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11. LGBT History Research Collection

 Collecting Area
Identifier: 11

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Fundación Latinoamericana de Acción Social Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-018
Dates: undetermined
Scope and Contents

This collection does not currently have a finding aid available online. For assistance, please contact Special Collections by emailing cdkelleher@uh.edu.

Pat Gustavson and Mignon Weisinger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-025
Dates: 1940s-2010s
Preliminary Scope and Contents Note

The personal papers of life partners Pat Gustavson, an architect and pediatric hematologist, and Mignon Weisinger, an artist, in Houston and Galveston. The papers document their life partnership, early and family lives, education, careers, and community.

[The Gustavson and Weisinger papers are being processed but are available for research. Please contact curator Joyce Gabiola at jegabiola@uh.edu with questions.]

Hazelwitch Productions Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-004
Dates: 1981-1998
Scope and Contents The collection contains financial, promotional, and managerial records of Hazelwitch Productions from the date of its receipt of Certificate of Operation in July 1981 to its final production in 1996. With the exception of some of the financial records, there was no consistent scheme of organization in the collection. Material is arranged in five series: Financial Records, Production Management, Promotional Material, Dissolution Materials, and Miscellaneous. Financial records constitute...

Houston Chapter of the Gay Atheist League of America Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-036
Dates: 1989-1992
Content Description

Newsletters and financial documentation.

This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this collection or to request access, contact the collection curator Joyce Gabiola jegabiola@uh.edu.

Lesbians Over the Age of Fifty (LOAF) Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-032
Dates: 1987-2016
Scope and Contents

This collection does not currently have a finding aid available online. For assistance, please contact Special Collections by emailing collection curator Joyce Gabiola at jegabiola@uh.edu.

UH LGBTQ+ Resource Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-015
Dates: 2008-2023; undated
Scope and Contents The UH LGBTQ+ Resource Center Records includes analog and electronic material from 2008-2023 that document the formation and functions of the Center. The collection consists of annual reports, brochures, and news articles related to events, policies, and programs, including Cougar Ally Training, Rainbow Coogs, Rainbow Friends, Lavender Graduation, and Mentorship. It contains posters, awards, promotional materials, and documentation of scholarships and the advisory board. While not currently...

Edward Lukasek Oral History Interview

 Item
Identifier: 2018-015
Dates: August 10, 2017
Content Description

The oral history of Edward Lukasek was recorded on August 10, 2017, at the University of Houston Libraries-Special Collections. His interview describes his life and his experiences of coming out, and also how he formed his LGBT book collection.

C. Patrick McIlvain Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-017
Dates: approximately 1890s-2022
Content Description The collection contains items that mostly document McIlvain’s personal life, the Walk for Mental Health Awareness – Houston, political organizing, and his involvement in sports. Some of the materials include correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, journals, planners, posters, CDs, newspaper clippings, poems, essays, button/pins, programs, directories, and a matchbook. There are also financial, legal, medical, and military records as well as framed items, plaques and trophies. Some of the...

Miscellaneous LGBT History Collections

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2020-020
Dates: 20th-21st cent.
Content Description

Small collections of LGBT History material that aren't large enough for their own boxes.

Montrose Center records

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-046
Dates: 1992-2011
Scope and Contents The Montrose Center Records contain the Houston Area Teen Coalition of Homosexuals (HATCH) President Records, agenda and meeting minutes, emails, training materials, community outreach, and fundraising programs. Also contained within the collection are agenda and meeting minutes and Presidents records for Assisthers, a Houston based organization that connects care teams to Houston-area LGBTQ+ women living with chronic illnesses and / or disabilities.This collection is not yet...

Annise Parker and Kathy Hubbard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-029
Dates: 20th cent.
Brief Content Description

Collection includes documentation of Annise Parker and Kathy Hubbards leadership, participation, and activism in Houston's LGBTQ community.

The collection is not fully processed. Materials related to the Houston Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus were processed in 2021-2022 by Research for Aspiring Coogs in the Humanities (REACH) Program intern Kennedy Williams. For more information, please contact collection curator Joyce Gabiola at jegabiola@uh.edu.

Annise Parker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-004
Dates: 1991-2001
Scope and Contents This collection is housed in 9 boxes and the arranged in 7 series. Annise Parker’s papers document her campaigns for elected office in the City of Houston from: City Council Race-Defeated-1991; City Council Race-Defeated-1995; City Council Race-Won-1997; City Council Race-Won-2001; City Controller Race-Won-2003; and City Controller Race-Won-2005. Material formats within these series range from newspaper clippings and video recordings to correspondence and typescript. A 7th series includes a...

Frank Parsley Papers

 Collection — Box 1-26
Identifier: 2024-011
Dates: approximately 1980-2023
Content Description

The collection mostly contains items that document the creator’s personal life and his work as a photographer. The printed photographs, photo slides, and photo negatives feature images of family, friends and others, landscapes, flowers, animals, local/regional Pride events, and activism. Also in the collection are VHS tapes, protest posters, a t-shirt from the 1989 March on the Capitol, buttons, books, American Gay Atheist newsletters, erotica, pornography, and medical records.

PFLAG Houston Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-037
Dates: 1977-2018, undated
Scope and Contents This collection includes community outreach and educational materials, event and campaign materials, clippings, articles, newsletters, photographs, memorabilia, correspondence, PFLAG Board documents and meeting agendas and minutes, Healing the Hurt conference materials, audiovisual materials, posters, and small banners.This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this collection or to request access, contact curator Joyce Gabiola at...

Ray Hill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-048
Dates: 1940-2020; Majority of material found within 1985-2018
Scope and Contents The Ray Hill Papers date from 1940 to 2020. The collection consists primarily of letters written to Hill (from prisoners held in Texas prisons) while he was host of The Prison Show that airs on 90.1 FM KPFT. Created by Hill, the show discusses prisoners rights and issues within the criminal justice system. There are also letters written to Hill from friends and family members of prisoners. These letters offer a look into the daily lives and treatment of prisoners. The collection also...