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Jack Van Alstyne collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-28
Abstract
Jack Van Alstyne, born ca. 1938, known to his gay friends as "Cheezit," was the son of Howard C. Van Alstyne and Marion G. Fox Van Alstyne. He lived in Camden, NJ for much of his life. His collection includes a scrapbook of Philadelphia and New Jersey gay life of the 1960s through 1980s; grouping of ca. 75 photographs of Philadelphia and New Jersey drag queens and gay men, owned by John Brown, known as Marilyn; photographs taken by Alstyne of gay men in Rittenhouse Square, summer of 1953;...
Dates:
1950s-2016
James T. Caulfield and Rafael A. Suarez papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-13
Abstract
Dr. Rafael A. Suarez and James T. Caulfield, known as "The Philamigos," traveled throughout South America in the 1950s-1980s, operated a learning center in Philadelphia, and were prominent members of the Philadelphia LGBT community. The James T. Caulfield and Rafael A. Suarez papers, 1918-1985, extensively document their works, including the Philamigos Institute of Learning, their travels abroad, and Caulfield's experience as a gay soldier during World War II. The collection contains...
Dates:
1918 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1985
Jeffrey Escoffier records of "The Gay Alternative"
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-9
Abstract
The Gay Alternative was a literary forum for gay expression created by a collective of individuals during the early years of gay liberation. This magazine began as a newsletter of the Gay Activists Alliance of Philadelphia. The Jeffrey Escoffier records of The Gay Alternative, 1972-1976, include original manuscripts of essay submissions, administrative, correspondence, and financial records of the organization, and a small...
Dates:
1972 - 1976
Jo Hofmann photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-12
Abstract
This collection consists of copies of approximately 70 photographs of feminist or gay/lesbian public events in Philadelphia during the 1970s. The original images were 35mm photographic negatives. The copies exist in digital form on a CD, and inkjet prints were made of some of the images.
Dates:
circa 1970s
Joan Fleischmann collection on East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO), and others
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-26
Abstract
Joan Fleischmann was a homophile and gay liberation activist from late 1950s through the 1990s. The collection contains primarily organizational records collected over several decades by Fleischmann. These organizations include the East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO), the Daughter of Bilitis (New York), the Mattachine Society of New York, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Lesbian and Gay Caucus, as...
Dates:
1963 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1969
John Brown memoir
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-Coll-133
Abstract
This collection consists of a single item: an 8-page handwritten memoir by John Brown, who also went by Sammy as well as by the drag name Marilyn. It tells the story of how Brown was introduced to gay life in Philadelphia, how he and friend Jack Van Alstyne met queens in Rittenhouse Square in 1953, and how he took on the drag name Marilyn. It also has details about Brown serving time in juvenile detention in 1954.
Dates:
circa 1960s-1970s
Judy Lashof papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-32
Abstract
The Judy Lashof papers, circa 1975-1980, consist of clippings and ephemera relating to feminist and LGBT groups in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.
Dates:
circa 1975-1980
Kay Lahusen papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-122
Abstract
Katherine “Kay” Lahusen (1930–2021) was a photojournalist, author, activist, and longtime partner of Barbara Gittings (1961–2007), considered by many to be the mother of the LGBT movement in the United States. Lahusen’s photography and activism was integral to the organizing work of Gittings and fellow activist Frank Kameny. The Kay Lahusen papers are comprised primarily of content Lahusen retained, created, or consumed in the fourteen years following Barbara Gittings’ death in 2007 until...
Dates:
1961 - 2021
Keith Griffith papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-40
Abstract
Darrell Keith Griffith (1959-2012) was an AIDS activist and founder of the website CruisingForSex.com. The collection is divided into two series: Personal materials and AIDS activism. The personal materials date from 1983 to 2012, the year of Griffith's death. The series on AIDS activism covers Griffith's years of involvement in the social justice movement, 1985-1992.
Dates:
1983 - 2012
Keith Kamm papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-29
Abstract
Keith A. Kamm (1947-1993) was a bibliographer at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and a gay rights activist. The Keith Kamm papers, circa 1970s, consist of materials relating to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) issues in libraries, the mental health community, and issues relating to feminism and sexism. This is a convenient collection for studying books relating to LGBT issues in the 1970s.
Dates:
circa 1970s
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- Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian Alliance at Rutgers University. 1
- Boyd, Claude A. 1
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- Congregation Beth Ahavah (Philadelphia, Pa.). 1
- Damon, William Forster, 1943-1985 1
- Davidson, Jeff, d. 1989 1
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- Eberlin, Harry R. 1
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- 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
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- Singer, Ben 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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