box 12, Folder 2-3
"1950s Pioneer Gay Press Journalism, vol. II. Finding Our Voice in a Decade of Witch-hunts"
circa 1994-1995
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 12, Folder 4-6
Rough News, Daring Views page proofs
1997
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 12, Folder 7
Haworth Press, Inc.
1995-1997
Box 12, Folder 8
Introduction manuscript
circa 1996-1997
Box 12, Folder 9
"Jim Kepner, Our Contemporary [foreword]" manuscript, by Wayne Dynes
circa 1996-1997
Envelope 65, Item 1
Publicity poster
circa 1997
Box 12, Folder 10
Miscellaneous pages and notes
circa 1995-1997
Box 13, Folder 1-10
Seeking the Spark: a Non-Sectarian Search for Gay Spirit
circa 1970-1997
Physical Description:
[10 folders]
Box 14, Folder 1-10
Seeking the Spark: a Non-Sectarian Search for Gay Spirit
circa 1970-1997
Physical Description:
[10 folders]
Box 13, Folder 1
"Gay Spirit" essay notes and resource material
circa 1970-1987
Box 13, Folder 2
"Gay Spirit, Gnosticism and the Origins of Christianity"
circa 1987
Box 13, Folder 3
"Gay Spirit, the Cord of Many Strands and the Gnostic Origins of Christianity" manuscript and notes
circa 1988
Box 13, Folder 4
"Gay Spirit, the Cord of Many Strands"
1988
Box 13, Folder 5-6
"Wakening Gay Spirit"
February 1989
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 13, Folder 7
"Awakening Gay Spirit"
April 1989
Box 13, Folder 8
"Gay Spirit and the Church"
circa 1989-1990
Box 13, Folder 9-10
Gay Spirit Rising, the Cord of Many Strands [alternate title]
1991
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 14, Folder 1
Gay Spirit Rising incomplete manuscripts
circa 1991-1993
Box 14, Folder 2-3
Gay Spirit Rising, the Chord of Many Strands
1994
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 14, Folder 4-5
Seeking the Spark manuscript
1995
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 14, Folder 6-9
Seeking the Spark incomplete manuscripts
1996-1997
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 14, Folder 10
Correspondence with publishers
1995-1996
Biographies Subseries 3.2.
1970-1997
Arrangement
Manuscript compilations of biographies are grouped at the beginning of the series. The remaining biographies of historic gay
and lesbian individuals are arranged alphabetically by subject's last name.
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries comprises manuscripts, self-published booklets, notebooks, correspondence and research material for biographies
of prominent gay men and lesbian women as well as other historical figures. Notably, this subseries includes Kepner's extensive
notes on Ramon Novarro and the Thomas and Paul Ferguson trial for Novarro's murder (1969).
Box 15, Folder 1-4
From the Closet of History
1984-1985
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 15, Folder 3-4
Resource material binder
circa 1984
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 15, Folder 5
"Biographies of Gays and Their Friends and Enemies"
circa 1980-1990
Box 15, Folder 6
Biography list by Paul Cain and annotated by Kepner
No date
Box 15, Folder 7-11
"A Brief Gay & Lesbian Who's Who and Who Was Who"
circa 1993-1994
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 15, Folder 11
Resource material and notes
circa 1993-1994
Box 15, Folder 12
"A Brief List of Historic Gays and Lesbians"
1980
Box 15, Folder 13
"Gay (?) American Presidents"
circa 1985-1990
Box 15, Folder 14-15
"Gay Movement Pioneers"
circa 1980-1995
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 15, Folder 14
Men's list
circa 1980-1995
Box 15, Folder 15
Women's list
circa 1980-1995
Box 15, Folder 16
"Southern California Movement Pioneers"
circa 1993-1995
Box 15, Folder 17
Incomplete manuscripts
circa 1985-1995
Box 15, Folder 19
BoyFrank, Manuel. "Monwell [sic] Boyfrank: 1899-1982"
circa 1982
Box 15, Folder 20
Breen, Walter (J.Z. Eglinton, pseudonym)
1958-1994
Box 15, Folder 21
Cornelison, Sharon Dale
1975-1977
Box 15, Folder 22
Cory, Donald Webster. Photocopied resource material about Cory Book Service
1952-1966
Box 15, Folder 23
De Wolfe, Elsie. Clippings
No date
Box 15, Folder 25
Eulenberg, Prince Phillip zu
circa 1953-1975
Box 16, Folder 1
Gerber, Henry. "Henry Gerber: Grandfather of America's Gay Movement"
circa 1990-1997
Box 16, Folder 2
Gide, Andre. "Andre Gide: French Fore-runner of Gay Liberation"
1981
Box 16, Folder 3
Hansen, Joseph
circa 1975-1997
Box 16, Folder 4
Hay, Harry. "Henry Hay: A Pioneer Look Through the Gay Window" (photocopy)
1976
Box 16, Folder 6
Hooker, Evelyn. "A Memory of Dr. Evelyn Hooker"
circa 1996
Box 16, Folder 7
Hughes, Langston. "A Note on Langston Hughes"
circa 1993-1995
Box 16, Folder 9
Isherwood, Christopher
circa 1993-1995
Box 16, Folder 10
Kight, Morris. "Morris Kight: A River to His People"
circa 1970-1980
Box 16, Folder 13-19
Novarro, Ramon
1969-1994
Physical Description:
[7 folders]
Box 16, Folder 13
Biography
circa 1993-1995
Box 16, Folder 14
Novarro-Ferguson (Thomas and Paul) trial clippings
1969
Box 16, Folder 15-16
Novarro-Ferguson (Thomas and Paul) trial manuscripts, by Kepner
1969
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 16, Folder 17-19
Novarro-Ferguson (Thomas and Paul) trial notebooks
1969
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 16, Folder 20
Otis, Harry (pseudonym for Shelton Dewey). "The Long Gay Life of Harry Otis"
1958-1975
Box 16, Folder 21
Perry, Troy. Transcript for interview with Troy Perry, by Kepner
1992
Box 16, Folder 22
Rocco, Pat. "Pat Rocco Gets Around"
circa 1971-1980
Box 16, Folder 23
Rock, Gene (Sgt.)
No date
Box 16, Folder 24
Rowland, Charles. "I Remember Chuck"
circa 1990
Box 16, Folder 26
Slater, Don. "A Visit with Don Slater" manuscript and notes
1996
Box 16, Folder 30
Williams, Tennessee. "Tennessee Williams: Preliminary Bibliographical Notes"
circa 1980-1985
Published and submitted articles Subseries 3.3.
1948-1997
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries comprises manuscripts, clippings, correspondence and notes for articles Kepner submitted for publication in
numerous gay and lesbian magazines, newspapers and encyclopedias. He was a columnist and/or regular contributor to the
Advocate,
In Touch,
Newswest,
ONE Magazine,
ONE Institute Quarterly of Homophile Studies,
Entertainment West and
Frontiers. Kepner's published articles include book reviews as well as monthly articles on gay and lesbian history. It is important
to note that many of these articles were written under one of Kepner's pseudonyms, such as Dal McIntire, Frank Golovitz, Lyn
Pedersen, J.K. Short, and others.
Arrangement
Compilations of Kepner's published articles are grouped at the beginning of the subseries. The remaining published and submitted
articles are arranged alphabetically by publication name.
