Browse Collections (47 total)
Wayson Jones Collections, 1990-1994, 28

Articles from BLK magazine relating to the African American gay experience in Washington, D.C. and flyers and a postcard advertising performances by…
Contributors: Jones, Wayson. Collector
U.S. Gay Rights Movement, 1960s-1984 (Series I)
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazines, pamphlets and articles collected about the work of activists in the 1960s to 1980s.VIEW…
U.S. Department of Commerce GLOBE Records (Series XV)
Includes records from the Federal Gay Lesbian Or Bisexual Employees (FedGLOBE) at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Records date from 1992-2007 and…
The ClubHouse Collection

Images and other resources related to The ClubHouse, 1975-1990. Opened in 1975 by Aundrea and Paulette Scott, John Eddy, Chasten Morell, and Rainey…
T-shirts, Textiles, Posters and Banners: Ephemera Collection

T-Shirts and textiles were collected from various donors. Items were photographed, cataloged, and placed online by RHP board member Eric N. Gonzaba in…
SMYAL: LGBTQ Youth Collection (Series XXVI)
SMYAL records include executive board documents, annual reports, correspondence, events files, meeting minutes, development and fundraising materials,…
Robert Mitchell "Judge" Coggin Collection (Series VIII)

Robert Coggin founded and led the Suburban Maryland Gay Alliance (SMGA) in 1981 to advocate for gay issues in Montgomery County, MD. In the end of…
Contributors: Robert Mitchell "Judge" Coggin, Suburban Maryland Gay Alliance, Suburban Maryland Lesbian/Gay Alliance, Maryland Lesbian/Gay Alliance
Records of the Gay Community Center of DC (Series XVIII: Lemley Component)
The files and records of the treasurer and bookkeeper of the Gay Community Center/DC, from the operations held at its third and final home on 1228…
Records of the Gay Community Center of DC (Series IX: Eaton-Kesinger Component)
This collection includes bound correspondence and press clippings related to the Gay Community Center of DC, 1982-1997.VIEW ONLINE FINDING AID
Rainbow History Project Panel Discussions and Public Recordings

Since 2001, the Rainbow History Project hosts public panels and group discussions on a wide variety of historical topics. Each of these sessions is…
Contributors: Rainbow History Project, Various narrators per recording
Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection

Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and…
Contributors: Rainbow History Project, Various narrators per oral history
Pride Programs and Publications (Series XI)

These are publications by and about the LGBTQ communities that are prepared and distributed primarily for Pride festivities in the national capital…
Paulette Goodman PFLAG Collection (Series XIX)
The Paulette Goodman collection includes the personal correspondence of Paulette Goodman, as well as her correspondence on behalf of PFLAG-DC and the…
Patrick T. Gertschen photograph collection (Series XXV)
Photograph albums, scrapbooks, and loose photographs taken by Patrick T. Gertschen (aka Pat O’Brien), at various LGBTQ community events from the 1970s…
Ourstory: Pride in the DMV Collection, 26

In May 1972, Washington, DC's GLBT community celebrated its first Pride. The previous two years, gays and lesbians had gone to New York City to…
Contributors: Dardano, Robert. Photographer
Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt (Series XIII)

Paper records related to the Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt, its creation, and the display of it on the National Mall. Photographs of events and…
Mindy Daniels Collection

This collection includes materials collected by prominent DC lawyer and activitist Mindy A. Daniels. It includes materials from her time in the…
Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington (Series XII)

Include concert programs and VHS cassettes of recordings from concerts and events held by the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington, DC.VIEW ONLINE…
Kenda Kirby Papers (Series V)
In February 2003, the D.C. Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services hired Kenda Kirby, a former Oklahoma firefighter and emergency medical…
Jack Nichols Photographs and Papers : Digital Collection, 1955-2005

The Jack Nichols Digital Collection includes photographs and documents created by, about, or collected by Jack Nichols. The collection includes an…
Contributors: Nichols, Jack
Historic Publications Collection

The Historic Publications Collection combines newsletters, periodicals, newspapers, books, and other publications by, for and about the LGBTQ…
Gertrude Stein Democratic Club Records

The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club is the voice of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Democrats in the District of Columbia. Established in…
Genny Beemyn Queer Capital Oral History Collection

Oral history interviews conducted while researching the 2014 publication "A Queer Capital: A History of Gay Life in Washington, D.C."