Queer History Research Collection, 1960-2024

Container List

Series 1: Queer History Research Files, 1960-2024 Add to Shelf

The Queer History Research Files contain, but are not limited to, information on the following:  identity-specific resources, artifacts, HIV/AIDS, the Corvallis queer community including Haus of Dharma, and Oregon Ballot Measures 9 and 13, religion, politics, gay marriage. It also contains a significant portion of materials focusing on OSU’s queer community, including LGBTQ+ campus events, OSU Pride Center and other campus cultural resource centers, artwork created as part of OSQA's Glitter in the Archives event which began in 2016, student movements, offices and committees dedicated to diversity and LGBTQ+ issues on campus, student art and scholarship, building information, and student groups and associations.

Box-Folder 1.1: Activism, 2010 Add to Shelf

Blog post (printed) from OutHistory.org.

Box-Folder 1.2: Art, 2018 Add to Shelf

Art from Trans Day of Remembrance and other student-made art.

Note: Some materials within this folder are only available digitally and upon request.

Extent: 1 file; 2 MB

Box-Item 10: Artifacts, 1989-2012 Add to Shelf

Buttons and a kazoo, with some being from OSU events and groups, including Lavender Graduation, Day of Silence ‘12, Circle of Friends, and the Queer Resource Center. Also contains the physical VHS tape for the recording in "Box-Folder 2.3 Discrimination" and the MiniDV Tape from the recording in Digital File 3 OSU - Pride Center History Event Recording.

Box-Folder 1.3: Allies, 1985-2013 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets, event flyers, articles, poetry, manuals, quizzes, including materials from Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG).

Box-Folder 1.4: Bisexual Resources, 2004 Add to Shelf

A Bisexual Identification Card, pamphlets, articles, timeline, and poetry.

Box-Folder 1.5: Books, 1983-2013 Add to Shelf

It Could Happen To You: An Account of the Gay Civil Rights Campaign in Eugene, Oregon by The Gay Rights Writers’ Group (1983) and The Vice Clique: Portland’s Great Sex Scandal by George Painter (2013).

Box-Folder 1.6: Colleges and Universities, 1990-2016 Add to Shelf

Materials, such as event flyers and a 1990 report, pertaining to LGBTQ+ topics from colleges in Oregon, such as the University of Oregon, Linn Benton Community College, and Western Oregon University.

Box-Folder 1.7: Coming Out, 1984-2010 Add to Shelf

Stickers, resource guides (including one in Spanish), pamphlets, Outlines (QRC Newsletter), correspondence, and articles.

Box-Folder 1.8: Corvallis - Haus of Dharma, 2014-2024 Add to Shelf

Event flyers and newspaper articles pertaining to the activities of Haus of Dharma, Dharma Mirza, and Queervallis. See also the oral history interview with Dharma.

Note: Some materials within this folder are only available digitally and upon request.

Extent: 4 files; 883 KB

Box-Folder 2.1: Corvallis - Lesbian Avengers, 1990-1997 Add to Shelf

Zines and photos of clothing. The materials are printed versions of the digital copies available in the Corvallis Lesbian Avengers Collection.

Box-Folder 2.2: Corvallis - Corvallis Queer Community, 2003-2018 Add to Shelf

Flyers for events and a 2003 report from a Corvallis Area LGBT Community Discussion by Derron Rafiq Coles.

Box-Folder 2.3: Discrimination, 1990-2001 Add to Shelf

Handouts, flyers, correspondence, articles, social media posts, and a digitized VHS recording of Frontline's "An Assault on Gay America" episode.

Extent: 1 .m4v file; 991 MB

Box-Folder 2.4: Estate Planning, 1984-2001 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets and articles.

Box-Folder 2.5: Gays Bars and Nightlife, 2000-2013 Add to Shelf

Newspaper clippings and advertisements for gay bars and nightlife, predominantly in Portland.

Box-Folder 2.6: General Health, 1989-2009 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets and articles.

Box-Folder 2.7: Greek Life, 1997-2018 Add to Shelf

Newspaper articles and notes. See also "Box-Folder 11.1 Newspapers (oversized)" for a Barometer special on a new queer Greek fraternity.

Box-Folder 2.8: Historical Overview - People and Events, 1997-1999 Add to Shelf

A business card for a film, booklet, articles, and lists of queer people and events from history.

Box-Folder 2.9: HIV/AIDS - General, 1984-2005 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets, handouts, articles, stickers, and flyers.

