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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FINDING AID

Collection Number: MS 0764

Title: The Rainbow History Project Collection, 1950s-

Processors: Rona Razon, Josef Parker, Steven Mandeville-Gamble, Anne McDonough, Vincent Slatt, Philip Clark and the Rainbow History Project

Date: June 2008, March 2010; April 2011; 2014; 2015; 2016 [finding aid last updated April 16, 2016]

The Rainbow History Project (RHP) began on November 4, 2000 during a meeting at CyberStop Café on 17 th Street NW. The Project was organized by Mark Meinke and other individuals such as Charles Rose, Bruce Pennington, Jose Gutierrez, and James Crutchfield. The purpose of the group is “to collect, preserve, and promote an active knowledge of the history, arts, and culture relevant to sexually diverse communities in Washington D.C.”

Scope and Content: The RHP Collection documents the history of in America, particularly in the greater Washington, D.C. area. It contains correspondence, clippings, magazines, pamphlets, articles, case briefings, committee reports, administrative documents, and ephemera. In 2008, the RHP and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. created a partnership agreement whereby the RHP serves as an active collecting organization which solicits, processes and selectively digitizes material within its scope; the Society serves as the repository for the RHP’s physical material. The Society receives accruals to the RHP Collection on an on-going basis; this finding aid will be updated as accruals are made and will indicate the processing status of each incoming series.

The collection is currently arranged as follows:

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SERIES I: U.S. RIGHTS MOVEMENT, ca. -1984 includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazines, pamphlets and articles. (.5 cubic feet)

SERIES II: DAVID AIKEN PAPERS include newspaper clippings, case briefings and articles. David L. Aiken was born in Mt. Tabor, New Jersey and educated at Parsippany High School and the University of . Aiken arrived in Washington, D.C. in 1968 as a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. He worked as an editor and a journalist for the Joint Center for Political Studies, Editorial Experts, Princeton University, and the Advocate. He also edited the newsletter of the D.C. chapter of Black and White Men Together in the 1980s. Aiken was a founding member of the Front – DC and of Nation Media Collective (SNMC). He was a broadcaster for SNMC’s Friend’s Radio program from 1973 to 1982. In 1974, he helped form the Washington Area Gay Community Council (WAGCC), which he served as president and as editor of Just Us, WAGCC’s guide to the local gay community. David Aiken died of AIDS on December 31, 1986. (1 cubic foot)

SERIES III: GAY WOMEN’S ALTERNATIVE (GWA-DC) includes committee reports, ephemera, newspaper clippings and program announcements . From 1981 to 1993, the Gay Women's Alternative of D.C. served as an essential educational and social focus for the metropolitan area's community. The organization dedicated itself to presenting an alternative to the closet and to the bars for the area's women, by providing lectures, social events, and discussions, often at the Washington Ethical Society. GWC- DC became known for its dances for women, particularly its signature Spring Cotillion, and for its involvement with other women's events in the area including the summer Sisterfire musical extravaganzas and the Passages conferences. In 1985, GWA-DC presented its first conference. The initial organizers included Ina Alterman, Trish Bangert, Bonnie Becker, Susan Geiger, Maryl Kerley, Ann Meltzer, Lil Russo, and Joyce Sideman. By 1993, facing competition from a growing array of competing lesbian organizations, the demands of running a major social organization, and the group's inability to meet speakers' and performers' growing requests for payment (GWA had from the outset determined not to pay such fees), the board of Gay Women's Alternative decided to close down the organization following its final Spring Cotillion in May 1993. (1.5 cubic feet)

Sub–series A: Financial records, 1986–1991 (includes financial documents and receipts). Sub–series B: Organization Documents, 1981–1992 (includes meeting minutes, flyers, programming schedules, articles of incorporation, and organization logistics)

SERIES IV: BRUCE PENNINGTON PAPERS include newspaper clippings, case briefings and articles. Bruce C Pennington was born in Rugby, North Dakota on September 17, 1947, and died in Washington, D.C. on August 26, 2003. He arrived in Washington in 1968 to work initially for Liberation News Service. He was a founding member of the (1970-1974), founding member of the Media Collective, producers of the Friends radio program on WGTB-FM and

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WPFW-FM (1973-1982), board member of Black and White Men Together-DC (1980- 1984), and vice president of the Rainbow History Project (2000-2003). He served on the Washington, D.C. Human Rights Commission (1988-1991). Pennington worked professionally as a chef and restaurant manager and a teacher of English; he also served as a foster parent to a gay youth. The series consists of personal correspondence and photographs; career resumes, diplomas, and school documents; topical files and documents including the Gay Liberation Front-DC; business files, manuscripts, and newsletters from his tenure as president of Black and White Men Together-DC; files of Names Project memorabilia and obituaries of prominent members of the Washington, DC community, and drafts of articles for The Advocate . This series is currently being processed. Researchers may access this series upon consultation with Society staff.

SERIES V: KENDA KIRBY PAPERS include clippings, memos, correspondence, and brochure drafts. In February 2003, the D.C. Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services hired Kenda Kirby, a former Oklahoma firefighter and emergency medical technician, to be a trainer and coordinator for the Tyra Hunter Human Diversity Training Series, which takes its name from a car-crash victim who died in 1995. The series comprises materials relating to her role with D.C. Fire/EMS as a trainer on gay sensitivity issues and her subsequent dismissal from Fire/EMS in 2004. (1 cubic foot)

Sub-series A: Diversity Brochure, final and working papers and correspondence Sub-series B: Administrative Documents, FEMS Diversity Training Program; includes biography and reference; timesheet issues; clippings and correspondence relating to the Watchdesk postings and Kirby’s lawsuit against Fire/EMS; budgets and requests for supplies; the Training Academy. Sub-series C: Outreach; includes correspondence, fliers, and other material.

SERIES VI: PAPERS ON THE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, 1962-2001 (bulk 1962-1980), includes copies of outgoing correspondence, news clippings, legal proceedings, ephemeral publications, flyers, press releases, and other documents generated by the activities of various homophile organizations, many of which Gittings was a member. A significant number of the items in this collection document the joint activities of Barbara Gittings and in their efforts to secure basic civil liberties for and . The largest gathering of materials relate to the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. and the various homophile organization confederations of which it was a constituent member, such as East Coast Homophile Organization (ECHO), Eastern Regional Homophile Conference (ERCH), Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO), and North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO).

Barbara Gittings (July 31, 1932 – February 18, 2007) was a prominent American activist for gay equality. She organized the chapter of the (DOB) from 1958 to 1963, edited the national DOB magazine The Ladder from 1963 to 1965, and worked closely with Frank Kameny in the 1960s on the first picket lines that brought attention to the ban on employment of gay people by the largest employer in the US at

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that time: the government. Gittings challenged the Daughters of Bilitis' conservative leadership by publishing an article by Kameny that urged readers to "move away from the comfortingly detached respectability of research into the often less pleasant rough-and-tumble of political and social activism." In response to her publishing this article, the Daughters of Bilitis leadership removed her as editor of The Ladder in 1965.