Box 17, Folder 1
A Selection of Gay Liberation Essays, 1953-1973, by Jim Kepner
1973
Box 17, Folder 2
Book review manuscripts and clippings
1955-1996
Box 17, Folder 3
Film, theater, radio and television review manuscripts and clippings
1948-1972
Box 17, Folder 4-10
Columns
1957-1993
Physical Description:
[7 folders]
Box 17, Folder 4
"15 Years Ago," clipping
No date
Box 17, Folder 5
"15 Years Ago," manuscripts by Dal McIntire (pseudonym for Kepner)
1970-1973
Box 17, Folder 7
"30 Years Ago This Month"
No date
Box 17, Folder 8
"Angles on the News"
circa 1970-1993
Box 17, Folder 9
"Things I Never Learned in School" manuscripts and clippings
circa 1975-1977
Box 17, Folder 11-16
Advocate
1969-1994
Physical Description:
[6 folders]
Box 18, Folder 1-2
Advocate
1969-1994
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 17, Folder 12
Clippings and reprints
1969-1971
Box 17, Folder 13-16
Manuscripts
1969-1975
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 18, Folder 1
"Letter from London," by J.K. Symes-Horvath
1969
Box 18, Folder 2
Material for the
Advocate book,
Long Road to Freedom
circa 1994
Box 18, Folder 6-7
Coast to Coast Times
1978
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 18, Folder 16
Clippings and reprints
1978
Box 18, Folder 9-10
Drummer
1972-1977
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 18, Folder 9
Clippings and reprints
1972-1973
Box 18, Folder 11-13
Entertainment West
1975
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 18, Folder 11
Clippings and reprints
1975
Box 18, Folder 13
Transcript of Kepner conversation with Courtney and David
1975
Box 18, Folder 14-15
Frontiers
1983-1984
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 18, Folder 15
"Gleanings from the Non-Gay Press"
1983-1984
Box 18, Folder 16-17
GALE Research; Gay and Lesbian Literature (Kepner contributor)
1993-1994
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 18, Folder 16
Correspondence, contracts and guidelines
1993-1994
Box 19, Folder 1-2
Gay, published by Four Swords
1970-1971
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 19, Folder 3
Gay & Lesbian Almanac Project (Kepner contributor)
1994
Box 19, Folder 8-18
In Touch
1973-1980
Physical Description:
[11 folders]
Box 19, Folder 9
Clippings and reprints
circa 1973-1976
Box 19, Folder 12-14
"In Touch with Books"
1973-1980
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 19, Folder 15-16
"Kepner Comments"
1974-1980
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 20, Folder 2
Los Angeles Free Press
1970-1977
Box 20, Folder 5
Mattachine Review
circa 1954-1960
Box 20, Folder 7-9
Newswest
1976-1977
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 20, Folder 7
"200 Years of Oppression"
1976
Box 20, Folder 10-18
ONE, Inc.
1953-1996
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 21, Folder 1-4
ONE, Inc.
1953-1996
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 20, Folder 10
Book notes for
ONE Institute Quarterly
circa 1996
Box 20, Folder 11
Book reviews manuscripts
1955-1965
Box 20, Folder 12
ONE Confidential
1956-1959
Box 20, Folder 13-14
ONE Institute Quarterly
1957-1973
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 20, Folder 16-18
ONE Magazine articles
1953-1972
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 21, Folder 2-4
"Tangents" of
ONE Magazine
1955-1960
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 21, Folder 1
Contract between Kepner and ONE, Inc.
1955
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 21, Folder 9-10
Tangents
1965-1969
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 21, Folder 14
Clippings and manuscripts from unidentified publications
No date
Manuscripts Subseries 3.4.
1940-1997
Subseries Scope and Content
The subseries comprises manuscripts, self-published booklets, notes and research materials for numerous essays and articles
about the gay and lesbian experience and history. In particular, this subseries includes Kepner's extensive chronological
lists of gay and lesbian events and historical moments, such as his manuscript for "A Brief Chronology of Gay/Lesbian History"
and "History of the American Homophile Movement."
Arrangement
Compilations of Kepner's historical chronologies and calenders are grouped at the beginning of the series. Remaining manuscripts
are arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 22, Folder 1-2
"A Brief Chronology of Gay/Lesbian History"
No date
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 22, Folder 3
Calendar of gay and lesbian history notes
No date
Box 22, Folder 4
"Gay History Calendar" sample
No date
Box 22, Folder 6-7
"History of the American Homophile Movement" [binder] Vol. I
circa 1940-1957
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 22, Folder 8
"History of the American Homophile Movement" sources and notes [binder]
circa 1950-1975
Box 22, Folder 9
"A Sample Chronology of Gay History"
No date
Box 22, Folder 11-12
Chronology source material and notes
No date
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 23, Folder 1
"1776-1976: We Were There"
circa 1976
Box 23, Folder 2
"1970 and the
Advocate"
circa 1990-1997
Box 23, Folder 3-4
"The AIDS Record: A Chronological Account"
1993
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 23, Folder 5
"America's Gay Movement Had a Long History Leading Up to Stonewall"
1989
Box 23, Folder 6
"Anita's Victory and the Nation's Editorial Pages"
circa 1978
Box 23, Folder 7
"The Attack of the Christian Right"
circa 1990-1997
Box 23, Folder 8
"Before the Gay Movement"
No date
Box 23, Folder 9
"Being Gay"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 10
"Being Gay Isn't Just Something You Do"
No date
Box 23, Folder 11
"Biochemical Cures"
No date
Box 23, Folder 12
"Black Cat Raid"
circa 1967-1983
Box 23, Folder 13
"Black Gay and Lesbian History"
circa 1985-1995
Box 23, Folder 14
"Blacks and Women in the Early Gay Movement"
circa 1985-1995
Box 23, Folder 15
"Boy Love in the Face of Paedophobia and AIDS"
1986
Box 23, Folder 16
"A Brief History of the American Gay Movement"
circa 1994
Box 23, Folder 17
"Building a Movement"
circa 1975-1985
Box 23, Folder 18
"[California] Court Wipes Out Recent Gay Appellate Gains"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 19
"Can Gay Love Be Deep and True?"
No date
Box 23, Folder 20
"Can Morals Be Legislated?"
circa 1950-1975
Box 23, Folder 22
"Capri Tavern (Oceanside, CA)"
1975
Box 23, Folder 23
"Censorship and Homosexual"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 24
"The Child Molester Argument Against Gays"
No date
Box 23, Folder 25
"Child Molesting Has Many Forms"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 26
"Christopher Street West--1970: A New Day for Gays"
1970
Box 23, Folder 27
"The Church as Devil"
No date
Box 23, Folder 28
"Church, Family and the Homosexual; London Consultation"
circa 1960-1975
Box 23, Folder 29
"Coalition and Philosophy"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 30
"Conrad Terrezas Skips 13th District Heat"
No date
Box 23, Folder 31
"The Convergence of Gay Spirit and Christian Spirit"
No date
Box 23, Folder 32
"Convicted Murderer Gets Writer's Award"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 33
"Cory/Sagarin Threatens Suit"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 34
"Councilman Wachs to Address Gay Community Alliance"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 35
"The Damning Lust"
No date
Box 23, Folder 36
"The Day I Stopped Being a Poet"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 37
"Dear Mr. Kilpatrick"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 38
"Dear President Carter"
1977
Box 23, Folder 39
"The Development of Gay Liberation"
1991
Box 23, Folder 40
"Do You Read the Sports Pages? Or Just Look At the Pictures?"
circa 1970-1980
Box 23, Folder 41
"Draft Outline for a History of the Gay Movement"
No date
Box 23, Folder 42
"The Early American Gay Movement"
No date
Box 23, Folder 43
"Early Mormons Sealed Men to Men"
No date
Box 23, Folder 44
"Ecumenism and Syncretism"
No date
Box 23, Folder 45
"The Eighties in Review"
circa 1990
Box 23, Folder 46
"Evolution of Gay Health Issues in the Gay/Lesbian Community"
circa 1990-1997
Box 23, Folder 47
"From Stonewall to Anita"
circa 1978-1980
Box 24, Folder 1
"Gay-Battling Stirs Otherwise Dull Governor's Race"
circa 1984
Box 24, Folder 2
"Gay Community Alliance Demands Regarding Unjust Police Practices"
circa 1970
Box 24, Folder 3
"The Gay Community vs. Chief Davis"
No date
Box 24, Folder 4
"The Gay Cure: A Homosexual Analyzes the Analysts"
1975
Box 24, Folder 5
"Gay History vs. the 'Social Construction' Theory"
No date
Box 24, Folder 6
"Gay/Lesbian History in Europe's Middle Ages"
No date
Box 24, Folder 7
"Gay/Lesbian History in the Far East"
No date
Box 24, Folder 8
"[Gay Liberation Front] and Anti-Bar Campaign in Calif."
circa 1968-1980
Box 24, Folder 9
"[Gay Liberation Front]'s John Platania Bucks the Court System - and Wins"
No date
Box 24, Folder 10
"Gay Liberation News"
No date
Box 24, Folder 11
"Gay Lib Now! 1970"
No date
Box 24, Folder 12
"Gay Life in 'The Bad Old Days'"
circa 1978-1990
Box 24, Folder 13
"Gay Life in the Sixties"
circa 1993-1995
Box 24, Folder 14
"Gay Los Angeles: The Early Days"
circa 1980-1988
Box 24, Folder 15
"Gay Love, Christian Love, and the Bible"
No date
Box 24, Folder 16
"Gay Men/Gay Women: Allies or Antagonists?"
