Research Catalog

Title

Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history papers and photographs, 1855-2009 (bulk 1963-2007).

Author

Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007.

Supplementary Content

Collection guide

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kameny, Frank, 1925-2011.
• Tobin, Kay.

Description

79.16 linear feet (170 boxes, 7 oversized folders); 305 audio files, 4 dvds

Summary

• Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) and Kay Tobin Lahusen (1930-) were gay civil rights pioneers and partners for nearly forty-six years. The collection contains their personal and professional papers, photographs by Lahusen created in the course of forty-five years of gay rights activism, and the extensive collection of materials they gathered and preserved to document the movement.
• The collection also includes Gittings' extensive correspondence with fellow activists, most notably Frank Kameny, records of her editorial work on The Ladder, interviews conducted for Lahusen's book, The Gay Crusaders, and organizational files from their work in such organizations as the Daughters of Bilitis and several other early homophile groups; the Gay Task Force of the American Library Association; the Gay Activists Alliance; and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

Subjects

• Gay activists
• Gay Activists Alliance
• Sound recordings
• Artifacts (object genre)
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.)
• Photographs
• Homosexuality > United States > History > 20th century
• Gay liberation movement > United States
• Gay rights > United States
• Gay activists > United States
• American Library Association > Gay Task Force
• Video recordings
• Daughters of Bilitis
• Lesbians > United States

Genre/Form

• Artifacts (object genre)
• Photographs.
• Sound recordings.
• Video recordings.

Access (note)

• Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Sound and video recordings are unavailable pending preservation transfer. Photographs reproduced in the Digital Gallery must be used in lieu of the originals. No names may be published unless individuals are publicly known to be gay or lesbian, their permission has been obtained, or they are deceased.

Terms of Use (note)

• Copyright transferred to the New York Public Library upon donation.

Call Number

MssCol 6397

OCLC

743084024

Author

Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007.

Title

Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history papers and photographs, 1855-2009 (bulk 1963-2007).

Restricted Access

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Sound and video recordings are unavailable pending preservation transfer. Photographs reproduced in the Digital Gallery must be used in lieu of the originals. No names may be published unless individuals are publicly known to be gay or lesbian, their permission has been obtained, or they are deceased.

Additional Formats

Photographs from Series VI.A. Professional and activist photography have been digitized and are available online.

Terms Of Use

Copyright transferred to the New York Public Library upon donation.

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Collection guide

Occupation

Gay activists.

Added Author

Kameny, Frank, 1925-2011.

Tobin, Kay.

Lahusen, Kay Tobin.

Research Call Number

MssCol 6397