Gay Alliance of Brooklyn records

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unitid

{"value"=>"1122", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Gay Alliance of Brooklyn", "type"=>"corpname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Gay Alliance of Brooklyn records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1971-1973", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1971/1973"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".5 lin. ft. (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

arrangement

{"value"=>"Arranged alphabetically"}

accessrestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Parts of the collection are restricted until 2055.</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>International Gay Information Center Collection</p>", "type"=>"host"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 88M57"}

{"date"=>"04/30/1988", "source"=>"International Gay Information Center, Inc.", "address"=>"P.O. Box 2, Village Station, New York, N.Y. 10014-0002", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"<p>Gift, International Gay Information Center, Inc., 04/30/1988</p>"}

physloc

{"value"=>"MssCol 1122", "type"=>"local_call"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Included are minutes of general meetings and of the governing board, constitution and by-laws, and records of various committees including community relations, dance, membership, and newsletter committees.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Gay Alliance of Brooklyn was founded in 1971 by members of the Gay Activists Alliance in order to establish in their own borough an organization of gays and lesbians dedicated to the attainment of civil rights for gays. It sponsored films, forums, and dances and published (irregularly) a monthly newsletter. At its peak it claimed a membership of over 300. The organization appears to have been dissolved in early 1973.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1971

date_inclusive_end

1973

keydate

1971

extent_statement

.5 linear feet (1 box)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Gay Alliance of Brooklyn records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Gay Alliance of Brooklyn was founded in 1971 by members of the Gay Activists Alliance in order to establish in their own borough an organization of gays and lesbians dedicated to the attainment of civil rights for gays. It sponsored films, forums, and dances and published (irregularly) a monthly newsletter. At its peak it claimed a membership of over 300. The organization appears to have been dissolved in early 1973. Included are minutes of general meetings and of the governing board, constitution and by-laws, and records of various committees including community relations, dance, membership, and newsletter committees.", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1971

date_end

1973

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