circa 1975-1980
Box 24, Folder 17
"Gay Movement Founder Cautions Macho Activists"
circa 1970-1980
Box 24, Folder 18
"Gay Movement History and Goals"
1985
Box 24, Folder 19
"Gay Movement History and Goals"
circa 1985-1997
Box 24, Folder 20
"Gay Studies"
circa 1985-1995
Box 24, Folder 21
"Gay Tour of Los Angeles"
circa 1990-1997
Box 24, Folder 22
"Gay Trivia: Questions and Answers"
circa 1980-1990
Box 24, Folder 23
"Gays and Lesbians in the American West"
No date
Box 24, Folder 24
"Gays and Lesbians in the Military: A Semi-Pacifist View"
circa 1990-1997
Box 24, Folder 25
"Gays Are Not All Alike"
No date
Box 24, Folder 26
"Gays in America's Past"
1974
Box 24, Folder 27
"Gays in the Criminal Justice System"
circa 1975
Box 24, Folder 28
"Gays. Their Lives and the Police"
No date
Box 24, Folder 29
"Goals of the Gay Movement"
No date
Box 24, Folder 30
"Goals, Progress and Shortcomings of America's Gay Movement"
1993
Box 24, Folder 31
"Goals, Progress and Shortcomings of America's Gay Movement"
1994
Box 24, Folder 32
"God Met on Hoover Street"
circa 1970-1990
Box 24, Folder 33
"Goodbye to Pershing Square"
1959
Box 24, Folder 34
"The Great Moral Hangover"
circa 1969-1970
Box 24, Folder 35
"A Historic Day in Sacramento"
1975
Box 24, Folder 36
"The Holocaust--Gays in Nazi Death Camps"
1978
Box 24, Folder 37
"The Homophile Movement and Its Opposition, 1964-1966"
circa 1966
Box 24, Folder 38
"Homophile Movement Started Here"
No date
Box 24, Folder 39
"Homophobia - Inside and Out"
circa 1990-1997
Box 24, Folder 40
"A Homosexual Ecumenical Movement"
No date
Box 24, Folder 41
"Homosexual Law Reform Due in California?"
circa 1970-1980
Box 27, Folder 1
"Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women"
No date
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 24, Folder 42
"Homosexuality and Sex Change"
No date
Box 24, Folder 43
"Homosexuality: On the Verge of a Breakthrough?"
No date
Box 24, Folder 44
"Homosexuals and the American Tradition"
No date
Box 24, Folder 45
"The Homosexual Trials That Set Up World War One"
No date
Box 24, Folder 46
"The Hoof-in-Mouth Disease with a Great Big Badge"
circa 1970-1978
Box 24, Folder 47
"How Far to Washington?"
circa 1979
Box 24, Folder 48
"How Het Education Hurts Gays"
No date
Box 24, Folder 49
"How Homosexuals Look at the Bible"
No date
Box 24, Folder 50
"The Importance of Being Different"
No date
Box 24, Folder 51
"The Importance of Being Honest"
No date
Box 24, Folder 52
"Is Homosexuality a Disease? Can It Be Cured?"
circa 1968-1973
Box 25, Folder 1
"Laughing and Weeping, Overjoyed and Determined"
No date
Box 25, Folder 2
"Lesbians and Gays in German History"
circa 1990-1997
Box 25, Folder 3
"Living Our Heritage"
circa 1989-1995
Box 25, Folder 4
"The Male Model: Who is he? Where does he come from? Where does he go?"
No date
Box 25, Folder 5
"Malescapades Promising…But…"
No date
Box 25, Folder 6
"Masculinity and Homosexuality"
No date
Box 25, Folder 8
"Memo on 'Illegal' Sexual Behavior Among Heterosexuals"
No date
Box 25, Folder 9
"Memo on When Gay Militancy Began"
No date
Box 25, Folder 10
"Memorial Day Gay-In"
1970
Box 25, Folder 11
"A Minister Fasts for Freedom and Justice for Homosexuals"
1970
Box 25, Folder 12
"Miracle Cure for 20,000,000 American Gays"
1973
Box 25, Folder 13
"A Movement Towards Gay Liberation"
circa 1970-1980
Box 25, Folder 14
"New Horizons for Catholic Gays"
No date
Box 25, Folder 15
"A New View of the Homophile"
1957
Box 25, Folder 16
"Notes on Physique Photography, Still or Moving"
No date
Box 25, Folder 17
"Notes on the Encyclopedia of Homosexuality"
circa 1985-1990
Box 27, Folder 2
"Notes on the History and Goals of the Gay Movement"
circa 1980-1997
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 25, Folder 18
"Oldest Gay Stories in the World"
No date
Box 25, Folder 19
"Origins of the American Gay Movement, Part One"
No date
Box 25, Folder 20
"Our Movement Before Stonewall"
1989
Box 25, Folder 21
"Gay Movement Since Stonewall"
circa 1970-1980
Box 25, Folder 22-26
"Our Movement Since Stonewall"
1991-1992
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 25, Folder 27
"Outline History of America's Gay Movment"
No date
Box 25, Folder 28
"Outline (or
Playboy Questions)"
No date
Box 25, Folder 29
"A People without a Past?"
No date
Box 25, Folder 30
"Perspective: A Sharp Setback = A Quantum Leap Forward"
circa 1977
Box 25, Folder 31
"Pornography: Rx for Social and Personal Ailments"
circa 1970-1980
Box 25, Folder 33
"The Progress and Continuing Dilemma of Gay Catholics"
No date
Box 25, Folder 35
"The Queer-Catchers"
circa 1976-1986
Box 25, Folder 36
"Questions About Gays"
No date
Box 25, Folder 37
"Questions and Myths About Homosexuality"
1970
Box 25, Folder 38
"Quotes for Wm.[sic] Percy to Select from"
circa 1990-1997
Box 26, Folder 1
"Religion and the Homophile"
No date
Box 26, Folder 2
"Romanticism in the Gay Community"
No date
Box 26, Folder 3
"Russian Gay and Lesbian History"
circa 1976-1980
Box 26, Folder 4-5
"Scandanavian Gay/Lesbian History"
circa 1990-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 26, Folder 6-7
"The Search for Gay Spirit"
No date
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 26, Folder 8
"A Search for Self and Relatedness"
No date
Box 26, Folder 9
"Seattle Archbishop Under Attack from Rome"
circa 1983
Box 26, Folder 10
"Several Jabs at Criticizing Extreme Social Constructionist and Essentialist Views, and Seeking a Synthesis"
No date
Box 26, Folder 11
"Sheep Without a Shepherd"
No date
Box 26, Folder 12
"Should Gays Have a Sense of Community?"
circa 1976
Box 26, Folder 13
"Sizing Up the New City Attorney"
1973
Box 26, Folder 14
"So You Can't Find That Lover?"
No date
Box 26, Folder 15
"Social vs. Political Revolution"
No date
Box 26, Folder 16
"The Spark Trapped in Clay"
No date
Box 26, Folder 17
"Stonewall 20: What Does It Mean?"
No date
Box 26, Folder 18
"Stonewall--Looking Back, Looking Forward"
circa 1977-1985
Box 26, Folder 19
"The Story Behind the Report"
No date
Box 26, Folder 20
"Support Your Local Gay Charity"
No date
Box 26, Folder 21
"Tactics and Goals for the Near Future"
circa 1980-1990
Box 26, Folder 22
"Ten Days in San Francisco" (Daughters of Bilitis)
circa 1960-1970
Box 26, Folder 23
"Then…And Now"
circa 1975-1978
Box 26, Folder 24
"These Lost Sheep"
May 1969
Box 26, Folder 25
"Those Who Forget History"
1974
Box 26, Folder 26
"Top Level 'Playboy' Panel Puts Homosexuality Through the Wringer"
May 1971
Box 26, Folder 27
"Turning Points in American Gay Movement History"
No date
Box 26, Folder 28
"Unity in Out [sic] Community"
No date
Box 26, Folder 29
"Vikings. Goddesses and Gay Activists"
circa 1990-1997
Box 26, Folder 30
"The Way We Were: Jim Kepner"
1994
Box 26, Folder 31
"What Do Homosexuals Want?"
circa 1970-1980
Box 26, Folder 32
"What Happened to All Last Year?"
circa 1966
Box 26, Folder 33
"What is Christopher Street West?...and how did it get that way?"
circa 1975-1985
Box 26, Folder 34
"What is Natural?"
circa 1970-1980
Box 26, Folder 35
"What is the Gay Movement After?"
No date
Box 26, Folder 36
"What is This Thing Called the Gay Community?"
No date
Box 26, Folder 37
"What Took Us So Long to Get to Stonewall?"
No date
Box 26, Folder 38
"When Did Gays Start?"
circa 1990-1997
Box 26, Folder 39
"When the Beat Died"
circa 1990-1997
Box 26, Folder 40
"Where We Came From--or, Was There Gay Life Before 1880?"
