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The LGBT Center of Central PA and the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections have partnered to document the stories and history of LGBT life and activism in the greater Central Pennsylvania region. This site contains oral histories that have been recorded for the LGBT History Project, as well as fully accessible digital versions of documents, images, and artifacts that have been donated to the project.
This is a quickly growing collection, and not all items are available through this website. Please contact Malinda Triller-Doran at archives@dickinson.edu for information about how to access all of the resources of the LGBT History Project, as well as how to donate additional materials.
Generous support to make these unique resources accessible has been provided by the Schlegel Deibler Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
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Date: September 1977
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: May 1977
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: July 1978
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: July 1978
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: January 1974
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: December 1974
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: December 1974
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: Circa December 1975
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932-1975), and used the stage name Francis Parker. After he left The Jewel Box Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg, PA where he continued to perform at local bars and clubs. Trautwein passed away in 2003.
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Date: November 18, 2001
The Betty Finney House was a non-profit organization founded in 1988 that provided housing assistance to those living with HIV/AIDS. It was the only housing assistance agency in South Central PA during the late 1980s and 1990s for those living with HIV/AIDS.
Program for the Betty Finney House's fifth annual fundraiser ''Viva Las Vegas'' held on November 18, 2001.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: The Betty Finney House
View Item: ''Viva Las Vegas'' Fundraiser Program - November 18, 2001
Date: November 2001
The Betty Finney House was a non-profit organization founded in 1988 that provided housing assistance to those living with HIV/AIDS. It was the only housing assistance agency in South Central PA during the late 1980s and 1990s for those living with HIV/AIDS.
Press release announcing the Betty Finney House's fifth annual funderaiser ''Viva Las Vegas'' to be held on November 18, 2001.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: The Betty Finney House
View Item: ''Viva Las Vegas'' Fundraiser Press Release - November 2001
Date: April 1998
The Betty Finney House was a non-profit organization founded in 1988 that provided housing assistance to those living with HIV/AIDS. It was the only housing assistance agency in South Central PA during the late 1980s and 1990s for those living with HIV/AIDS.
This PDF has various advertisements pertaining to the Betty Finney House ''There's No Place Like Home'' Fundraiser held on April 19th, 1998.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: The Betty Finney House
View Item: ''There's No Place Like Home'' Fundraiser Advertisements- April 1998
![Arts Against AIDS 1997 Silent Auction Instructions - [October] 1997](/sites/default/files/styles/artifacts_browse/public/image_lgbt/BettyFinneyHouse_Silent-Auction-Instructions-and-Program-1997.jpg?itok=bRZ5280j "Arts Against AIDS 1997 Silent Auction Instructions - [October] 1997")
Date: [October] 1997
Founded in 1985, the Lancaster AIDS Project was a local organization established by volunteers to assist people with HIV/AIDS in the South Central PA region. The Lancaster AIDS Project organized and coordinated the Arts Against AIDS Auction which was their annual fundraiser.
Instructions for the Silent Auction during the Arts Against AIDS 1997.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: Lancaster AIDS Project
View Item: Arts Against AIDS 1997 Silent Auction Instructions - [October] 1997
Date: September 1996
The Betty Finney House was a non-profit organization founded in 1988 that provided housing assistance to those living with HIV/AIDS. It was the only housing assistance agency in South Central PA during the late 1980s and 1990s for those living with HIV/AIDS.
This was a raffle to raise money for the Betty Finney House.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: The Betty Finney House
Date: March 26, 2000
The Oscar Party was an annual fundraising event hosted by the American Red Cross of Lancaster County to support their HIV/AIDS Education Program.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: American Red Cross of Lancaster County, American Red Cross of the Susquehanna Valley
View Item: Oscar Party Fundraiser 2000 Program - March 26, 2000
Date: March 23, 1998
The Oscar Party was an annual fundraising event hosted by the American Red Cross of Lancaster County to support their HIV/AIDS Education Program.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: American Red Cross of Lancaster County
View Item: Oscar Party Fundraiser 1998 Program - March 23, 1998
Date: March 21, 1999
The Oscar Party was an annual fundraising event hosted by the American Red Cross of Lancaster County to support their HIV/AIDS Education Program.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: American Red Cross of Lancaster County, American Red Cross of the Susquehanna Valley
View Item: Oscar Party Fundraiser 1999 Invitation - March 21, 1999
Date: March 23, 1998
The Oscar Party was an annual fundraising event hosted by the American Red Cross of Lancaster County to support their HIV/AIDS Education Program.
Collection: LGBT-062 - Saunders
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: American Red Cross of Lancaster County
View Item: Oscar Party Fundraiser 1998 Invitation - March 23, 1998