Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Timeline research files, 1970-2000, bulk 1991-1996

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Summary

Creators:

Muirhead, Barbara

Abstract:

Extent:

3.8 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Timeline research files. MS-R105. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, and ephemera about Orange County, California's gay and lesbian communities. The materials were collected by multiple individuals as part of the Orange County Historical Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Timeline Project. The project highlights important people, organizations, and events related to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community in Orange County, California. The bulk of the collection comprises newspaper and magazine clippings, with additional photographs, newsletters, correspondence, and ephemera included. The collection is particularly strong in documenting Orange County residents' participation in Laguna Pride Weekend, Gay Games IV, the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation.

Biographical / historical:

The Orange County Historical LGBT Historical Timeline Project was started in 1995 by Barbara Muirhead to provide background information to participants of the Orange County Federation of Lesbian, Gay, and HIV/AIDS support organizations. That same year, UC Irvine opened the first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Resource Center in the University of California System which hosted the first online version of the Timeline. Since the project's inception, researcher Dick Hitt has also contributed information and materials to the collection.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Richard Hitt and Barbara Muirhead, 2003.

Custodial history:

The majority of news clippings from this collection were contributed by Rus Calish. Additional materials were contributed by: Tricia Aynes, Lillian Lobb, Linda Hidy, Alex Wentzel, Ron Rudderro, Joe Wilkins, John Rule, Max Schneider, Ron Smelt, Roger Harrison, Bill La Pointe, Melitas Forster, Ron Kaump, Ted Heier, James Marchese, Pat Walsh, Laural Connor, Cheryl Miller, Terry Stone, Perry Wiggins, Jay Murley, Stuart Baron, Drew Barras, Don Hagan, Sam Warren, Don Odorizzi, and the OC Human Relations Commission.

Processing information:

Jayme Hall and Joanna Lamb, 2008-2009.

Duplicates and materials not related to Orange County were not retained.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject. Oversize clippings and magazines have been separated and are arranged alphabetically by subject in boxes 5-10.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Bisexuals -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Lesbians -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Gays -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Transgender people -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Gay liberation movement -- California -- History -- Sources
AIDS (disease) -- California -- Sources.
Scrapbooks -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century
Names:: Gay Games

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: 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.