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. 

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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Year
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
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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. 

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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 - October 20, 1979

Number of Pages
10
Date
October 20, 1979

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 October 20, 1979 meeting. Minutes include: 

  • Update on the ALleghany Voluntary Deviate Intercourse Case
  • Department of Welfare Update
  • Department of Aging
  • General Annoucements
  • "Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia" written presentation
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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 10, 1979

Number of Pages
4
Date
September 10, 1979

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.

  • Update on the Voluntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse Statute
  • Update on Aging and Speaker's Bureau
  • Update on Alcoholism
  • Department of Welfare (DPW) Proposed Task Force 
  • Pride '79
  • General Announcements
  • Update on Workgroups
Topics
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 - July [7], 1979

Number of Pages
4
Date
July [7], 1979

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 July [7], 1979 meeting. Minutes include:

  • Schedule for the 1979-80 Council Meetings
  • Proclamation of Gay Pride Week by Governor Thornburgh
  • Pride '79 Conference
  • Alcoholism Update
  • Report on Aging
  • General Announcements
  • Notes updates from smaller committees in the Council
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 - April 27, 1979

Number of Pages
4
Date
April 27, 1979

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 April 17, 1979 meeting. Minutes include

  • Update on attendance policy
  • Status of the Council
  • Update on Alcoholism
  • Update on Advisory Council presentation to the US Civil Rights Commission
  • Update on conference on LGBTQ+ Prisoner Sexual Assault
  • Pride '79 planning
  • Update on Speaker's Bureau
  • Council Membership
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 - March 8, 1979

Number of Pages
3
Date
March 9, 1979

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 for the March 8, 1979 meeting. Minutes include:

  • Update on Media Coverage
  • Information from the Governor's Office
  • White House Conference of the Family participation
  • General Announcements
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 - January 19, 1978

Number of Pages
5
Date
January 19, 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.

Minutes from the January 19, 1978 meeting. Minutes include:

  • Report on the Prison Project
  • Membership
  • Public Information
  • The council's policy on Transsexuality
  • Reports form various committees
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Number of Pages
57
Date
1968 - 2015; Bulk Dates 1970 - 1980

Joseph W. Burns started to donate these materials in 2013 as the first contribution of historical documents to the LGBT Center of Central PA History Project. These materials reflect his involvement in, and document, LGBTQ+ activism in Central PA.

This collection contains materials from 1968 – 2015, but the bulk of the materials focus on LGBTQ+ activism from 1970 – 1980. There are 14 Series which highlight LGBTQ+ activist organizations, legislation, publications, photographs, personal/miscellaneous items, media, and artifacts, as well as Subject Files regarding people, organizations, or issues related to LGBTQ+ activism. Materials include documents, photos, a cassette tape, and multiple artifacts.

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

LGBT History Project: LGBT-011 Sam Deetz Collection

Number of Pages
21
Date
1975 - 2010

Samuel Deetz was born in Quakertown, PA on April 21, 1951 and was one of eight children. His father was a minister, so his family moved from place to place throughout his childhood, until they came back to Central PA where Deetz finished high school. While living at home after high school, Deetz started working as an accountant, which led him to continue a career in accounting.

Deetz became active in the LGBTQ+ community in his mid-twenties in the 1970s. He, with help from Mark Seagal, founded the Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU) in the summer of 1975. He was a member of the PA Rural Gay Caucus from its inception in 1975 until 1978, where he was co-chair for the first Gay Lobby (Education) Day in March 1976 and became the convener of the Legislative Committee. He was invited to become a member of the PA Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites in 1976, where he became a facilitator between the Rural Gay Caucus and the Council, as well as the Council and the PA State Police Department. He also was treasurer for the Pennsylvania for Social Justice Political Action Committee (PAC) from 1982 to 1985.

Deetz passed away in 2019.

This collection highlights Deetz’s activism in various LGBTQ+ groups in Central PA. Deetz was an accountant by trade which enabled him to hold treasurer positions in most of the organizations highlighted in this collection.

People
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Gift of Sam Deetz
Collection
Location
LGBT-011 Sam Deetz Collection

MCC Freedom Newsletter - September 1982

Number of Pages
7
Date
September 1982

Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.

The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.

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

Rainbow Mountain Resort Information for Pride '82 - 1982

Number of Pages
6
Date
1982

Publicity materials for the Rainbow Mountain Resort where Pride '82 was hosted. 

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

Pride '79 Schedule (draft) - October 19 - 21, 1979

Number of Pages
5
Date
October 19 - 21, 1979

Draft of schedule for Pride '79, a statewide gay rights conference. 

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