Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection
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Becker, John M.
Gay Officers Action League. GOAL
Heritage of Pride (HOP)
Hirsch, Leonard
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1825-2021, undated
bulk 1960-2021
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63 Cubic feet (189 boxes, 21 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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Manske, Nathan
- Dates:
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2009-2019, undated
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1503
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral histories (transcripts) taken from LGBTQ identifying persons over a fifty state I'm From Driftwood story tour. Records include oral histories, photographs, tour records, correspondence, and ephemera from the tour crew and tour inteviewees.
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Biren, Joan E.
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1931-2019
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5 Cubic feet (8 boxes, 13 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1216
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Joan E. Biren (JEB) is an internationally recognized photographer and documentary artist. She assembled this collection as her Queer Film Museum. It consists of a variety of materials about and associated with queer films, both foreign and domestic.
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Burch-Brown, Carol
- Dates:
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1997-2003
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0857
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents a working class "gay" bar, the Shamrock Bar, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1997-2000, through photographs and oral history interviews.
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Karger, Fred, 1950-
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1960-2015
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5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1439
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document Fred Karger's early life and education, his brief career in acting, his activism for marriage equality and other LGBT concerns, his work in political consulting, and his candidacy for president in 2012.
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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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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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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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James, Helen G.
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1952-1955, 2018
bulk 1952-1955
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0.13 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0042
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one nine by six inch green photograph album containing 70 pages of back and white images, mostly snapshots, relating to Helen G. James' United States Air Force career, 1952-1955. The collection also contains James' military and discharge records as well as legal documents from her discharge lawsuit.
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Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008
- Dates:
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1991
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0.25 Cubic feet (One slim letter box.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0081
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a folder of material that consists of handwritten and typed pages of Sir Arthur C. Clarke's 1991 journal.
