TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits Records, 2019-81 | BAAITS was founded in 1998 by community members that organized the International Two-Spirit Gathering in the Bay Area that same year. Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by… Show more | 1999/2018 | |
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay History Project Records, 1998-05 | Selected recordings from the records of the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay History Project, which worked to uncover and make public the history of lesbian and gay communities. The organization began as a loosely knit study group in 1978; the recordings selected here date from approximately 1980 to… Show more | ||
Baker (Tom) Oral History, 2024-12 | Oral history of Tom Baker (S. Thomas Baker), interviewed by Shawn Sprockett in January 2024. At the time of the oral history, Baker was a 93 year-old gay man living in the Castro in San Francisco, CA. He had lived in San Francisco for nearly 50 years. The interview discusses Baker’s early life and… Show more | ||
Collection of Event and Sylvester Concert Slides, 1997-39 | The collection includes 35mm photographic slides depicting nightlife events, circa 1970-1977, including images of a Sylvester concert and what may be Halloween 1977. The images predominantly depict Black performers and attendees, including people in costumes and drag. These slides were salvaged by… Show more | 1970/1977 | |
Wilderness Women | Wilderness Women was a monthly newsletter of outdoor and nature activities for women in the San Francisco Bay Area, published from 1981-2015. According to one of the original creators, the newsletter grew out of members’ previous involvement in lesbian birdwatching groups. The newsletter was first… Show more | ||
Cyberski (Charles) Videotapes, 1994-03 | Videos from the Charles Cyberski Videotapes collection. Charles Cyberski (February 12, 1949-September 28, 1993) was a gay video journalist and, with his partner Richard Wright (July 5, 1955-October 20, 1990), owner and operator of the mail-order video business Male Entertainment Network (MEN). MEN… Show more | 1975/1992 | |
Collection of Lesbian Scrapbook Photographs, 2008-01 | Selected photographs from a scrapbook of “anonymous lesbian photographs” found, according to the donor, in a “Berkeley junk shop in the early 2000s.” The photos span the mid-1940s to the early 1960s, and include snapshots of individuals, pairs, and small groups at social gatherings, in the snow, on… Show more | 1945/1962 | |
Smith (Daniel A.) and Queer Blue Light Videotapes, 1999-52 | This collection contains tapes recorded by Queer Blue Light, a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith, who donated the collection to the GLBT Historical Society, was a member of the collective. The tapes contain raw and edited footage of gay and lesbian… Show more | ||
Baker (Gilbert) Collection, 2017-18 | Gilbert Baker was an artist, drag queen, and Sister of Perpetual Indulgence who played the central role in the 1978 creation of the rainbow LGBTQ pride flag. Baker’s collection consists largely of textiles, sewing supplies, art, and audiovisual materials, along with a small number of documents. | 1950/2017 | |
Moran (Camille) Papers, 2000-43 | Camille Moran is a transgender poet and painter, as well as an activist who works against psychiatric abuse of queer and trans youth. This collection includes draft testimony, poetry, a series of satirical notes about her decision to transition, and other writing by Moran, as well as a number of… Show more | 1998/2000 | |
Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club Interviews, 2022-96 | The Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) is a club in the Rossmoor senior community in Walnut Creek, California. The club was founded in 2009 by Carol Morton with a mission of providing social activities for Rossmoor residents who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women. This collection… Show more | 2021/2022 | |
Larry Buttwinick collection (2006-44) | Larry Buttwinick (1924-2004) was a gay Jewish man and an original member of the Imperial Court of San Francisco. His life intersected with prominent LGBTQ figures such as Jose Sarría (drag star, political activist, and founder of the Imperial Court) and Henry Diekow (a drag artist also known as the… Show more | 1960/2004 | |
Veronica Friedman papers (1994-01) | Veronica “Ronnie” Friedman (1945-1986) was a transgender woman who lived in San Francisco. The collection consists of Friedman’s detailed and emotional diary entries, as well as drafts of letters to her mother and children, personal notes, daily planner pages, timelines and autobiographical… Show more | 1980 | |
Sanchez (Maria) Papers 2006-19 | Maria Sanchez was a popular San Francisco DJ who spun records at many venues including the Sutro Bathhouse and the Fairoaks Hotel. She was a member of the Bay Area Disco DJ Association (BADDA) and wrote a monthly disco gossip column in "Baseline: Bay Area Disco Report." | ||
