Don Lucas Collection of Mattachine Society Audio Recordings MSS.MEDIA.0029
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c81c241g Online items available Guide to the Don Lucas collection of Mattachine Society audio recordings MSS.MEDIA.0029 Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2020 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Don Lucas collection MSS.MEDIA.00292559 1 of Mattachine Society audio recordings MSS.MEDIA.0029 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Don Lucas collection of Mattachine Society audio recordings source: Lucas, Donald Stewart Creator: Call, Hal, -2000 Identifier/Call Number: MSS.MEDIA.0029 Identifier/Call Number: 2559 Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes) Physical Description: 45 7" audiotape reel(s) Date (inclusive): 1954 - 1965 Abstract: 1950s and 60s Audio recordings from the Mattachine Society and other gay rights organizations, including meetings, conferences, broadcasts, and other material. Conditions Governing Access Open for research. All tapes have been digitized. Immediate Source of Acquisition Transfer from the Archive of Recorded Sound, 2003. Accession 2003-250. Originally donated by Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society. Arrangement and access Tapes have been grouped in related series, and arranged more or less chronologically there. Many tapes have more than one track. One may access various tracks from a recording by clicking on the bar with three dots along the bottom of the media viewer/player (you can also see what the physical tapes look like here). Preferred Citation [identification of item], Don Lucas collection of Mattachine Society audio recordings (MSS MEDIA 0029). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Related Materials The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society holds the Donald Stewart Lucas Papers, 1941-1998 (https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt638nb39r/) Scope and Contents Donald Stewart Lucas (1926-1998) was involved with the Mattachine Society, a pre-Stonewall gay rights organization more or less headquartered in San Francisco, California in the 1950s and early 60s. These 45 open reel audio tapes originated from a collection of Lucas's papers housed at the GLBT Historical Society. Many were recorded by Lucas himself. Harold "Hal" Call, who was MS president through these years, participates in most recordings, which chronicle annual conferences and meetings of the Society from 1954 to 1965 as well as educational programs produced by the Mattachine Society in 1962. There are also recordings of related broadcasts of San Francisco and Los Angeles radio & television programs. Other organizations in the collection include various local chapters of the Society, as well as the Daughters of Bilitis, One, Incorporated, Society for Individual Rights, Council on Religion and Homosexuality, and the San Francisco Tavern Guild. Conditions Governing Use While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Subjects and Indexing Terms Homosexuality -- United States. Gay liberation movement -- California. Gay rights Lucas, Donald Stewart Daughters of Bilitis Mattachine Society Mattachine Society. San Francisco Area Council Guide to the Don Lucas collection MSS.MEDIA.00292559 2 of Mattachine Society audio recordings MSS.MEDIA.0029 Series 1. Mattachine Society annual conventions and meetings Series 1. Mattachine Society annual conventions and meetings Scope and Contents Recordings of speeches & panels from national conventions/conferences (almost all in San Francisco, CA), as well recordings from or for New York and Tacoma, Washington meetings. box 1, reel 2 "What is the Mattachine Society?" Public Relations talk. First third of tape. Rest tape Dr. Hooker partial talk, discussion of first tests (excellent) 868815 July 27, 1954 Scope and Contents Talk by unidentified Mattachine Society Public Relations director ; Talk by Dr. Evelyn Hooker box 2, reel 21 Side I: Bill Bartlett. 