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David Lourea Papers, 1940-1992 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8r78fqk No online items Finding aid to the David Lourea Papers, 1940-1992 Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA, 94102 (415) 557-4400 [email protected] 2008 Finding aid to the David Lourea GLC 55 1 Papers, 1940-1992 Title: David Lourea Papers, Date (inclusive): 1940-1992 Date (bulk): 1976-1992 Collection Identifier: GLC 55 Creator: Lourea, David, 1945-1992 Physical Description: 2 cartons, 1 document case, 1 oversized box(2.25 cubic feet) Contributing Institution: James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 557-4567 [email protected] Abstract: The collection contains correspondence, articles, magazines, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and other ephemera on bisexuality and on the San Francisco Bisexual Center. It also includes articles relating to AIDS education in the bisexual community. Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite. Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English. One item is in Portuguese. Access The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Publication Rights All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], David Lourea Papers (GLC 55), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library. Provenance Donated by Margo Rila in 1996 (accession no. 1996/13). Materials Transferred Frighten the Horses no. 9 (Spring 1992) was removed from this collection and added to the existing run in the Little Maga/Zine collection. Biographical note David Nachman Lourea was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 26, 1945. He was raised an orthodox Jew. He received a B.F.A. from Temple University in 1967. He moved with his family to San Francisco in 1973. He was active with San Francisco Sex Information, and was one of the early members of the San Francisco Bisexual Center and one of the founders of Bisexual Counseling Services. He earned a Ph.D from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and served on the board of Congregation Ahavat Shalom. He died in San Francisco on November 10, 1992 from kidney failure associated with AIDS. The Bisexual Center was founded in August 1976 by Harriet Leve and Maggi Rubenstein. The purpose was to "serve as a positive support base to facilitate communication, to teach each other by sharing...learning, and to explore the essence and potential of loving" for bisexuals. At its first meeting 22 attendees established a steering committee. By early 1977 the Bi Center sponsored about 15 events per month from rap groups to barbecues to dances. Its membership was about 140. The center held a press conference in June 1977 to speak out against Anita Bryant and Proposition 6 (aka the Briggs Initiative). As a result of the media exposure, membership rose to 435. Scope and Contents This collection includes newsletters, printed and manuscript articles, photographs and subject files collected by Lourea concerning bisexuality, the Bisexual Center, the Bay Area Bisexual Network, sex education, and AIDS education. Arrangement The collection is arranged into 6 series: Series 1. Personal Papers; Series 2. Subject Files; Series 3. Photographs; Series 4. Unpublished Manuscripts; Series 5. Articles and Reprints; and Series 6. Periodicals. Subjects and Indexing Terms Lourea, David, 1945-1992 Finding aid to the David Lourea GLC 55 2 Papers, 1940-1992 Bisexual Center (San Francisco, Calif.). AIDS (Disease)--California--Prevention. AIDS (Disease)--Education. Bisexuality--California--San Francisco. Series 1 Personal Papers, 1951-1992 Physical Description: 9.0 folders Scope and Contents The series contains biographical information on Lourea and his involvement with the Bisexual Center, some correspondence, a list of lectures that Lourea gave in 1977, and a completed questionnaire on bisexuality. Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by folder title. Box 1, Folder 1 Biographical information [includes obituary and notification of birth registration], 1992 Box 1, Folder 2 Drawings, undated Box 1, Folder 3 Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Transcript [also includes resume], 1977 Box 1, Folder 4 Lectures given, 1977 Box 1, Folder 5 Letters, 1977-1991 General note Includes correspondence to or from the Bisexual Center, David Lourea, Maggi Rubinstein, Lester Kirkendall, Alan Rockway, Joy Schulenberg, Jay Paul, Ann Landers, Tom, Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu, and National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Brad Robinson and Naomi Tucker re: submissions to Bisexual Politics. Also includes letter from John D. Walsh