International Gay Information Center collection, 1951-1994.

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International Gay Information Center collection, 1951-1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122570988

The collection documents the gay liberation movement in New York City and America from the 1950s to the 1980s. Audiovisual materials include recorded interviews with gay leaders such as Hal (Harold) Call, Curtis Dewees, Franklin Kameny, James Kepner, Morris Kight, Henry (Harry) Hay, Dorr Legg, and Donald Lucas, which chronicle the history of early gay and lesbian organizations such as the Mattachine Society, One, Inc., the Daughters of Bilitis, the Society for Individual Rights, and the Gay Liberation Front. There are also sound recordings of a number of radio and television programs on gay-related issues, most of which were broadcast on Pacifica Radio stations in the early 1980s. These record news and issues of concern to the gay community, such as bias crimes, homophobia, and the spread of AIDS. In addition, the collection includes recordings of lectures, conferences, public forums, and other meetings organized by gay and lesbian groups, some of which include performances by gay entertainers. Most of these gatherings took place in the New York City area in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Audiovisual materials also include television programs (and outtakes) produced in the early 1970s for broadcast on Open Channel, a public access cable channel in New York City. In addition, there are two erotic films, and a documentary entitled, "A Gay View/Male," which was released in 1974.

285 sound recordings, 35 moving images.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6769450

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Jay, Karla, 1947-

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Karla Jay (born February 22, 1947) is a distinguished professor emerita at Pace University, where she taught English and directed the women's and gender studies program between 1974 and 2009. A pioneer in the field of lesbian and gay studies, she is widely published. Jay was born Karla Jayne Berlin in Brooklyn, New York, to Rhoda and Abraham Berlin, who worked for a dunnage company on the Red Hook (Brooklyn) docks. Raised in a non-observant, largely secular Jewish home, she attended the Berke...

Kepner, James L.

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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...

Staggs, Sam

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Magazine editor. Editor-in-chief (1982-1984) of Modernismo Publications, Ltd. publishers of MANDATE, HONCHO, and PLAYGUY, popular men's magazines. From the description of Sam Staggs papers, 1974-1984. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79808765 ...

Hay, Harry

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Activist. From the description of Reminiscences of Harry Hay : oral history, 1983. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741009 ...

Call, Hal, -2000

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Eves, Bruce.

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Porczak, Walter.

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Engineer and playwright born in Brooklyn, New York. His first professional play, "The Soft-Core Kid", was written in collaboration with Frank Hogan. It was produced (1976) at the Glines, a center for the encouragement of gay arts and culture in New York City. From the description of Walter Porczak papers, 1969-1985. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 82470417 ...

Dewees, Curtis.

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Young, Allen, 1941-

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The International Gay Information Center, Inc. (IGIC) was founded in New York City in 1982 for the purpose of collecting and preserving historical records and papers which document the movement for gay rights in America. Since its founding the IGIC has collected the records of organizations and the papers of individuals who have been active in the gay rights movement.It has also collected and preserved an extensive file of gay periodicals and imprints; audio-visual materials; and a large mass of...

Clement, Robert, 1932-

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Kameny, Frank, 1925-2011

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Frank Kameny (b. May 21, 1925, New York, N.Y.-d. October 11, 2011, Washington, D.C.) was an American gay rights activist. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II with combat duty in Germany and recieved a Ph.D in astronomy from Harvard University in 1956. In 1957 he was dismissed from the U.S. Army Map Service on charges of homosexual activity and appealed the dismissal through government review boards and the federal courts, all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court which declined his ap...

Kight, Morris, 1919-2003

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Born in Texas, Kight was an early advocate of integration; involved with Southern Christian Leadership Conference; graduated, US Career Service Training School, 1942; arrived in LA, 1957, beginning career as "underground gay liberationist"; in 1967 member of Dow Action Committee, opposing defoliants; spokesperson in the Gay Liberation Front of Los Angeles; helped found Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade Committee; co-founder Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center; member of California State Democra...

Jackson, Donald Wilson, 1938-....

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Gay rights activist and journalist. From the description of Don Jackson papers, 1969-1970. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 81891857 ...

Gay Activists Alliance

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Writer, gay rights activist, and professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Officer of the Gay Activists Alliance (1970), Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (1976) and cofounder of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (1985), Kantrowitz is the author of the memoir Under the Rainbow: Growing Up Gay (1977) and many essays in the gay press. From the guide to the Arnie Kantrowitz papers, 1958-1995, (The New York Public Library. ...

Ballard, Lockett Ford.

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Society for Individual Rights

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Historical Note Founded in San Francisco in 1964, the Society for Individual Rights (SIR)'s goals included public affirmation of gay and lesbian identity, elimination of victimless crime laws, providing a range of social services (including legal aid) to "gays in difficulties," and promoting a sense of a gay and lesbian community. In particular, SIR's "leaders were more assertive and confident [as compared to older homophile organizations] in...

Pacifica Radio

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Legg, Dorr.

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International Gay Information Center

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The International Gay Information Center, Inc. (IGIC) was founded in New York City in 1982 for the purpose of collecting and preserving historical records and papers which document the movement for gay rights in America. Since its founding the IGIC has collected the records of organizations and the papers of individuals who have been active in the gay rights movement.It has also collected and preserved an extensive file of gay periodicals and imprints; audio-visual materials; and a large mass of...

Gay Switchboard of New York.

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Daughters of Bilitis

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The Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) were formed in 1955 in San Francisco by a group of women who wished to offer Lesbians an alternative social experience than the traditional Gay bar. The group also realized there was a need for education in both the general and Lesbian community about Gay rights and social inequality. In 1958, a chapter was established in New York City, followed by other chapters across the country. The goal of DOB was to help Lesbians accept themselves and lead a productive life. ...

Mattachine Society of New York

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The Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York was founded in New York City in 1955 for the purpose of educating the public in all aspects of homosexuality, for assisting individual gays in coping with problems related to their homosexuality, and for obtaining full civil and social rights for homosexuals. The MSNY was one of several offshoots of the Mattachine Society founded in Los Angeles in 1951. During the 1960s, its most active period, it was a leader in the struggle to p...

Hammond, John

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Bell, Arthur.

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Christopher Street That New Magazine.

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Brass, Perry

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Perry Brass, author and playwright, was born (Sept. 15, 1947) in Savannah, Georgia. He attended high school there and afterwards studied fine arts (for one year) at the University of Georgia. From 1965 to 1968 he was employed in the advertising field in New York City. During the early 1970's while a student at New York University he became active in the struggle for gay rights. He wrote numerous articles for the gay press. Some of his poems were also published in Come Out!: Selections from the R...

Gay Alliance of Brooklyn.

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The International Gay Information Center, Inc. (IGIC) was founded in New York City in 1982 for the purpose of collecting and preserving historical records and papers which document the movement for gay rights in America. Since its founding the IGIC has collected the records of organizations and the papers of individuals who have been active in the gay rights movement.It has also collected and preserved an extensive file of gay periodicals and imprints; audio-visual materials; and a large mass of...

Blackwell, Billy Wilder.

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Theatrical director. From the description of Papers, 1969-1974. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364005 ...