By Jozie Billings and Natalia Fernández
Title: Queer History Research Collection, 1960-2024
Predominant Dates: 1985-2016
ID: MSS QHRC
Primary Creator: Fernández, Natalia, 1985-
Extent: 4.0 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Queer History Research Collection (QHRC) is arranged by subject, in alphabetical order.
Date Acquired: 00/00/2017
Languages of Materials: English [eng], Spanish;Castilian [spa]
The Queer History Research Collection (QHRC) is an artificial collection containing items of interest about LGBTQ+ communities within Oregon State University and to a lesser extent, the city of Corvallis, the state of Oregon, the United States, and the World.
The digital folders described in this collection are available upon request.
The Queer History Research Collection pertains to LGBTQ+ communities not only at Oregon State University, but across Oregon, the United States, and the globe. The collection contains, but is 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. 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, OSQA and Glitter in the Archives, student movements, offices and committees dedicated to diversity and LGBTQ+ issues on campus, student art and scholarship, building information, and student groups and associations.
The newspaper clippings and publications contain the majority of the information documenting topics outside of OSU, Corvallis, and Oregon. Folders are organized by region, then by topic within the folders, with topics such as religion, gay marriage, politics, advice columns, and feature stories.
The digital folders described in this collection are available upon request.
Accruals: Additions to the collection are expected.
More Extent Information: 11 boxes, including 10 document cases and 1 oversize box, and 3.47 GB
Statement on Access: This collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: This collection was created by Natalia Fernández, curator and archivist of the OSU Queer Archives. The bulk of the materials were originally in the Oregon State University Memorabilia Collection. They were removed in 2017 to create the QHRC, with additional materials collected and added by Fernández.
Related Materials: This collection is a part of the OSU Queer Archives (OSQA). Other collections related to LGBTQ+ history include the Pride Center Records (RG 236), Thomas Kraemer Speech and Blog (MSS Kraemer), Queer Studies Program Records (RG 278), Queer Theatre Materials Collection, OSU Rainbow Continuum Records, and the OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection. Other related oral history interviews include Brenda McComb and Brent Lawrence from the Oregon State University Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection (OH 26).
Preferred Citation: Queer History Research Collection (MSS QHRC), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Fernández, Natalia, 1985-
Bisexual college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Bisexual college students--Oregon.
Gay college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Gay college students--Oregon.
Gay rights.
Lesbian activists
Lesbian college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Lesbian college students--Oregon.
Oregon--Politics and government.
Sexual minorities.
Transsexual college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Transsexual college students--Oregon.
University History
Born digital.
Digital photographs.
Local histories
Pamphlets.
Posters.