3/4 of tape. Mattachine Society Discussion 1/4 1956 talk. Transcribe. Side II: Denver Talk, Dictation Letters. Erase 868853 1956-1957 Scope and Contents SIDE A: At least two men talking, singing, drinking wine and reciting poetry including Whitman "Oh Captain My Captain." Last ten minutes of track is a recording of speaker (probably Don Lucas) at 1956 Mattachine Society conference. Del Martin also speaks SIDE B: Don Lucas practice recording of welcome speech at Mattachine Society 4th annual Convention (1957) ; other speaker (Bartlett?) briefly, followed by Lucas dictating letters box 3, reel 31 1. Business Meeting Board of Directors, Mattachine Society 1956 3/4 of Side. 2. May Be Erased (U.S. Steel Hour) 868873 1956 Scope and Contents SIDE A: Mattachine Society business meeting SIDE B: United States Steel Hour dramatic program "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" box 2, reel 20 Mattachine Convention, S.F. California, Afternoon Session, opening speech Basil Vaerlen, Rhoda Kellogg, Dr. Lieberman, Business Meeting 868851 May 11-12, 1956 Scope and Contents SIDE A: Mattachine Society 3rd annual convention 1956. Research director Vaerlen hosts an "Introduction to a Survey of the Homophilic Problem." Kellogg of Golden Gate Nursery Schools: "Conditioning of Pre-School Children" ; Daniel Lieberman, Mendocino State Hospital Superintendent & Medical Director: "When Does the Homophile Need Psychiatric Treatment" ; Robert "Bob" Flippin, counselor at San Quentin prison: "The Homophile in State Prisons." Incomplete, continued by reel 28 SIDE B: Mattachine Society business meeting May 12, 1956 (quiet recording) Guide to the Don Lucas collection MSS.MEDIA.00292559 3 of Mattachine Society audio recordings MSS.MEDIA.0029 Series 1. Mattachine Society annual conventions and meetings box 2, reel 28 Mattachine Society Convention San Francisco May 12, 1956; Opening Speech Ken Burns, Don Slater, Sam Morford, Ken Zwerin 868867 [May 11, 1956] Scope and Contents SIDE A: Mattachine Society 3rd annual convention 1956, morning session. Ken Burns delivers Chairman's address ; Program chairman Basil Vaerlen hosts Don Slater of One Magazine ; William Lambert, Secretary-Treasurer ; Sam Morford "Report on Mattachine In Eastern States" ; Ken Zwerin, attorney "Comment On the Law" SIDE B: Mattachine Society 3rd annual convention 1956. Basil Vaerlen introduces Mattachine Society Board ; Ken Burns announces "awards of merit" ; Harold Call presents member of year award to Don Lucas, who speaks briefly ; Vaerlen introduces Dr. R.S. Rood, superintendent & medical director of Atascadero State Hospital (introduction only) box 1, reel 1 Donald Webster Cory. Address before the New York Area Council, Mattachine Society, Inc., Monthly meeting 868813 August 6, 1957 box 2, reel 23 [Mattachine Society convention] Panel Discussion- Convention. Sam Morford-Moderator, "Must the Individual Homosexual Be Rejected in Our Time." Dr. Auerback, Dr. Harry Benjamin 868857 [August 31, 1957] Scope and Contents SIDE A: Mattachine Society 4th annual convention 1957, afternoon panel. Research director Sam Morford introduces Harry Benjamin, endocrinologist, sexologist, psychologist; Leo J. Zeff, Berkeley clinical psychologist & practicing therapist; and two social workers - Julia Coleman & William A. Baker of San Carlos, California SIDE B: Mattachine Society 4th annual convention 1957, afternoon panel continued. Dr. Alfred Auerback, psychiatrist at University of California. Recording is muffled box 3, reel 30 [Mattachine Society convention] Discussions on Mattachine Society ; The Review, Daughters of Bilitis ; The Ladder, One, Inc. ; One Magazine ; Pan Graphic Press. Hal Call, Phyllis Lyon, Helen Sanders, Dorr Legg, Jim Kepner, Tony Segura 1957 868871 [September 1, 1957] Scope and Contents SIDE A: Mattachine Society 4th annual convention 1957. Harold Call moderates discussion on "Homophile Organizations and Publications in the U.S. Today". Includes Daughters of Bilitis president Helen Sanders ; treasurer & editor of "The Ladder" Phyllis Lyon (gap in recording) ; "One" magazine editor William Dorr Legg ; associate editor Jim Kepner and Mattachine Society member Sten Russell SIDE B: Mattachine Society 4th annual convention 1957. Tony Segura of New York, Public Relations Director box 3, reel 42 Dr. Ellis, Recorded Message, Sent to 4th Mattachine Society Convention 868895 1957 Scope and Contents Mattachine Society 4th Annual convention 1957, brief greeting by Dr. Albert Ellis Guide to the Don Lucas collection MSS.MEDIA.00292559 4 of Mattachine Society audio recordings MSS.MEDIA.0029 Series 1. Mattachine Society annual conventions and meetings box 3, reel 32 Mattachine - The Beginning of an Era, D. Stewart Lucas, Secretary-General, Board of Directors, Mattachine Society, Inc., Denver Area Council 868875 August 23, 1958 Scope and Contents "This tape recording is of an address only. The Chairman is to supply the introduction from the info below. Speaker: D. Stewart Lucas, Secretary-General, Board of Directors, Mattachine Society, Inc. Delivered before a meeting sponsored by the Denver Area Council on August 23, 1958. This tape is of special value in the orientation of new people