Box-Folder 2.10: HIV/AIDS - Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.1: HIV/AIDS - The NAMES Project, 1987-1990 Add to Shelf

Promotional material from The NAMES Project, including pamphlets, handouts, newspaper clippings, correspondence. The materials were compiled by Charlotte Headrick, acquired through the display by the OSU Theatre Department. The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, is a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes.

Box-Folder 3.2: Identity and Identity Formation, 1979-1993 Add to Shelf

Academic articles, diagrams, and timelines.

Box-Folder 3.3: Intersex Resources, Undated Add to Shelf

Handouts.

Box-Folder 3.4: Lesbian Resources, 1995-1996 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets and a newsletter.

Box-Folder 3.5: Marriage, 1996-2004 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets, postcard, online articles, and a magazine.

Box-Folder 3.6: Mementos, 2001-2006 Add to Shelf

Business card, resource guide, photo of stoles and tassels from OSU's Lavender Graduation, bookmark, and a sign. The majority of these materials are from OSU.

Box-Folder 3.7: Mental Health, 1985-1997 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets, flyers, and resources, including many that were offered by OSU. Also includes a printed copy of The Lavender Couch by Marny Hall.

Box-Folder 3.8: Military, 1983-1993 Add to Shelf

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, military documents, and book chapters.

Box-Folder 11.1: Newspapers (oversized), 1987-2019 Add to Shelf

The Daily Barometer, The Corvallis Advocate, The Oregonian, the AU Courant (Philadelphia queer newspaper), and a “Vote YES on 13” Ballot Measure 13 newspaper.

Box-Folder 3.9: Newspaper Clippings - International, 1999-2013 Add to Shelf

Newspaper and magazine clippings covering a variety of topics such as sex work, religion, marriage, adoption (material in Spanish), discrimination, and gay rights in other countries.

Box-Folder 4.1: Newspaper Clippings - National, 1981-2016 Add to Shelf

Newspaper and magazine clippings from national publications divided into categories: personal sex ads, columns, feature stories, The New Yorker stories, Oregon Related, After the Ball reviews, and general queer related.

Box-Folder 4.2: Newspaper Clippings - National, 1998-2016 Add to Shelf

Newspaper and magazine clippings from national publication divided into categories: politicians and gay marriage, religion and gay marriage, gay marriage, politics, and religion.

Box-Folder 4.3: Newspaper Clippings - National - Savage Love Column, 2006-2012 Add to Shelf

Clippings from the sex advice column Savage Love by Dan Savage clipped from Eugene Weekly.

Box-Folder 4.4: Newspaper Clippings - Oregon, 2005-2015 Add to Shelf

Newspaper clippings from Oregon publications divided into categories: religion, politics, individuals/columns/letters, and general/events/features.

Box-Folder 5.1: Newspaper Clippings - Regional, 2006-2019 Add to Shelf

Newspaper clippings from regional publications including but not limited to The Liberty, The Alchemist, The Commuter, Corvallis Gazette Times, and The Barometer.

Box-Folder 5.2: Oregon's Citizens Alliance and No on Hate, 1990-2000 Add to Shelf

Documentation surrounding Ballot Measure 9 and Ballot Measure 13 and the Oregon Citizens Alliance that arose to campaign for a vote of yes on the measures and the No on Hate and No on 13 group that campaigned for a vote of no. This includes correspondence, booklets, flyers, pamphlets, and donation cards. See also "Box-Folder 11.1 Newspapers (oversized)" for a “Vote YES on 13” Ballot Measure 13 Newspaper.

Box-Folder 5.3: OSU - Circle of Friends, 2000-2002 Add to Shelf

Email correspondence, constitution, and events flyers.

Box-Folder 5.4: OSU - Circle of Friends Booth - Photographs, 2000 Add to Shelf

Extent: 32 prints

Box-Folder 5.5: OSU - Events, 1998-2018 Add to Shelf

Flyers and print outs of social media or online posts from events from all cultural centers, and guest speakers. This includes flyers from the Corvallis Queer Film Festival, and promotional materials/an application for an LGBTQ+ retreat that took place on campus.

Box-Folder 5.6: OSU - Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, 2015 Add to Shelf

Materials from the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance club at OSU, including stickers, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, trip outlines, membership forms, annotated articles and book chapters, and a diagram. See also "Box-Folder 6.6 OSU - Publications" for a Beaver Digest with an article on the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance.

