Columbia LGBT records, 1961-1990, bulk 1967-1989

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Series VII: Subject Files, 1961-1989

Organized into two subseries, this series contains collected fliers, correspondence and informational materials on topics of interest to the gay community.


Subseries VII.1: General, 1964-1989

This subseries consists of collected fliers, correspondence, and informational material pertaining mostly to organizations and services which address the social, psychological medical needs of local and national gay communities. The subseries also contain files for Columbia-specific topics, such as the library, as well as Gay People at Columbia (GPC) and Columbia Gay and Lesbian Alliance (CGLA) communications with other publications. Maintaining the original organization of the files, the subseries is arranged alphabetically according to the organization's name or topic. Many of the folders are dedicated to gay student organizations within the United States as well as internationally.



Box 6 Advocate, 1985 January 25, 1985


Box 6 Alcoholism, 1980-1988


Box 6 Alpine County (California), 1971


Box 6 American Lutheran Church, undated


Box 6 Association of Gay Psychologists, 1975


Box 6 Bills, Paid, Various, 1970-1972


Box 6 Bisexuality, 1973-1974


Box 6 Association of Lesbian and Gay Social Workers, 1982


Box 6 Books, 1968-1970


Box 6 Boys in the Band, 1974 October 8, 1974


Box 6 Butler Library (C.U.), 1970-1971


Box 6 Center Coordinating Council, 1973-1974


Box 6 Chicago Resource Center, 1984-1988


Box 6 Christian Anti-Homosexuality Trash, 1983-1984


Box 6 Christopher Street Financial, undated


Box 6 Christopher Street Magazine, 1982 March16, 1982


Box 6 Community Services Center, undated


Box 6 Compass -- Chelsea Coordinating Committee on Drug Addiction, Inc., 1975 November 26, 1975


Box 6 Conferences, 1972


Box 6 Council on Religion and the Homosexual, 1966-1967


Box 6 Counseling, undated


Box 6 CUNY-Richmond College, 1973 December, 1973


Box 6 Drag Affairs, undated


Box 6 Film, 1974


Box 6 G & C Merriam Company, 1965-1971


Box 6 Gay Academic Union, 1975


Box 6 Gay Community Services -- Los Angeles, 1973


Box 6 Gay and Lesbian Student Union, undated


Box 6 Gay Media Coalition, undated


Box 6 Gay Men's Health Care Center, 1974 October 16, 1974


Box 6 Gay People of Brooklyn College, 1973 December, 1973


Box 6 Gay People's Alliance, 1972


Box 6 Gay Resource Center (Olumpia, Washington), undated


Box 6 "Gay Scene,", 1974


Box 6 Gay Scene (NYC), 1971


Box 6 Gay Student Conference, 1986


Box 6 Gay Students Council (GSC), 1973


Box 6 Gay Students' Guide to the Colleges, 1987 March1, 1987


Box 6 Gay Studies, 1974


Box 6 Gay Switchboard (S.F.), 1971 August 12, 1971


Box 6 Gay Switchboard (N.Y.), 1973


Box 6 Gay Teachers' Organization, undated


Box 6 Gay Travel Resorts, 1982-1983


Box 6 Gay Synagogue = Gay Jewish Activities, 1971-1983


Box 6 GPU (University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee), 1971-1972


