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LGBT poetry, prose, music, and photography chapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-58
Abstract

This collection is made up of LGBT-related poetry, prose, music, and photography chapboooks produced from the 1960s through the current day, most from the 1970s and 1980s. The majority of the materials are in the poetic genre, but literature including short stories and plays are included, as well as books of lyrics and musical notation, and books of photography, especially those which include creative texts alongside the graphics material.

Dates: 1965 - 2017

LGBT pulp fiction collection, 1928-1989

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-54
Scope and Contents

The LGBT pulp fiction collection is comprised of over 550 paperback books containing homoerotic stories published from the 1920s to the late 1980s in the United States. The materials are primarily gay men's pulp fiction but lesbian pulp fiction is also included as well as pseudo-scientific case studies analyzing sexual behavior. Writers such as Richard Amory, Ann Aldrich and Truman Capote are represented and the books feature both beautiful and salacious cover art.

Dates: 1928-1989

Nancy Levine women's music record albums

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-53
Abstract

Women's music—sometimes defined as music by women, for women, and about women—formed alongside the rise of second-wave feminism in the 1960s and 1970s. The Nancy Levine women's music record albums are comprised of 83 record albums featuring female soloists and ensembles from the 1960s through the 1980s.

Dates: 1963 - 1989

Small photograph collections

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-43
Abstract

Collections of photographic prints, slides, and negatives, which take up fewer than one box each and are not accompanied by other types of records. Housed by size.

Dates: 1959-2006, undated

Steven Capsuto book research files for "Alternate Channels"

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-19
Abstract

Steven Capsuto is the author of Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television, 1930s to the Present (New York: Ballantine, 2000). The Steven Capsuto book research files for Alternate Channels, circa 1998-2001, are comprised of research materials, outlines, notes, and drafts of his book.

Dates: circa 1998-2001

William Way LGBT Community Center clippings file

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-34
Abstract

The William Way LGBT Community Center clippings file, 1979-2012, consists of clippings related to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) issues collected by volunteers of the William Way Community Center.

Dates: 1979-2012

William Way LGBT Community Center ephemera files

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-35
Abstract

The William Way LGBT Community Center ephemera files, 1972-2012, consists of flyers, newsletters, advertisements, posters, and other ephemera from LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) organizations, events, businesses, community groups, etc.

Dates: 1972-2012

William Way LGBT Community Center records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-21
Abstract Since the 1970s the William Way Community Center and its predecessors, the Gay Community Center of Philadelphia and Penguin Place, have provided encouragement, support, and advocacy for the well-being and acceptance of sexual and gender minorities through service, recreational, educational, and cultural programming. The William Way LGBT Community Center records, 1972-2012, are comprised of the institutional records of the center, including administrative and financial records, and some...
Dates: 1972 - 2012

William Way LGBT Community Center subject files on media and entertainment

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-36
Abstract

The William Way LGBT Community Center subject files on media and entertainment, circa 1970-1997, include book catalogs, playbills, photographs, clippings, advertisements, and related materials,

Dates: circa 1970-1997

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Names
William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (Philadelphia, Pa.). 4
Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007 2
Tobin, Kay, b. 1930 2
American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. Greater Philadelphia Branch. 1
American Civil Liberties Union. 1