No date
Box 26, Folder 41
"Who Founded America's Gay Movement?"
circa 1970-1980
Box 26, Folder 42
"Who Are We? Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?"
No date
Box 26, Folder 43
"Why the History and Purposes"
circa 1975-1985
Box 26, Folder 44
"Witch-Hunting Gays in America or: A Tale of Several Cities or: The Goat in the Wilderness"
No date
Box 26, Folder 45
"The Women of ONE"
circa 1995
Box 26, Folder 46
Untitled gay and lesbian guidebook
circa 1955-1965
Box 27, Folder 3-5
Untitled or incomplete manuscripts
circa 1950-1997
Physical Description:
[3 oversize folders]
Box 27, Folder 6
Publicity material for Kepner's writings
circa 1975-1997
Box 27, Folder 7-12
Research
circa 1950-1980
Physical Description:
[6 folders]
Box 27, Folder 7
Annotated clippings
1973-1976
Box 27, Folder 8-11
Clippings for research
circa 1950-1980
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 27, Folder 12
Brittanica Library research
1953-1974
Pursuit & Symposium
Series 4.
1965-1969
Series Scope and Contents
This series comprises manuscripts, correspondence, publicity material, financial records, distribution records and notes related
to
Pursuit & Symposium (1966-1967), a "homophile" magazine created, edited and published by Kepner. Kepner wrote much of the material for
Pursuit & Symposium. However, due to financial problems, he discontinued publication after two issues.
Box 28, Folder 1
Pursuit & Symposium, first and second issue
1966-1967
Box 28, Folder 3
Form letters and mailers
circa 1965-1970
Box 28, Folder 4
Ideas, notes and resource material
circa 1963-1966
Box 28, Folder 5-6
Manuscripts
circa 1965-1967
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 28, Folder 7
Manuscripts, issue #1
1965-1966
Box 28, Folder 8
Manuscripts, issue #2
1966-1967
Box 28, Folder 9-11
Material for page layouts
circa 1965-1970
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
General Physical Description note: 4 photographs: b&w.
Box 28, Folder 12-13
Subscriptions and distribution
1965-1967
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 28, Folder 14
Paste-ups and photocopies
1966
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Science fiction Series 5.
1934-1985
Arrangement
Materials created by Kepner are grouped by specific science fiction fan club at the beginning of the series. The remaining
materials are arranged alphabetically.
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises science fiction magazines, meeting minutes, correspondence, notes, manuscripts and other publications
related to Jim Kepner's participation in science fiction fan clubs and collectives, such as the Los Angeles Science Fantasy
Society, the Golden Gate Futurian Society, and the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. Often writing under the nickname "Jike,"
Kepner published or contributed to several science fiction fan magazines and newsletters, including
Toward Tomorrow,
Western Star,
Shangri-l'Affairs,
The F.A. Lean, and
Midge. This series also includes material from prominent science fiction writer and collector, Forrest J. Ackerman. Note that additional
correspondence between Kepner and other science fiction fan club members can be found in Series 8: Correspondence.
Box 29, Folder 1
Manuscripts by Kepner for science fiction fan publications
circa 1943-1975
Box 29, Folder 2
Notes and ideas for science fiction
circa 1940-1955
Box 29, Folder 3
Science fiction fan magazines with contributions by or about Kepner
circa 1940-1950
Box 29, Folder 4-8
Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA)
1943-1948
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 29, Folder 6-8
Toward Tomorrow
1944
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 29, Folder 10
Other FAPA publications, A-Z
1943-1948
Box 29, Folder 11-15
Golden Gate Futurian Society (GGFS)
1943-1952
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 29, Folder 11
Minutes and correspondence
1943-1950
Box 29, Folder 12
"History of GGFS"
1948-1952
Box 29, Folder 14-15
Western Star
1950
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 29, Folder 16-18
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS)
1940-1985
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 31, Folder 1-2
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS)
1940-1985
Physical Description:
[2 oversize folders]
Box 29, Folder 16
Minutes and correspondence
1943
Box 29, Folder 17
Manuscripts and correspondence
circa 1980-1985
Box 29, Folder 18
Other LASFS publications and flyers
circa 1940-1985
Box 31, Folder 1-2
Shangri-l'Affairs (Kepner contributor)
1942-1946
Physical Description:
[2 oversize folders]
Box 30, Folder 2-3
Ackerman, Forrest J.
1946-1965
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 30, Folder 2
"I Bequeath to the Fantasy Foundation"
1946
Box 30, Folder 3
"Myrtle Rebecca Douglas, an Appreciation"
1965
Box 30, Folder 4
"Astronomical art"
circa 1940-1950
Box 30, Folder 5
Elves', Gnomes' and Little Men's Science-Fiction Chowder and Marching Society.
Rhodomagnetic Digest
1950-1951
Box 30, Folder 6
Fan magazine covers
circa 1940-1955
Box 30, Folder 7
Fancyclopedia, by John Bristol Speer
1944
Box 30, Folder 10
Fantasy Advertizer (later renamed
Science-Fiction Advertizer)
1948-1953
Box 31, Folder 3
Fantasy Fiction Field News Weekly
1940-1943
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 30, Folder 12
National Fantasy Fan Federation. Newsletters and booklet, "What is Science Fiction Fandom?"
circa 1945-1960
Box 30, Folder 13
Portland Science-Fantasy Society.
The Fanscient
1949-1950
Box 30, Folder 14
The Rogue's Gallery
circa 1940-1950
Box 30, Folder 15
Science fiction and fantasy conventions materials
1946-1984
Box 30, Folder 16
Science fiction organization flyers
circa 1935-1950
Box 31, Folder 4
Vom
1942
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Other writings Series 6.
1944-1997
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises writings by Kepner that are not directly related to science fiction or gay and lesbian history. It is
divided into three subseries: (6.1) Fiction, (6.2) Poetry and (6.3) Erotica.
Fiction Subseries 6.1.
1949-1995
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries comprises Kepner's fiction manuscripts, notes, correspondence, and one published book,
The House That Found a Home.
Box 32, Folder 1
Notes for fictional writings
circa 1950-1979
Box 32, Folder 2
Speedwrite (free association writings)
1950-1955
Box 32, Folder 3
Short stories, A-Z
No date
Box 32, Folder 4
"Approaching the Unconscious," by Francis Leach
No date
Box 32, Folder 5
"The Blasted Dream" notes
circa 1950-1955
Box 32, Folder 6
Book of Jasher
circa 1949-1959
Box 32, Folder 7-8
Book of Jasher
1995
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 32, Folder 10
"Exodus Music for Miss Baggett"
No date
Box 32, Folder 11
"My Grandmother's Clock & the Black-eyed Peas"
No date
Box 32, Folder 12
"A Home for My House, Part One"
circa 1964-1968
Box 32, Folder 13-14, 22
The House That Found a Home
1971
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 32, Folder 22
Publication material and correspondence
1971
Physical Description:
[1 oversize folder]
Box 32, Folder 15
"Lengthened Shadow" notes
1950
Box 32, Folder 16
"The Lonely Season" script
circa 1970-1980
Box 32, Folder 17
"The Road to Beulah Land"
No date
Box 32, Folder 18
"Strangers to Myself"
No date
Box 32, Folder 19
"Til the Sun Shines, Nehle"
No date
Box 32, Folder 20
"The Wave and the Wall"
No date
Box 32, Folder 21
Unidentified manuscript with chapter notes
circa 1950-1955
Poetry Subseries 6.2.
1944-1996
Subseries Scope and Content
This series comprises manuscripts and self-published books of Jim Kepner's collections of poetry.
Box 33, Folder 12
"Changeling (or Was the Oleander Blooming?)"
circa 1960-1980
Box 33, Folder 2
Filial Vignettes: In Memory of My Father
1990
Box 33, Folder 3-4
In a Changing Voice: Verses Including Juvenilia
circa 1985-1996
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 33, Folder 7
Sappho: the Magazine of Modern Verse, with poem contributed by Kepner
No date
Box 33, Folder 8
Songs for Sorrow and Beauty
1944-1963
Box 33, Folder 9-10
"Verse"
circa 1990-1996
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 33, Folder 11
"Other Verse"
circa 1990-1996
Erotica Subseries 6.3.
circa 1950-1997
Subseries Scope and Content
This series comprises published magazines and manuscripts of gay men's erotica. It includes numerous manuscripts of erotica
written by Kepner--often under the pseudonyms Lyn Pedersen, Frank Golovitz and Jack Muller--and published by William Sheffler.