Box 6 Gyspy Feet (travel service), 1973


Box 6 Halifax, 1972


Box 6 Health, undated


Box 6 High School Project, undated



Box 7 Homofiel Studenten Dispuut (Netherlands), 1968


Box 7 Homosexual Community Counseling Service, 1977


Box 7 Homosexual Community Counseling Center, 1972-1974


Box 7 Homosexual Information Center, 1974-1975


Box 7 Homosexuality, 1966-1974


Box 7 Homosexuality as a Problem, 1964-1970


Box 7 Homosexuals Intransigent, 1973-1974


Box 7 Hunter Fine Arts Society, 1974 October 8, 1974


Box 7 IBM Selectric, 1975 May 21, 1975


Box 7 Identity House, undated


Box 7 In Magazine, 1969


Box 7 Institute of Human Freedom Dobbs Ferry, 1973


Box 7 Institute for Human Identity, 1973-1975


Box 7 Janus Film Society, 1973


Box 7 Joint Committee for Student Life, 1972-1973


Box 7 Katosi's Sarcoma Project -- Michael Lange and Hardy Kornfield,, 1981


Box 7 Kean College (NJ) Gay Coalition, 1973


Box 7 Knoxville Lesbian Collective, 1973


Box 7 Kt. Vermeulen, undated


Box 7 The Lavender People, Venice California, 1971-1972


Box 7 Lesbian Resource Center -- Minneapolis, 1973 January 3, 1973


Box 7 Liberation House Gay Collective (NYC), 1971


Box 7 Library, 1970-1974


Box 7 Louisiana State University, 1984-1985


Box 7 Low Library, 1971-1973


Box 7 Low Life, 1984


Box 7 Mandrake Society (St. Louis), 1972 May 29, 1972


Box 7 Manford, Morty, 1972


Box 7 Marriages -- Gay, 1970


Box 7 Mattachine Midwest, undated


Box 7 MCC (SF), 1971 August 13, 1971


Box 7 Memphis Tennessee, 1970 November, 1970


Box 7 Metropolitan Gay Community Council, 1972


Box 7 Midwest Services Center, 1971


Box 7 Minnesota Gay Community, 1975 May, 1975


Box 7 National Gay Student Center, 1971-1974


Box 7 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 1977 October 10, 1977


Box 7 NELGSU, 1987-1989


Box 7 New Mexico University, 1970 December, 1970


Box 7 New York City Gay Men's Chorus, 1982 July 18, 1982


Box 7 New York University, 1979-1984


Box 7 New York Times, 1971-1975


Box 7 NY Times, 1971


Box 7 NY Post, 1971-1977


Box 7 Ninth Street Center, undated


Box 7 NYC Gay Events, undated


Box 7 Oberlin College, 1972 October, 1972


Box 7 Office of the Student Advocate, undated


Box 7 OGRC, 1977


Box 7 ONE Institute of Homophile Studies, 1968-1972


Box 7 Oscar Wilde Bookshop, 1974


Box 7 Out (Magazine), 1974


Box 7 Paolella, Edward, 1983


Box 7 Parents of Gays, 1975-1983


Box 7 Parents of Gays, 1973-1977


Box 7 Patchwork Majority, 1975


Box 7 Poetry -- Paollela, Ed., 1983


Box 7 Poetry at the Riverside Church/Washington Square Church, 1982


Box 7 PMLA, 1978 May, 1978


Box 7 Population Control, undated


Box 7 Poster -- Advertisement, 1972


Box 7 Religion, 1967-1977


Box 7 Religion and GPCB, 1973


Box 7 Religious Institutions, undated


Box 7 Renaissance House, 1973-1974


Box 7 Residence Halls, 1973-1982


Box 7 Santa Barbara (UC) Library, 1970


Box 7 Rutgers -- Newark, undated


Box 7 Senior Action in a Gay Environment, 1982 December, 1982


Box 7 Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile, 1968 March1, 1968


Box 7 Spanish Speaking Gays, 1974


Box 7 Stein and Day, undated


Box 7 Stonewall, 1971-1973


Box 7 Stonewall, 1982-1983


Box 7 SUNY -- Stonebrook, 1982 November, 1982


Box 7 Theatre, 1968-1974


Box 7 TOSOS, 1974


Box 7 Trans-sexuals, 1969-1973


Box 7 Tyler, Robin, undated


Box 7 Union Theological Seminary, 1972 January 10, 1972


Box 7 University of Connecticut, undated


Box 7 University of Florida -- Gainesville, 1974


Box 7 University of Michigan, 1973 February, 1973


Box 7 Vanguard Magazine, undated


Box 7 Vector, 1974


Box 7 Vice Chairperson and Earl Hall Representative, 1973-1974


Box 7 Village Voice, 1971-1974


Box 7 WBAI, 1972-1974


Box 7 WCBS -- FM, 1971-1972


Box 7 West Side Discussiong Group, 1967-1974


Box 7 York University Homophile Association, 1970-1971


Subseries VII.2: Politics and Activism, 1961-1989

This subseries consists of collected fliers, memos, correspondence, and news clippings pertaining to activism on behalf of gay rights and political recognition. Maintaining the original organization of the files, the subseries is arranged alphabetically according to topic or organization. The collected material focuses on the AIDS crisis, New York City Pride (especially the activities of the Christopher Street Liberation Committee in the 1970s), the Gay Liberation movement, legal reform (especially discrimination laws and sodomy laws), local New York City politics, and the Vietnam War (especially draft deferments and anti-war protests). Some of the fliers and memos indicate Gay People at Columbia-Barnard (GPCB) and Columbia Gay and Lesbian Alliance (CGLA) involvement in political advocacy.


