Ted Rauch collection, 1970-1975, 1970-1972 (bulk).

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Ted Rauch collection, 1970-1975, 1970-1972 (bulk).

Box 1 of the collection, 11 inches of gay newsletters, reflects the activities of the early post-Stonewall gay movement in the United States. It also is an indication of the movement outside of the U.S. Box 2 contains the first draft of Jonathan Ned Katz's "Gay American History," materials from the Gay Academic Union, letters, memos, and minutes of the National Gay Archives and Library Committee from 1975, and miscellaneous Gay Activists Alliance and other gay-related documents from 1971 to 1976.

15 inches.

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Rauch, Ted

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Between 1971 and 1974, Ted Rauch was a member of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Newsletter Committee and took charge of the newsletters which GAA received from other gay organizations. From 1973 to 1975, Mr. Rauch worked at the New York Gay Switchboard. From 1974 to 1976, he was also involved with the Gay Academic Union and the New York City-based National Gay Archives and Library Committee, which was attempting to set up a national gay archive. At the time, Mr. Rauch was also the close friend...

Gay Switchboard.

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Katz, Jonathan, 1938-

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Jonathan Ned Katz (1938- ), author, playwright, historian, teacher, gay rights advocate, and textile designer, is a leading authority on homosexuality and gay and lesbian history. During the 1960s Katz worked in New York City as a free-lance textile designer. His writing career began in the late 1960s with the production of his plays about fugitive slaves and the publication of studies in black history. He became a founding member of the Gay Academic Union; wrote books, ...

Gay Activists Alliance (New York, N.Y.)

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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...