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Closeted/OUT in the Quadrangles: a History of LGBTQ Life at the University of Chicago Closeted/OUT in the Quadrangles: A History of LGBTQ Life at the University of Chicago Item list by section Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles Wayne Scott “Hyde Park Haven” Windy City Times, July 2, 1994 Howard Brown Biographical File Read Schusky “Being Gay at the U.C.; Cleaning out the Ivory Closet” The Red Gargoyle Vol. 5, no.1, Oct./Nov.1978 Regenstein Library, General Collections Glossary of terms, c. 1933 Ernest W. Burgess Papers Chicago Maroon, Vol. 120, no. 8, 2008 Campus Publications Collection T-shirt, 2012 Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by Connor Gilroy/designed by Yiwen Feng Women's Relationships at the early University Photograph of Gertrude Dudley, undated University of Chicago Photographic Archive Gertrude Dudley and Frances A. Kellor Athletic Games in the Education of Women London: George Bell and Sons, 1909. Regenstein Library, General Collections, Presented by the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy Letter from Gertrude Dudley to Alonzo Stagg, undated Alonzo Stagg Papers Letter from Marion Talbot to Edith Abbott , Oct 30, 1911 Marion Talbot Papers Letter from Edith Abbott to Marion Talbot, Nov 12, 1911 Marion Talbot Papers Deed Conveying Property, 1927 Marion Talbot Papers Photograph of Marion Talbot and Sophonisba Breckinridge, 1909 University of Chicago Photographic Archive Photograph of Sophonisba Breckinridge and Marion Talbot, 1930s University of Chicago Photographic Archive Photograph of Edith Abbott and Sophonisba Breckinridge, undated University of Chicago Photographic Archive Letter from Marion Talbot to Sophonisba Breckinridge. July 18, 1936 Marion Talbot Papers Letter from Marion Talbot to Sophonisba Breckinridge. July 31, 1936 Marion Talbot Papers “Life History of A,” Student Paper for Sociology 310, 1929 Ernest W. Burgess Papers Addenda Katherine Bement Davis Factors in the Sex Life of Twenty-Two Hundred Women New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929 Regenstein Library, General Collections Report on sex education at Blake House, 1947 Office of Student Activities. S.S.A Newsletter, Vol. 9, no.3, Autumn/Winter 1966-67 Letter: Margaret Tafel to Mary Rall, Feb 2, 1967 Photograph of Scottie Dog, undated Charlotte Towle Papers Cecil Smith and Paul Goodman Photograph of Cecil Smith in Glee Club, 1926 University of Chicago Photographic Archive “U. of C. Teacher Being Tried on Morals Charge” [Chicago Tribune, Dec 8, 1944] Archival Bibliographic File Letter, Memorandum, Notes, and Newspaper Clipping, undated Office of the President, Hutchins Administration Records Letter From McKeon to Hutchins, January 23, 1945 Office of the President, Hutchins Administration Records Memorandum, December 15, 1944 Office of the President, Hutchins Administration Records Gay Liberation William B. Kelley Mattachine Midwest, May 1970 On loan from the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives William B. Kelley “Gays Protest Reuben ‘book’” Mattachine Midwest, February 1971 On loan from the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives David R. Reuben Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex, but were Afraid to Ask New York: David McKay Co., 1969. On loan from Lauren Stokes “Gay Libs Pickets” Chicago Maroon, Vol. 81, no. 38, 1973 Campus Publications Collection FACSIMILE Classified Ad The Chicago Maroon, April 11, 1969 FACSIMILE Classified Ad The Chicago Maroon, Vol. 78, no. 9, 1969 Campus Publications Collection “Gay Liberation Sponsors First City-wide Dance” Second City, Vol. 2, no. 7, [n.d.] Regenstein Library, General Collections “The Blue Gargoyle” Chicago Seed Vol. 6, No.13 [1971] Regenstein Library, General Collections Memorandum, University of Chicago Gay Liberation Front [undated] Gerber/Hart Library and Archives Ron Dorfman “Mattachine Edior arrested; gays picket Sargeant Manley” Chicago Journalism Review, Vol. 3, No.4 Chicago Associated Working Press: 1970 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Broadside, Help Sen. Percy..., 1971 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Broadside,Gay Lib: Consciousness Group on Bi-Sexuality, 1971 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Manuscript, Discussion Questions on Bisexuality, undated On loan from Hannah Frisch, a student activist in the early 70s Chicago Seed, Vol. 5, no. 2, [1970] Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Letter, Open Letter to the Dean of Students, April 1971 Office of the President Levi Administration Records Letter, Dean O’Connell Response, May 1971 Office of the President Levi Administration Records Broadside, “What are Ladies Voices,” 1971 Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by