Dorothy C. Putnam and Lois Mercerpapers 1914-1988

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Dorothy C. Putnam and Lois Mercerpapers 1914-1988

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Photographs, correspondence, typescripts,newspaper clippings, a trophy and scrapbooks relating to Dorothy C. Putnam(1895-1991) and her partner of 50 years, Lois Mercer (1894-1989), bookkeeperfor ONE, Inc. The majority of the materials document Putnam's life and familyfrom her adolescence as a horseback mail carrier in Oregon; her activities asthe first licensed female chauffeur in California; her wins in economy-rundriving races in the 1920s; and her service in the Women's Ambulance andTransport Corps of California (W.A.T.C.C.) and U.S. Air Force during World WarII. Materials also document Lois Mercer's service in the U.S. Air Force duringWorld War II; her contribution to ONE, Inc., from 1953; Putnam and Mercer'scommunity activism; and their 50 years of life together in Los Angeles.

1 archive carton + 1 archive box+ 1 flat archive carton + 1 trophy.; 2.5 linear feet.

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Mercer, Lois, 1894-1989

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Biography Dorothy "Dot" Crocker Putnam was born in Massachusetts on October 15, 1895, the daughter of Frank Wright Putnam and Elle Crocker Putnam. She is a descendant of American Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam, and claimed to be a cousin of Amelia Earhart (although the relationship may have been to Earhart's husband, George Putnam). As a young woman, Putnam was a horseback mail carrier in Oregon. She later moved to Los Angeles, wher...

Women's Ambulance and Transport Corps of California, Inc.

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Putnam, Dorothy C., 1895-1991

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Biography Dorothy "Dot" Crocker Putnam was born in Massachusetts on October 15, 1895, the daughter of Frank Wright Putnam and Elle Crocker Putnam. She is a descendant of American Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam, and claimed to be a cousin of Amelia Earhart (although the relationship may have been to Earhart's husband, George Putnam). As a young woman, Putnam was a horseback mail carrier in Oregon. She later moved to Los Angeles, wher...

ONE Institute of Homophile Studies

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In 1942, Jim Kepner began the first Gay and Lesbian archives in Los Angeles, and it was incorporated as the International Gay and Lesbian Archives in 1979. Kepner was also responsible for establishing another Gay and Lesbian library/archives, the ONE Institute. In 1994, the International Gay and Lesbian Archives and the ONE Institute merged to become the institution it is today. Duing the 1980s, the independent ONE Institute was in financial straights and was eventually relocated to the Universi...

One, Inc.

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ONE Inc. was founded in the last months of 1952, employed W. Dorr Legg as business manager in June 1953, and was officially incorporated by October 1953. The articles of incorporation declared that ONE Inc.'s primary goal was "to publish and disseminate a magazine dealing primarily with homosexuality from a scientific, historical and critical point of view, and to aid in the social integration and rehabilitation of the sexual variant." The publication of ONE Magazine, first release...