Her early experiences with trying to learn more about lesbianism fueled her lifetime work with libraries. In the 1970s, Gittings was most involved in the American Library Association, forming the first gay caucus in a professional organization, in order to promote positive literature about homosexuality in libraries. She was a part of the movement to get the American Psychiatric Association to drop homosexuality as a mental illness in 1972. Her self-described life mission was to tear away the "shroud of invisibility" related to homosexuality that associated it with crime and mental illness. She was awarded a lifetime membership in the American Library Association, and the ALA named an annual award for the best gay or lesbian novel the The Barbara Gittings Award. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) also named an activist award for her. (1 cubic foot)

Sub–series A: Barbara Gittings Correspondence and Press Coverage, 1966-2001 Sub-series B: Homophile Organizations and Individuals, 1960-2000. Contains correspondence, pamphlets, legal documents, legislative bills, press releases, and newspaper articles generated by various organizations and individuals who fought for gay and lesbian civil rights, many of which Gittings helped to found. This subseries contains significant documentation about the activities of Frank Kameny, a long-time friend and ally of Ms. Gittings in her efforts to secure civil liberties for gay men and lesbians. Sub-series C: Subject files, 1960-2000, Contains correspondence, pamphlets, legal documents, legislative bills, press releases, and newspaper articles on a number of subjects relating to gay and lesbian civil rights. Sub-series D: Publications, 1965-2001

SERIES VII: BLACK AND WHITE MEN TOGETHER (BWMT) COLLECTION includes organizational records of the D.C. Chapter of BMWT, a gay, interracial group committed to ending . The records date from 1981-2003, with the bulk of the records falling between 1984 and 2000. The files are comprised of financial records, chapter and national organization activities, and the group’s newsletters, related to efforts to confront, and end, racism and discrimination in the gay community. (3 cubic feet)

Sub-series A: Corporate Records, 1981-2003. This series contains the Black and White Men Together constitution, by-laws, federal and local tax exemption information, and other legal documentation, dating from 1981- 2003.

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Sub-series B: Records, 1984-2003. This series contains the financial records of BWMT/DC, including check registers, bank statements, check stubs, expense reimbursement documents, financial statements, etc., dating from 1984-2003 Sub-series C: Chronological Records, 1981-2002. This series contains materials documenting the meetings and activities of BWMT/DC and related organizations. Sub-series D: Publications, 1982-2002. This series contains the newsletters and other serial publications of BWMT/DC, NABWMT and other chapters. Sub-series E: Photographs, 1990s

SERIES VIII: ROBERT MITCHELL “JUDGE” COGGIN OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, COLLECTION includes personal papers (including photographs, albums, wedding and funeral announcements), as well as biographical materials and some of his poetry and short stories--including multiple drafts. There are several large scrapbooks including documents, clippings, and photographs related to his advocacy and work for LGBT equality. This series is currently being processed. Researchers may access this series upon consultation with Society staff. (3.5 cubic feet)

SERIES IX: RECORDS OF THE GAY COMMUNITY CENTER OF DC includes newsletters collected from various sources related to the activities of many community organizations. Fliers, advertisements, brochures and pamphlets related to these groups are also held with the newsletters. Large clipping projects had been conducted from various sources, primarily the but also , to thematically and chronologically present community history; some of these clippings are organized and bound, others are loose. Several large bindings of correspondence and other records of the Gay Community Center are also present, along with a large amount of newsletters about the activities of the Center. Some material related to non-DC groups and activities are also present and were most likely sent to people at the Center from contacts outside the city. Advertisements, fliers, and event information is widely available throughout the records as well as a few loose photographs. (1 cubic foot, plus oversize Resolutions)

SERIES X: COMMUNITY NEWSLETTERS COLLECTION includes collected newsletters, fliers and clippings related to gay community organizations in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. This is an open series and will be added to as accruals are made. (4 cubic feet)

SERIES XI: PRIDE PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS (see also, P 4092) is an open series and will be added to as accruals are made. (1 cubic foot)

SERIES XII: LESBIAN AND GAY CHORUS COLLECTION comprises concert programs and VHS tapes of performances, 1983-1991. The written material is unrestricted; researchers may access the tapes upon consultation with Society staff.

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SERIES XIII: NAME PROJECT, AIDS QUILT comprises photographs, clippings, promotional materials, buttons, and other documentation related to the AIDS Memorial Quilts. Researchers may access this series upon consultation with Society staff.

SERIES XIV: SCRAPBOOKS includes individual scrapbooks donated to the Rainbow History Project that are not part of a discrete collection. This is an open series and will be added to as accruals are made. (1 cubic foot)

SERIES XV: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GLOBE RECORDS comprises correspondence and records relating to an U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Complaint raised by this GLOBE, or the Gay Lesbian or Bisexual Employees, group. Prominent participants in this effort included William Isasi, Barbara Brenkworth, and Jeffrey Dutton. (.5 linear foot)

SERIES XVI: GAY AND LESIBIAN ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE (GLAA) COLLECTION comprises records of GLAA and its predecessor, to Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance. Researchers may access this series upon consultation with Society staff.

SERIES XVII: DC GAY LIBERATION FRONT (GLF) COLLECTION comprises photographs of DC Gay Liberation Front members at various events in the Washington, DC area and in ; facts sheets and newsletters about GLF activities; and materials about an April 1993 GLF reunion. Materials focus on early gay liberation activities in DC from both a social and political perspective.

Collection includes newsletters, flyers, magazines, and fact sheets related to the formation and activities of the DC Gay Liberation Front (DC GLF), including weekly meetings at Grace Episcopal Church; the founding of the Gay Liberation Front house at 1620 S St. NW; proposed protests in DC; a copy of the last issue of Motive (a publication of the Methodist church), which Skyline Faggots members were heavily involved in writing and designing; and 1972, the initial gay pride week celebration in Washington DC. Also included are items related to a DC GLF reunion organized by Bruce Pennington and Theodore Kirkland over the weekend of the April 1993 gay March on Washington. Also includes photographs documenting social and political activities engaged in by DC GLF and its offshoot, the Skyline Faggots Collective, notably marching in Liberation Day celebrations in New York City; participating in Gay Mayday in 1971; and social outings in DC and Harpers Ferry, West . The collection also has larger several physical objects related to DC GLF, including banners hung at the Skyline Faggots Collective house at 1614 S St. NW; a yellow, hand-knitted beret worn by DC GLF/Skyline Faggots member Michael Ferri at the September 1971 plenary session prior to the Black Panthers' Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention in Washington DC in November 1971; and a graphic poster mounted on foam board advertising activities for Gay Pride Week in Washington DC, May 2-7, 1972, which was organized by DC GLF members Chuck Hall, Bruce Pennington, and Cade Ware.

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As a whole, these materials help document early post-Stonewall gay liberationist activities through the formation of the first organized gay group in DC after the Mattachine Society of Washington and the Homophile Social League.

The first Gay Liberation Front was founded in New York City shortly after the June 1969 , as an offshoot of the homophile group the Mattachine Society of New York. The Gay Liberation Front was a revolutionary organization dedicated to overthrowing a sexist, racist, capitalistic society by joining in coalition with other oppressed social groups, such as women, , the working classes, Chicanos and Latinos, and American Indians. It also asked participants to engage in self- examination, often facilitated in the form of consciousness-raising groups, to rid themselves of their own internalized self-hatred, sexism, racism, and classism.

