Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history papers and photographs 1855-2009 1963-2007

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Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history papers and photographs 1855-2009 1963-2007

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6397

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 forty-five years of gay rights activism, as well as an 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 ; interviews conducted for Lahusen's book, ; 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. The Ladder The Gay Crusaders

79.16 linear feet; 170 boxes; 103 sound recordings

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6314063

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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