Pride '79 Pink Debbie Interest Correspondence - June 19, 1979

Number of Pages
3
Date
June 19, 1979

Correspondence from Pink Debbie, a band, inquiring about performing at Pride Conference 1979. 

Organizations
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Time Period
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '79 Interested Attendee Letters - 1979

Number of Pages
12
Date
1979

Letters from interested attendees for Pride Conference 1979. Most of the letters are handwritten.

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Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '79 Press Releases and Advertisements - 1979

Number of Pages
6
Date
1979

Various press release, correspondences, and advertisements for Pride Conference 1979. One handwritten letter.

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Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '79 Workshop Leaders Information Form - 1979

Number of Pages
3
Date
1979

Workshop Leaders information forms for Pride Conference 1979.

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Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '79 Planning Committee Information - 1979

Number of Pages
4
Date
1979

Planning Committee information for the PA Pride Conference held in 1979. 

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Year
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Format
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '78 Evaluation Form (filled out, handwritten) - 1978

Number of Pages
2
Date
1978

Filled out evaluation form from Pride 1978. The form is hadnwritten. 

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Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride Conference Speaker Correspondences and Information - 1975 to1978

Number of Pages
12
Date
1975 to 1978

Correspondences and information on Pride Conference speakers from 1975 to 1978. Some correspondences are handwritten.

Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '75 Mark Segal Conference Announcement - 1975

Number of Pages
2
Date
1975

Letter announcing the 1975 Pennsylvania State Gay Conference, a statewide gay rights conference which was later known as Pride.

People
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Bari Weaver (left), Sam Deetz (middle), and Joseph W. Burns (right) at dinner - circa 1988

Date
circa 1988

Bari Weaver (left), Sam Deetz (middle), and Joe Burns (right), memebers of the PA Rural Gay Caucus, reunited at dinner circa Christmas 1988.

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Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - March 4, 1977

Number of Pages
5
Date
March 4, 1977

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Minnutes for the Steering Committee meeting of the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities. Minutes include:

  • Committee Reports
  • Committee Organization
  • Press Kit
  • White House meeting 
  • General Updates
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - June 25, 1976

Number of Pages
7
Date
June 25, 1976

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Minuntes from the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities. Minutes include:

  • Policy regarding multiple committee membership
  • Annual Organization of Council
  • Additional Committee Members
  • A council vacancy
  • Public Information and Education
  • Letters on Council Stationary
  • Spokesperson for the Council
  • Reports on Committee
  • Upcoming meetings
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Time Period
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

State Employment Committee Meeting Minutes - May 7, 1976

Number of Pages
4
Date
May 7, 1976

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Minutes from the State Employment Subcommittee of the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities. Minutes include: 

  • Managament Procedures for Affirmative Action
  • Should the State Employment Committee seek to become an in-house committee of the office of administration?
People
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Speakers Bureau Brochure - circa 1978

Number of Pages
4
Date
circa 1978

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Brochure advertising the Speaker's Bureau, a program created by the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities as a way to spread education about LGBTQ+ issues.

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Report of Pennsylvania Council for Sexual Minorities - March 1977

Number of Pages
51
Date
March 1977

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

The first Annual Report of the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, describing the major activities and accomplishments of the council in the 1976 year. 

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Year
Time Period
Format
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '78 Handmade Poster - 1978

Number of Pages
2
Date
1978

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Handmade poster created to advertise Pride '78, the yearly Gay Conference held in Pennsylvania. 

Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Press Release - circa 1977

Number of Pages
2
Date
circa 1977

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Press release announcing the establishment of the Gay Youth Committee headed by Janet Cooper.

People
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities ''Past Progress, Future Plans'' Draft - April 23, 1980

Number of Pages
13
Date
April 23, 1980

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Draft report of ''Past Progress, Future Plans" for Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities subcommittes: Aging, Corrections, Drug and Alcohol, Education, Employment, Health, Insurance, Justice, Licensing, Public Welfare, Speaker's Bureau, State Police, and Third World Concerns; and general accomplishments of the council as a whole. 

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Time Period
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Notes on Alcoholism - circa 1978

Number of Pages
3
Date
circa 1978

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Notes from a presentation of Gay Alcoholism presented by James Huggins to the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Unidentified Minutes, page 3 - undated

Number of Pages
2
Date
undated

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Unidentified minutes from a meeting.

Year
Time Period
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - September 8, 1980

Number of Pages
4
Date
September 8, 1980

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Minutes from the September 8, 1980 meeting. Minutes include: 

  • Report from Welfare Subcommittee
  • Health Report 
  • Foster Care Report 
  • Corrections Report 
  • ACLU/Governor's Council Booklet
  • Philadelphia Meeting Report
  • Pride '80
  • Public Welfare Priority List
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - June 3, 1980

Number of Pages
3
Date
June 3, 1980

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Minutes from the June 3, 1980 meeting. Minutes include:

  • Update on the Department of Welfare
  • Report of the Drug and Alcohol committe
  • Update on Complaint Desk
  • General Annoucements 
  • Sodomy Reform
  • Future Plans
Topics
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection