Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
Gay Officers Action League. GOAL
Becker, John M.
Gay Officers Action League. GOAL
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1825-2020, undated
bulk 1960-2019
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60 Cubic feet (180 boxes, 20 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1146
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains a variety of periodicals, photographs, correspondence, business and advertising ephemera (corporate and non-profit, personal), organizational records and ephemera, created by, for, and in reaction to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community.
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1960-2018, undated
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14.1 Cubic feet (43 boxes and one map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1422
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The personal and business papers of longtime, gay civil rights activist, editor, and publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News (PGN), Mark Segal.
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DC Cowboys Dance Company
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undated
1994-2012
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7.5 Cubic feet (22 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1312
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of the DC Cowboys Dance Company, an all-male, gay, non-profit dance company based in Washington, DC. that was active from 1994-2012. They peformed nationally and internationally live and on television, "celebrating diversity through dance."
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Browning, Bil
Davis, Jerame
Davis, Jerame Joe, 1975-
Browning, William Dale, 1972-
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1972-2015, undated
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3.15 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1334
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Bil Browning and his husband, Jerame Davis were activists for LGBT issues, locally in Indiana as well as nationally in Washington, D.C.
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Hirsch, Leonard P., 1955-2015
Federal GLOBE
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1985-2015, undated
bulk 1995-2015
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4.15 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1357
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of Leonard P. Hirsch, founder of Federal GLOBE, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender employee advocacy group for the federal government. Hirsch was also the founder of the Smithsonian Institution's chapter of Federal GLOBE. Papers include organizational material as well as newsletters, educational, and lobbying materials. There is a small amount of personal material for Hirsch and his husband Kristian Fauchald.
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Tompkins, Tim
Meyers, Dan
Helping People With AIDS
Parisella, Neil
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1989-2010, undated
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2.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1283
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of Helping People with AIDS, a non-profit, charitable organization located in Rochester, New York that was active 1986-2003.
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Taylor, T. Frank
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bulk 1956-2017, undated
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14.2 Cubic feet (44 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1458
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of the Academy of Washington, an incorporated organization devoted to drag performance and recognition of drag performers and entertainment. These records also include the personal records of Carl Rizzi ("Mame Dennis").
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Relations
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1972-2014
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-218
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative activities of the Office of International Relations and its predecessors, the Directorate of International Activities and the Office of International Activities, respectively, in regard to office budgetary matters and the coordinating of internationally-focused Smithsonian proje...
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Reynolds, Corbett
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1962-2015
bulk 1979-2000
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 16 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1390
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Artwork, photographs, and papers of Columbus, Ohio artist and founder of the Red Party (circuit party) Corbett Reynolds. These papers include materials related to Rudely Elegant, Reynolds's bar and dance club in Columbus.
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Shepard, Matthew, 1976-1998
Shepard, Judy
Shepard, Dennis
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1976-2019, undated
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14.1 Cubic feet (43 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1463
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of Matthew Shepard (1976-1998) a gay man who was a victim of a hate crime in Laramie, Wyoming October 1998 resulting in his death. His death gained national and international attention leading to the formation of the Matthew Shepard Foundation and eventual passage of federal hate crime legislation (The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act), signed into law in October 2009.