This series also includes manuscripts co-written with William Seagle (Richard Manbow, pseudonym).
Box 34, Folder 1-3
Published
1970-1979
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 34, Folder 1
Hard? A Pictorial and Literary Study
circa 1970-1979
Box 34, Folder 4-12
Sheffler manuscripts
circa 1969-1979
Physical Description:
[9 folders]
Box 34, Folder 4
"69 Sunset Strip"
circa 1969-1979
Box 34, Folder 5
"David" series
circa 1969-1979
Box 34, Folder 6
[Heterosexual] stories
1973
Box 34, Folder 7
Transvestite article
1972
Box 34, Folder 8-11
Fiction
circa 1969-1979
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 34, Folder 12
Non-fiction
circa 1971-1975
Box 35, Folder 1
"…Nor Iron Bars a Cage," by Kepner
circa 1990-1995
Box 35, Folder 2
"Odysseus on 29th Street, a novel," by Jack Muller
No date
Box 35, Folder 3
"Penile Colony, a novel," by Lyn Pedersen
No date
Box 35, Folder 4
"Rememberance of Three Dogs"
circa 1950
Box 35, Folder 5
"Swing Adviser"
circa 1970-1980
Box 35, Folder 6
"Taking Tony's Tail, a novel," by Frank Golovitz
No date
Box 35, Folder 7-8
"This Meat is Property, a novel," by Lyn Pedersen
No date
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 35, Folder 9
"To Be a Slave"
circa 1990-1997
Box 35, Folder 10-13
Richard Manbow (pseudonym for William Seagle), co-author
No date
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 35, Folder 10
"Carbon Copy," by Richard Manbow
No date
Box 35, Folder 11-12
"The Gay Sunset," by Richard Manbow and Lyn Pedersen
No date
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 35, Folder 13
Correspondence regarding "The Grey Shadows," by Richard Manbow
No date
Box 35, Folder 14
"Two-Way, Three-Way, Four Way..., a novel," by Richard Manbow (William Seagle) and Lyn Pedersen (James Kepner)
No date
Journals, notebooks and notes Series 7.
1935-1997
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises journals, notebooks, note cards, and miscellaneous notes by Jim Kepner. It should be noted that the
content for the bulk of these materials includes, but is not limited to, meeting minutes for variety of gay and lesbian organizations
and committees; notes on gay and lesbian history; notes on Kepner's personal life; short fiction and poetry; educational class
notes; and notes regarding Kepner's International Gay and Lesbian Archive (IGLA).
Arrangement
Notebooks have been numbered and are arranged chronologically.
Box 36, Folder 1
Diaries, journal pages and short stories
circa 1935-1955
Box 36, Folder 2-5
Diary and journal pages
1939-1990
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 36, Folder 7-29
Notebooks
1957-1997
Physical Description:
[23 folders]
Box 37, Folder 1-39
Notebooks
1957-1997
Physical Description:
[39 folders]
Box 38, Folder 1-29
Notebooks
1957-1997
Physical Description:
[29 folders]
Box 36, Folder 7
# 01: "Literature; III-A; homophobia and anti-semitism"
1957-1958
Scope and Contents note
ONE Homophile Studies class notes; literature notes; Bill's (Dorr Legg) lectures; ONE; notes on homosexuality; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 8
# 02: "IX-A; Antropology"
1957-1960
Scope and Contents note
ONE Homophile Studies class notes; Bill's (Dorr Legg) first anthropology session; ONE classes notes; ONE corporation meeting
notes.
Box 36, Folder 9
# 03
1960
Scope and Contents note
UCLA Philosophy of Religion class notes; psychology notes.
Box 36, Folder 10
# 04
circa 1960-1970
Scope and Contents note
Citizen News column; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 11
# 05: "Pursuit; religion"
circa 1960-1970
Scope and Contents note
Consultation on religion and the homophile; philosophies on homosexuality; ONE notes; ideas for an unidentified organization;
Pursuit & Symposium notes; fictional stories notes; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 12
# 06
circa 1960-1970
Scope and Contents note
Mattachine meeting notes; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 13
# 07
circa 1960-1970
Scope and Contents note
Notes on Kepner's writings; Arabic notes.
Box 36, Folder 14
# 08
circa 1960-1970
Scope and Contents note
Poetry; notes on American society; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 15
# 09
circa 1960-1970
Scope and Contents note
Theology and religion; unidentified committee meeting notes; "What is the Homophile Movement?"; Council on Religion and the
Homophile (CRH) retreat meeting notes; gay and lesbian history and experience notes; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 16
# 10
circa 1960-1970
Scope and Contents note
"What Do Homosexuals Want?" notes; unidentified meeting notes; gay and lesbian identity and history notes; Tangents meeting;
personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 17
# 11
1965
Scope and Contents note
Travel notes; New York Mattachine Society meeting; ONE meetings; ONE's Midwinter Institute; notes on "camp"; Council on Religion
and the Homophile (CRH) meetings; PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) meeting; notes on "hemp"; notes on "dianetics";
Pursuit & Symposium; gay and lesbian history; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 18
# 12
circa 1965-1980
Scope and Contents note
Advocate notes; unidentified meeting notes; Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) notes; NLSU notes; gay and lesbian history notes;
personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 19
# 13
circa 1965-1980
Scope and Contents note
Community guild notes; National Gay Archives (NGA) First Tuesday notes; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 20
# 14
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Gay Liberation Front (GLF) notes; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 21
# 15
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Gay Liberation Front (GLF) notes; unidentified book or manuscript notes; gay and lesbian history and biographies; personal
notes.
Box 36, Folder 22
# 16
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Goals of movement; Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) notes; unidentified Board meeting; PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense
and Education); gay and lesbian history; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 23
# 17
circa 1965-1980
Scope and Contents note
Notes on the
Boston Globe; Pat Rocco and SPREE (Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts); Council on Religion and the Homophile (CRH).
Box 36, Folder 24
# 18
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Notes on theology and religion; Council on Religion and the Homophile (CRH); ONE; gay and lesbian history notes.
Box 36, Folder 25
# 19
circa 1965-1980
Scope and Contents note
ONE notes; Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) notes; Log Cabin notes; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 26
# 20
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Playboy letter; gay and lesbian history notes; ONE Midwinter Institute;
Advocate; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 27
# 21
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE) notes; Council on Religion and the Homophile (CRH); Tavern Guild; unidentified
meeting notes.
Box 36, Folder 28
# 22
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE) notes; personal notes.
Box 36, Folder 29
# 23
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Pursuit & Symposium; gay and lesbian history;
Advocate notes; National and Western conferences of homophile organizations; Council on Religion and the Homophile (CRH).
Box 37, Folder 1
# 24
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Republican task force meeting notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 2
# 25
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile (SC-CRH) meetings; ONE meetings; "HX [homosexual] and Negro Liberation";
4th International Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) convention; Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) notes; Society for Individual
Rights (SIR) panel; "Toujours"; gay theology; gay and lesbian history; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 3
# 26
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Stevenson meeting;
Advocate notes; "Angles on the News"; ONE; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 4
# 27
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified interview notes; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 5
# 28: "Gay Lib"
circa 1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified meeting notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 6
# 29
1969
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; Tangents group meeting; bibliographic notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 7
# 30
1969
Scope and Contents note
Homosexuality and the law; Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE) and Pat Rocco board meeting; gay and lesbian
history notes.
Box 37, Folder 8
# 31
1969
Scope and Contents note
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) notes; unidentified meeting notes; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 9
# 32
1969
Scope and Contents note
Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE) and Pat Rocco board meeting; Committee for Homosexual Law Reform (CHLR)
meeting; Council on Religion and the Homophile (CRH) meeting; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 10
# 33
1969-1970
Scope and Contents note
ONE Institute session and panel notes; first Gay Liberation meetings; Council on Religion and the Homophile (CRH) meetings;
SPREE Board meetings; gay and lesbian history; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 11
# 34
1969-1970
Scope and Contents note
Trial on Scotty vs. Tom Russell notes.
