Homosexuality/LGBT collection
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00395
Dates of Materials
- 1932-2011
- Majority of material found within 1970-1978
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to reseach according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
Conditions Governing Access
Until we move into New Neilson in early 2021, collections are stored in multiple locations and may take up to 48 hours to retrieve. Researchers are strongly encouraged to contact Special Collections (specialcollections@smith.edu) at least a week in advance of any planned visits so that boxes may be retrieved for them in a timely manner.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission is required to cite the papers or for quotations beyond "fair use." Copyright to materials in this collection is owned by the individuals and organizations who authored them, or their heirs and assigns.
Extent
9 boxes (3.75 linear feet)
Overview
This collection consists of printed materials that document the evolution of attitudes and approaches to lesbian, gay, and bisexual people and organizations from 1932-1995 (mostly the 1970s), and documents the political struggles of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals to oppose homophobic discrimination in U.S. society. Also of interest are numerous newsletters, periodicals and leaflets that document lesbian organizing in Western Massachusetts.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Multiple donors have contributed to this subject collection.
Accruals
Periodic additions are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Nichole Calero, 2012. Finding aid written by Kate Weigand and Nichole Calero.
- Books
- Civil rights (LGBTQ)
- Gay liberation movement -- 20th century
- Gender identity -- 20th century
- Homosexuality -- Psychological aspects -- 20th century
- LGBTQ people -- Periodicals
- Leaflets
- Lesbian and queer women
- Lesbian community
- Lesbian feminism
- Lesbians -- Periodicals
- Lesbians -- United States
- Lesbians in literature
- Newsletters
- Pamphlets
- Periodicals
- Typescripts
- clippings
- Title
- Homosexuality/LGBT collection
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Nichole Calero and Kate Weigand.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2017-07-26T17:48:10-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