MacHarg (Janet) Papers, 2003-41 | Janet “Janny” MacHarg was a political songwriter, cabaret performer, writer, and feminist activist, known as the “Tallulah Bankhead of San Francisco.” Contents include photographs, sheet music, writings, publications, correspondence, drawings, notes, and other ephemera. | ||
Sylvester Collection, 2018-05 | Sylvester (born Sylvester James Jr.) was a disco-soul singer-songwriter known for his androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and the moniker the “Queen of Disco.” | ||
Kinsey Sicks Collection, 2015-16 | |||
Thrillpeddlers collection 2018-85 | Thrillpeddlers was a San Francisco-based multigenerational queer theater company specializing in Grand Guignol plays and Theatre of the Ridiculous. | ||
D'Anne (Denise) Papers, 2021-26 | Denise D’Anne was an activist, environmentalist, civil servant, writer, restaurateur, and candidate for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, as well as a trans woman who transitioned in 1968. D'Anne's collection includes extensive manuscripts and photographs documenting her diverse… Show more | ||
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Records, 2009-01 | The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is the world’s first openly gay men’s chorus. The Chorus sang in public for the first time on the steps of San Francisco City Hall in November 1978 at a candlelight vigil for Harvey Milk. In 1981, The Chorus embarked on a national tour that helped spark the… Show more | ||
Lesbian and Gay Chorus of San Francisco Scrapbooks, 2006-11 | The Lesbian and Gay Chorus of San Francisco was founded in 1980 and is the nation’s oldest self-identified LGBT mixed chorus. This collection contains six scrapbooks of materials relating to the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of San Francisco. The scrapbooks include photographs, programs, flyers, chorus… Show more | ||
Scholl (Steve) Collection of San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps Materials, 2017-07 | This collection contains materials produced by the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps and collected by Steve Scholl. Materials include directories, band notes, programs, bylaws, flyers, posters, photographs, scrapbooks, and other ephemera. It also contains flyers and… Show more | ||
Finocchio's Collection, 1999-79 | This collection contains materials relating to Finocchio’s, one of the oldest and best-known female impersonation clubs in the world. The term, "female impersonators" is a historic term that comes from a straight-coded Victorian theatrical form and continued until the mid-20th century… Show more | ||
Lesbian and Gay Chorus of San Francisco Ephemera, 1997-14 | This collection contains ephemera produced by the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of San Francisco. Materials include 35mm slides of concert programs, as well as flyers and posters advertising chorus events. | ||
Carhaix (Jean-Baptiste) Papers, 2019-39 | Jean-Baptiste Carhaix (1946-2023) was a French photographer. The collection includes photographs of early members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and images of events, including AIDS fundraisers and marches. | ||
Gonzalez (Efrain John) Papers, 2022-59 | Efrain John Gonzalez is a bisexual photographer, tour guide, and artist. This digital collection consists of selected photographs by Gonzalez of the first National Bisexual Conference, held in San Francisco in 1990. | 1990 | |
Lyon-Martin House oral histories, 2023-52 | Oral history recordings and supplemental material for the Lyon-Martin House Oral History Project. Interviewees include: Kendra Mon, Pauline Shulman, Diane McCarney, Kate Kendell, Marcia Gallo, and Margie Adam. Located at 651 Duncan Street in San Francisco, the Lyon-Martin House is the former home… Show more | 2022/2023 | |
Evans (Richard William) Papers, 2023-56 | Richard William Evans (1942 January 20-2023 April 26) was a Black, gay artist, community advocate, and participant in the “back-to-the-land” movement in Northern California. As a member of the Stellar Arts Collective, Evans helped to create “The Power of the Sun,” a large-scale stained glass… Show more | ||
Sullivan (Louis Graydon) Correspondence with David (2009-02) | Louis Graydon “Lou” Sullivan (1951-1991) was a transgender activist, diarist, and author who often corresponded with other trans men. This small collection comprises eight letters and one photo sent from Sullivan to a trans man named David. | 1980/1990 | |
GLBT Historical Society Art and Artifact Collection (GLBT-ART) | |||
Richards (Mary) Audiotapes, 2002-34 | Mary Richards was a freelance writer for the Bay Area Reporter, an LGBTQ newspaper, for twelve years in the 1980s and 1990s. This collection contains audiotape recordings of interviews Richards conducted with LGBTQ people on a wide range of topics. | 1983/1996 | |
Forget-Me-Nots Records, 1989-10 | The Forget-Me-Nots was a small group of gay men from San Francisco who formed an affinity group prior to the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. They prepared to perform civil disobedience on the steps of the United States Supreme Court. The group’s members marched and… Show more |