Betty Berzon Papers Bulk, 1965-2005 1928-2006

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Betty Berzon Papers Bulk, 1965-2005 1928-2006

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Manuscripts, correspondence, organizational records, research materials, photograph albums, audiovisual items, clothing, trophies and other materials from lesbian activist, writer and psychotherapist, Betty Berzon (1928-2006). Included in this collection are manuscripts and resource materials for Berzon's published and unpublished books; records from gay and lesbian organizations in which she was involved; paper and audiovisual material for her therapy practice, workshops, and training programs; correspondence files; subject files; extensive photo albums and memorabilia documenting Berzon's personal life; and personal papers, including those related to Berzon's relationship with long-time partner, Teresa DeCrescenzo, and Berzon's years-long battle with cancer.

66.9 linear feet.; 40 records boxes + 15 photo binder boxes + 4 archive cartons + 7 flat archive boxes + 1 suitcase + 1 oversize trophy + 1 mapcase drawer.

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Berzon, Betty

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Author and gay/lesbian leader in Los Angeles. From the guide to the Betty Berzon papers, 1972-1979., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) Biography Betty Louise Berzon was born to a middle-class Jewish family on January 18, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. The family moved to Tuscon, Arizona when Berzon was young, and upon graduating high school she attended Stanford University, majoring ...

L. A. Gay & Lesbian Center

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Administrative History In Spring 1971, a group of activists from the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) held a series of meetings at the home of GLF activist John Platania, to create an organization to provide social services for members of the gay and lesbian community, many of whom were marginalized and on the street, in the Hollywood/Silverlake area of the city of Los Angeles and in the adjoining unincor...

Western Behavioral Sciences Institute

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Western Behavioral Sciences Institute (WBSI) was founded in 1958 in La Jolla, California by Richard Farson, Wayman Crow and Paul Lloyd as an independent, nonprofit organization devoted to research, education and advanced study in human affairs. Its early work included group encounter sessions involving psychologists such as Carl Rogers. From 1981-1991, WBSI's School of Management and Strategic Studies (SMSS; later the International Executive Forum, IEF and the International Leadership Forum, ILF...

Gay Academic Union

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Historical Note The Gay Academic Union (GAU) was founded in New York, New York, in 1973, "to promote and disseminate research on homosexuality and gay people." The GAU consisted of a national network of college and university chapters, of which there appear to have been twelve by 1979. In 1978 the GAU's Board of Directors, as well as its annual conference, moved from New York to Los Angeles. From the guide to the Gay Academic Unio...

Decrescenzo, Teresa

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