Box-Folder 5.7: OSU - Gender-Neutral Bathrooms, 2004-2024 Add to Shelf

Articles about the 2016 campaign #I’llGoWithYou, email correspondence, a map, and a 2023-2024 ASOSU survey of gender-inclusive restrooms, a packet of articles and comics regarding transgender people and bathrooms.

Box-Folder 5.8: OSU - Historical Overview, 2001-2014 Add to Shelf

Newspaper clippings, articles, and blog posts concerning the history of queer students and activism on campus.

Digital Folder 1: OSU - Identity Stories, Undated Add to Shelf

Photographs of student-made posters that detail their journeys in exploring their sexualities and gender identities. Note: This folder is fully digital and available upon request.

Extent: 3 files; 6.73 MB

Box-Folder 5.9: OSU - Opening Doors Conference, 1997 Add to Shelf

Materials from the Opening Doors Conference for Professionals who work with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth, including government documents, correspondence, agendas, schedules, rules, educational materials, articles, and instructions.

Box-Folder 5.10: OSU - Opening Doors Conference, 2000 Add to Shelf

Materials from Opening Doors Conference III: Moving Out & Up including lists, schedules, descriptions, fact sheets, articles, advertisements, assessments, pamphlets, notes, and newspaper clippings.

Box-Folder 6.1: OSU - Oregon State Queer Archives (OSQA), 2015-2017 Add to Shelf

Event flyers and an informational leaflet.

Box-Folder 11.2: OSU - OSQA - Glitter in the Archives (oversized), 2016-2018 Add to Shelf

Collages, poetry, and drawings. 2018 includes a zine of the artwork.

Box-Folder 6.2: OSU - OSQA - Glitter in the Archives, 2016 Add to Shelf

Collages, poetry, and drawings

Box-Folder 6.3: OSU - OSQA - Glitter in the Archives, 2017 Add to Shelf

Collages.

Box-Folder 11.3: OSU - OSQA - Glitter in the Archives (oversized), 2019 Add to Shelf

Collages.

Box-Folder 6.4: OSU - OSQA - Glitter in the Archives, 2023 Add to Shelf

Collages.

Digital File 1: OSU - Orlando Vigil, 2016 Add to Shelf

On June 15, 2016, students, staff, faculty, and community members gathered at OSU’s Student Experience Center to pay tribute to the 49 people killed in an Orlando LGBTQ+ nightclub. Attendees were invited to share their thoughts and reflections to add to the altar that remained in the space for the days that followed. The artifacts available here are the contributions that were left. The vigil was hosted by Diversity & Cultural Engagement. These materials were digitized before being sent to Valencia College, and those copies are fully digital and available upon request.

Extent: 1 digital file; 26.2 MB

Digital File 2: OSU - Oregon Queer History Panels, circa 2000s Add to Shelf

Handmade posters detailing the queer history of Oregon and Oregon State University. These materials have been digitized and are available upon request.

Extent: 1 digital file; 7.07 MB

Box-Folder 6.5: OSU - Press and Communications, 1993-2018 Add to Shelf

Correspondence, poem, letter, online article, list of demands, and social media posts.

Note: Some materials within this folder are only available digitally.

Extent: 1 file; 52 KB

Digital File 3: OSU - Pride Center History Event Recording, circa 2000s Add to Shelf

(0:55:12) A digitized MiniDV tape of a recording of a event at the Pride Center concerning the creation of the Pride Center from those involved with it.

Summary: The video begins with a group of individuals watching a recording of the 2001 Spring ASOSU hearing for the funding of the Queer Resource Center (QRC), now called the Pride Center. After about 6 minutes, the group is welcomed and it is explained that there are old Barometer articles and surveys around the room, and that this is being recorded in order to begin preserving their history as a part of Queer History Month. The presenters are then introduced: Linda Paschke, Pride Center Advisory Board Member; Robin Ryan, Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Involvement; Luke Sugie, Pride Center internal coordinator; and Beth Rietveld, director of the Women’s Center, now the Hattie Redmond Women and Gender Center. They follow along a framework of pre-QRC, QRC, creation of the Pride Center space, sharing their stories and experiences of the history in each of these areas. In pre-QRC, Rietveld discusses her work at the Women’s Center, and the others share the culture surrounding queer rights in Corvallis, and the gay student club now known as the Rainbow Continuum. The group then moves on to discussing the effort to create the QRC and the ASOSU hearing that occurred to obtain funding. Lastly, they discuss the creation of the QRC building, the change to the name “the Pride Center,” the earlier programs they created, and how they improved.

