Homosexuality -- Illinois -- Chicago

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Bruce Johnson’s collection is comprised of research papers from his master’s thesis at Northwestern, notes from early ACT-UP precursor meetings, civil disobedience ACT-UP files for a 1989 demonstration, ACT-UP ephemera including stickers and posters, and HIV-related education materials and periodicals. His collection also has some scattered inclusions of materials from the leather community in the late-80s, early-90s.

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The Earl Welther Collection consists of certificates, correspondence, financial documents, newsletters, photographs, and miscellaneous documents.

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Collection contents include publications, journals, and books, all of which feature Shapiro’s articles, writings, or poetry within them.

Scope and Contents The Stan Huntington collection consists of documents and ephemera mostly related to different Chicago-based groups and clubs Huntington helped run and/or was a member of. Most notably the groups included the Lincoln Park Lagooners (LPL), the Gay Academic Union (GAU), and an interesting 1970s queer-run academic institution called “The Lavender University.” Materials include meeting minutes, agendas, bylaws, grant proposals, treasurer’s reports, financial records, correspondence, newsletters,...