Guide to the Robert R. Hodges Papers
Processed by William Landis; machine-readable finding aid created by Audrey Pearson
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert R. Hodges papers
Date: 1976-1994,
Date (bulk): bulk 1977-1983
Collection Number: MS-R117
Creator:
Hodges, Robert R.
Extent:
1.3 linear feet
(1 box and 1 oversize folder)
Languages: The collection is in English.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises the papers of Robert R. Hodges, professor emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at California
State University, Fullerton (CSUF) and activist in the gay liberation movement in Southern California and nationally in the
1970s and 1980s. His papers include minutes and other administrative material from national and Los Angeles chapter meetings
of the Gay Academic Union (GAU), a variety of GAU newsletters, and other materials relating to scholarly conferences held
by the GAU. His papers also contain a small quantity of research files, as well as files relating to the Orange County chapter
of the Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club (a gay political group), the Modern Language Association (MLA) Gay Caucus, gays in
the military and the ROTC on CSU campuses (ca. 1990-1992), activism against the Briggs Initiative (Proposition 6), and other
gay issues on the CSUF campus.
Important Information for Researchers
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Robert R. Hodges papers. MS-R117. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Robert R. Hodges, 2004.
Custodial History
Robert Hodges gave his papers to Barbara Muirhead and Dick Hitt for use in the Historical Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgender Time Line Project, with the intent that they be donated to the UC Irvine Libraries Department of Special Collections
and Archives.
Processing History
Processed by William Landis, 2004. Finding aid created by Audrey Pearson, 2007.
Historical Background
Robert R. Hodges is a professor emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at California State University, Fullerton,
who was active in the gay liberation movement in Southern California and nationally in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a charter
member of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Western Gay Academic Union (GAU) in 1976 and served on the national Board
of Directors for the GAU as a representative of the Los Angeles chapter.
Hodges received his B.A. from Valparaiso University, his M.A. from University of Missouri, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University.
He was interested in gay themes in 20th-century English and American literature and focused on the work of Joseph Conrad.
Hodges published The Dual Heritage of Joseph Conrad (The Hague: Mouton) in 1967.
GAU was founded in New York City in 1973 to promote the collection and dissemination of scholarly information about gays,
and to help end discrimination against gays in colleges, universities, and elsewhere. Membership was composed of academic
administrators, faculty, staff, and students. GAU grew over time to include local chapters. The national organization held
annual conferences on topics related to gays in the academy and published a quarterly newsletter. The organization was disbanded
in 1984.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the papers of Robert R. Hodges, professor emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at California
State University, Fullerton (CSUF) and activist in the gay liberation movement in Southern California and nationally in the
1970s and 1980s. His papers include minutes and other administrative material from national and Los Angeles chapter meetings
of the Gay Academic Union (GAU), a variety of GAU newsletters, and other materials relating to scholarly conferences held
by the GAU. His papers also contain a small quantity of research files, as well as files relating to the Orange County chapter
of the Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club (a gay political group), the Modern Language Association (MLA) Gay Caucus, gays in
the military and the ROTC on CSU campuses (ca. 1990-1992), activism against the Briggs Initiative (Proposition 6), and other
gay issues on the CSUF campus.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by subject or document type.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Hodges, Robert R. -- Archives.
Gay Academic Union -- Archives.
California State University, Fullerton -- Faculty -- Archives.
Gay liberation movement -- California -- Archives.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Newsletters -- 20th century.
Clippings -- 20th century.
Ephemera -- 20th century.
Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Collection Contents
Box : Folder 1 : 1
Briggs Initiative (No on Proposition 6): information mailings, clippings, and bumper sticker
1977-1978
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF)
Box : Folder 1 : 2
Academic Senate ban on ROTC presence in campus correspondence, resolutions, and other material
1990-1991
Box : Folder 1 : 3
Anti-gay Daily Titan (student newspaper) clippings and correspondence
1978-1979
Box : Folder 1 : 4
Gays at CSUF fliers and other material
1978-1982
Box : Folder XOS 1
Clippings
1977-1981
Scope and Content Note
Includes topics such as the Briggs Initiative, gays in the arts and academia, Anita Bryant, homosexuality and Christianity,
and the politics of gay rights.
Box : Folder 1 : 5
Correspondence to and from Hodges
1977-1983
Scope and Content Note
Primarily relates to organizing GAU conference programs.