The Washington DC version of the Gay Liberation Front (DC GLF) was founded following a letter to the editor of the underground newspaper The Quicksilver Times. This letter appeared in the June 9th-June 19th, 1970 edition and was written by Michael Yarr, an Air Force veteran and participant in local anti-Vietnam War groups. It protested the paper's derogatory use of the word "sucks" in a headline and called for the foundation of a DC Gay Liberation Front. David Aiken, a local gay man who would go on to serve as Washington correspondent for The Advocate, work on the local LGBT Friends radio show from 1973-1982, chair the Washington Area Gay Community Council in the mid- 1970s, and found the DC chapter of Black and White Men Together (BWMT), followed up with an editorial in the Quicksilver Times of June 23-July 3, 1970 discussing the proposed group. DC GLF's first meeting was held at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown on June 30, 1970. Meetings between March and July 1971 were held at St. James Episcopal Church, after which formal public meetings are no longer held. Meeting activity shifts to the GLF House at 1620 S St.

DC GLF participated in a variety of political and social activities in Washington DC before fading after 1972. Political activities included handing out thousands of "Are You a Homosexual?" awareness leaflets to passersby; protesting carding policies at DC gay bars that were biased against African Americans, women, or men in drag; disrupting an anti-gay Catholic psychiatrist's speech during a conference on religion and the homosexual at Catholic University; protesting against the listing of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) during the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) annual conference in 1971; participating in the Gay Mayday protests against the Vietnam War as part of the larger Mayday protests in May 1971; participating in both the Philadelphia plenary session (September 1971) and the Black Panthers' Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention in DC (November 1971); protesting the expulsion of GLF members from the Zephyr Cocktail Lounge on the weekend of the RPCC; marching in Christopher Street Liberation Day parades in New York City; protesting police arrests of cruising gay men at Arlington's Iwo Jima Memorial; and the formation of the first DC Gay Pride Week from May 2-7, 1972, organized by DC GLF members Chuck Hall, Bruce Pennington, and Cade Ware.

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Socially, many DC GLF activities centered around a house rented by members at 1620 S St. NW beginning in September 1970. This house became the site not only of a GLF commune, but also helped to shelter gay people and activists in town from other cities and gay youth who had either run away or been turned out of their homes. It was the site of the foundation of the Church of the Community of the Love of Christ, an orthodox Catholic congregation, and was eventually formally named the Gay Liberation Services House in April 1972, providing counseling, a referral service, a library, and a speakers bureau. A combination of internal house tensions and the desire of certain members to engage in more explicitly political led to the formation of an offshoot commune, the Skyline Faggots Collective, in July 1971. The Skyline Faggots Collective was first housed down the street at 1614 S St. NW and, from 1974-1976, at 1733 Q St. NW. More public social activities included cosponsoring the first public gay dance in DC, held November 14, 1970 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, a boat cruise on the Potomac, and picnics in local parks. Members of the Skyline Faggots also took trips to Shenandoah and Harpers Ferry, WV, the latter of which is documented in photos in the collection taken by Steve Behrens.

A DC GLF reunion was held in April 1993 on the same weekend as the gay and lesbian March on Washington. It was organized by Theodore Kirkland, a DC GLF member who would go on to found DC Gay Black Pride, and Bruce Pennington, who helped found the LGBT Friends radio program in 1973, the Gay People's Alliance at George Washington University, the DC chapter of Black and White Men Together (BWMT), and was one of the first officially-sanctioned gay foster parents in DC. (.25 cubic ft.; 2 banners; 1 beret; 1 oversized poster)

Sub-series A: Newsletters, flyers, magazines, and other paper documents regarding DC GLF, the Skyline Faggots collective, Gay Pride 1972, and the 1993 DC GLF reunion.

Sub-series B: Photographs. Originals donated by David Aiken/Bruce Pennington. Prints donated by Michael Ferri in January 2008.

Sub-series C: Physical objects; two banners (one DC GLF and one Skyline Faggots) and a beret worn at the Philadelphia plenary session for the Black Panthers' Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. Note: all these objects, and written descriptions of them, were held by DC GLF member Michael Ferri until donation to Rainbow History in late May 2014. Also, a poster-board advertising Gay Pride 1972 in DC, signed by Paul Bartel ("Moonbeam") to Bruce Pennington ("Aurora Borealis") and donated by Pennington.

Direct source of acquisition: Mark Meinke and the Rainbow History Project; 2008.075, 2008.109, 2009.102, 2009.127, 2010.002, 2010.020, 2010.048, 2014.009, 2014.046, 2014.047, 2014.049, 2015.011, 2015.033, 2015.044, 2015.071, 2015.072; 2016.018

Size: See individual series for relevant size calculations.

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Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research; unprocessed and partially processed series may require reference assistance from Society staff and may be restricted until fully processed.

Use restrictions: Researchers must contact RHP directly for permission to reproduce any material from this collection. For contact information, visit www.rainbowhistory.org.

Separated Materials: This refers to items that were received as part of the collection and are stored separated from the manuscript collection.

Periodical titles from the Rainbow History Project that are cataloged and stored separately include the following:

BGM, 1989-1991 (P 3798); Black / Out: The Magazine of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays , 1986- 1989 (P 3746); Blacklight: BL , 1979-1982 (P 3797); Blade, 1969-2005 (P 4092); Dorian Book Quarterly , 1964 (P 3762); The Furies, 1972-1973 (P 3796); The Gay alternative, 1973 (P 3764); The Ladder , 1968 (P 3763); Mattachine review , 1955-1964 (P 3761); , (P 4573) Michael’s Entertainment Weekly , 1993-1994 (P 5150) One magazine , 1953-1967 (P 3760); Other Pages (P 5259) Out Magazine (P 5258) Vector, 1967-1976 (P 3765); Woman’s monthly : a periodical calendar for the women’s community , 1992-2005 (P 3759)

Democratic Club posters (oversize)

Object collection includes signs from demonstrations, buttons, and other materials (to be processed).

The Rainbow History Project selectively digitizes collection material prior to transfer to the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Those items and related information can be found via the RHP web site, www.rainbowhistory.org.

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CONTAINER LIST

Processing note: The folder numbering sequence begins again at Folder 1 within each series; occasionally the folder numbering sequence restarts from box to box within an individual series.

When requesting material to be pulled for reference, please be sure to indicate the specific series, container number and folder number. If a series described in the finding aid is not listed below, please ask the reference staff for assistance.

Contents SERIES I: U.S. GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT, CA. 1960S-1984 ...... 10 SERIES II: DAVID AIKEN PAPERS ...... 11 SERIES III: GAY WOMEN’S ALTERNATIVE (GWA) ...... 13 SERIES IV: BRUCE PENNINGTON PAPERS [mid-process] ...... 15 SERIES V: KENDA KIRBY PAPERS ...... 15 SERIES VI: BARBARA GITTINGS PAPERS ON THE MATTACHINE SOCIETY AND OTHER HOMOPHILE ORGANIZATIONS, 1962-2001 (bulk 1962-1980) ...... 19 SERIES VII: BLACK AND WHITE MEN TOGETHER (BWMT) COLLECTION .... 22 SERIES X: COMMUNITY NEWSLETTERS COLLECTION...... 28 SERIES XI: PRIDE PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS ...... 30 SERIES XII: LESBIAN AND GAY CHORUS COLLECTION ...... 30 SERIES XIV: SCRAPBOOKS ...... 31 SERIES XV: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GLOBE RECORDS ...... 32 SERIES: XVII: DC GAY LIBERATION FRONT (GLF) COLLECTION ...... 32

SERIES I: U.S. GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT, CA. 1960S-1984

Container 1: Folders 1-13

Folder 1: Agreement of archival partnership between the Rainbow History Project and The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Includes 2 CDs, printout of online article about the Rainbow History Project, a timeline of DC Trans History and a copy of Community Pioneers 2007 presented by Rainbow History Project.

