B. J. Metzger papers. 1965-1998.

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B. J. Metzger papers. 1965-1998.

Correspondence, academic papers and course materials,photographs, minutes of meetings, journals, poetry, materials relating toGLBT and feminist organizations, and other papersof a community organizer, democratic political activist, theological student, andGLBT activist who also held positions on commissions and task forces in St. Paulcity government.

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