LGBTQIA Ephemera Collection

Title: LGBTQIA Ephemera Collection

Dates: 1907, 1959-2009

Collection Number: GLC SUB

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 5 cubic feet (5 cartons)

Repository: San Francisco Public Library. James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center

Abstract: The collection contains published and some unpublished materials about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual people and their interests.

Language of Material: English

Collection is open for research.

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

[Identification of item]. LGBTQIA Ephemera Collection. Collection Number: GLC SUB. San Francisco Public Library. James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center

Materials collected by library staff.

The collection contains published and some unpublished materials about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual people and their interests. There are folders on different organizations and businesses, health, political activism, performing arts, education, recreational activities, etc. The earliest item is a newspaper clipping on cross-dressing from 1907. Other early materials include newspaper articles on bar raids in 1959; Council on Religion and the Homosexual materials from the 1960s, as well as mental health articles that concern homosexuality, and materials on the Tavern Guild in Los Angeles. The largest group of materials is under Parades and includes the programs and flyers for San Francisco LGBTQIA pride celebrations. Additional pride guides can be found in the San Francisco History Center's Ephemera Collection. Of interest are a number of theater productions with all-male or all-female casts.