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• 1 media/CSL_logo_star002 JPG - Sue Tyson.jpg 2023-11-06T10:11:07-08:00 California History Section, California State Library 59 plain 2024-04-05T10:52:26-07:00 The California History Section at the California State Library holds a premier collection of documents from and about California’s rich history. 
  
  Some of the LGBTQ+ topics and themes represented in the collections held by the California History Section include Bisexual people, Gay men, Lesbians, Gender nonconforming people, LGTBQ+ activism, Politics, and LGBTQ+ discrimination. 
  

  Featured Collections

  Some of the materials featured in Hidden Histories come from the California History Section’s periodical and book collections, vertical and textual files, and map collection. Items also come from the following:

  Kilgore (Ray N.) collection, approximately 1966-1981

  The Ray N. Kilgore Collection of ephemera and periodicals spans the period from approximately 1960-1981 (bulk 1970 to 1979) and provides a fascinating overview of the gay scene at that time, primarily in San Francisco but also, to a far lesser extent, in Southern California, chiefly Los Angeles. The majority of collection materials feature white gay men. A lot of the collection consists of comprehensive runs of periodicals, but the collection also includes ephemera such as fliers, handbills, brochures, city guides, and catalogs.

  This collection is currently being processed but is available for research; please email to make an appointment to see collection materials.

  Gay posters collection, approximately 1973-1979

  This collection of 56 posters and broadsides ranges in subject matter from advertisements for bars and dance clubs to charity events, benefits, festivals, performances, dinners and other gatherings, calendars, and contests, most featuring white gay men. While most of the prints center on San Francisco, several are from Los Angeles, including a poster for The Stud bar on Melrose (undated); a poster for Outcast bar on Santa Monica Blvd (undated); Don’t Give Him Anything But Love, advertising a VD Clinic at the Gay Community Services Center (1973); and a poster for a benefit for Operation Concern, Mr. Circus-Circus, sponsored by Mike’s Corral of Long Beach, listing endorsements from establishments in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Marin, and Tucson. Provenance of this collection is unknown.

  This collection is currently being processed but is available for research; please email to make an appointment to see collection materials. 

  Contact the California History Section

  For more information about the California History Section's LGTBQ+ collections and holdings, including citation and copyright information, please contact the reference desk. 
  
  ✉ Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
  ☎ Call: 916-654-0176
  The California History Section is an L.A. as Subject member. For more information about L.A. as Subject, visit their website here.
• 1 media/davis_b5_e2_i6.jpg 2023-12-11T14:23:52-08:00 What is Hidden Histories? 34 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. plain 2024-02-26T09:45:18-08:00
  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. The project is funded by a generous grant from the California State Library.
  
  The goals of the project are twofold: 1) to assist in uncovering previously unrecognized or hidden LGBTQ+ collections in Los Angeles cultural institutions, and 2) to bring those collections and institutions together into an online research guide and discovery tool that will allow researchers, students, educators, and other LAAS members to find relevant and related LGBTQ+ collections from across L.A.
   

  How to Navigate this Project

  Scalar is a platform that fosters connections between materials by providing unique ways to interact with content. There are countless ways to move throughout this project, and new discoveries to be made. We encourage you to click around as you are inspired to do so.
  
  To get started, let us introduce you to some helpful tools.
  
  Table of Contents: The Table of Contents can be accessed anytime by clicking on the menu icon in the top left corner of the screen. Note that some pages in the Table of Contents may be just the beginning of entire paths. 
  
  Paths: Paths link pages thematically, in a specific sequence. You can follow the Paths by clicking the large blue button at the bottom of certain pages, or by using the left and right arrows on either side of the central column. 
  
  Search: Search for specific content by clicking on the magnifying glass in the top right of the screen and typing key words or phrases (ex. "ONE Archives" or "non-binary people") into the search bar.
  
  Hyperlinks: Any blue text is a clickable link. Links to external sites or PDFs will automatically open in a new tab. Links to other pages within this project will open in the same tab. 
  
  Images: Clicking on an image or media file will open a page with more detailed information when available, such as the title of the image, the date, or the creator.
• 1 media/Bronstein_bathers__CSD3008 copy.jpg 2023-12-08T13:21:15-08:00 Participants 29 plain 2023-12-08T14:02:01-08:00 LA as Subject member institutions from across Southern California have joined with ONE and LAAS to collaborate on this project. To learn more about each institution and their LGBTQ+ collections, click on the images below.