Folder 2: Publications of the & Red Union related to human rights, and [1975-1976]

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Folder 3: Materials from the D.C. Office of Human Rights, Coalition of Gay Organizations and National Gay Taskforce papers and copy of Human Rights Act of 1977

Folder 4: Gay Human Rights pamphlets and political flyers from organizations including The Gay Left and Red Flag [1970’s]

Folder 5: Copy of The Democratic Party Platform [1976]

Folder 6: Various newspaper articles about homosexuals’ lives in D.C., correspondence relating to sodomy laws and court cases [1970’s]

Folder 7: Gay Academic Union (GAU) of Hunter College annual conference materials including correspondence and programs [1970’s]

Folder 8: Articles and research studies on theory of hormonal relationship in male homosexual individuals [1970’s]

Folder 9: Newsletters, pamphlets, a copy of organization’s constitution, and other materials of The Mattachine Society of Washington [1960’s]

Folder 10: Materials from The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, Copy of U.S. Court of Appeals decision Scott v. Macy, et al. June 16, 1965

Folder 11: Washington Post clippings about The Cinema Follies fire [October 26, 1977]

Folder 12: Publicity photographs of Meg and Chris, two b&w photographic print sheets

Folder 13: Gay Forum (December 1-15, 1971); Look (January 26, 1971); and The International Association of Black & White Men Together (IABWMT) Convention, (July 2-7, 1984).

SERIES II: DAVID AIKEN PAPERS

Container 1: Folders 1-14

Folder 1: Newspaper articles, correspondence, and various other materials relating to discrimination of homosexuals in the Civil Service, discrimination in government, [1971-77]

Folder 2: Newspaper articles and correspondence relating to sodomy laws in Maryland, [1976-1977]

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Folder 3: Income tax law, COST (Comm. of Single Tax Payers), [1975,77]

Folder 4: Materials relating to The Virginia Commonwealth University vs. Gay Alliance of Students [1976]

Folder 5: Newspaper clippings, correspondence, articles and reports relating to D.C. anti-homosexual laws and discrimination in D.C. [1974-78]

Folder 6: Articles relating to anti-discrimination legislation in New York, Virginia and other states, National Gay Task Force newsletter [1974, 78]

Folder 7: Civil Rights Act amendment, A.P.A. News, (01/24/75), Capitol Hill Newsletter [1975-76]

Folder 8: Department of Health, Education and Welfare – Sec. 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973, handicapped persons’ rights, copy of Federal Register (May 17, 1976) [1976]

Folder 9: Legal cases about sodomy in Virginia- J. Doe et al. v. Commonwealth Attorney and v. A. Davis et al. [1974]

Folder 10: clippings and other materials about sodomy statute in Virginia and Donald W. Turner case [1973-74]

Folder 11: Various materials relating to court cases of Joseph Acanfora v. Board of Education of Montgomery County et al. [1973-76]

Folder 12: The Regency Health Club, Club East raid [1974,76]

Folder 13: Correspondence relating to Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. in New York City [1977]

Folder 14: T/Sgt. Leonard P. Matlovich vs. the Secretary of the Air Force court case documents, includes various organizations and religious groups support of civil rights for homosexuals [1974-75]

Container 2: Folders 15-26

Folder 15: Newspaper articles relating to homosexual discrimination and assault cases including J. Doe et al. v. Commonwealth’s Attorney, murder of R. Pettine [1976-78]

Folder 16 : Various newspaper clippings and depositions relating to racial and discrimination in gay clubs in D.C. [1976-77]

Folder 17: Sexual Law Reporter newsletters, May-August 1976

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Folder 18: Various newsletters and correspondence referencing the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights [1971-78]

Folder 19 : Memos, newsletters, and articles relating to Federal Communications Commission [1978]

Folder 20 : Articles, newsletters, publications and other materials relating to lesbianism and feminism, NOW and National Women’s Conference [1970’s]

Folder 21 : Dignity, an organization in Washington, D.C. supporting gay Catholics [1974-75]

Folder 22 : Responses in newspapers to D.C. Gay Pride Day June 1976

Folder 23 : National March [on Washington, D.C.] for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Folder 24 : Gay Activist Alliance

Folder 25: Edward I. Koch

Folder 26: Articles, newsletters, publications and other materials relating to the Supreme Court case upholding the Virginia

SERIES III: GAY WOMEN’S ALTERNATIVE (GWA)

Sub–series A: Financial Records (1986 – 1991)

Container 1: Folders 1-13

Folder 1: Financial logs [1980 – 1986]

Folder 2: Registration with IRS and DC for tax purposes

Folder 3: US Corporation Income Tax Return [1981–1985]

Folder 4: Women’s/Adams National Bank [1981-1984]

Folder 5: Women’s/Adams National Bank [1985-1987]

Folder 6: Riggs checking records [1987]

Folder 7: Miscellaneous financial records (includes photographs of Board Members at event) [1986-1987]

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Folder 8: Income and expense reports [1986]

Folder 9: Income and expense reports [1987]

Folder 10 : Financial documents and receipts [1987]

Folder 11 : Financial documents and receipts [1987]

Folder 12 : Financial documents and receipts [1988]

Folder 13 : Programs and Event attendance [1987-1988]

Container 2: Folders 14-28

Folder 14 : Income and expense reports [1988]

Folder 15 : Income and expense reports [1989]

Folder 16 : Program tally sheets [1989]

Folder 17 : Event income and expense records [1989-1991]

Folder 18 : Program tally sheets [1990]

Folder 19 : Financial summary, tax year 1990 [1990]

Sub–series B: Organization Documents (1981 – 1992)

Folder 20 : Washington Blade Clippings and Advertisements [Dec. 18, 1981 – April 17, 1992]

Folder 21: Program fliers [Jan. 1981 – Dec. 1983]

Folder 22: Program fliers [Jan. 1984 – Jan. 1987]

Folder 23: Program fliers [Jan. 1987 – May 1993]

Folder 24: GWA Event Flyers & Original Artwork [Feb. 1982 – May 1993]

Folder 25: Programming & Guest Correspondence [1980 – 1985]

Folder 26: Articles of Incorporation & By-laws of GWA-DC [1981-1990]

Folder 27: Minutes of Meetings [Aug. 13, 1980 – Dec. 5, 1982]

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Folder 28: Minutes of Meetings [Jan. 9, 1983 – Dec. 15, 1985]

Container 3: Folders 29-43

Folder 29: Minutes of Meetings [Jan. 19, 1986 – June 15, 1988]

Folder 30: Minutes of Meetings [Feb. 26, 1989 – March 21, 1991]

Folder 31: Miscellaneous handwritten notes & messages [undated]

Folder 32: Womancraft Fair [1983 – 1985]

Folder 33: Sisterfire, DC Pride, and P Street Festival [1984-1985]

Folder 34: National Lesbian Slideshow & Competition [1985]

Folder 35: GWA-DC First Annual Conference [1985]

Folder 36: GWA Opinion Poll Survey [1986 – 1989]

Folder 37: Volunteer Materials, 1983-1985 and undated

Folder 38: Correspondence [1984-1992]

Folder 39: Mailings, Community Events, Advertisements [1980s]

Folder 40: GWA-DC Pamphlets, Drafts & Finished [1984 and undated]

Folder 41: Mailing Instructions & USPS Correspondence [1983 and undated]

Folder 42: Kate Kasten, flyers and correspondence [1984]

Folder 43: JEB (Joan E. Biren), Biography & Photographs (includes autographed photograph of comedienne Lily Tomlin) [undated]

SERIES IV: BRUCE PENNINGTON PAPERS [mid-process]

SERIES V: KENDA KIRBY PAPERS

Sub-series A: Diversity Brochure (Folders 1-2) Container 1

Folder 1: District of Columbia FIRE/EMS Setting the Standard 2003, brochure (finished and mock-up), working papers and correspondence. 15

Folder 2: District of Columbia FIRE/EMS Setting the Standard 2003, brochure working papers and correspondence.

