John M. Eccles papers, 1946-1977.

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John M. Eccles papers, 1946-1977.

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Ephemera (including pamphlets, newsletters and magazines), annotated books, correspondence, writings, notes, speeches and research materials about homosexuality, 3-3/4 ips reel-to-reel audiotaped lectures, photographs and other graphic materials, 1946-1977 (bulk 1958-1968). Included are letters from his father, George Eccles, and materials associated with Hollywood Assistance League, National League for Social Understanding, Janus Society of America, ONE Institute of Homophile Studies, Society for Individual Rights, and Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile.

4.33 cubic ft. (7 boxes)

University of Washington. Libraries

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Society for Individual Rights (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Eccles, George S.

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Eccles, John M.

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John Eccles was a gay man whose missionary parents lived in Buckley, Washington. He tried unsuccessfully to establish a chapter of the Mattachine Society in Washington State in 1959-60. Eccles subsequently moved to Los Angeles. He was active in the Los Angeles Mattachine Society in the 1960s but resigned as Vice President in 1963 following a dispute. From the guide to the John M. Eccles Papers, 1946-1977, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) ...

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...

Hollywood Assistance League.

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Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile

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Administrative History The Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile (SCCRH) traces its origins to a June 1, 1965, meeting of 20 individuals in the Westchester YMCA called by the Council on Religion and the Homosexual, of San Francisco, which had been founded in 1964. The purposes of SCCRH were "to open the avenues of communication and understanding between churchmen and homophiles; to investigate and implement ways for meetin...

National League for Social Understanding (U.S.)

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Los Angeles Mattachine Society.

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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...