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Formerly Lesbian and Gay Historical Society of San Diego
 
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The Archival Collections
 

Organizational Records

Gay Academic Union [94.2]
National records and San Diego chapter
Gay Center Collection [89.1]
Mayor Maureen O'Connor's Gay and Lesbian Advisory Board
Minutes, handouts, papers, etc. (1991-92)
San Diego AIDS Project [91.9]
San Diego Democratic Club Collection [95.6]
Records have been indexed.
Save Our Teachers Collection [91.8]
"No on 6" Campaign (Briggs Initiative)
Searching for San Diego Collection
Hillcrest segment of the California Council on the Humanities' Searching for San Diego series (1994). Writings of high school students on Hillcrest, interviews and manuscript of a play, etc.

Personal Papers

Albert Bell Collection [93.5]
Letters, awards, manuscripts and photographs
 
Randall J. Bowling Collection [95.9]
Miscellaneous articles, scrapbook cutouts for The Scene amd Gayzette columns.
 
Wendy Caster Collection [93.3]
Copies of gay and lesbian articles and crossword puzzles. Caster was syndicated in many gay and lesbian publications across the country.
 
John S. Dilbeka [91.15]
Manuscripts and drawings
 
Bjorn Dobrzewski [95.5]
E-mail correspondence between Bjorn and his lover in Germany (in German), 1994-95. Bjorn was a graduate student in physics and UCSD.
 
Tom Dolan [92.4]
Manuscripts and notes for articles from 1980's
 
Mel Fuller Collection [93.4]
Miscellaneous materials relating to Neo-Paganism, writings of Mel Fuller (AKA "Lou Percus") and Scott Cunningham (AKA "Cathy Cunningham") who write for Neo-Pagan publications.
 
Jess Jessop Collection [90.1]
Papers of Robert "Jess" Jessop, a founder of the Gay Center and the Lesbian & Gay Archives (later known as the Lesbian and Gay Historical Society) and a major gay liberationist in San Diego.
 
Karleen Pendelton Jimenez [96.4]
Miscellaneous works and projects. Poet and professor at San Diego State University.
 
Christine Kehoe Campaign [91.11]
 
Morris Kight Collection
 
Ivor Kraft Collection [94.7]
Unpublished manuscript. Uniquely designed stamp collection showing sensibility of a mid-twentieth century gay man. Kraft, a college business teacher, was a major benefactor of the gay and lesbian community in San Diego and elsewhere.
 
Kim McAlister [92.7]
Miscellaneous files
 
Bernie Michels [92.1]
Papers from the founding of the Gay Center in the early 1970's. Bernie was a major figure and co-founder of the Center.
 
Doug Moore Collection [91.8]
Save Our Teachers Materials
 
Gary Rees Collection [90.3]
Rees was a founder of the military counseling program at the Gay Center, the first in the nation.
 
John Richardson [96.3]
Scrapbook
 
Robert Walsh Collection [90.2]
 
Perry Watkins Collection [91.3]
 
Bridget Wilson Papers [90.5 and 96.5]
 
Jim Woodward Collection [94.4]
Jim was a major figure in the military counseling in San Diego.

Memorabilia

Yoka Brouer [91.2]
Dutch T-shirts, buttons, etc.
John Graham Police Uniform [91.13]
Graham was the first openly gay police officer in San Diego
Bruce Kamerling [94.3]
Bronze Muscle Dance (1989). Drawing Temptation (1981), pencil and crayon. It is the artist's symbolic statement on the AIDS crisis.
Michael Passante [96.2]
Matchbook collections from bars in San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Various trophies and awards. Passante was the editor and founder of San Diego Scores sports periodical.

Special Collections and Projects

Bisexual Archives | Lesbian History Project | Pride Collection | Queer Artists Project


Bisexual Archives (a stand-alone collection housed at the Lambda Archives of San Diego)
The purpose of this collection, one of very few archives devoted to Bisexual material, is to preserve the history of matters related to Bisexuality in San Diego for future research. See Bisexual Archives page.
 
Lesbian History Project (audio-tapes, tape indexes, photos)
The objective of this project conducted by Diane F. Germaine is to document and preserve for posterity the colorful and creative everyday achievements of San Diego's lesbian community in the early 70s. This was the era in which many women's spaces and support groups were established: lesbian collectives, Las Hermanas (coffee-house and much more), the San Diego Lesbian Organization, Slightly Older Lesbians, and Lesbians of Color, just to name a few. Women interviewed in the first phase of this project include Muriel Fisher, Pamela L. Wilson, Chris Tyson, Cheryl Robinson, Linda Barufaldi, Lori Barnes, Carlota Hernandez, Gwen Snyder, Judy Reif and Sheila Clark.
 
If you are interested in participating in this Project, please leave a message at (619) 260-1522.
 
Pride Collection (a stand-alone collection housed separately)
Founded in 1980, the Pride Collection is comprised of materials that have been produced for the promotion of annual Lesbian/Gay Pride events (parades, festivals, exhibits, picnics, dances, etc.). These materials include posters, buttons, pins, T-shirts, programs, souvenir books, banners, photos, videos, and periodicals. The collection is international in scope and one of the largest such collections in existence. The majority of the materials are from the private collection of Doug Moore, a San Diego Gay/Lesbian Pride organizer of many years.
 
Queer Artists Project
Project Coordinator Susan C. Richards has adopted the approach taken by the curators of "In a Different Light: Visual Culture, Sexual Identity, Queer Practice," a landmark exhibition held in 1995 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The exhibit and the Project ask the question, "How are queer artists looking at the world; what do queer artists do?" The Project is not looking for particular content, style, "sensibility" or politics. Rather we are documenting the rich and various work of San Diego artists to combat invisibility, to preserve and transmit our history and heritage, to say "we were here and we are here."
 
Lambda Archives is developing slide files of individual artists who volunteer to participate, along with any written or other materials pertaining to their creative lives. Once an artist has established a file with the Project, the artist can continue to add to it over time, documenting the evolution of that individual's work. The materials will be available for research and educational presentations.
 
If you are interested in participating in this Project, leave a message for Susan Richards at the Archives at (619) 260-1522.  Also visit Queer Arts Resource website.