Mark Segal Papers NMAH.AC.1422 Franklin A. Robinson, Jr. 2018 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 3 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 4 Series 1: Segal, Mark, Personal, Subject, Photograph, and Audio-Visual Files, 1951-2018, undated................................................................................................. 4 Series 2: Philadelphia Gay News (PGN) and MASCO Communications Company Files, 1972-2016, undated...................................................................................... 13 Series 3: Organizations and Associations, 1962-2017, undated............................ 16 Series 4: Newspapers and Periodicals, 1962-2016, undated................................ 27 Series 5: Publications and Writings, 1970-2013, undated...................................... 33 Series 6: Pride and Events, 1970-2011, undated.................................................. 35 Mark Segal Papers NMAH.AC.1422 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Mark Segal Papers Identifier: NMAH.AC.1422 Date: 1960-2018, undated Extent: 14.1 Cubic feet (43 boxes and one map-folder) Language: English . Summary: The personal and business papers of longtime, gay civil rights activist, editor, and publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News (PGN), Mark Segal. Administrative Information Acquisition Information This collection was donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian by Mark Segal, 2017. Separated Materials Related artifacts are in the Division of Medical Sciences (now Division of Medicine and Science). Processing Information Collection processed by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., archives specialist, assisted by Amanda Scott, and Emily Woessner, interns; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2017-2018. Preferred Citation Mark Segal Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Restrictions Collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Reproduction of some materials is restricted due to copyright or trademark. Page 1 of 36 Mark Segal Papers NMAH.AC.1422 Biographical / Historical Mark Segal was born January 12, 1951 to Martin and Shirley Weinstein Segal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended public school in Philadelphia and upon graduating from high school made his way to New York, New York, at a time when the gay rights movement was poised to experience a watershed moment, the Stonewall Riots in June 1969. As an activist, journalist, and publisher, Segal participated in and often organized a range of civil rights and social groups, protests, legal actions, and other activities in support of gay rights. He became well known for his very public acts of civil disobedience as a member of the Gay Raiders, termed "zaps," on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and the Mike Douglas Show in the early 1970s. Those appearances coupled with scheduled appearances on various national and local television and radio talk shows fulfilled one of the goals for Segal's activism, "to show the nation who gay people are: our sons, daughters, fathers, and mothers." In 1976, Segal founded and currently publishes the influential newspaper, Philadelphia Gay News. With an increasing political profile, Segal used the influence and power of the gay press and his standing within political circles to further promote LGBTQ civil rights legislation. During the late 1970s and into the present day, these efforts met with criticism and sometimes outright acts of hate (newspapers boxes of the Philadelphia Gay News were often targets of anti-gay placards and vandalism). Segal and the many others working toward the goal of equal rights for LGBTQ persons were not deterred. Working within political circles and sometimes outside them, many landmark laws and court decisions were achieved in national, state, and local governments. Scope and Contents The papers document the life, activism, and publishing activities of LGBT activist Mark Segal. The collection includes correspondence between Segal and elected officials, members of the news media, entertainers and others, newsletters, news articles, writings both original and collected, clippings, photographs both official and personal. This collection also includes papers and photographs documenting the first Gay Pride event in New York City in 1970, various Democratic National Conventions, other Pride celebrations and events, and an Elton John benefit concert Segal produced. The collection includes papers documenting the William Way senior housing center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for elder gay people. There are early papers, newsletters, and ephemera relating to the Gay Liberation Front organization, the Gay Activists Alliance, the Gay Raiders, and many more organizations that sprang up in the post-Stonewall era; programs from events; invitations; posters, and bumper stickers. Arrangement The collection is divided into six series. Series 1: Segal, Mark, Personal, Subject, Photographs, and Audio-Visual Files, 1951-2018, undated Subseries 1.1: Personal Files, 1961-2017, undated Subseries 1.2: Subject Files, 1951-2017, undated Subseries 1.3: Photographs, 1960-2018, undated Page 2 of 36 Mark Segal Papers NMAH.AC.1422 Subseries 1.4: Audio-Visual, 2005-2014, undated Series 2: Philadelphia Gay News (PGN) and MASCO Communications Company and Lambda Award Files, 1972-2016, undated Subseries 2.1: Company Files, 1972-2016, undated Subseries 2.2: Lambda Awards, 1978-2000 Series 3: Organizations and Associations, 1962-2017, undated Series 4: Newspapers and Periodicals, 1962-2016, undated Series 5: Publications and Writings, 1970-2013, undated Series 6: Pride and Events, 1970-2011, undated Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Civil disobedience Gay activists Homosexuality LGBT Lesbian and gay experience Political activists Publishing Sexual orientation Types of Materials: Articles Bumper stickers Clippings Correspondence Magazines (periodicals) Newsletters Pamphlets Periodicals -- 20th century Periodicals -- 21st century Posters Posters -- 20th century Posters -- 21st century Programs Page 3 of 36 Series 1: Segal, Mark, Personal, Subject, Photograph, and Audio- Mark Segal Papers Visual Files NMAH.AC.1422 Container Listing Series 1: Segal, Mark, Personal, Subject, Photograph, and Audio-Visual Files, 1951-2018, undated This series contains personal, subject, photograph, and audio-visual files about and collected by Mark Segal. Subseries 1.1: Personal Files, 1960-2017, undated This subseries contains newsclippings about and collected by Mark Segal. The series contains correspondence received, both personal and business, certificates and awards, personal memorabilia from school life, appointment books, calendars, Segal's notes for his autobiography, And Then I Danced, and emphemera. Box 36, Folder 3 News clippings, 1970-1975 Box 8, Folder 14 News clippings, 1972-1973, undated Box 35 News clippings note book, 1972-1976 Box 8, Folder 15 News clippings note book (reference copy), 1972-1976, undated Box 8, Folder 16 "Out of town clippings", 1972-1974, undated Box 36, Folder 2 Correspondence, 1969-1998 Box 14, Folder 1 Correspondence written, 1973-1974 Box 14, Folder 2 Correspondence written, 1973-2015, undated Box 14, Folder 3 Correspondence received, 1970 Box 14, Folder 4 Correspondence received, 1971 Box 14, Folder 5 Correspondence received, 1972 Box 14, Folder 6 Correspondence received, 1973 Box 14, Folder 7 Correspondence received, 1974 Box 14, Folder 8 Correspondence received, 1975 Box 14, Folder 9 Correspondence received, 1976 Page 4 of 36 Series 1: Segal, Mark, Personal, Subject, Photograph, and Audio- Mark Segal Papers Visual Files NMAH.AC.1422 Box 14, Folder 10 Correspondence received, 1977 Box 14, Folder 11 Correspondence received, 1978 Box 14, Folder 12 Correspondence received, 1980 Box 14, Folder 13 Correspondence received, 1981 Box 14, Folder 14 Correspondence received, 1982 Box 14, Folder 15 Correspondence received, 1983 Box 14, Folder 16 Correspondence received, 1984 Box 14, Folder 17 Correspondence received, 1985 Box 14, Folder 18 Correspondence received, 1990 Box 14, Folder 19 Correspondence received, 1992 Box 14, Folder 20 Correspondence received, 1993 Box 14, Folder 21 Correspondence received, 1994 Box 15, Folder 1 Correspondence received, 1995 Box 15, Folder 2 Correspondence received, 1996 Box 15, Folder 3 Correspondence received, 1998 Box 15, Folder 4 Correspondence received,