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Hidden Histories: Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ CollectionsMain MenuHidden Histories: Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ CollectionsWelcome 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 InstitutionsL.A. as Subject member institutions from across Southern California have joined with ONE and LAAS to collaborate on this project.Topical GuideCollections from participating institutions organized based on the subject or topic of the materials.
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LGBTQ+ topics and themes represented in the collections held by the Center for the Oral & Public History include Asian & AAPI LGBTQ+ people and LGBTQ+ activism.
The Grassroots Oral History Project looks at the different and varying circumstances that lead individuals to take political action in their communities. This project emphasizes individual participation in the context of broad historical politics, movements, and events. This project also seeks to study why average citizens take action, how they label their activism, and how they alter or reinforce the common understanding of political engagement and activism.
Of particular note within this collection are the following LGBTQ+ oral histories:
A series of oral histories centered around personal lives and family histories and connections of the narrators. For more information on the collection, please contact the archive.
The Women, Politics, and Activism Project (WPA) focuses on the political lives and actions of Southern California women. By recording women’s memories, we are demonstrating the myriad of ways women have participated in politics from formal, elected office to local community-based organizations. These oral histories highlight how as individuals and collectively women have made a difference in the types of policies enacted by county and municipal governments in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Of particular note within this collection are the following Latinx LGBTQ+ oral histories:
For more information about the Center for Oral & Public History's LGTBQ+ collections and holdings, including citation and copyright information, please contact Natalie Navar Garcia.
The Center for Oral & Public History is an L.A. as Subject member. For more information about L.A. as Subject, visit their website here.
1media/Bronstein_bathers__CSD3008 copy.jpg2023-12-08T13:21:15-08:00Participants21plain2023-12-08T13:46:20-08:00LA 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.