Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College
LGBTQ+ topics and themes represented in the collections held by the Denison Library include Lesbians and Transgender people.
Featured Materials
Greene (Joss) papers, 2009-2011
As a transgender man attending Scripps College in the early 2010s, Joss Greene's papers record a LGBTQIA+ history of Scripps and the Claremont Colleges, centered on campus activism and education. The collection highlights a greater political movement for queer and trans liberation, with material related to the protest against CA Prop 8, a petition to include a Queer Studies major at Scripps College, and art advocating for gender-neutral bathrooms on campus.Scripps Senior Theses, 2002-present*
Collection of undergraduate senior theses by Scripps College students. Some theses of note include:- Abelove, "Coming Out of the Margins: LGBTI Activists in Costa Rica and Nicaragua," 2015
- Gothard, "Trans Joy: A Transgender Perspective on Positive Psychology," 2023.
- Zackery, "The Genre Formerly Known As Punk: A Queer Person of Color's Perspective on the Scene," 2014.
Scripps Underground: Exploring the Queer Histories of Scripps College*
This project by Melville Gilcrest (Scripps College alum, c/o 2019) brings together the voices of past and present generations of LGBTQ+ Scripps students using archival materials, interviews, and surveys.The Voice, circa 1990s-present
Collection of Scripps College newspaper, The Voice.*online materials available
Contact the Denison Library
For more information about the Denison Library's LGTBQ+ collections and holdings, including citation and copyright information, please contact Jennifer Martinez Wormser.✉ Email: dension@scrippscollege.edu
☎ Call: 909-607-3941
The Denison Library is an L.A. as Subject member. For more information about L.A. as Subject, visit their website here.