Box 7 Academic Freedom, 1965-1983


Box 7 AIDS Literature, 1985-1989


Box 7 Anti-war Marches, undated


Box 7 Armed Services, 1967-1974


Box 7 Austin Gay Liberation, 1970-1971


Box 7 Brown, Howard, 1975


Box 7 Bryant, Anita, 1977


Box 7 Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1982 March15, 1982


Box 7 Campaign, 1971-1972


Box 7 Canadian Conference -- York U, 1972


Box 7 Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee, 1973-1982


Box 7 Christopher Street Liberation Day, 1971-973


Box 7 Christopher Street Parade, 1982-1984


Box 7 Civil Rights, 1967-1974


Box 7 CLU, undated


Box 7 Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1987-1989


Box 7 Comptroller, 1986



Box 8 Discrimination, 1963-1974


Box 8 Divestment, undated


Box 8 DOB (NYC), 1970


Box 8 Draft, 1970


Box 8 Draft, 1967-1970


Box 8 Eulenspiegel Society (S/M Liberation Group), 1974 March14, 1974


Box 8 Family Protection Act, undated


Box 8 FBI, 1975


Box 8 Federal Government, 1971


Box 8 Flyers, 1982


Box 8 GAA (NYC), 1970-1975


Box 8 Gay Activists Alliance of New York, 1971-1974


Box 8 Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID), 1982


Box 8 Gay Liberation, undated


Box 8 Gay Liberation of Westchester GLOW, 1973-1974


Box 8 Gay Marches, 1971-1974


Box 8 Gay People's Alliance, 1974


Box 8 Gay Political Caucus (NYC), 1972


Box 8 Gay Rights Action Coalition, 1974


Box 8 Intro I (Gay Rights Bill), undated


Box 8 Intro 2 (Gay Rights Bill), 1974


Box 8 Intro #475 (Gay Rights Bill), 1971-1974


Box 8 Intro #554 (Gay Rights Bill), 1977


Box 8 Gay Sunshine, 1971-1973


Box 8 Help, Inc., 1972


Box 8 Homophile Action League (Philadelphia), undated


Box 8 Homophile Social Services (SF), 1971 October 19, 1971


Box 8 Homosexual Action Forum, Oakland, CA, 1971


Box 8 International Gay and Lesbian Conference, 1987-1988


Box 8 International Gay Rights Congress, 1974-1976


Box 8 Kalos Society, 1971


Box 8 Kentucky Courts -- Hartford, New Haven, 1975


Box 8 Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1982


Box 8 Law Reform, 1966-1969


Box 8 Laws, 1961-1971


Box 8 Legal Papers, undated


Box 8 Legal Papers, undated


Box 8 Lesbian Feminist Liberation, 1973-1974


Box 8 Lesbians, 1973-1977


Box 8 Mattachine Society of New York, 1967


Box 8 May or -- NYC (Koch, Edward), 1983


Box 8 May or -- NYC (Lindsay, John), 1970-1972


Box 8 Michigan Gay Liberation, 1974


Box 8 Ministry and Homosexuality, 1965-1973


Box 8 Modern Political Movements, 1971-1973


Box 8 NELGSU/GLASNYC, 1986-1987


Box 8 National Coalition of Gay Activists (NCGA), 1975-1976


Box 8 National Gay Mobilizing Committee, 1973


Box 8 National Gay Task Force, 1969-1977


Box 8 National Peace Action Coalition, undated


Box 8 NYC Department of Health, 1987


Box 8 New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), 1982 August, 1982


Box 8 New York Gay Legal Caucus, 1972


Box 8 New York State Coalition of Gay Organizations, 1972-1975


Box 8 NYSCGO, 1975-1977


Box 8 NGTF Info, 1976-1982


Box 8 Police, undated


Box 8 Political, 1973


Box 8 Politicians (Cuomo, Rotherberg, Moynhan), 1977-1988


Box 8 Political Correspondence, 1983


Box 8 Political Endorsements of GPC, 1977


Box 8 Political Letters and News, 1981


Box 8 Queens Liberation Front, 1973


Box 8 Religion -- Gay Rights Congress Statement, 1974 December 22, 1974


Box 8 S.I.R., 1968-1973


Box 8 Socialism, undated


Box 8 Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), 1981-1982


Box 8 Society for Individual Rights, 1973 May 23, 1973


Box 8 Third World Gay Revolution (NYC), 1971


Box 8 United Front of Gay Organizations (Chicago), undated


Box 8 Village Voice, 1975


Box 8 Wisconsin Non-discrimination Law, 1980-1982


Box 8 Women's Action Alliance, undated


Box 8 Women's Liberation, 1971-1973


Box 8 Young Socialist Alliance, undated