Collections of college and personal papers, as well as a select number of individual documents, have been briefly described in entries available for browsing and searching on this site. All collection descriptions contain a representative image and a summary of the contents. Collection descriptions also include links to an inventory detailing the contents of the collection.
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This collection contains approximately 10 years worth of issues (1995-2006) of the Lavender Letter, a lesbian newsletter published in Harrisburg, PA. It also contains a small amount of documentation from the 1996 Central PA Pride...
Location: LGBT-009
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: 
LGBT-009 Collection Inventory
These materials document several gay bars that operated in the Harrisburg, PA area, namely The Archives Nightclub and Restaurant (1983), La Rose Rouge,(1978-1992), Neptune’s Lounge (1972), Paper Moon, and the Shadows bar (1980-1984). These items...
Location: LGBT-010
Subject: LGBT History, Sport and Recreation
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Audio-Visual Materials, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-010 Collection Inventory
These materials were donated by Sam Deetz, founder of Susquehanna Valley Gays United in Northumberland, PA in 1976. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings documenting gay rights issues and activism primarily in the Sunbury, PA area from 1975-...
Location: LGBT-011
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Time Period: 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: LGBT-011 Collection Inventory
This collection was donated anonymously by an individual associated with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the Spirit in Harrisburg, PA. The collection is composed primarily of newspapers clippings that...
Location: LGBT-012
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Miscellaneous, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-012 Collection Inventory
This collection reflects Eric Selvey’s involvement with the Crossroads Magazine as editor and publisher, and with the Lily White and Company drag troupe, based in Harrisburg, PA.
Location: LGBT-013
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Broadsides and Posters, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-013 Collection Inventory
These materials were donated by Barry Loveland in 2014. The bulk of the collection consists of buttons, ribbons, and t-shirts from events. It also contains documentation of the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, as well as theatre and...
Location: LGBT-014
Subject: Health and Medicine, LGBT History, Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Audio-Visual Materials, Books and Pamphlets, Miscellaneous, Music, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-014 Collection Inventory
This collection is comprised primarily of newspaper clippings from a wide variety of publications, not limited to Central PA, addressing issues related to marriage, clergy, politics, discrimination, and the military. This collection also...
Location: LGBT-015
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Broadsides and Posters, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs
Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-015 Collection Inventory
This collection contains a run of the Advocate magazine from April 16, 1985 to May 21, 1991. It also includes a 1991 Gay and Lesbian Switchboard guide to Central PA and a gay trivia game.
Location: LGBT-016
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-016 Collection Inventory
This collection of material reflects Thomas Pfeiffer’s involvement in the Lily White and Company drag troupe in Harrisburg, PA and The Pennsmen Inc., a group of LGBT people with a common interest in the leather/fetish lifestyle. The Marie...
Location: LGBT-017
Subject: LGBT History, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Broadsides and Posters, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Photographs
Time Period: 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-017 Collection Inventory
This collection contains t-shirts and flags from the 1993 March on Washington and the 2000 Millennium March on Washington.
Location: LGBT-018
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects
Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT_018_Vath,GeraldG.pdf
These materials document the holy union of Nancy Datres and Riitta Lukkari. They also contain court documents and a photograph dealing with harassment Datres and Lukkari experienced from their neighbors.
Location: LGBT-019
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Legal and Government Documents, Photographs
Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-019 Collection Inventory
The LGBT Center of Central PA, housed in Harrisburg, PA, provides services, programs, and community space for the LGBT community in the region. These materials represent these initiatives, including the Common Roads program for youth and young...
Location: LGBT-021
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-021 Collection inventory
This collection contains issues of the Lavender Letter newsletter from 1983-1995. Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others began publishing the Lavender Letter newsletter in 1983 as a way of creating...
Location: LGBT-022
Subject: LGBT History
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-022 Collection Inventory
These materials document LGBT programs and events in Central PA, such as Pride Festivals, the annual FAB Fall Achievement Benefit, and Lily White and Company performances. It also includes items from Pennsylvania bars.
Location: LGBT-023
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-023 Collection Inventory
Location: LGBT-024
Subject: Health and Medicine, LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Audio-Visual Materials
Time Period: 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-024 Collection Inventory
These items were acquired by Richard Twaddle during his approximately 12 years of membership in The Pennsmen, a group of LGBT people with a common interest in the leather/fetish lifestyle.
Location: LGBT-028
Subject: LGBT History
Format: Artifacts and Objects
Time Period: 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-028 Collection Inventory
This collection contains an assortment of buttons documenting LGBT events and issues. It also includes monthly newsletters produced by the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg in 1981.
Location: LGBT-030
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects
Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-030 Collection Inventory
This collection contains buttons reflecting activism in support of marriage equality in Pennsylvania.
Location: LGBT-031
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects
Time Period:
Collection Inventory: LGBT-031 Collection Inventory
This collection contains materials related to STUDS Magazine: Handsomely Beautiful Women, a Harrisburg, PA area magazine that was published, written, and designed by Lindsay Snowden and Shaashawn Dial-Snowden, with contributions from...
Location: LGBT-032
Subject: LGBT History, Literary Pursuits, Social Reform and Advocacy, Sport and Recreation, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Audio-Visual Materials, Books and Pamphlets, Miscellaneous, Newspapers and Magazines, Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-032 Collection Inventory
This collection contains newspaper clippings, posters, buttons, and gay bar matchbook covers. The news clippings document coverage of issues related to LGBT rights and activism in the LNP (Lancaster) newspaper...
Location: LGBT-033
Subject: LGBT History, Military Affairs and Conflict, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Broadsides and Posters
Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-033 Collection Inventory
This collection contains newsletters published between 1998 and 2004 by the Lower Susquehanna Valley Chapter of the Renaissance Education Association, Inc., a non-profit transgender support organization. These...
Location: LGBT-039
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-039 Collection Inventory
These materials primarily pertain to the Bi-GLYAH and Common Roads organizations for LGBT youth. The collection contains t-shirts, an EQUALITY bracelet, and promotional materials from around 2000.
Location: LGBT-040
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-040 Collection Inventory
These materials include photographs, artifacts, and documents regarding the life and activism of Sam Edmiston. Of note in this collection is a banner made for the Susquehanna Valley Gays United organization founded in...
Location: LGBT-041
Subject: LGBT History, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-041 Collection Inventory
The Paul Foltz Collection contains material dating from 1982-2008 and focuses primarily on the activities and performances of Lily White and Company, a local group of performers and female impersonators that raised money for HIV/AIDS programming...
Location: LGBT-043
Subject: Health and Medicine, LGBT History, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Broadsides and Posters, Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-043 Collection Inventory
The Keystone Conference is a program for transgender individuals and their allies that has been held annually in Pennsylvania since 2009. The items in this collection include publicity material distributed during the...
Location: LGBT-077
Subject: LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: LGBT-077 Collection Inventory