Barbara Gittings papers 1967-2006

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Barbara Gittings papers 1967-2006

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/scrbt225.xml

Collection contains the selected papers of librarian and lesbian activist Barbara Gittings.

2 boxes (0.6 cubic feet)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies

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SNAC Resource ID: 6618419

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Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007

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Barbara Gittings (1932–2007), prominent American GLBT activist, founded the New York chapter of Daughters of Bilitis, and was the first editor of DOB's The Ladder . Gittings was instrumental in forming the first gay caucus in the American Library Association (ALA). To honor her contributions, both the ALA and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) created annual awards bearing her name. From the guide to the Barbara Gittings papers, 1967-2006, (University of Minnesot...