Starting at 19:53, there is an audio issue that resolves itself around 30:00. The video ends with ten seconds of distortion and no sound, cutting off the recording before the end of the event.

Extent: 1 digital file; 2.39 GB

Digital Folder 2: OSU - Protest Art, circa 2016 Add to Shelf

Student-made posters for a protest against the election of Donald Trump. Note: This folder is fully digital and available upon request.

Extent: 5 files; 8.49 MB

Box-Folder 6.6: OSU - Publications, 1980-2014 Add to Shelf

Beaver's Digest Volume 1 Issue 1 from 2014, includes a story on the fall drag show put on by Rainbow Continuum and the picture signed by Dharma Mirza, a story about the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, and an AIDS benefit fashion show. Prism from Winter of 1980 with a the title story being Gays at OSU. Oregon Stater (Spring 2024) Love Stories.

Digital File 4: OSU - Queer History Panels, circa 2010s Add to Shelf

A set of panels created for Queer History Month by the Pride Center and SOL.

Note: This folder has been fully digitized and is available upon request.

Extent: 1 digital file; 16.1 MB

Box-Folder 6.7: OSU - Queer Studies, 2019-2020 Add to Shelf

Flyers for lectures and events.

Note: Some materials within this folder are only available digitally and upon request.

Extent: 2 files; 259 KB

Box-Folder 6.8: OSU - Scholarship, 2015 Add to Shelf

A Honors College Thesis by Kiah McConnell titled “OSU LGBTQ+ Community Film” and a defense schedule. The film is available to watch online.

Digital File 5: OSU - Stonewall History Panel, Undated Add to Shelf

A student-made poster detailing the history of Stonewall. This file is fully digital and available upon request.

Extent: 1 digital file; 2.9 MB

Box-Folder 7.1: OSU - Story Circle - Disabled and Queer, 2020 Add to Shelf

9 pieces of art.

Box-Folder 7.2: OSU - Story Circle - Trans, 2020 Add to Shelf

9 pieces of art and 1 sticker.

Box-Folder 7.3: OSU - Story Circle - Trans, 2023 Add to Shelf

4 pieces of art and the prompt.

Digital Folder 3: OSU - Story Circles - Promotional Materials, 2020-2022 Add to Shelf

Advertisements for nine Trans Story Circles at OSU as well as one OSU Two-Spirit Stories of Resilience event. Note: there are recordings of some Trans Story Circles available through the OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection.

Note: This folder is digital and fully available upon request.

Extent: 9 files; 4.63 MB

Box-Folder 7.4: OSU - Student Groups, 2002-2024 Add to Shelf

Pagan Student Association Corvallis Guide to May Day (2024), PSA Guide Extended Edition (Digital), article on the roles of LGBT student groups, blogpost by Thomas Kraemer on the history of gay student groups at OSU, G²BLTA (graduate organization) mission statement, G²BLTA constitution, email correspondence about Spectrum a queer international student club (2017). The Pagan Student Association is included within the QHRC due to the nature of the group being primarily run by LGBTQ+ people and the intersection of pagan identity and queerness.

Note: Some materials within this folder are only available digitally.

Extent: 2 files; 19 KB

Box-Folder 7.5: OSU - Training and Inclusion Workshops, 2018-2019 Add to Shelf

Event flyers and email correspondence.

Note: Some materials within this folder are only available digitally.

Extent: 1 file; 529 KB

Box-Folder 7.6: OSU - Trans Awareness Week, 2007-2018 Add to Shelf

Trans Awareness Week has been hosted by the ASOSU Task Force on Queer Affairs and SOL in the past, and the materials include flyers, descriptions of events, and schedules.

Note: Some materials within this folder are only available digitally.

Extent: 2 files, 4.62 MB

Box-Folder 7.7: Politics and Government, 1995-2004 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets including one for the LGBT caucus of the Green Party and for grassroots political organizations, brochures, stickers, newsletters, packets, voter pamphlets.

Box-Folder 7.8: Postcards, Undated Add to Shelf

2 postcards from Q Press, 1 from man2manpdx.us, and 1 of artwork by Picasso.

Box-Folder 11.4: Posters (oversized), 2003-2020 Add to Shelf

Posters, including two from Trans Awareness Week and other OSU events.

