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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.

Santa Monica History Museum

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Since 1975, the Santa Monica History Museum has been collecting, preserving, and sharing the history of the Santa Monica Bay Area for generations to come.

LGBTQ+ topics and themes represented in the collections held by the Santa Monica History Museum include Gay men, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ activism, Arts, and Politics.

A Note on the Material

The Santa Monica History Museum has an extensive photograph archive of over 600,000 images documenting Santa Monica's people, places, and history, as well as the complete archive of the Santa Monica Outlook newspaper.

Contact the Santa Monica History Museum

For more information about the Santa Monica History Museum's LGTBQ+ collections and holdings, including citation and copyright information, please contact the research team.

✉ Email: research@santamonicahistory.org
☎ Call: 310-395-2290
The Santa Monica History Museum is an L.A. as Subject member. For more information about L.A. as Subject, visit their website here.

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Arts Beth McDonald
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1. ASU FIDM Museum
2. California State University, Northridge (CSUN) University Library
3. Gerth Archives & Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH)
4. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, & Botanical Gardens
5. The Claremont Colleges Special Collections & Archives
6. Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) Media Archive
7. Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
8. University of California, Riverside (UCR) Special Collections & University Archives
9. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Art & Sciences
10. Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College
11. The Outwords Archive (OUTWORDS)
12. Santa Monica History Museum
13. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Library Special Collections Punk Archive
14. Historical Society of Long Beach
15. University of California, Irvine (UCI) Special Collections & Archives
16. Ensembles by Gianni Versace, 1994
17. J. Warren Kerrigan residence, circa 1920s A postcard printed by Western Publishing & Novelty Co., of the home of J. Warren Kerrigan in Hollywood, California, ca. 1920s. An image of a single storied home on a raised foundation with a large front porch, awnings over most window, large front lawn, shrubs and flowers around the home, and an archway covered in flowers at the front of the driveway. The top is labeled "Residence of J. Warren Kerrigan, Hollywood, Calif." With wear, the object is in good condition overall.
18. Jacket by Bill Whitten, 1970-75
19. Cover of Future Imperfect, 2010
20. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
21. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
22. Remembrance (for Teddy and Arnie), Joey Terrill, 2008
23. Turnabout Theatre Souvenir Program, circa 1950
24. LXS Guía, Cynthia Velasquez, 2018
25. Bronstein Bathers
26. Making Love, call sheet, 14 April 1981
27. Old Love Stories, 1986
28. Ramon Novarro, circa 1920s
29. Rendering of living room of the Sidney and Frances Brody residence, Beverly Hills, circa 1952
30. Arthur Jasmine (L) and Earl Schenck (R) in Salome, 1922
31. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
32. Queer Space reader, UCLA, 1992
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Lesbians Beth McDonald
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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.”
Women Ani Bennett-Fradkin
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