George S. Buse Papers

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George Buse was a journalist, activist, actor, and minister. He was a WWII Marine veteran who was discharged from a Navy chaplaincy for being homosexual. Buse was also a civil rights and anti-Vietnam War activist in the 1960s. He served as secretary of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Metropolitan Chicago in the 1970s, as well as being an active member of Presbyterians for Gay and Lesbian Concerns, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America, and the Midwest Men’s Center of Chicago. Buse’s collection is comprised of correspondence, negatives, photographs, slides, scrapbooks, photo albums, plaques, awards, cassettes, videotapes, flyers, newsletters, news clippings, and assorted ephemera.

Acquisition Type

Gift

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No