Found 14 collections related to Gay rights -- United States

DeLarverié, Stormé, 1920-2014
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 901
2.63 linear feet (4 boxes)
The Stormé DeLarverié papers document DeLarverié's long career as a singer, male impersonator, and gay rights activist from the 1980s-2008. The bulk of the collection contains personal and professional correspondence, biographical information,... more
Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6397
80.41 linear feet (170 boxes, 7 oversize folders)
Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) and Kay Tobin Lahusen (1930-) were gay civil rights pioneers and partners for nearly forty-six years. The collection contains their personal and professional papers, photographs by Lahusen created in the course of... more
Manford, Morty
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1858
22.5 linear feet (59 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Morty Manford (1950-1992) was an activist and key strategist in the early days of the gay rights movement, a Legal Aid lawyer, and an Assistant Attorney General of New York State. While an undergraduate at Columbia University in 1971, he founded... more
Fishman, Israel David, 1938-
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1012
5.46 linear feet (14 boxes)
Israel David Fishman (1938-) is best known for founding the Task Force on Gay Liberation (TFGL), a section of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Libraries Association. His papers document the early years of TFGL, Fishman's... more
Grillo, Rudy
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1248
60 cassettes
The Rudy Grillo Sound Recordings consist of 56 audiotapes and papers relating to Grillo's work as a producer for WBAI-FM, a listener-supported radio station in New York City.
Wicker, Randy
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3323
.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
Randy Wicker was a leader of the homophile movement in New York in the 1960's and a gay rights activist during the early days of the gay liberation movement. As public relations director of the Homosexual League of New York (an organizational... more
Dunlap, David W.
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6132
3.5 linear feet (8 boxes)
The David W. Dunlap Papers contain materials from the period of Dunlap's career in which he covered the gay, lesbian and AIDS beat for the New York Times. The collection consists of printed copies of Dunlap's articles... more
Jacobowitz, Ronald I.
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6120
.21 linear feet (1 box)
The 1992 We Are Everywhere! conference aimed to organize a grassroots network for New York City's LGBT community, especially in the outer boroughs. Conference records include correspondence, ephemera, contact information for various LGBT groups... more
Liebman, Marvin
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4823
.66 linear feet (2 boxes)
Marvin Liebman was a conservative strategist and fundraiser for the Republican Party who came out as gay in 1990. His papers consist chiefly of drafts of his memoir, Coming out Conservative, but also include some... more
Clarke, Cheryl, 1947-
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 642
4.37 linear feet (11 boxes)
Cheryl Clarke is a Black lesbian poet, writer, critic, scholar, and activist. This collection is a testament to her life's work as a Black, lesbian, feminist activist and demonstrates her commitment to promoting Black lesbian visibility and voices... more
Marcus, Eric
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17770
11.73 linear feet (669 audio files, 2 computer files, 27 boxes); 669 audio_files; 65 kilobytes (65 kb)
Eric Marcus is an author of non-fiction, public speaker, and television news producer noted for his use of interviews and oral histories to document the lesbian and gay rights movement in the United States. The bulk of the Eric Marcus papers date... more
Silverstein, Charles
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 26970
2.92 linear feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Charles Silverstein is an American therapist, gay activist, and writer. This collection consists of paper materials and photographs with special emphasis on the movement to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental... more
González Herrera, Guillermo, 1955-
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24232
.21 linear feet (1 box)
The collection relates to Guillermo González Herrera's activities as a member of the COHLA Collective (Comité Homosexual Latinoamericano), a Latin American gay rights organization formed in the early 1970s. It contains some biographical material... more
DeLarverié, Stormé, 1920-2014
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | SCP 186079
1.8 linear feet (5 boxes)
The Stormé DeLarverié photographs document DeLarverié's long career as a singer and gay rights activist from the 1950s until her death in 2014. The collection contains personal and professional photographs, including candid pictures of DeLarverié... more
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