Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Morris Kight Papers,
- Dates:
- 1975-1993
- Creators:
- Kight, Morris
- Abstract:
- Morris Kight was an early advocate of integration and began his career as an underground gay liberationistin 1967. He was a spokesperson in the Gay Liberation Front of Los Angeles, helped found the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade Committee, was a co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center and a member of the California State Democratic Central Committee. The collection contains correspondence, videotapes, directories, guides, catalogues, publications, and printed material chronicling Kight's activities related to gay liberation and support of the Los Angeles gay community.
- Extent:
- 380 boxes (185 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Morris Kight Papers (Collection 354). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Collection contains correspondence, videotapes, directories, guides, catalogues, publications, and printed material chronicling Kight's activities related to gay liberation and support of the Los Angeles gay community. Also includes California gay publications, as well as articles and awards documenting his participation in other progressive causes.
- Biographical / historical:
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Born in Texas, Kight was an early advocate of integration; involved with Southern Christian Leadership Conference; graduated, U.S. Career Service Training School, 1942; arrived in Los Angeles, 1957, beginning career as underground gay liberationist; in 1967 member of Dow Action Committee, opposing defoliants; spokesperson in the Gay Liberation Front of Los Angeles; helped found Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade Committee; co-founder Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center; member of California State Democratic Central Committee; later member of Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission and advocate for seniors; recipient, ACLU Eason Monroe Award, 1982.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Morris Kight, 1993, 1995.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Articles about and awards for Mr. Kight.
- Audio cassettes.
- Correspondence, mailings, ephemera, etc.
- Gay directories.
- Gay festival.
- Gay merchandizing catalogues.
- Gay themed t-shirts and hats.
- Los Angeles County Human Rights Commission papers.
- National gay publications.
- Northern California gay publications.
- Southern California gay publications.
- Turner Studios realia.
- Video cassettes.
- 'Zines.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Dan Luckenbill and Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Morris Kight Papers (Collection 354). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988