Sub-series B: Administrative Documents, FEMS Diversity Training Program (Folders 3-21)

Folder 3: Professional reference for Kenda Kirby, undated; The Watchdesk December 2003 posts and related correspondence; notes on complaints and use of agency computers, copies of handwritten notes, not dated; Kirby biography and resume, not dated; business cards; clippings regarding Kirby’s lawsuit against D.C. Fire Department, December 2003.

Folder 4: Bias Crimes Deliverables; Kirby memo to Chief Thompson, Recognizing and Reporting Bias Related Crime Training Module, October 29, 2003; Recognizing & Reporting Bias-Related Crime, slideshow presentation, not dated; Bias Crime Training, Spanish, CD-R.

Folder 5: Funding Resources: printing proposal for brochure; correspondence with Gay Officers Action League (GOAL), October 2003; Funding Alternatives for Fire and Emergency Services, not dated; Adrian H. Thompson, Fire/EMS Chief, Fire and EMS Training Act of 2003, September 8, 2003, memo; Brother Help Thyself 2003 grant application; Kenda Kirby and Christine Cropper, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice, correspondence concerning grant funding; Funding Alert, Office of Partnerships and Grants Development, newsletter; Funding possibilities, handwritten notes, not dated; National Institute of Justice Solicitation: Broadening Our Understanding of Violence Against Women from Diverse Communities, U.S. Department of Justice, March 2003; Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, Preventative Health and Health Services Block Grant, not dated; possible funders, handwritten notes, not dated. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, Developing and Writing A Grant Proposal, not dated; Everette Lot, handwritten notes, not dated; Anthony Williams, Mayor, to All Deputy Mayors, Department, Agency and Office Heads, Mayors Memorandum 2002-1, not dated, Rules of Conduct Governing Donations to the District Government, memo; correspondence concerning solicitation of donations/grants, February 2003; list of contacts and their positions, handwritten notes, not dated; Anthony Williams, Mayors Memorandum 2002-1, January 8, 2002, Rules of Conduct Governing Donations to the District Government, memo; Government of the District of Columbia, Office of Partnerships and Grants Development, Federal Grants Bulletin January 5-January 9, 2004.

Folder 6: Training Academy as vendor: Vending costs to include, handwritten notes, not dated; EMS Revenue Generating Courses: A Proposal, District of Columbia Fire & Emergency Services, memo, December 2002; Kenda Kirby and Therese Cusick, General Counsel, D.C. Fire and EMS Department, correspondence concerning the Training Academy Funding and the Final Budget Support Act for 2003, June 2003, email; An Act in the Council of the District of Columbia, Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Support Act of 2003.

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Folder 7: TGR Cost Proposal and Cost Analysis: Kirby memo to Adrian H. Thompson, Fire Chief, Cost-efficient acquisition of legal immunity with regards to EEO, December 15, 2003; TFR cost analysis, handwritten notes, not dated; Fredreika W. Smith, Diversity Management Officer, to Captain Mark Wynn, DCFEMS Training Academy, Proposed Budget for Diversity Training – Remainder of FY ’03, July 28, 2003, memo.

Folder 8: [Research files on possible acquisitions for FT04], including handwritten notes, requisition files, and printouts, concerning a camera, camcorder, “simulation kit equipment,” severe trauma/EMS makeup, not dated.

Folder 9: Fredreika Smith: DC Personnel Regulations, Chapter 19, Part I, with post-it: Did Fredreika avoid spending the budgeted training funds in order to get a person incentive awards?? This was suggested by several agency personnel, printed January 15, 2004; David Schwartz, Training Director, Gay Men & Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), to Otis J. Latin, St., Fire Chief, I am writing to express our concern regarding the lack of progress on the Diversity and Sensitivity Awareness Training Program with the Fire Department, February 14, 1996, letter.

Folder 10: Spending Plan, October 2003-2004, Diversity Training/Kenda Kirby.

Folder 11a and 11b : Printouts and notes on various purchase requests, including a grand piano; Spending Plan, October 2003-2004, Diversity Training.

Folder 12: DC Fire & EMS Department, Invoice, August 25, 2003; Race: the power of an illusion, promotional material, not dated; Inventory as of November 12, 2003, Training Specialist/Diversity Coordinator; Various supply lists and official requests, 2003; Kenda Kirby and Diane Banks correspondence regarding a laptop, 2003.

Container 2 Folder 13: Correspondence, documents and handwritten notes concerning Cultural Competence in Health Disparities Academic Award and other federal grant opportunities, January 2004.

Folder 14: Paul M. Igasaki, Chairman, EEOC Compliance Manual, EEOC Directives Transmittal, No. 915.003, May 20, 1998; District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department, leave forms, blank; District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department, fax cover sheet, blank. Receipts from Jimmie Muscatell’s Washington Uniform Center, etc., 2003.; Kenda Kirby to Lt. Robert Washington and Gwendolyn Waller, Leave Time, December 1, 2003, memo, along with additional correspondence email and backup material regarding Kirby’s earned comp time not reflected on her pay stub, April through December 2003.

Folder 15: John A. Koskinen, City Administrator, James J. Jacobs, Director of Risk Management, to All Personnel, District Employee Emergency Preparedness, March 11, 2003, memo; Operating manuals, procedures, assorted meeting agendas with handwritten

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notes, and correspondence between Kenda Kirby and Theresa Cusick, General Counsel, D.C. Fire and EMS Department, regarding FEMS participation in various Pride events, March 21, 2003.

Folder 16: Cadet program interview panel form, undated. [Cable 16] handwritten notes, not dated, and Kenda Kirby email to Fredreika Smith, printed July 1, 2003; District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department ,Special Events Notice, blank forms; Calendar sheets with handwritten notations, May 2003-May 2004 (two sheets for February 2004).

Folder 17: Class schedule for November 10-14, 2003 and correspondence regarding December 2003 diversity training; Correspondence regarding login information for training sessions, January 2004; Agendas and correspondence and memos concerning diversity classes for new recruits, January 2004; Training Academy staff meeting agenda and correspondence concerning protocol, November 2003; Kenda Kirby memo to Training Academy Administration and Instructors, Reading Resources and Accommodations, December 17, 2003.

Folder 18: Tyra Hunter Human Diversity Training Series Participant Manuals, Series 1: New Recruits Diversity Orientation Workshop Series No. 2: Preventing Sexual Harassment Workshop.

