Cliff Anchor papers, 1950s-2000.

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Cliff Anchor papers, 1950s-2000.

The collection documents the life of Cliff Anchor (born Michael Erickson). These documents include speeches, correspondence, papers related to military service, materials related to Leonard Matlovich and Dr. Tom Dooley, documents related to radio station KJRB and American Legion Alexander Hamilton Post #448, clippings, photographs, VHS videos, audiotapes, and artifacts.

6 cubic ft. + 1 oversized folder

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Matlovich, Leonard, 1943-1988

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Technical Sergeant Leonard Philip Matlovich (July 6, 1943 – June 22, 1988) was an American Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He was the first gay service member to purposely out himself to the military to fight their ban on gays, and perhaps the best-known openly gay man in the United States of America in the 1970s next to Harvey Milk. His fight to stay in the United States Air Force after coming out of the closet became a caus...

KJRB (Radio station : Spokane, Wash.)

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Anchor, Cliff.

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Cliff Anchor was a gay rights activist, military man and radio broadcaster. He was romantically involved with Dr. Tom Dooley and, later, with Leonard Matlovich. From the description of Cliff Anchor papers, 1950s-2000. (San Francisco Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173662122 ...

Booth, Robert E. (Robert Edmond), 1917-

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Dooley, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1927-1961

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Thomas Anthony Dooley III (January 17, 1927 – January 18, 1961) was an American physician who worked in Southeast Asia at the outset of American involvement in the Vietnam War. While serving as a physician in the United States Navy and afterwards, he became known for his humanitarian and anti-communist political activities up until his early death from cancer. After his death, the public learned that he had been recruited as an intelligence operative by the Central Intelligence Agency, and numer...

American Legion. Alexander Hamilton Post No. 448 (San Francisco, Calif.)

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