LGBTQ+ archives
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Scope Note: https://en.homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0000066
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Barbara Gittings personal papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-135
Abstract
This collection houses the personal papers of Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) and her family. Sometimes referred to as the "mother of gay rights," Gittings was a prolific activist in the movement for LGBT civil rights in the United States in the latter half of the 20th Century.The collection spans 1867 to 2010 and documents Gittings's personal life as well as that of her family, both the Gittings (paternal) and Brooks (maternal). The collection also includes materials related to...
Dates:
1867 - 2010; Majority of material found in 1900-1950; 1985-2006