Folder 19: Miscellaneous handwritten notes concerning leave slips, language line, gender as related to law, legislation, brown bag lunches possible topics.

Folder 20: Crisis info: Prevention Suicide: The National Journal, Volume 2, No 1, January/February 2003, periodical; District of Columbia Department of Health, First Awareness: Weapons of Mass Destruction, not dated, folder and handout material.

Folder 21: Workers Rights: Nadine Chandler Wilburn, Interim Director, Office of Human Rights, Amendments to the D.C. Human Rights Act, September 24, 2002, memo and text; Council on Education in Management, Hot HR Tips, undated; FireChief, Pregnant Pause, April 1, 2003.

Sub-series C: Outreach (Folders 22-26)

Folder 22: Applications for EMT/Paramedic, Community Service Program descriptions, Position Vacancy Announcements, etc.; Agendas, handouts and material relating to February 8, February 28, and March 11, 2003 outreach meetings of the Mayor’s GLBT Executive Advisory Committee coordinated by Wanda R. Alston, Special Assistant to the Mayor for GLBT Affairs; correspondence and materials relating to Kirby’s participation with the Environmental Protection Agencies.

Folder 23: Flyer and correspondence relating to National LGBT Health Awareness Week, March 15-22, 2003, sponsored by the Mautner Project, One in Ten, Us Helping Us, and Whitman-Walker Clinic; flyer, email, and fax sheets; Agendas, correspondence, and handouts, relating to the DC GLOBE, the Mayor’s GLBT Advisory Committee led

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by Wanda R. Alston, and the committee’s meetings held March-June, 2003. Handouts, presentations, correspondence, various drafts of the Office of GLBT Affairs, Strategic Plan FY2003-2005.

Folder 24: Fire FLAG correspondence regarding FIRE-EMS Officers to be elected in December, 2003; Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), Interagency Release of Information, not dated, and GLLU News, First Issue; correspondence regarding hard of hearing groups, June 30, 2003; correspondence and meeting materials relating to the Mayor’s Office of Latino Affairs; correspondence relating to the Gay Officers Action League (GOAL), 2003; correspondence and flyers relating to the D.C. Department of Health’s Cultural Dialogue Brown Bag Lunch Series, 2003; School issues: Wanda Alston correspondence regarding the fact sheet on abstinence, July 2, 2003, (includes printed text with handwritten comments of draft Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs: What D.C. Citizens Should Know, Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, not dated), and school-related public policies report by Kirby; correspondence between Alston and Kirby regarding the DC GLOBE (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Employees of the Federal Government).

Folder 25: WashingtonBlade.com job announcement, highlighted, for Department of Employment Services Government of the District of Columbia Office of Contracting & Procurement, not dated; correspondence and meeting material relating to the Mayor’s LGBT Executive Committee; fliers, correspondence and brochures for organizations such as The Mautner Project, GOAL, the Race for the Cure; Office of GLBT Affairs, Calendar of Events, May 2003-November 2003.

Folder 26: Correspondence regarding high school fire fighters, tenant complaints, December 2003; Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, Department of Justice, to DC Bias Related Crimes Task Force Member, January 5, 2004, letter concerning statistics for bias related offenses for the 2003 calendar year; correspondence customer service training protocol for use of pronouns, July, 2003; correspondence regarding the Mayor’s GLBT Executive Advisory Committee meeting with City Administrator and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Robert Bob and Alfreda Davis, December 2003; letter and other material regarding the Citizen Summit, rescheduled for November 15, 2003 due to Mayor Walter E. Washington’s funeral.

SERIES VI: BARBARA GITTINGS PAPERS ON THE MATTACHINE SOCIETY AND OTHER HOMOPHILE ORGANIZATIONS, 1962-2001 (bulk 1962-1980)

Sub-series A: Barbara Gittings Correspondence and Press Coverage, 1966-2001

Container 1

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Folder 1: Barbara Gittings correspondence, 1966

Folder 2: Barbara Gittings correspondence, 1967

Folder 3: Barbara Gittings Press coverage, 1972-2001

Sub-series B: Homophile Organizations and Individuals, 1960-2000

Folder 4: ACLU, 1964

Folder 5: Council on Religion and the Homosexual, 1968-1969

Folder 6: East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), circa 1964–circa 1968

Folder 7: East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO) conference proceedings, 1964

Folder 8: Eastern Regional Conference on Homophile Organizations (ERCHO), 1967- 1968

Folder 9: Frank, Barney, circa 1975

Folder 10: Gay Activists Alliance, 1972

Folder 11: Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 1965, 1981

Folder 12: Homophile Action League, circa 1965

Folder 13: Homosexual Law Reform Society, 1968

Folder 14: Kameny, Frank, circa 1965-1972

Folder 15: Kameny for Congress, 1971

Folder 16: Mattachine Society, 2002

Folder 17: Mattachine Society of Washington, 1960-1964

Folder 18: Mattachine Society of Washington, 1965-1969

Folder 19: Mattachine Society of Washington, 1970-1979

Folder 20: Mattachine Society of Washington, Committee on Religious Concerns, 1965

Folder 21: Metropolitan Community Church, circa 1975

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Folder 22: National Coalition of Gay Organizations, 1972

Folder 23: National Gay Mobilizing Committee, undated

Folder 24: National Gay Student Center, 1973-1974

Folder 25: National Gay Task Force, circa 1970-1976

Folder 26: National Planning Conference of Homophile Organizations, 1967

Folder 27: North American Conference of Homophile Organizations, 1968-1970

Folder 28: Parents of Gays, 1975-1976

Folder 29: People’s Party, circa 1969-circa 1975

Folder 30: Philadelphia Gay Community Center, 1973

Folder 31: Miscellaneous civil rights organizations, circa 1970 - 1980

Sub-series C: Subject Files, 1960-2000

Folder 32: Civil rights, 1969-1994

Folder 33: to co-workers, 1984

Folder 34: Coming out to parents, 1984-1988

Folder 35: Employment discrimination: legislation, bills, pleadings, press releases, 1966- 1975 Folder 36: Immigration, 1974

Folder 37: Psychiatry and mental health, 1970-1976

Folder 38: Sexuality, 1969-1970

Folder 39: Teachers, 1977

Folder 40: Venereal disease, circa 1960-circa 1965

Folder 41: Women, circa 1975

Sub-series D: Publications, 1965-2001

Folder 42: BLK, 1990

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Folder 43: BLK, 1991

Folder 44: BLK, 1992

Folder 45: Black Fire

Folder 46: Eastern Mattachine Magazine, 1965

Folder 47: Essays on Homosexuality, circa 1969 – 1970

Folder 48: The Furies: Lesbian/feminist monthly, 1972

Folder 49: Gays on Campus, 1975

Folder 50: Homophile Action League newsletter, 1970-1971

Folder 51: Interchange, 1972-1973

Folder 52: On the Line, 1977

Folder 53: Visions, 2001 Fall; contains article on Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen, Fall 2011, pp. 17-19, 38

SERIES VII: BLACK AND WHITE MEN TOGETHER (BWMT) COLLECTION

Sub-series A: Corporate Records, 1981-2003

Container 1: Folders 1-28

Folder 1: Constitution and Bylaws, 1981 or 19 82 , and Articles of Incorporation, 1983