Box : Folder 1 : 6
Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club planning material for a "two-party" barbeque and roast
1989-1990
Box : Folder 1 : 7
Correspondence relating to the national organization
1979
Box : Folder 1 : 8
Awards banquet programs
1978-1979
Box : Folder 1 : 9
GAU 5 national conference program and correspondence
1978
Box : Folder 1 : 10
GAU 6 national conference correspondence, programs, and other planning material
1979
Box : Folder 1 : 11
GAU 7 national conference material and notes
1980
Box : Folder 1 : 12
Gaythink Two, Gaythink Three, and Gaythink Four conference programs, fliers, and article from Patchwork, the newsletter of
the California Association of Gay Student Organizations
1976-1978
Box : Folder 1 : 13
Symposium 76 program
1976
Box : Folder 1 : 14
Los Angeles chapter events fliers and notes
1976-1980
Box : Folder 1 : 15
Word is out: stories of some of our lives (documentary film) press kit and review
1978
Box : Folder 1 : 16
Minutes, operational documents, and other organizational material for the national organization and California chapters
1977-1979
Scope and Content Note
Includes a photocopy of a letter from Adrienne Rich detailing her reasons for declining the 1978 GAU Award for Literature.
Box : Folder 1 : 17
Los Angeles chapter newsletter
1977-1983
Scope and Content Note
Also includes a newsletter published following the organization's change of name to the Lesbian and Gay Academic Union (LGAU).
Box : Folder 1 : 18
Los Angeles and San Francisco chapters joint Western Gay Academic Union Newsletter
1976-1977
Box : Folder 1 : 19
National organization newsletter
1978-1983
Box : Folder 1 : 20
New York chapter Gay Books Bulletin
1979-1980
Box : Folder 1 : 21
Newsletter article drafts by unidentified authors
circa 1978-1979
Box : Folder 1 : 22
Gay organizations and businesses in California: newsletters and other material
1976-1994
Box : Folder 1 : 23
Gay organizations and businesses outside of California: brochures and other material
1978-1979
Box : Folder 1 : 24
Gays in the military: correspondence
1990-1991
Box : Folder 1 : 25
Integrity, Inc. organizational documents and national convention material
1988-1993
Biography/Organization History
Integrity Inc. is a gay and lesbian ministry in the Episcopal Church.
Box : Folder 1 : 26
Los Angeles Men's Collective newsletter
1979
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Box : Folder 1 : 27
Gay Caucus for the Modern Languages: Gay Studies Newsletter
1976-1980
Box : Folder 1 : 28
Memoranda, calls for papers, and other material
1976-1979
Box : Folder 1 : 30
"The Bloomsbury group: prelude to gay liberation" drafts and research material
1976
Box : Folder 1 : 31
Drafts and notes on a variety of issues relating to gay rights activism and gay in literature
circa 1976-1985
Box : Folder 1 : 32
"The gay book report" column for the Lesbian and Gay Academic Union Newsletter (Los Angeles chapter)
1981-1984
Box : Folder 1 : 33
"Gay themes in Joseph Conrad" drafts
circa 1975-1980
Box : Folder 1 : 34
"Lesbian images in mystery fiction" drafts
1979
Box : Folder 1 : 35
Research materials, clippings, and data
circa 1976-1985
Writings by other academics on gay-related themes
Scope and Content Note
Writings are primarily drafts submitted for GAU or MLA conferences.
Box : Folder 1 : 36
Cady-Hayes
1976-1978
Scope and Content Note
Includes "Housemen and the struggle for a homosexual voice" -- "Gay genocide: from Leviticus to Hitler" -- "Eros, myth, and
stigma: the historical semantics of sexual intolerance" -- "Who hid lesbian history?" -- "The forty years' influence of Stephen
Gordon" -- "The universal passion: a gay revisionist reading of The Bostonians" -- "Paul Verlaine: joyous wanderings and the
crimes of love" -- "Front runner: the gay 'breakthrough' novel or new stereotype?: an enquiry with notes on the screen adaptation"
-- "Gayspeak" -- "Notes on the role of language in the assessment and evaluation of sexual identity and sexual behavior."
Box : Folder 1 : 37
Hayes, Joseph J.: "Language and language behavior of lesbian women and gay men" drafts
circa 1978-1980
Box : Folder 1 : 38
Lombardi, Michael A.: "Research on homosexuality in nineteenth-century Germany"
1978
Box : Folder 1 : 39
Lynch-Zimmerman
1976-1980
Scope and Content Note
Includes " 'We who are variants': a brief tradition in gay male poetry?" -- "Sexual and group relations in 'May day': fear
and longing" -- "Sexist slang and the gay community: are you one, too?" -- "Homosexuality and the sociological perspective:
from perversion to deviance to sex roles?" -- "What has never been: an overview of lesbian feminist literary criticism."
