Bettye Lane Gay Rights Movement Photographs

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Description: The Bettye Lane Gay Rights Movement Photographs includes images that depict life in the gay and lesbian community from 1970 to 2007, with the bulk of the material dating from 1971-1989. The collection includes many photographs of community organizing activities; such photographs include lesbian consciousness raising groups, lesbian-feminist conferences, academic conferences, and events of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Portraits of lesbian activists and writers, as well as stills from a 1974 NBC television show called "Lesbian Lifestyles" are included.
Names: Lane, Bettye, 1930-2012 (Creator); Lane, Bettye, 1930-2012 (Photographer)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1970 - 2007
Library locations: Manuscripts and Archives Division; Shelf locator: MssCol 17915
Topics: Homosexuality -- United States; Gay rights -- United States; Women photographers -- United States; Photographers; Demonstrations -- New York (State) -- New York; Gays -- United States; Gay activists -- United States; Gay liberation movement -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements; Lane, Bettye, 1930-2012; Feminism -- United States; AIDS activists -- United States; Photojournalists
Genres: Photographs
Notes: Biographical/historical: Bettye Lane began work as a free-lance photographer in 1959; she studied photojournalism at Boston University's School of Public Relations and Communications from 1959-1962. Then, as a photojournalist, Lane began documenting the human condition and human rights movements in 1965. Although Lane photographed a variety of subject matters, her concentration was on equal and civil rights movements such as those for African-Americans, gays and lesbians, and women, as well as anti-war and - nuclear movements. According to the biography of Lane on her website, http: //bettyelane. com, her photographs have appeared in over seventy publications and have been exhibited in the United States and Europe. Sources: Lane, Bettye. "Biography." http://bettyelane.com/aboutbettye.html (accessed March 3, 2010). Lane, Bettye. Photographs, 1969-1981. "Biographical note." Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, 1981.; Content: The Bettye Lane Gay Rights Movement Photographs contain photographs depicting, but not limited to, gay rights demonstrations, activists, marches, graffiti, and individuals. The photographs have been arranged chronologically, then numerically by roll and frame number (R/F). Unless otherwise noted, photographs depict events in New York City. In addition, all individuals identified in the photographs are listed from left to right. This collection also contains photographs of marches and demonstrations. Included are photographs of gay civil rights marches, protests against certain movies and television programs, AIDS demonstrations, Anita Bryant protests, Lesbian Feminist Liberation actions, women's rights marches, and gay and lesbian pride marches.; Acquisition: Bettye Lane, 2008
Physical Description: Extent: 1.3 linear feet (3 boxes)
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21184400; MSS Unit ID: 17915; Archives collections id: archives_collections_17915; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d91965c0-8684-0139-510c-0242ac110004

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