John Del Peschio Broadside, Coffee Hour For Everyone Henderson House Records E. Kitch Child “Therapy, Feminist Ethics, and the Community of Color with Particular Emphasis on the Treatment of Black Women” Feminist Ethics in Psychotherapy New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1990. Regenstein Library, General Collections Broadside, Dance Coliseum, 1970 The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Inc., Marie Kuda Collection Broadside, Boycott Gay Bars!!!, 1970 The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Inc., Marie Kuda Collection Broadside, Gay Liberation Dance, 1970 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Broadside, Gay and Women’s Lib Dance at International House, undated Office of Student Activities “Gay Liberation Sponsors First City-wide Dance” Second City, Vol. 2, no. 7, [n.d.] Regenstein Library, General Collections Lavender U, May-June 1975 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Susan Edwards “A Comback for Linda Shear” Lavender Woman, Vol. 3, no. 5, 1974 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Broadside, Family of Woman, undated On loan from Hannah Frisch, a student activist in the early 70s Broadside, Teach-in on Sexism, undated On loan from Hannah Frisch, a student activist in the early 70s Broadside, Women’s Dance undated On loan from Hannah Frisch, a student activist in the early 70s Cruising Photographs, Wieboldt Hall Bathroom Bathroom Floor Plan, 2013 Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by Kris Rosentel William B. Kelley “Park Games Risky” Mattachine Midwest, May 1969 On loan from the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives Grey City Journal, No. 3, January 30, 1970 Campus Publications Collection EOS Guide 70/71 Denmark: Lassen & Stiedl, 1970. Rare Book Collection International Guild Guide 1967 Washington D.C.: Guild Press Ltd., 1967 Rare Book Collection International Guild Guide 1971 Washington D.C.: Guild Press Ltd., 1971 Rare Book Collection Letter from Gay Liberartion Student Activities to Women’s Bar Association of Illinois Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Pamphlet, Pocket Legal Guide for Gay People [c. 1973] American Civil Liberties Union Illinois Division Records “Mattachine editor arrested; Gays picket Sergeant Manley” 1970 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Dena van der Wal L.U.S.T. Chicago. 1996 Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by Dena van der Wal “As Good as it Gets” Vita Excolatur, Vol. 1, Issue 1 Chicago: [2004?] Rare Books Collection AIDS Letter from Chase P. Kimball to David Ostrow November 26, 1985 On loan from the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives Photograph, 1987 University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf7-03483 Photograph, 1992 University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf7-03359 Pamphlets, Information AIDS, 1986, 1988, 1990 General Archival File, Task Force on AIDS Brent Housekeeping, April 1989 On loan from the Diocese of Chicago Archives Brent Housekeeping, June 1989 On loan from the Diocese of Chicago Archives “Breaking the Silences: Report of a Symposium Sponsored by Brent House, 11/7/1986” On loan from the Diocese of Chicago Archives Photograph: Brent House Quilt, 1996 Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by Sam Portaro UChicago square of the AIDS Quilt, Block #753 On loan from the NAMES Project Foundation Act Up Buttons, undated Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by Dena van der Wal Activist Buttons, undated ACT UP Chicago Records Scott Mendel Photographs of ACT-UP Demonstrations [c. 1993?] ACT UP Chicago Records GLLSA Gay and Lesbian Law Students Association Banner On loan from the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives Photograph, 1980s University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf7-03333 Photograph, 1992 University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf7-03493-001 Photograph of James C. Hormel Courtesy of the University of Chicago Alumni Magazine Handbill, Chicago Conference on Sexual Orientation and the Law, 1987 Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by Eric Webber Handbill, The C.I.A., the Military and Anti-Gay Discrimination, 1986 Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by Eric Webber Windy City Times, Vol. 1, no. 21, 1986 Closeted/Out on the Quadrangles Collection Donated by Eric Webber From GLF to Q&A: Gender and Student Organizing from the 1970s to the 1990s Broadside, Lesbian Writers’ Conference, 1976 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library Broadside, University Feminist Organization Winter Quarter Calendar University of Chicago Committee on University Women Handbill, GALA Sock Hop,
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