- Additional Authors
- Found In
- c1bc International Gay Information Center Collection (CStRLIN)NYPW90-A26.
- Summary
- The records include correspondence of the principal officers including Elver Barker, Robert Burdick, Curtis Dewees, Julian Hodges, Michael Kotis, and Richard Leitsch and collateral papers including minutes, memoranda, reports, scripts, photographs, and printed ephemera.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Series 7 closed until 2043.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Collection available on microfilm.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Microfilm reproductions must be ordered from Primary Source Microfilm, 12 Lunar Drive, Woodbridge, CT 06525-2398.
- Source (note)
- International Gay Information Center, Inc.
- Biography (note)
- The Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York was founded in New York City in 1955 for the purpose of educating the public in all aspects of homosexuality, for assisting individual gays in coping with problems related to their homosexuality, and for obtaining full civil and social rights for homosexuals.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the International Gay Information Center Archives.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 1911
- OCLC
- NYPW90-A27
- Author
Mattachine Society of New York.
- Title
Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York Records, 1951-1976.
- Description
Originals: 10 lin. ft. (7 cartons, 7 boxes).
Copies: 24 reels.
In seven series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Topical File; 3. Gay Organizations; 4. Financial Records; 5. Photographs; 6. Printed Ephemera; 7. Restricted Papers.
- Additional Formats
Collection available on microfilm. New York Public Library, *ZL-209.
- Access
Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.
Series 7 closed until 2043.
- Terms Of Use
Microfilm reproductions must be ordered from Primary Source Microfilm, 12 Lunar Drive, Woodbridge, CT 06525-2398.
- Biography
The Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York was founded in New York City in 1955 for the purpose of educating the public in all aspects of homosexuality, for assisting individual gays in coping with problems related to their homosexuality, and for obtaining full civil and social rights for homosexuals.
The MSNY was one of several offshoots of the Mattachine Society founded in Los Angeles in 1951. During the 1960s, its most active period, it was a leader in the struggle to promote the cause of gay rights through education and other peaceful means, eschewing the more aggressive tactics adopted by the gay liberation movement during the 1970s. The MSNY maintained a referral and counselling service for gays, sponsored discussion groups, canvassed candidates for public office and employers on their attitudes towards gays, and published the EASTERN MATTACHINE MAGAZINE, and the NEW YORK MATTACHINE NEWSLETTER. It lobbied for the repeal of laws discriminating against gays in housing, employment and assembly, and the suppression of police harassment and entrapment. With other civic action groups it agitated successfully for a civilian complaint review board to monitor allegations of police misconduct. Faced with the loss of support for its reformist philosophy during the 1970s and increasing financial difficulties the MSNY was disbanded in 1987.
- Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the International Gay Information Center Archives.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Barker, Elver.
Burdick, Robert.
Dewees, Curtis.
Hodges, Julian.
Kotis, Michael.
Leitsch, Dick.
- Found In:
c1bc International Gay Information Center Collection (CStRLIN)NYPW90-A26.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 1911