Box 37, Folder 12
# 35
1970
Scope and Contents note
Adam magazine; first gay meeting; unidentified meeting notes; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 13
# 36
1970
Scope and Contents note
"Angles on the News" notes; homosexuality and education notes; Gay Liberation Front (GLF) meetings; Survival Committee; Gay
liberation committee on publications; Fun and finance committee; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 14
# 37
1970
Scope and Contents note
"Angles on the News" notes; SPREE and Pat Rocco notes; Metropolitan Community Church (MCC); gay liberation committee meeting;
Gay Liberation Front; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 15
# 38
1970
Scope and Contents note
Gay Liberation Front (GLF) meetings; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 16
# 39
1970
Scope and Contents note
Gay Liberation Front (GLF) meetings; Society of David meeting; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 17
# 40
1970
Scope and Contents note
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) service; Gay Liberation Front (GLF) meeting;
Advocate meeting; Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) meetings; Alpine legal committee meeting; Society for Individual Rights (SIR);
personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 18
# 41
1970-1971
Scope and Contents note
"Angles on the News" notes; meeting of resolutions committee; meeting the Troy and Cliff; Gay Community Alliance (GCA); Society
of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE) and Pat Rocco meeting; Gay Liberation Front (GLF); Metropolitan Community Church
(MCC); Tangents meeting; notes on session of aversion therapy; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 19
# 42
1970-1971
Scope and Contents note
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) congregational meeting; "Angles on the News" notes; Christopher Street West (CSW) meeting;
Los Angeles Community College notes; Council on Religion and the Homophile (CRH) notes; ONE notes.
Box 37, Folder 20
# 43
circa 1970
Scope and Contents note
Gay Liberation Front (GLF) meetings; Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE) meeting; gay and lesbian history
notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 21
# 44
circa 1970-1980
Scope and Contents note
Advocate notes; ONE board meeting notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 22
# 45
circa 1970-1980
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 23
# 46
circa 1970-1980
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history, theory and politics.
Box 37, Folder 24
# 47
circa 1970-1980
Scope and Contents note
Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) meetings; gay and lesbian history notes; unidentified volunteer lists.
Box 37, Folder 25
# 48
circa 1970-1980
Scope and Contents note
In Touch article notes; unidentified articles; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 26
# 49
circa 1970-1980
Scope and Contents note
Poetry; unidentified committee meeting; gay radio and IMRU meeting.
Box 37, Folder 27
# 50
circa 1970-1980
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified meeting notes; SPREE and Pat Rocco meeting;
L.A. Movin' notes; Metropolitan Community Church (MCC); first new meeting of the Community Guild; "Angles on the News" notes; ONE trustees
board meeting; American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Gay Rights Chapter; gay and lesbian history notes.
Box 37, Folder 28
# 51
1971
Scope and Contents note
Gay Community Alliance (GCA) meeting; gay and lesbian history.
Box 37, Folder 29
# 52
1971
Scope and Contents note
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) meeting;
Advocate meetings; SPREE Pat Rocco board meeting; Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) meetings; Society for Individual Rights (SIR).
Box 37, Folder 30
# 53
1971
Scope and Contents note
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 31
# 54
1971
Scope and Contents note
Sacred Heart Church San Francisco; SPREE and Pat Rocco board meeting; Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) meeting; gay and
lesbian history notes.
Box 37, Folder 32
# 55
1971-1972
Scope and Contents note
Gay Community Alliance (GCA) meetings; education and the gay community; religion; Christmas; Metropolitan Community Church
(MCC); SPREE and Pat Rocco board meeting; ONE board meetings; Jeanne Cordova at Bob's class; gay and lesbian history; personal
notes.
Box 37, Folder 33
# 56
1971-1977
Scope and Contents note
Dignity meeting; Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) meetings; Gay Liberation Front (GLF) meeting; meeting in Mayor's office;
International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 34
# 57
1975-1980
Scope and Contents note
SPREE and Pat Rocco board meeting; Metropolitan Community Church (MCC); International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes;
Lincoln Republican Club; Gay Pride Week;
Entertainment West meeting; Stonewall Democratic Club; Christopher Street West (CSW) meeting; gay and lesbian history; gay and lesbian studies
notes.
Box 37, Folder 35
# 58
circa 1975-1985
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified book or manuscript notes; gay and lesbian history; Gay Academic Union presentation at ONE; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 36
# 59
1976
Scope and Contents note
Mayor's breakfast; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 37
# 60
1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
Community guild banquet; Christopher Street West (CSW) meetings; Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) meetings; unidentified
meeting notes.
Box 37, Folder 38
# 61
1977
Scope and Contents note
Christopher Street West (CSW) meeting; personal notes.
Box 37, Folder 39
# 62
1977
Scope and Contents note
International Gay and Lesbian Archive (IGLA) notes; ONE Trustees board meeting notes; gay and lesbian history notes.
Box 38, Folder 1
# 63
1978
Scope and Contents note
Los Angeles 200 [Bicentennial] Committee meeting notes; unidentified meetings; Gay Community Alliance (GCA) press conference;
science fiction; gay and lesbian history; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 2
# 64
1978-1980
Scope and Contents note
LA Movin' meeting; International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) First Tuesday event; Los Angeles 200 [Bicentennial] committee meeting;
Gay Academic Union (GAU) meeting.
Box 38, Folder 3
# 65
1979
Scope and Contents note
LA Bicentennial committee meeting; "We Are Everywhere" (Amnesty International) meeting; ONE Trustees meeting; ACLU-GRC meeting;
"Gay Spirit"; Don's class; First Tuesday (International Gay and Lesbian Archives); gay history; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 4
# 66
1980
Scope and Contents note
Final session on androgyny; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 5
# 67
1980
Scope and Contents note
ONE Midwinter Institute; International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes; March for Lesbian and Gay Rights meeting; speech
given at unidentified benefit event; Stonewall Democratic Club; MECLA breakfast.
Box 38, Folder 6
# 68
circa 1980-1990
Scope and Contents note
Gay Academic Union (GAU) meeting notes; International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes; gay and lesbian history notes.
Box 38, Folder 7
# 69
circa 1980-1990
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes; gay and lesbian literature symposium at
UCLA notes;
Box 38, Folder 8
# 70
circa 1980-1990
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 9
# 71
circa 1980-1990
Scope and Contents note
International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA); music; first meeting of the March on Washington.
Box 38, Folder 10
# 72
circa 1980-1990
Scope and Contents note
Notes on fundraising; International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes; gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 11
# 73
circa 1980-1995
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified conference and meeting notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 12
# 74
circa 1980-1997
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 13
# 75
1981-1982
Scope and Contents note
International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA); SNAA presentation; Gay Academic Union (GAU); personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 14
# 76
1981-1982
Scope and Contents note
Lesbians in history; International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) meeting notes; notes on politics; mailimg list; gay and
lesbian history and identity notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 15
# 77
1984
Scope and Contents note
International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes; Dan White crisis meeting; gay and lesbian history notes; Los Angeles
City Council meeting; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 16
# 78
1984
Scope and Contents note
International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes; Republican outreach committee;
Box 38, Folder 17
# 79
circa 1984
Scope and Contents note
Alcoholism Center for Women (ACW) notes; GOP [Republican party] and the gay vote; gay and lesbian history notes; personal
notes.
Box 38, Folder 18
# 80
1990
Scope and Contents note
American Historical Association (AHA) gay history sessions; mailing list; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 19
# 81
circa 1990-1997
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified conference or workshop notes; schedule and daily journal; International Gay & Lesbian Archives (IGLA) mailing
lists and notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 20
# 82
1994
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; biographical information; last will and testament.
Box 38, Folder 21
# 83
1997
Scope and Contents note
ONE institute / International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA) notes; library committee reports; Long Beach pride notes; personal
notes.
Box 38, Folder 22
# 84
No date
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes.
Box 38, Folder 23
# 85
No date
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 24
# 86
No date
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 25
# 87
No date
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; unidentified meeting notes.
Box 38, Folder 26
# 88
No date
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian identity notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 27
# 89
No date
Scope and Contents note
Left-Right Liberterian conference; gay and lesbian history notes.
Box 38, Folder 28
# 90
No date
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified meeting notes; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 29
# 91
No date
Scope and Contents note
Gay and lesbian history notes; writings; personal notes.
Box 38, Folder 30
Homophile encyclopedia notes
No date
Box 38, Folder 31
Notes found in books
1963-1993
Box 39, Folder 1-8
General handwritten notes
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[8 folders]
Box 40, Folder 1-8
General handwritten notes
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[8 folders]
Correspondence Series 8.
1936-1997
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises Kepner's personal correspondence. It includes a selection of correspondence that Kepner photocopied
and arranged in chronological order.
Arrangement
A photocopied portion of this series is grouped at the beginning of the series and arranged chronologically. The original
correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name.
