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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.

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library

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The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library empowers researchers and students to create and adapt knowledge for the benefit of society.

Prominent topics and themes represented in the collections held by the UCSB Library include HIV/AIDS and Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people.

Featured Collections

AIDS: Counseling & Assistance Program collection, 1989-1997

Materials related to the AIDS: Counseling & Assistance program (AIDS: CAP) of the Gay and Lesbian Resource Center of Santa Barbara, California.

Alternative Press Collection, circa 1966-1967

This collection mainly contains latter 1960s and early 1970s US newspapers, with an emphasis on California. In most cases there are only single or scattered issues, not long runs. Included are newspapers devoted to themes such as Black identity, anti-war efforts, Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x identities, environmentalism, feminism, LGBTQ+ identity, literature and poetry, radicalism and conservatism, and religion.

Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative collection, 1978

This collection is comprised of nine Bay Area Coalition Against Briggs Initiative (BACABI) handbills and brochures, opposing California Proposition 6, the "Briggs Initiative" of 1978. The collection also contains nine issues of the newsletter Gayvote: News from the San Francisco Gay Democratic Club from January to November 1978.

Bernstein (Mashey) papers, 1959-2008

This collection is comprised of diaries, correspondence, and other materials of writer, teacher, literature and film critic Mashey Bernstein (1946-).

Gollance (Richard) Gay Community Services Center program radio show collection, circa 1972-1974

This collection is comprised of audio recordings and program notes from Richard Gollance's Gay Community Services Center program radio shows, airing once monthly on Pacifica Radio (KPFK-FM) in the early 1970s.

Guerrero (Dan) Collection on Latino Entertainment & the Arts, 1956-2016

This collection documents Latino cultural and entertainment history of recent years, focusing on Dan Guerrero's professional life in the world of entertainment as well as his personal family life. It includes video and audio tapes of selected programming, scripts, publicity items, programs, photographs, transcripts, correspondence, and posters relating to the Latino community.

The Ladder: A Lesbian Review collection, 1957-1968

This collection consists of a 1957 to 1968 run of The Ladder: A Lesbian Review, the first nationally-distributed lesbian publication in the United States.

Ortiz-Taylor (Sheila) collection, 1957-2006

This collection contains material relating primarily to Sheila Ortiz-Taylor's work as a writer and a teacher. Most of the material in the collection focuses specifically on her novels and includes her drafts of these novels, many of them annotated for correction.

Pacific Pride Foundation records, circa 1970-2015

This collection is comprised of records documenting the activities of the Pacific Pride Foundation of Santa Barbara, California. Materials include office files and correspondence, loose photographs and photograph albums, clippings, publications, posters, ephemera, and moving image materials.

Santa Barbara gay and lesbian newsletters, brochures, & other material, circa 1970-2000

This collection is comprised of newsletters, brochures, flyers, and clippings documenting the activities of gay and lesbian rights organizations, mainly in Santa Barbara, California.

de la tierra (tatiana) Latina lesbian magazine collection, 1991-2006

A collection of Latina lesbian magazines donated by bi-cultural writer and activist tatiana de la tierra. Conmoción and Esto No Tiene Nombre are revolutionary Latina lesbian magazines created to stimulate dialogue and creativity within the Latina lesbian community.

UCSB, Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity records, 1986-2017

This collection documents the history of University of California, Santa Barbara, Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity (RCSGD). These materials include office files, newspaper articles and clippings, and student zines. The collection also contains Center advertising flyers and posters, event photographs, and audiovisual material.

UCSB, Student Organizations collection, circa 1935-2010

This collection contains mainly flyers and posters for events, issues of interest, meetings, etc. for student organizations, clubs, and groups.

Contact the UCSB Library

For more information about the UCSB Library's LGTBQ+ collections and holdings, including citation and copyright information, please contact the reference desk.

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