Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lambda Literary Foundation.
- Abstract:
- The Lambda Literary Foundation Records, 1986-2010, includes correspondence, bylaws, licensing contracts, reports, financial records, publication subscription forms, copy, event brochures, memoranda, advertisement copy, news clippings, and photographs. The Lambda Literary Foundation is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literary organization, incorporated in 1997 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
- Extent:
- 9.0 linear feet. 9 archive boxes.
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Lambda Literary Foundation Records, Coll2012-119, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Lambda Literary Foundation Records, 1986-2009, comprises administrative, publication, event, membership, and fundraising records of the Lambda Literary Foundation. Administrative records include correspondence, bylaws, licensing contracts, reports, payment records, and payroll records. Publication records include subscription forms, copy, and editorial copy of the Lambda Book Report, James White Review, and Lambda Rising Book Report. Event records include brochures, memoranda, and information related to the annual Lambda Literary Awards. Membership and fundraising records include advertisement copy, membership subscriptions forms, and correspondence. Photographs of the Lambda Literary Awards are also included. Many items are created by or addressed to Jim Marks, former Executive Director of the organization.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF) traces its beginnings to 1987 with the publication of the first issue of the Lambda Book Report, a review periodical of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature. The periodical was published by L. Page (Deacon) Maccubbin, owner of Lambda Rising Bookstore in Washington, D.C. The Lambda Literary Awards program, an annual ceremony celebrating excellence in LGBT literature, was established in 1989. The Lambda Literary Foundation was incorporated in 1997 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to officially host the Awards and the Lambda Book Report. Jim Marks was the LLF's first Executive Director. The LLF was founded to nurture, celebrate, and preserve LGBT literature through programs that honor excellence, promote visibility and encourage development of emerging writers.
Source: "A History of the Lambda Literary Foundation," Lambda Literary, http://www.lambdaliterary.org/lambda-literary-foundation/llf-history/ (last accessed October 25, 2012).
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Tony Valenzuela, January 29, 2010.
- Processing information:
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Collection processed by Jay Chang, November 2012.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Administrative records
Series 2. Publication records
Series 3. Lambda Literary Awards records
Series 4. Membership and fundraising records
Series 5. Lambda Literary Awards photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open to researchers. Access restrictions apply.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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Lambda Literary Foundation Records, Coll2012-119, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
- Location of this collection:
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909 West Adams BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007, US
- Contact:
- (213) 821-2771