Box-Folder 7.9: Publications - Guides, 1981-2006 Add to Shelf

Pamphlet for the Gay an Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, Pamphlet for Oregon Leather Pride (2006), booklet for “Becoming Visible: The Legacy of Stonewall” exhibition in New York (1994), The New York Pride Guide (1993), KQED Pride Month Resource Guide (2003), San Francisco’s International Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade and Celebration Guide (1981), National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (1987), March on Washington for lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993).

Box-Folder 7.10: Publications - National - Non-Queer, 1979 Add to Shelf

Time Magazine: How Gay is Gay? Homosexuality in America, April 23, 1979.

Box-Folder 7.11: Publications - National - Queer, 1975-1986 Add to Shelf

The Gay Alternative (Number 10 1975), Gayfellow Pages the National Edition (Fall/Winter 76/77), Growing Up Gay: A youth Liberation Pamphlet (1978), The Gay Book (The Bay Area) (Summer 1986).

Box-Folder 8.1: Publications - National - Queer, 1991-2006 Add to Shelf

The Guide (February 1991), The Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County Annual Report (2001-2002), Young Gay America (Issue 1 October 2004), Out Front (Fall 2006).

Box-Folder 8.2: Publications - Oregon, 1994-1998 Add to Shelf

View Magazine June 1998 Issue, Community News (June 1998), Voices: A Publication of Oregon’s Right to Privacy (April 1995 and Summer 1995), Right To Privacy Lucille Hart Celebration (1994).

Box-Folder 8.3: Publications - Out Magazine - Clippings, 2007-2014 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.4: Reading Lists, 1960-2004 Add to Shelf

Reading lists for resource libraries and queer studies.

Box-Folder 8.5: Religion, 1984-1996 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets, booklets, articles, service guide, and an open letter.

Digital Folder 4: Rural Organizing Project (ROPnet), 2021-2023 Add to Shelf

The Rural Organizing Project (ROP) started in 1992 as a response to the Oregon Citizens Alliance (Box-Folder 5.2) and their discrimination against queer Oregonians. They are a queer-led organization that works with a network of human dignity groups to promote equity and inclusion through democratic processes. This folder contains newsletters from ROPnet, ROP's newsletter, that pertain to other queer rural groups, organizing, events, and calls to action from the organization.

Note: This folder is digital and fully available upon request.

Extent: 5 files; 4.85 MB

Box-Folder 8.6: Sex, 1992-2000 Add to Shelf

Booklets, how-to guides, and magazine clippings.

Box-Folder 8.7: Sexual and Domestic Violence, 1993-2004 Add to Shelf

Assault Incident Report Form, pamphlets, articles, and resource guides, including resource guides from OSU.

Box-Folder 9.1: Sexual Health, 1989-2003 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets, articles, guides, and newspaper clippings.

Box-Folder 9.2: Substance Abuse, 1976-2001 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets and workbooks.

Note: Some of these materials are digital and available upon request.

Extent: 1 file; 47 KB

Box-Folder 9.3: Teaching and Schooling, 1990-2006 Add to Shelf

Informational and academic articles, pamphlets, and activity materials. Includes information on Centro Tlahuica de Lenguas e Intercambio Cultural’s (Alternative Spanish Language School) Queer Program in 2005 and 2006.

Box-Folder 9.4: Transgender Resources, 1997-2004 Add to Shelf

Pamphlets, resource guides, newsletters, bingo boards, and Transgender Equality: A Handbook for Activities and PolicyMakers by Paisley Currah and Shannon Minter (2000).

Box-Folder 9.5: Travel, 2005-2007 Add to Shelf

Pamphlet (Gay Portland: A resource guide for the GLBT Visitor) and newspaper clippings.

Box-Folder 9.6: Zines, 2008-2023 Add to Shelf

"Censor This!: A Queer Youth Zine" by the Mpowerment Project (Spring 2008), "From the Punked Out Files of the Queer Zine Archive Project: A Zine of the 2014 Summer QZAP zinesters-in-residence program" (2014), "QTPOC Zine" Spring 2016 (SOL OSU), "Utopic World Building: Queer Archives as Sites for Relating, Resisting, and Flourishing" by Josie Cohen-Rodriguez and Lotus Norton-Wisla - WSU Queer Archives Research Guide (2023), and "Art is Nature is Non-Binary" by Zane Yinger (original and photocopy).