Box 42, Folder 1-5
Photocopied correspondence
1936-1979
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 42, Folder 6
Mailers from Kepner
circa 1940-1997
Box 42, Folder 7
"Mexican correspondence"
circa 1940-1997
Box 42, Folder 8
"Publishers correspondence"
circa 1940-1997
Box 42, Folder 9
Unidentified correspondence
circa 1940-1997
Box 43, Folder 1-9
A-D
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[9 folders]
Box 44, Folder 1-9
E-K
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[9 folders]
Box 45, Folder 1-9
L-R
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[9 folders]
Box 46, Folder 1-11
S-Z
circa 1940-1997
Physical Description:
[11 folders]
Box 47, Folder 1
Ackerman, Forrest J.
1942-1966
Box 47, Folder 3
Barker, Elver (Carl B. Harding, pseudonym)
1959-1997
Box 47, Folder 4-5
Barr, James (Fugate)
1954-1957
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 47, Folder 6
Barr, James (Fugate) and Ross Puryear
1956-1960
Box 47, Folder 9
Coldwell, Eugenia
1943-1947
Box 47, Folder 10
Cooper, Ted and Scott Ballard
1951-1957
Box 47, Folder 13
Eller, John
1973-1975
General Physical Description note:
6 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 47, Folder 15
Freeland, David
1938-1950
Box 47, Folder 16
Ginsburg, Steve
1968-1974
Box 48, Folder 1
Gunnison, Foster
1961-1973
Box 48, Folder 2-7
Hanson, Craig
1962-1986
Physical Description:
[6 folders]
Box 49, Folder 1-2
Hay, Harry
1960-1995
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 49, Folder 4
Jaffee, Florence (Conrad)
1961-1969
Box 49, Folder 7-8
Jordan, Wally
1942-1972
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 49, Folder 9
Jung, Rudy (Burkhart)
1954-1961
Box 49, Folder 12-18
Kepner family
1939-1995
Physical Description:
[7 folders]
Box 49, Folder 12-13
Kepner, James L., Sr.
1940-1965
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
General Physical Description note:
4 photographs : b&w.
Box 49, Folder 14
Kepner, Mary C.
1944-1949
Box 49, Folder 15
McCollum, Ella Nora (Kepner)
1943-1995
Box 49, Folder 18
Kepner's aunts and uncles
1940-1956
Box 50, Folder 2
Kleinschmidt, H.M. (J.D. Mercer, pseudonym)
1969-1972
Box 50, Folder 9
Martin, Del (and Phyllis Lyon)
1959-1997
Box 50, Folder 13
Osgood, Jim (Bradford)
1973-1978
Box 50, Folder 15
Otis, Harry (pseudonym for Shelton Dewey)
1964-1977
Box 50, Folder 16
Perdue, Betty (Geraldine Jackson, pseudonym)
1956-1990
General Physical Description note:
2 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 50, Folder 17
Phillips, Ralph Rayburn
1943-1945
Box 51, Folder 7
Sears, James T.
1993-1997
Box 51, Folder 13
Taylor, Benedict (Ben)
1953-1978
Box 51, Folder 14
Taylor, Tedford
1966-1980
Box 51, Folder 16
Thompson, Merritt Moore
1956-1969
Box 51, Folder 17
Townsend, Prescott
1960-1961
Box 51, Folder 18
Traynor, Brian ("Mother Boats")
1970-1996
Box 51, Folder 24
Wilimczyk, Frank
1948-1949
Box 51, Folder 25
Wollheim, Donald A.
1943-1965
Box 51, Folder 26
Worthy, Eleanor
1936-1939
Gay and lesbian studies and activism Series 9.
1953-1997
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of materials related to Kepner's participation in the development of gay and lesbian studies as well
as his activism and involvement in numerous gay and lesbian and political organizations. It is divided into two subseries:
(9.1) Gay and lesbian studies and (9.2) Activism and other organizations.
Gay and lesbian studies Subseries 9.1.
1955-1997
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries comprises educational course materials, flyers, correspondence, notes, speech and presentation manuscripts,
and other material related to Kepner's involvement in the development of gay and lesbian studies and history. It includes
materials from the first "homophile" studies classes conducted by ONE, Inc., as well as gay studies classes taught by Kepner
at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the Gay Community Services Center. This series also includes materials
documenting Kepner's many presentations and lectures on gay and lesbian history.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
Box 52, Folder 1-10
ONE Institute: Education Division. Homophile studies class notebooks
1955-1965
Physical Description:
[10 folders]
Box 52, Folder 1-2
Biology; anthropology
circa 1955-1965
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 52, Folder 3-4
History
circa 1955-1965
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 52, Folder 5-6
Law; religion; philosophy
1956
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 52, Folder 7-8
Psychology; literature
1964-1965
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 52, Folder 10
Class notes
circa 1955-1965
Box 53, Folder 1-7
Gay and lesbian studies courses taught by Kepner
1960-1984
Physical Description:
[7 folders]
Box 53, Folder 1
Course outlines and notes
circa 1965-1980
Box 53, Folder 2
Course material on ethics and religion
circa 1960-1975
Box 53, Folder 3
Course material on National Association for Sexual Research (NASR) and Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)
circa 1960-1975
Box 53, Folder 4
Gay Community Services Center (GCSC). Gay and lesbian history class
1979
Box 53, Folder 5
ONE in Long Beach. Gay history class
1984
Box 53, Folder 6-7
UCLA Experimental College classes
1974-1975
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 53, Folder 8-15
Speaking engagements and presentations
1960-1997
Physical Description:
[8 folders]
Box 53, Folder 8-9
Flyers, correspondence and clippings
circa 1960-1997
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 53, Folder 10
Speech and presentation manuscripts
circa 1965-1995
Box 53, Folder 11
"Archiving Gay Literature," speech given at Out Write '92
1992
Box 53, Folder 12
"The Gay Movement: Theories of History" speech manuscript
1988
Box 53, Folder 13
ONE presentations and lectures
circa 1965-1990
Box 53, Folder 14
"Progress and Goals of America's Gay Movement" speech manuscript
1993-1995
Box 53, Folder 15
"Twenty-Five Years After Stonewall" speech manuscript
1994
Activism and other organizations Subseries 9.2.
1945-1997
Subseries Scope and Content
This subseries comprises organizational records, meeting minutes and notes, correspondence, flyers, and other material related
to Kepner's involvement in numerous gay and lesbian organizations and political committees. Note that additional notes for
many of these organizations can also be found in Series 7: Journals, notebooks and notes. Also, materials documenting Kepner's
contributions to ONE publications can also be found in Subseries 3.4: Published and submitted articles.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by organization or committee name.
