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Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Apollo Social Club, Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS713f
Scope and Content This collection contains business documents, newsletters, correspondence, travel itineraries, and invitations relating to the Apollo Social Club. Included are the club's by-laws, letters to members, solicitation letters, financial statements, membership applications, canceled checks, and business cards. The collection contains several lists of members considered for board and committee memberships. The collection includes seventeen issues of The Scarlett...
Dates: 1972-1978, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Apollo Social Club, Inc. records

Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history recordings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS178
Scope and Contents of the Records

The collection is comprised of ten interviews, transcript of each interview (edited and unedited), original video recordings for each interview, and a DVD access copy of each.

Dates: 2004-2005
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history recordings

Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history transcriptions

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS994
Scope and Contents of the Records

The collection is comprised of eleven interviews, transcript of each interview (edited and unedited), original audio recordings for each interview, and a CD access copy of each. The interviews with Billy Jones and Ginny Boyd are part of the Maria Helena Dolan collection (1999.142)

Dates: 1997, 2004-2005
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history transcriptions

Jack Strouss and William Devaux Wilson papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1093
Scope and Content

This collection contains personal correspondence from William "Bill" Devaux Wilson to Jack Strouss, sent mostly from California. In his letters, Wilson discusses their romantic relationship and his life in California. Of particular note is a letter stamped Oct. 11, 1954, in which Bill encourges Jack to marry and have children while still maintaining their relationship. The collection also contains poems and stories written by Wilson.

Dates: 1952-1955, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Jack Strouss and William Devaux Wilson papers

Leander Newton Trammell interview recording and transcript

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS808f
Scope and Content This collection consists of an audio recording containing an interview between Trammell and his friend, Van Hall, as well as the interview transcript. In the interview, Trammell recounts his personal experiences as a gay man in Atlanta during the 1950s and 60s. Trammell talks substantially about his life as a closeted gay man and the measures that he and his partner, Bill Camp, took to conceal their sexual orientation. Trammell also discusses his aversion to gay activism, saying that he...
Dates: 2007
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Leander Newton Trammell interview recording and transcript

Richard Kavanaugh papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS729f
Scope and Content

This collection mostly contains personal and business correspondence relating to Kavanaugh's management of Cruise magazine.

Dates: 1973-2007, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Richard Kavanaugh papers

Unitarian Universalist Lesbian and Gay Community newsletters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS726f
Scope and Content The newsletters in this collection document the activities and interests of members of the Unitarian Universalist Lesbian and Gay Community (UULGC). The newsletters feature calendars of events; reviews of books, plays, and movies with themes related to gay and lesbian culture; member profiles; detailed transcriptions of sermons; and speeches and discussion panels featured at events sponsored by UULGC. Many of the sponsored programs focused on issues such as employment discrimination,...
Dates: 1982-1987
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Unitarian Universalist Lesbian and Gay Community newsletters

Vicki Vara papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS730f
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents, correspondence, and advertisements relating to Vicki Vara's management of Backstreet Atlanta. There are also full length LGBTQ publications, most of which contain ads for Backstreet.

Dates: 1977-2005, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Vicki Vara papers