to Lourea enclosing a clipping about Fugue in a Nursery by Harvey Fierstein at Theater Rhinoceros,a poem to David from Marsha (July 1977), Bradford Marshall Cameron's 1st birthday party invitation (1977). Box 1, Folder 6 "Making Things 'Legal'" [ San Francisco Chronicle clipping re: San Francisco domestic partnerships including Lourea and David May], March 1991 Box 1, Folder 7 Questionnaire on bisexuality, 1980 Box 1, Folder 8 Finding aid to the David Lourea GLC 55 3 Papers, 1940-1992 Self description [questionnaire], undated Box 1, Folder 9 Teaching credential [includes resume and proof of birth], 1951-1982 General note Also contains various documents attesting to Lourea's training and education, a copy of his resume, and document certifying his birth at Philadelphia General Hospital. Series 2 Subject Files, 1969-1992 Physical Description: 34.0 folders Scope and Contents The series contains several files on bisexuality resources (articles and bibliography), and on AIDS resources (statistics, information and education). Of interest are the files on Publicity and Press, and on the conferences and workshops that Lourea attended and where he presented. Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by folder title. Box 1, Folder 10 AIDS articles, 1982-1985 General note Includes article: "Lethal New Ailment Claims Another Group of Victims: Children" ( Wall Street Journal, December 10, 1982). Box 1, Folder 11 AIDS cases (San Francisco), 1991-1992 General note Statistics compiled by the S.F. Dept. of Public Health, 1991-1992. Cumulative statistics from 1981. Box 1, AIDS education information, 1983-1992 Folders 12-13 Languages represented: Some pamphlets in Spanish. General note Also includes letters from Lourea regarding bathhouse closures, and copy of Bobbi Campbell's speech "Fighting for Our Lives." Box 1, Folder 14 AIDS Educational Planning Committee, 1983-1985 Box 1, Folder 15 AIDS information (BAPHR), 1983 General note Includes pamphlet: How to have sex in an epidemic: one approach by Richard Berkowitz, Michael Callen ; with editorial assistance by Richard Dworkin. Box 1, AIDS information, 1983-1986 Folders 16-17 General note Several articles from medical journals and by Clark L. Taylor. Box 1, Folder 18 AIDS statistics, San Francisco Department of Public Health. Press releases, 1984-1986 Box 1, Folder 19 Bay Area Bisexual Network. Includes proposed by-laws of BABN, 1987-1988 Box 1, Folder 20 Bi-Pacific Conference, 1983-1984 Box 1, Folder 21 Bi-Pol, 1978-1984 Box 1, Folder 22 Bi Posts [electronic-mail messages re: bisexuality], 1985 Box 1, Folder 23 Bi Rap. [Notes on conversations about bisexuality], undated Finding aid to the David Lourea GLC 55 4 Papers, 1940-1992 Series 2Subject Files, 1969-1992 Box 1, Folder 24 Bisexual Center. Documents and correspondence re: the formation and programs of the Center, 1977-[1989] General note Includes some information regarding the Briggs Initiative. Box 1, Folder 25 Bisexual Counseling Services, 1981 Box 1, Folder 26 Bisexuality articles, 1979-1984 Box 1, Folder 27 Bisexuality bibliography, 1982 Box 1, Folder 28 Center for Attitudinal Healing, 1989 Box 3 Clippings regarding AIDS, bisexuality, and talks by Lourea, 1984-1991 Box 1, Folder 29 Coalition for Human Rights, 1981-1984 Box 1, Folder 30 Conferences / Workshops [includes notes], 1978-1989 Box 1, Folder 31 Congregation Ahavat Shalom, 1988-1989 General note Includes Board of Directors agenda and minutes. See also: Box 2 / Folder 81 Ha-Yonah. Box 1, Folder 32 DGSS Congress on Social Scientific Sex Research (10th: Berlin: 1990). "Bisexualities" abstracts. [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozialwissenschaftliche Sexualforschung], 1990 Box 1, Folder 33 Gay clippings and articles, 1969-1981 Box 1, Folder 34 "Gone But Not Forgotten, Remembering Our Own, Three Leaders of the Bi Community" [Obituaries for Barry Kohn, Alan Rockway, and Cynthia Ann Slater], 1987, 1989 Box 1, Folder 35 Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, 1977 General note Contains numerous papers on the subject of sexuality. Box 1, Folder 36 Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Alumni, 1983-1985 Box 1, Folder 37 Institute on Sexism and Sexuality. "Bisexuality: a One-Day Conference" (Miami-Dade Community College, November 17, 1984), [includes correspondence and questionnaires], 1984 Box 1, Folder 38 Interns. Bi counseling, 1983 Box 1, Folder 39 "Lesbian & Gay in Church and Society" [course syllabus], Fall 1990 Box 1, Folder 40 National Bisexual Conference (San Francisco), 1989-1990 General note Includes 1989 BiCon program. Box 1, Folder 41 Publicity and press releases, 1977-1983
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