Box 54, Folder 1
American Association for the Advancement and Defense of Homophile Society
1968
Box 54, Folder 2
American Youth for Democracy
No date
Box 54, Folder 3
Apollo Exploration Society
1969
Box 54, Folder 4
Bachelor's League of America
1953
Box 54, Folder 5
California Committee for [Homosexual] Sexual Law Reform (CHLR)
1970-1973
Box 54, Folder 6
California Equal Rights Conference, Fresno, California
August 1975
Box 54, Folder 7
Celebration Theatre
1986-1992
Box 54, Folder 8
Christopher Street West (CSW) Los Angeles gay pride parade
1970-1974
Box 54, Folder 9
Coalition for Human Rights
No date
Box 54, Folder 10
Coors Boycott Committee
1978
Box 54, Folder 11-14
Council on Religion and the Homophile (CRH)
1966-1977
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 54, Folder 13
Concern correspondence
1966-1969
Box 54, Folder 14
Concern editorial material
circa 1966-1969
Box 54, Folder 15
Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)
No date
Box 54, Folder 16
Democratic National Platform Committee
1972
Box 54, Folder 17
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
1979-1980
Box 54, Folder 18
Ed Edelman campaign committee
1974
Box 54, Folder 19
Focus (Orange County)
circa 1970
Box 54, Folder 20
Gay Academic Union (GAU)
1980
Box 54, Folder 21
Gay Activist Alliance (GAA)
No date
Box 54, Folder 22
Gay Community Alliance (GCA)
1971-1972
Box 54, Folder 23
Gay Community Services Center (GCSC)
1971-1991
Box 54, Folder 24
Gay-ins manuscripts and notes
1969-1971
Box 54, Folder 25
Gay Liberation Front (GLF)
1970
Box 54, Folder 26
Harvey Milk and George Moscone Memorial
1978
Box 54, Folder 27
Homophile Effort for Legal Protection, Inc. (HELP)
1973
Box 54, Folder 28
Hollywood Bowl event planning
1977
Box 54, Folder 29-30
IMRU, a Gay Radio Collective
1975-1977
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 54, Folder 30
"Quotations from Chief Ed"
1976
Box 54, Folder 31
Institute for the Study of Human Resources (ISHR)
1972
Box 54, Folder 32
International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (InterPride)
1990
Box 54, Folder 33
Kalos Kagathos Foundation
1970-1997
Box 54, Folder 34
Lambda Democratic Club
1976
Box 54, Folder 36
Los Angeles 200 [Bicentennial] Committee
1978-1979
Box 55, Folder 1
Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations
1984
Box 55, Folder 2
Los Angeles Liaison Committee, Southern California Homophile Organizations
1966-1968
Box 55, Folder 3
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Council on Police-Community Relations
1975
Box 55, Folder 4
March Committee on Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
No date
Box 55, Folder 5
March on Washington. California Regional Conference
1987
Box 55, Folder 7
Mattachine Society
1954-1957
Box 55, Folder 8
Mattachine Society. Educational Department (Elver Barker)
1958-1960
Box 55, Folder 9
Metropolitan Community Church
1970-1976
Box 55, Folder 10
National Planning Conference of Homophile Organizations
1967
Box 55, Folder 11
North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO)
1967-1972
Box 55, Folder 13-17
ONE, Incorporated
1953-1994
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 55, Folder 15
Lectures and Midwinter Institute notes
circa 1971-1982
Box 55, Folder 16
Manuscripts and notes
No date
Box 56, Folder 1
Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE)
1966-1968
Box 56, Folder 2
Police-community relations meetings and correspondence
1970-1980
Box 56, Folder 3
Radical Zionist Union
1970
Box 56, Folder 4
Sacramento State College. A Symposium: The Gay Scene
1971
Box 56, Folder 5
San Francisco Homophile League
1967-1971
Box 56, Folder 6
Society of David
1970-1971
Box 56, Folder 7
Society of Pat Rocco Enlightened Enthusiasts (SPREE)
1970
Box 56, Folder 8
Soup kitchen planning meeting
1978
Box 56, Folder 9-11
Southwestern Regional Conference of Gay Organizations
1972
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 56, Folder 9
Bakersfield, California
1972
Box 56, Folder 10
Sacramento, California
1972
Box 56, Folder 11
San Diego, California
1972
Box 56, Folder 12
Stonewall Democratic Club
1977
Box 56, Folder 14
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
circa 1970-1980
Box 56, Folder 15-19
Western Regional Conference on Homophile Organizations
1967-1970
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 56, Folder 15-17
General
1967-1970
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 56, Folder 18
San Francisco, California
1967-1969
Box 56, Folder 20
Westlake Communist Club
1945
Box 56, Folder 21
Zero to Success
1974-1976
Box 56, Folder 22
Unidentified march committee meeting
1980
Box 56, Folder 23
Unidentified meeting notes and memoranda
1966-1978
Photographs Series 10.
circa 1930-1995
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises photographs and photocopy images from Kepner's personal life. In particular, it includes several photographs
of Kepner himself; Kepner at science fiction fan gatherings; and Kepner's sister, Ella Nora McCollum, and her family.
Box 57
Jim Kepner
circa 1940-1997
General Physical Description note: 9 photographs: b&w, col.
Scope and Contents note
Includes a photo by Lee Mason of Jim Kepner at an unidentified demonstration, or "zap," at the Millennium Biltmore in Los
Angeles. Also includes a photo by Robert Giard.
Box 57
Jim Kepner with other individuals
circa 1940-1997
General Physical Description note: 10 photographs: b&w, col.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of Jim Kepner with Morris Kight, Justin Smith, Frank Vel, Harvey Fierstein, SPREE models, Barbara Gittings, Harry
Hay and other unidentified individuals. Includes photograph by Jolene Schwab.
Box 57
Jim Kepner with other individuals (photocopies and reproductions)
circa 1970-1990
Scope and Contents note
Images of Jim Kepner with Tom Bradley, Jean Tretter, Troy Perry and Ed Edelman.
Box 57
Jim Kepner at home in University of Southern California residential housing
circa 1995
General Physical Description note: 5 photographs: col.
Box 57
Jim Kepner's house on Baxter Street
No date
General Physical Description note: 1 photograph: b&w.
Scope and Contents note
Exterior shot of Baxter Street house.
Box 57
Jim Kepner with science fiction fan groups and gatherings
circa 1940-1955
General Physical Description note: 66 photographs: b&w.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of Jim Kepner, Forrest J. Ackerman, Francis Laney, Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, Arden Benson, Sam Russell,
Virginia Laney, Vic Clark, Walter J. Daugherty, Myrtle R. Douglas, Meho[sic] Burn, Mel Brown, Julie Borg, Ed Chamberlain,
and Art Joquel. Includes photographs by Walter Dunkelberger.
Box 57
Ella Nora (Kepner) McCollum wedding
No date
General Physical Description note: 14 photographs: b&w.
Box 57
Ella Nora (Kepner) McCollum and family
circa 1930-1980
General Physical Description note: 26 photographs: b&w, col.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of Jim Kepner's sister, Ella Nora, as well as her daughters, Barbara and Mary.
Computer disks Series 11.
1983-1997
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises 333 floppy disks (5 1/4 in.), 234 diskettes (3 1/2 in.), 1 "zip" disk, and 4 compact discs (CD). The
description for the content of the computer disks to be supplied.
Box 58-59
3 1/2 inch floppy diskettes
circa 1992-1997
Box 60-61
5 1/4 inch floppy disks
circa 1983-1992
Box 61
Zip disk and compact discs
1995-2010
Awards, clothing and memorabilia Series 12.
circa 1970-1997
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises award plaques, clothing, and other memorabilia. Included are Kepner's personalized shirts with the words
"Gay Activist Since 1943."
Awards and recognitions
1978-1994
Envelope 65, Item 2
[Los Angeles] Mayor's (Tom Bradley) Certificate of Appreciation
April 24, 1978
Box 62, Item 1
Special Award Jim Kepner, Z.T.S. '79
1979
Box 62, Item 2
Jim Kepner is hereby presented the Man of the Year Award for outstanding contributions to the gay community, by Christopher
Street West (CSW) Los Angeles
1980
Box 62, Item 3
Presented to Jim Kepner, Founder and Curator of the National Gay Archives, from the Tenth Imperial Court of Los Angeles
1980
Box 62, Item 4
Jim Kepner is hereby presented the Harvey Milk Award for outstanding constributions to the gay community, by Christopher Street
West Los Angeles
October 1, 1983
Box 64, Item 1
Romaine Brooks Award Jim Kepner; Whitman-Brooks
November 1983
Box 62, Item 5
Humanitarian of the Year Award to Jim Kepner; Valley Business Alliance
January 14, 1985
Box 62, Item 6
Pridefest Lifetime Achievement Award Gratefully Presented to James Kepner by the Wisconsin Gay and Lesbian Community
June 12, 1994
Box 67, Item 7
Jim Kepner: In greatful acknowledgement for all you have done in the true spirit of Frogs International; Bazillio and George
No date
Clothing and textiles
No dates
Box 66, Item 1-2
[Front] "Jim Kepner: writer, teacher, archivist, activist;" [back] "Gay Activist Since 1943"
No date
General Physical Description note: 2 shirts.
Box 66, Item 3-4
[Back] "Gay Activist Since 1943"
No date
General Physical Description note: 2 shirts.
Box 66, Item 5
"Monitor: Christopher Street West/Los Angeles"
No date
General Physical Description note: 1 baseball cap.
Box 67, Item 1-2
Men's jumpsuit
No date
General Physical Description note: 1 white jumpsuit + 1 blue jumpsuit.
Box 67, Item 3-4
Men's leisure suit
No date
General Physical Description note: 1 blue jacket + 1 blue pants.
Box 66, Item 6
Polka dot hat
No date
General Physical Description note: 1 hat.
Box 63, Item 1
Deputy Sheriff star badge
No date
General Physical Description note: 1 metal badge.
Box 63, Item 2
Jim CSW '75
1975
General Physical Description note: 1 ceramic cup.
Box 63, Item 3-4
Necklaces
No date
General Physical Description note: 2 necklaces.
Box 63, Item 5-7
Necktie clips
No date
General Physical Description note: 3 necktie clips.
Box 64, Item 2
"Kepner - Odegaard" sign
No date
Box 64, Item 3
Printing block with Arabic text
No date
Box 63, Item 8
"Presented to Jim Kepner, Thank you for your love, support and friendship; Tony & Hazel" metal cup
November 20, 1980
General Physical Description note: 1 metal cup.
Box 63, Item 9
"Property of Jim Kepner; Do Not Remove From This Room" stamp
No date
General Physical Description note: 1 rubber stamp.
Box 63, Item 10
Rabbit carved from soapstone
No date