1 25 3 https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/5ca3b3df491599d324cbe570d63a44b8.pdf 4fa4c385196c1123f663ec96d510070f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource David Aiken Papers (Series II) Description An account of the resource The collection includes many drafts of articles he had written on the issues confronting the LGBT community of the time. They are rough drafts, with typographical errors, handwritten notes and corrections, and numerous rewrites. They are also an important source for the events and issues of the period. His files also contain primary documents, leaflets, and notes of interviews connected with the articles he wrote. Aiken, a local gay activist, member at one time of the Gay Liberation Front and a resident of GLF House (1620 St St. NW), Washington correspondent for The Advocate, was also a member of the Stonewall Nation Media Collective which broadcast the Friends radio show on WGBT and WPFW radio for nine years. His broadcasts on Friends seem to have complemented many of the stories on which he worked. In the mid-Seventies, he chaired the Washington Area Gay Community Council. He also served as a founder of Black and White Men Together's DC chapter and edited its newsletter. The Aiken Articles David Aiken's drafts of articles he submitted to the Advocate and other publications in the 1970s document many of the local and national issues confronting the LGBTQ community of the period. As such, they are an important resource of people, events, and issues for students and researchers. The collection contains Aiken's handwritten interview notes as well. The draft articles are listed below by topic. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR7ZGpQXij9EKhAxYVXnkL-5pIo-T66TtXIxK1Zm_fNsBg4nhoimqkQupb3X0CFM1-Frn-mwtBLMuO4/pub" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VIEW ONLINE FINDING AID</a> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Aiken, David L. (David Lewis), 1945-1986 Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Some items are online. Open to all people, by appointment, at the <a href="http://www.dchistory.org/research/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DC History Center.</a> Collection is available for “fair use.” Material may be protected by copyright. <a href="http://dchistory.org/uploads/fa/ms0764.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VIEW ONLINE FINDING AID</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Lewis Aiken, 1945-1986 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971-1986 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource cost : typescript of article on higher income taxes for unmarried people Subject The topic of the resource Gay rights--Washington (D.C.) Income tax--United States Description An account of the resource draft article on the higher taxes paid by unmarried people compared to married couples. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Aiken%2C+David+L.+%28David+Lewis%29%2C+1945-1986">Aiken, David L. (David Lewis), 1945-1986</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1975-03-25">1975-03-25</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reproduction+and+use+of+this+material+requires+permission+from+the+copyright+holder.+Please+contact+the+Rainbow+History+Project+for+more+information.">Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the copyright holder. Please contact the Rainbow History Project for more information.</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%C2%A9+David+L.+Aiken">© David L. Aiken</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Washington (D.C.) Economic rights Financial discrimination https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/5e768caa19bf3a852adb8f6e3b46131c.pdf 57e8539019c0418a7b960812c8628154 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Carlene Cheatam Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview with Carlene Cheatam Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/23/2001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No restrictions on access; no restrictions on use. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1976-00s African-American lesbian experience, DC Coalition, community building, Black Pride, Capital Pride Abstract A summary of the resource. Carlene Cheatam moved from New York to Washington, D.C. with a friend in the 1970s to try and find a job. Through that process, she began digging out a community through softball, which led to her beginning to be political active. Cheatam was first involved with organizing through the Black community. She was involved with the creation of the National Black Independence Party and involved with Operation PUSH. The D.C. Coalition of Black Gays was her entrance into queer issues in an organizing lens. She would go to the coffeehouse to hang out with other queer people and be social, talk about political issues and rights. She was a member of Saphire Sapphos, a queer women’s group. This was the first time being political in her life, and Cheatam was one of the few women politically active in queer issues at the time. This meant she easily slipped into leadership roles in these organizations. She was co-chair of both the D.C. Coalition and the Eleanor Roosevelt small Democratic Club. Despite all of these roles, Cheatam views herself as an organizer not a political person. She prefers to make things work, to do work, than to play the political game. In 1983, she coordinated the annual DC Capital Pride, working on outreach to people of color in the community. Previously, the event had been mostly white people, and she was looking to change that. After her experience there, she contributed and worked on outreach for the Black Pride Experience. Cheatam describes this job as her favorite, stating she is proud of her work and success with this job. The initial objective of the organization was to raise money