Nicholas Heer papers, 1961-1985.

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Nicholas Heer papers, 1961-1985.

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Collection comprises printed materials from various organizations involved in pursuing civil rights for gay men. The bulk of the material dates from the 1960s, and there is limited information for each group or topic. Organizations represented include One, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.); Society for Individual Rights (San Francisco, Calif.); Student Homophile League (Columbia University); Tangents (Hollywood, Calif.); Association for Social Knowledge (Vancouver, B.C.); Gay Liberation Front (Seattle, Wash.); and Janus Society of America (Philadelphia, Penna.), among others. There is also information from national conventions for those organizations, and regarding topics such as religion and homosexuality, legal reform, and medical studies. Includes a few pamphlets, clippings, guides, and periodicals.

310 items (.8 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6822454

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Janus Society of America

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Administrative History In 1961, a group of Philadelphia-based gay and lesbian activists began meeting on a regular basis with the intention of forming a local chapter of the national homophile organization, the Mattachine Society. After not receiving official recognition as a Mattachine Society chapter, the group renamed itself the Janus Society of Delaware Valley. Founded in 1962, the Janus Society was an influential, Philadelphia-based homo...

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...

Gay Liberation Front (Seattle, Wash.)

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Student Homophile League of Columbia University.

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Association for Social Knowledge

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Heer, Nicholas

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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...