Folder 2: Constitution & Bylaws, 1992

Folder 3: Tax Exempt information (Federal & DC), 1995-2003

Folder 4: Bequest from J. A. Zivney, 2001

Subseries B: Financial Records, 1984-2003

Folder 5: Financial records, 1984-1990

Folder 6: Check register, check numbers 101-248, 10/8/1992-4/13/1993

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Folder 7: Check register, check numbers 509-548, 11/3/1999-7/22/2000

Folder 8: Check register, check numbers 251-304, 8/22/2000-10/6/2001

Folder 9: Check register, check numbers 305-404, 10/23/2001-10/21/2003

Folder 10: Deposit backup, 1993-2001

Folder 11: Bank statements,

Folder 12: Bank statements, 1994

Folder 13: Bank statements, 1995

Folder 14: Bank statements, 1996

Folder 15: Bank statements, 1997

Folder 16: Bank statements, 1998

Folder 17: Bank statements, 1999

Folder 18: Bank statements, 2000

Folder 19: Bank statements, 2001

Folder 20: Bank statements, 2002

Folder 21: Expense reimbursements, [mid-1990s]

Folder 22: Misc. communication re: check payments, 1995-ca. 2000

Folder23: Check stubs, December 1996-November 1999

Folder 24: Bank deposits, 11/28/2001-10/28/2003

Folder 25: Donations, 2000-2001

Folder 26: DC Government sales tax (re: PRIDE), 2001

Folder 27: Payments to NABWMT

Folder 28: Financial statements, 1984-1985

Sub-series C: Chronological Records, 1981-2002

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Container 2: Folders 29-51

Folder 29: BWMT newsletters from other cities, 1981-1985

F o l d e r 3 0 : National BWMT (NABWMT), miscellaneous, 1984-1987

Folder 31: Steering Committee agenda and correspondence, 1984-1985

F o l d e r 3 2 : BWMT newsletters, 1984-1985

Folder 33: BWMT newsletters, 1984-1985

Folder 34: BWMT events, 1984-1985

Folder 35: Meetings, 1984 August-1985 August

Folder 36: Agendas and other misc. materials, 1984

Folder 37: National BWMT convention material, 1984 July

Folder 38: Gay Community Forum, 1984 September

Folder 39: Langston Hughes-Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club, 1984

Folder 40: National BWMT newsletters, 1984

Folder 41: Agendas and other meeting materials, 1985

Folder 42: Philadelphia BWMT newsletters, 1985

Folder 43: NABWMT chapter development manual, ca. 1985

Folder 44: Agendas and other meeting materials, 1986

Folder 45: BWMT events, 1986

Folder 46: Agendas and other meeting materials, 1987

Folder 47: BWMT correspondence and misc, 1988

Folder 48: Binder, compiled by unidentified member, 1988-1990 (1 of 3)

Folder 49: Binder, compiled by unidentified member, 1988-1990 (2 of 3)

Folder 50: Binder, compiled by unidentified member, 1988-1990 (3 of 3)

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Folder 51: BWMT/DC anniversary events, 1984-1989

Container 3: Folders 52-65

Folder 52: National Association, 1988-1989 (1 of 2)

Folder 53: National Association, 1988-1989 (2 of 2)

Folder 54: National Association, Safer Sex Project, 1989

Folder 55: Correspondence, 1989

Folder 56: Mel Boozer Roundtable, 1989

Folder 57: Consciousness Raisers, 1989-1990

Folder 58: Correspondence, 1990

Folder 59: Annual DC reports, 1990

Folder 60: National Association, 1990

Folder 61: Steering Committee, 1990

Folder 62: 1990 Survey on Male Rape

Folder 63: BWMT affiliate chapter, 1990-1997 (1 of 3)

Folder 64: BWMT affiliate chapter, 1990-1997 (2 of 3)

Folder 65: BWMT affiliate chapter, 1990-1997 (3 of 3)

Container 4: Folders 66-77

Folder 66: BWMT/DC miscellaneous 1990

Folder 67: BWMT correspondence, 1991

Folder 68: BWMT mailing labels, 1991

Folder 69: BWMT Steering Committee 1991

Folder 70: Blacks—Newspaper clippings, 1991

Folder 71: National Association of Black & White Men Together convention packet, 1991

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Folder 72: Mailing list, 1992

Folder 73: Correspondence, 1993

Folder 74: Steering Committee, 1994

Folder 75: Steering Committee minutes, 1992

Folder 76: Steering Committee, includes March on Washington, 1993

Folder 77: Correspondence, 1994

Container 5 : Folders 78-95

F o l d e r 7 8 : Communications with NABWMT, 1995-2002

Folder 79: Minutes, 1995

Folder 80: Miscellaneous, 1995—includes 15 th anniversary membership meeting

Folder 81: Minutes, 1996

Folder 82: Mailing lists, 1996 (1 of 2)

Folder 83: Mailing lists, 1996 (1 of 2)

Folder 84: Mailing lists, 1997

Folder 85: Steering Committee, 1997

Folder 86: Fan mail from Russia, ca. 1990s

Folder 87: BWMT, 1997-2001

Folder 88: Steering Committee, 1999-2000

Folder 89: Mailing lists, 1999-2000

Folder 90: Flyers and other informational materials, undated

Sub-series D: Publications, 1982-2002

Folder 91: BWMT/DC Newsletter , September 1981-April

Folder 92: BWMT/DC Newsletter , November 1982-October 1983

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Folder 93: BWMT/DC Newsletter , November 1983-January 1985

Folder 94: BWMT/DC Newsletter , February 1985-December 1985

Folder 95: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1986

Container 6: Folders 96-118

Folder 96: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1987

Folder 97: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1988

Folder 98: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1989

Folder 99: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1990

Folder 100: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1991

Folder 101: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1992

Folder 102: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1993

Folder 103: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1994

Folder 104: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 1997

Folder 105: BWMT/DC Newsletter , 2002

Folder 106: International Association of Black and White Men Together Bulletin , 1983

Folder 107: National Association of Black and White Men Together Newsletter , 1985-1986

Folder 108: National Association of Black and White Men Together Newsletter , 1987

Folder 109: National Association of Black and White Men Together Newsletter , 1988

Folder 110: National Association of Black and White Men Together Newsletter , 1989-1990

Folder 111: National Association of Black and White Men Together Newsletter , 1991-1992

Folder 112: National Association of Black and White Men Together , 1992

Folder 113: National Association of Black and White Men Together Quarterly , 1994

Folder 114: NABWMT Board Memo , 1986

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Folder 115: BWMT/Atlanta newsletter, 1985

Folder 116: BWMT chapter newsletters: Baltimore, , Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, , Louisville

Folder 117: BWMT chapter newsletters: So. Florida, Memphis, Milwaukee, New York, , Youngstown

Sub-series E: Photographs

Folder 118: Photographs, mid-1990s

SERIES X: COMMUNITY NEWSLETTERS COLLECTION

Container 1 Adventuring, 1980-1990 Alexandria Gay Community Association Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance (aka Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance), 1985 - Mar 1989 Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance (aka Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance), Apr 1989 - Nov 2002 Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) Papers Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) Newsletters Blade, clippings Bon Vivant: Newsletter of Women’s Club of Metropolitan Washington Brethern Mennonite Council for Gay Concerns: Dialogue Newsletter Brother Help Thyself