to HIV/AIDS organizations that were helping the black community. She was the coordinator in 1991, and raised $11k to give to HIV/AIDS organizations. Cheatam also mentioned that she thinks the current administration of this organization does not see the value of giving back, focusing instead on throwing a party and using the money raised for that. After organizing, she worked for D.C. Mayor Williams. She worked on his campaign and worked in his administration as gay and lesbian outreach director and then in the Department of Human Services. Cheatam mentioned that she believes they were not utilizing the office in the best way, instead prioritizing politics over real outreach efforts. When asked about men and women working together, she talks about it being more difficult for women to fit into organizing and queer spaces. She talks about women having children or other responsibilities. Men, even gay men, have privilege. They take over social situations, etc. She also talked about intersectionalist and hierarchy in media. She stated that we needed an Ellen before we could have a black gay person on tv. Description An account of the resource Want to listen to this audio file? Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> to request access 1970s 1980s 1990s Advocacy groups African Americans Bars and clubs Black Black and White Men Together (BWMT) Capital Pride Civil rights Coffee houses Coming out Community Pioneers Economic rights Faith Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) Gay men HIV/AIDS Lesbians Nightlife Phase One Political organizations Politics Pride Pride events Publications Rainey Cheeks Religion Sapphire Sapphos Washington D.C. Ziegfield's https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/f13b9eb802ca086b9073af3d7dc48e70.pdf 60aa06257c3c78e43f4bf4b04400a2cd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eva Freund Papers (Series XXIII) Description An account of the resource Eva Freund arrived in Washington, DC in 1961, briefly hung out at the lesbian club Rendezvous (1 block over from the Gayety), and became an early member of the Mattachine Society of Washington. With Richard Schaeffer, she edited and distributed Mattachine's newsletter The Insiderin the late 1960s. Eva was involved with the fledgling Gay Activists Alliance in the early 70s. She discovered the National Organization of Women (NOW) at a feminist demonstration while living in Reading, PA in 1970. On her return to Washington, DC she joined NOW-DC and quickly became involved in its activities. With others, she founded the DC-NOW Sexuality Task Force. Shortly thereafter, she helped found Capitol Hill NOW and was its first president. In 1973, she became involved in the campaign to pass DC's first human rights act, Title 34, and testified before the DC Council in support of the act as a board member of the local NOW chapter. Recalls the period as one of "strong coalition between NOW and the gay community." In addition to copies of The Insider, her papers include an insightful account of life as a lesbian in the Mattachine Society of Washington, an account of lesbians in NOW. The papers also include her testimony (May 10, 1973) in support of Title 34 and subsequent testimony (June 7, 1973) supporting the addition of credit and finance protection to Title 34. The collection also includes the text of the Title 34 human rights act and an explanatory NOW pamphlet from 1973. The papers of David Aiken, gay activist, member of the Gay Liberation Front, and Washington, DC correspondent for The Advocate, include Eva Freund's 1974 testimony in support of adding sexual orientation to the Fairfax County human rights protections. At the time, Eva was employed by the county as a Manpower Planner. Eva Freund's remembrances of life in, and out of, Washington, D.C. have been preserved on one of the audiotapes in the Rainbow History Project's collection of oral histories. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Freund, Eva Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Some items are available online. Collection is available for “fair use" to all researchers at <a href="http://www.dchistory.org/research/">the DC History Center</a> as MS 0764 RHP, Series XXIII. Material may be protected by copyright. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eva Freund Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1961-1974 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. In 2007, Eva was named a Community Pioneer; you can read <a href="https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/exhibits/show/pioneers/2007awardees/freund" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">her online biography</a>. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data typed statement Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statement of Eva Freund, NCAC Board Member on behalf of the National Capital Area Chapter, National Organization for Women, before the Committee on Economic Development, Manpower, and Labor of the Council of the Disrict of Columbia Subject The topic of the resource Women's rights--Washington (D.C.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Freund%2C+Eva">Freund, Eva</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Eva Freund Papers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1973-06-07">1973-06-07</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reproduction+and+use+of+this+material+requires+permission+from+the+copyright+holder.+Please+contact+the+Rainbow+History+Project+for+more+information.">Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the copyright holder. Please contact the Rainbow History Project for more information.</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%C2%A9+Eva+Freund">© Eva Freund</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Washington (D.C.) Civil rights Economic rights Financial discrimination Washington D.C. Women's rights