Israel David Fishman papers 1967-2002 1970-1979

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Israel David Fishman papers 1967-2002 1970-1979

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1012

Israel David Fishman (1938-) is best known for founding the Task Force on Gay Liberation (TFGL), a section of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Libraries Association. His papers document the early years of TFGL, Fishman's collaboration with other activists, and the issues surrounding being an openly gay professional in the late-1960s and early-1970s.

5.46 linear feet; 14 boxes

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311082

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Fishman, Israel David, 1938-

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Israel David Fishman was born on February 21, 1938 in Westerly, Rhode Island. His given name was Israel Fishman. His parents, Minnie C. and Benjamin Fishman, were Orthodox Jews. His father was an ordained rabbi, although he never held a pulpit position or earned a living as a clergyman. In September 1946, Israel Fishman was sent to Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In letters, he described his childhood as one of much turmoil and loneliness. At the age of ...

Cooper, Janet, 1942-

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Cornell University. Class of 1940. From the description of Cornell Dramatic Club production items, 1937. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64049217 ...

Sullivan, Robert Austin

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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.)

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Founded in 1973 as the National Gay Task Force, NGLTF is the nation's oldest lesbian and gay civil rights lobby. In 1993, it served 26,000 members. Affiliated components of the Task Force include the Gay Media Task Force, founded to lobby the major television networks to improve their coverage of lesbian and gay issues; the Privacy Project; the Military Freedom Project; the Anti-Violence Project; the Creating Change conference (started in 1988); the Lesbian and Gay Families Project; and the Nati...

Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007

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Weaver, Barry L

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Saxe, Susan

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