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Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history papers and photographs

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Abstract

Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) and Kay Tobin Lahusen (1930-2021) were gay civil rights pioneers and partners for nearly forty-six years. The collection contains their personal and professional papers, photographs by Lahusen created in the course of forty-five years of gay rights activism, and the extensive collection of materials they gathered and preserved to document the movement. The collection also includes Gittings’ extensive correspondence with fellow activists, most notably Frank Kameny, records of her editorial work on The Ladder, interviews conducted for Lahusen’s book, The Gay Crusaders, and organizational files from their work in such organizations as the Daughters of Bilitis and several other early homophile groups; the Gay Task Force of the American Library Association; the Gay Activists Alliance; and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

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Date created: 1855

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Manuscripts and Archives Division

Shelf locator: MssCol 6397

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