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Hidden Histories: Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ Collections Main Menu Hidden Histories: Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ Collections Welcome to Hidden Histories! Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ Collections! What is Hidden Histories? A partnership between ONE Archives at USC and L.A. as Subject, Hidden Histories' goal is to create a centralized resource of LGBTQ+ archival material for researchers and community members. Participating Institutions L.A. as Subject member institutions from across Southern California have joined with ONE and LAAS to collaborate on this project. Topical Guide Collections from participating institutions organized based on the subject or topic of the materials.

California Historical Society

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The California Historical Society inspires and empowers people to make California's past a part of their contemporary lives.

LGBTQ+ topics and themes represented in the collections held by the California Historical Society include LGBTQ+ activism and Politics.

Featured Collections

ACLU of Northern California News, 1936-2020*

Newsletter of the ACLU of Northern California.

Altman (Joe) photographs of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parades, 1979-1985*

Collection contains 77 black and white, gelatin silver print photographs of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade (1979-1980) and the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day Parade (1981-1985) taken by Joe Altman between 1979 and 1985.

Gay & lesbian rights movement ephemera collection, 1965-1980*

Collection of flyers, brochures, announcements and newsletters from lesbian and gay rights activist groups working in Northern California in the 1970s.

***Open forum*, newsletter of the ACLU of Southern California, 1924-2004***

Newsletter of the ACLU of Southern California.

*online materials available

Contact the California Historical Society

For more information about the California Historical Society's LGTBQ+ collections and holdings, including citation and copyright information, please contact info@calhist.org.

✉ Email: info@calhist.org
☎ Call: 415-357-1848

The California Historical Society is an L.A. as Subject member. For more information about L.A. as Subject, visit their website here.

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Gay men Beth McDonald
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Drag Beth McDonald
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1. California Historical Society
2. Gerth Archives & Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)
3. The Claremont Colleges Special Collections & Archives
4. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Art & Sciences
5. The Outwords Archive (OUTWORDS)
6. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Library Special Collections Punk Archive
7. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library
8. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
9. Greta Garbo impersonator, undated
10. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
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LGBTQ+ activism Beth McDonald
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Politics Beth McDonald
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1. California Historical Society
2. Gerth Archives & Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)
3. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, & Botanical Gardens
4. Center for the Study of Political Graphics
5. The Claremont Colleges Special Collections & Archives
6. Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) Media Archive
7. Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral & Public History, California State University, Fullerton (CSUF)
8. Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
9. Santa Monica Public Library
10. Santa Monica History Museum
11. The Outwords Archive (OUTWORDS)
12. Historical Society of Long Beach
13. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library
14. University of California, Irvine (UCI) Special Collections & Archives
15. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
16. Letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network to Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995 A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995, Box 239, Folder 9, Gloria Molina Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California Additional description: Molina, who famously favored the color purple, wrote “What is Lavender?” on the letter. Alma Martínez, her chief of staff, attached a note, responding, “I believe it’s a gay/lesbian solidarity color. Learn something new every day.”
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