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About Your Sexuality Kit
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-123
Abstract
The About Your Sexuality Kit is a sexual health and education guide created by Dr. deryck calderwood designed for individuals age 12 to 14. The course is structured around leaders' guides that detail sex education topics through lectures and activities with audiovisual components and supplemental resources such as books and pamphlets.
Dates:
1975 - 1983; Majority of material found in 1983 - 1983
ACT UP Philadelphia records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-27
Abstract
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an activist group working to end the HIV/AIDS crisis through direct action. The ACT UP Philadelphia records, 1995-2000, consist of correspondence, meeting notes, and ephemera.
Dates:
1995 - 2000
American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Philadelphia Branch book production files for "Lesbians and Gay Men: The Law in Pennsylvania"
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-22
Abstract
The American Civil Liberties Union is a non-profit organization dedicated to defending and protecting individual rights and freedoms. The American Civil Liberties Union Greater Philadelphia Branch book production files for Lesbians and Gay Men: The Law in Pennsylvania, 1973-1981, are comprised of chapter drafts, correspondence, and financial records relating to the publication of the handbook.
Dates:
1973 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1981
Arnold H. Rosenberg letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-50
Abstract
Arnold H. Rosenberg (July 12, 1935-September 12, 2007) was an openly gay baker, entrepreneur, attorney, and administrator. In these letters addressed to his daughter Amy Rosenberg, Arnold Rosenberg describes his attempts to grow his small pastry business, his relationship with Joel Prybutok and Joel's daughter Sonya, and his everyday life as a wealthy resident of Center City, Philadelphia, and later San Francisco, going to dinners and enjoying films and museum trips.
Dates:
1977 - 1988
"Au Courant" photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-23
Abstract
Au Courant was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, based LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) news publication which began production in 1982 and ceased production in 2000. The Au Courant photographs, 1990-1997, consist of photographs taken for use in the publication.
Dates:
1990 - 1997
Back Stage and Key West records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-91
Abstract
Back Stage and Key West were two Philadelphia queer establishments that anchored the brunch and cabaret performance scenes from 1974-1997 and 1982-2008, respectively. The collection contains advertisements, ephemera, photographs, and press from both businesses. The bulk of the collection comprises material from Back Stage, and paints a picture of the enduring necessity of nightlife and queer spaces as anchors in the community for building joy, power, and connection.
Dates:
1973 - 1989
Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-3
Abstract
Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) was an active member of the LGBT rights movement from the 1960s until her death. She worked as editor of The Ladder: A Lesbian Review. In the early 1970s, she was instrumental in lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness. Kay Tobin Lahusen (b. 1930) is a photojournalist, editor, author of The Gay Crusaders, and an active member of the gay and...
Dates:
1950 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1975
Ben Singer papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-51
Abstract
Ben Singer was an active voice in the Philadelphia transgender community from the 1990s to 2000s and beyond. The Singer papers collection spans 1989 to 2007 and is comprised of organizational paperwork dealing with the trans-focused public health initiatives he helped found (the Trans-health Information project) and the local politics surrounding community outreach and activism. Included are files about community events, news articles relating to the trans community (including ones Singer...
Dates:
1989 - 2007
Bill Goldberg photographs, playbills, and ephemera
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-132
Abstract
William (Bill) Goldberg (1937-2019?) performed in drag, going under the stage name “Mame,” and performed as a supernumerary (non-singing or speaking role) in productions of the Opera Company of Philadelphia. He often attended and hosted parties with friends for anniversaries, birthdays, and other holidays; and attended plays, ballets, operas, and concerts. The collection contains a variety of material types that document Bill Goldberg’s interests, hobbies, profession, and social life. The...
Dates:
1972 - 2008
Bill Way collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-16
Abstract
William Way (1942-1988) worked as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and as an advocate for the Philadelphia LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community. The Bill Way collection, 1942-2004, is comprised of scrapbooks compiled by Way documenting his life, the LGBT community in Philadelphia, and City of Philadelphia redevelopment in the 1970s and 1980s. There are also materials relating to Way donated by various individuals, notably an oral history...
Dates:
1942 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1987
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- ACT UP Philadelphia (Organization). 1
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- Boyd, Claude A. 1
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- Coalition on Lesbian-Gay Bar Policies (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Congregation Beth Ahavah (Philadelphia, Pa.). 1
- Damon, William Forster, 1943-1985 1
- Davidson, Jeff, d. 1989 1
- Democratic National Committee (U.S.) 1
- East Coast Homophile Organizations. 1
- Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations 1
- Eberlin, Harry R. 1
- Empty the Shelters (organization) 1
- Engineers Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Eromin Center (Health care provider) 1
- Escoffier, Jeffrey 1
- Fight the Right Network. 1
- Fleischer, Gerald, b. 1935 1
- Fleischmann, Joan, 1933-2013 1
- Garcia-Vera, Oscar, 1954-1995 1
- Gay Activists Alliance (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Gay Alternative Collective (Philadelphia, Pa.). 1
- Gay Community Center of Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Gay Media Project (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Gaydreams (Radio show : Philadelphia, Pa.). 1
- Gays at Drexel (Drexel University) 1
- Georgetown University. 1
- Gillam, Ron 1
- Giovanni's Room (Bookstore). 1
- Girlfriends Motorcycle Club. 1
- Gloeden, Wilhelm von, Baron, 1856-1931 1
- Grassroot Queers. 1
- Griffith, Darrell Keith, 1959-2012 1
- Grimm, Vincent P. (1937) 1
- Hershour, Gene 1
- Hoffman, Matt , 1954-1995 1
- Hofmann, Jo 1
- Jarrett, Larry 1
- Kamm, Keith A., 1947-1993 1
- Katz, Sam, 1949- 1
- Kendal at Longwood (Kennett Square, Pa.) 1
- Kratz, Allen Wesley, b. 1946 1
- Kratz, Willard D. (1939-2017) 1
- Labyrinth (Philadelphia, Pa. : Newspaper). 1
- Lashof, Judy 1
- Lear, Walter J., (Walter Jay), 1923-2010 1
- Mecca, Tommi Avicolli 1
- Meneely, William E., 1952-1996 1
- Minnesota AIDS Project 1
- National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights 1
- National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (2nd : 1987 : Washington, D.C.) 1
- O'Hara, Scott, 1961-1998 1
- Persad Center. 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.). Commission on Human Relations. 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.). Mayor's Commission on Sexual Minorities. 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.). Redevelopment Authority. 1
- Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force (Pa.) 1
- Philamigos Institute of Learning. 1
- Pride of Philadelphia Election Committee. 1
- Pride of Philadelphia Election Committee. Pride of '99. 1
- Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE) 1
- Singer, Ben 1
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- Stemmer, Donna Mae, 1933-2015 1
- Street, John F., 1943- 1
- Suarez, Rafael A. 1
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- Van Alstyne, Jack, b. circa 1938 1
- WXPN (Radio station : Philadelphia, Pa.). 1
- Walt Whitman Democratic Club. 1
- Way, Bill, (William J.), 1942-1988 1
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 1
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