Container 2 Newsletters, 1979-1999

Container 3 Bet Mishpachah Newsletters, 2000-2001 Bet Mishpachah Newsletters, 2002-2003 Bet Mishpachah Newsletters, 2004-2005 Chrysalis Arts Group (currently Chrysalis Arts and Culture Group) DC Coalition of Black Gay Men and Women DC Front Runners DC Sports Association DC’s Different Drummers

Container 4 Dignity of Washington The Eagle Fairfax Lesbian and Gay Citizens’ Association

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Fairness Fund Faith Temple Gay Activists Alliance/Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance Gay Asian Pacific Islander Network Gay Bookworm (St. Paul, MN) Jan 1990 Gay Celtic Society, 21 Dec. 1987 Gay Fathers Coalition GAMMA-Gay and Married Men’s Association Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, 1984

Container 5 Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, 1985-1987 Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, 1988-1991 GLASS: Gay and Lesbian Association of Silver Spring Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association of (GALA) GLOW: Gay and Lesbian Older Washingtonians Gayspring--Newsletter of Integrity Washington Gertrude Stein Democratic Club Holocaust Memorial Musem (DC) IN STEP Magazine

Container 6 Lambda Legal LLEGO: Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization Mautner Project Metropolitan Community Church of the Disciples OUT Magazine PEP: People Exchanging Power

Container 7 PFLAG: “Flagpole” Newsletter of Parents, Families of Lesbians and Gays, 1974-1994 PFLAG: “Flagpole” Newsletter of Parents, Families of Lesbians and Gays, 1995-1996 PFLAG: “Flagpole” Newsletter of Parents, Families of Lesbians and Gays, 1997-1998 PFLAG: “Flagpole” Newsletter of Parents, Families of Lesbians and Gays, 1999 PFLAG: “Flagpole” Newsletter of Parents, Families of Lesbians and Gays, 2000 PFLAG: “Flagpole” Newsletter of Parents, Families of Lesbians and Gays, 2001 PFLAG: “Flagpole” Newsletter of Parents, Families of Lesbians and Gays, 2002 PFLAG: “Flagpole” Newsletter of Parents, Families of Lesbians and Gays, 2003-2005

Container 8 Sigma: Leather Group Newsletters SMYAL: Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League Top to Bottom Tracks Bar Virginians for Justice Washington Blade Washington Bridge, Gay Asians and Friends, Silk Road Newsletters

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Whitman Walker Clinic Womens Center and Referral Service

SERIES XI: PRIDE PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS (see also, P 4092)

Container 1: Folders 1-6

Folder 1: Baltimore Pride, 2005

Folder 2: Capital Pride Guide, 2003-2005

Folder 3: Capital Pride Guide, 2006-2008

Folder 4: Capital Pride Magazine, 2005

Folder 5: Cherry, 2005-2006

Folder 6: DC Black Pride, 2003-2004, 2006-2007

Container 2: Folders 7-15

Folder 7: DC Confidential, Miss Gay DC 2007

Folder 8: DC Federation of Civic Associations, 77th Annual Awards, 2007

Folder 9: EXP Magazine--MidAtlantic Region, #80 [7/21/2006-8/03/2006]

Folder 10: Lenora B. Fulani, 1992 [“When Democracy…”]

Folder 11: NYC Pride Go NYC Guide 2004, 2006

Folder 12: NYC Pride Guide 2005

Folder 13: NYC Pride HX Magazine 2006 [#762--4.14.2006; #773--6.30.2006]

Folder 14: NYC Pride Next Magazine, 2004, 2006

Folder 15: Year 15, 2005

SERIES XII: LESBIAN AND GAY CHORUS COLLECTION

Container 1

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Folder 1: Programs for performances of the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, DC, 1987-1993; review of Sing a New Day program, Washington Blade February 1, 1991.

Folder 2: Removals from VHS tape cases, including a note to Mark Bowman from Randy.

VHS tapes in cases, including:

LGCW, Spring Concert, May 30, 1987

LGCW Concert, 1988

LGCW Concert, June 1988

Chorus Cabaret, April 1, 1989

Container 2

VHS tapes in cases, including:

LGCW, Sing a New Day, January 26, 1991

LCGW, Cabaret, November 1991[“Return to Mark”]

DC’s Difference Drummers, 5 Oct 1991, “Autumn Reverie,” and “Steppin’ Out,” 28 Sep 1991, “Dignity Banquet” Capital [sic] Hill Hyatt

The Lesbian and Gay Chorus, Stagestruck, January 26, 1992

LCGW, Reach for the Rainbow!, June 6, 1992

LGCW, Denver, Gala IV, July 1992 Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, DC, “We Shall Not Give Up the Fight 10 th Anniversary Concert, June 4, 1994, the Lansburgh Theater (Part 1 and Part 2 - two tapes)

The LGCW 15 th Anniversary Concert, June 5, 1999

LGCW, “ Stepping Out with Stonewall,” not dated

American Impressions, Music and Text of American Composers and Poets, not dated

SERIES XIV: SCRAPBOOKS

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Container 1

Tracks DC Scrapbook (1111 First SE, 1984-1999)

SERIES XV: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GLOBE RECORDS

Container 1

Folder 1 : 1992-1994

Folder 2: 1995-1998

Folder 3: 1999-2001

Folder 4: EEOC Complaint, 2001-2002

Folder 5: 2002-2007

SERIES: XVII: DC GAY LIBERATION FRONT (GLF) COLLECTION

Container 1

Sub-series A: Newsletters, flyers, magazines, and other paper documents

Folder 1: DC GLF organizational information

Folder 2: Press notices

Folder 3: Temporary fact sheets

Folder 4: GLF newsletters (Vol. 1, No. 2 through Vol. 1, No. 4)

Folder 5: Statement by Nancy Tucker, “Fuck You, ‘Brothers’!” (1971)

Folder 6: Materials related to Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention weekend, November 1971 (RPCC and the Zephyr Riot)

Folder 7: Motive magazine (Gay Men’s Liberation and Last Motive ), Vol. XXXII, No. 2 (1972)

Folder 8: Flyers and bulletins for Gay Pride 1972 (reproductions)

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Folder 9: DC GLF 1993 reunion materials

Folder 10: Remembering Theodore Kirkland (funeral program)

Sub-series B: Photographs

Folder 11 : Photos donated by Michael Ferri

Folder 12 : Photos donated by David Aiken and Bruce Pennington

Photographs include the following positively identified individuals. (Not all photographs are directly related to DC GLF)

• Bella Abzug • David Aiken • Paul Bartel • Steve Behrens • Deane Bergsrud • Billy Bradley • Guy Charles • Tim Corbett • Joseph (Joe) Covert • Michael Ferri • Howard Grayson • Reggie Haynes • Andy Hughes • Frank Kameny • Theodore (Ted) Kirkland • Ed Koch • Steve Lindenbaum • Brian Miller • Bruce Pennington • Kashi Rahman • Shima Rahman • Jose Ramos • Sean Roach • Nathalie Rockhill • Bill Taylor • Bobby Ulhorn •

Sub-series C: Objects

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Folder 13: Correspondence and copies of 1 banner, DC GLF; 1 banner, Skyline Faggots; 1 yellow hand-knitted beret; 1 poster board, Washington DC Gay Pride, May 2-7, 1972

Oversize container 1: 1 banner, DC GLF; 1 banner, Skyline Faggots; 1 yellow hand-knitted beret

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