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LGBT History Project
About LGBT History Project Resources
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: 1976 - 2008. 2010. 2018
Born on May 4, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY, Walter J. Lear was a physician and activist for healthcare reform and LGBTQ+ rights. He received his B.S. from Harvard in 1943, his M.D. from Long Island College of Medicine in 1946, and his M.S. in Hospital...
Collection: LGBT-089 - Lear
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LGBT History Project: LGBT-089 Walter J. Lear Collection
Date: 1980 - 2009
John Folby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The eldest of five children, Folby was raised in a “very strict Roman Catholic, Irish-Italian family.” At age twenty-five, he relocated to Harrisburg with his partner. Shortly after moving to...
Collection: LGBT-037 - Folby
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), Act UP
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-037 John Folby Collection
Date: 2007 - 2019
TransCentral PA is a nonprofit 501c3 organization which serves the transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming community in central Pennsylvania. It was originally formed in 1989 as the Lower Susquehanna Valley chapter of the national trans...
Collection: LGBT-088 - TransCentral PA
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Date: 1984
Gold Pennsmen Inc. 7th Anniversary Pin.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: 1983
Staff T-shirt for the Harrisburg, PA gay bar and resturant, The Archives.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: 1980
Electric bar sign of Shadows, a prominent gay bar in Harrisburg, PA.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: 1986
NAGVA Nationals Tournament 4 (Chicago, IL) plaque.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Organizations: Harrisburg Hustlers Volleyball Team
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Date: 1986
NAGVA Nationals Tournament 4 (Chicago, IL) grey, short sleeve shirt.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Organizations: Harrisburg Hustlers Volleyball Team
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Date: 1983
Six napkins from The Archives, a prominent gay bar and restaurant in Harrisburg, PA.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: circa 1980
Matchbook from Harrisburg, PA gay bar Shadows.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: circa 1980
T-shirt for the Harrisburg, PA gay bar Shadows.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: October 8 -9, 1988
Charm City (PA) invitational volleyball tournament plaque.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Organizations: Harrisburg Hustlers Volleyball Team
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Date: May 24 - 27, 1985
NAGVA III international tournament plaque won by the Harrisburg Hustlers.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Organizations: Harrisburg Hustlers Volleyball Team
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Date: circa 1980
Harrisburg Hustlers HBG #16 yellow and black, long sleeve shirt.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: circa 1980
Harrisburg Hustlers #3 yellow and black, short sleeve Captain shirt.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: circa 1980
Harrisburg Hustlers #3 maroon and white long sleeve captian shirt.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: circa 1980
Harrisburg Hustlers #3 red, long sleeve shirt.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: 1986
NAGVA Nationals Tournament 4 (Chicago, IL) white, long sleeve shirt.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
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Date: 1971 - 1994
Jan Brittan graduated from Dickinson College in 1971. This collection contains LGBTQ+ periodicals and articles. Brittan also donated books, which are listed in a separate PDF Appendix.
Collection: LGBT-064 - Brittan
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-064 Jan Brittan Collection, LGBT History Project: LGBT-064 Jan Brittan Collection Appendix
Date: 2016 - 2017
The Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance, also known as the Borough of Carlisle Human Relations Ordinance, was passed in December 2016. This ordinance established a Human Relations Commission and protection of LGBTQ+ community in the Borough,...
Collection: LGBT-060 - Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Topics: Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
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Date: circa 1964
Richard Schlegel (front, fourth from the left) with large group of men in front of building. Possibly PA Department of Highway staff.
Collection: LGBT-081 - Deibler
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Date: circa 1964
Richard Schlegel at dinner event (right).
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Date: circa 1964
PA Department of Highways event. Richard Schlegel (back left), Department of Highways Deputy Secretary Wilbur Webb (center), Secretary Henry Harral (right of Webb), and Joe Micco (far right).
Collection: LGBT-081 - Deibler
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Date: circa 1964
Richard Schlegel at a desk in the PA Department of Highways.
Collection: LGBT-081 - Deibler
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Date: March 11, 1964
Pennsylvania Highway Information Association dinner at the Scranton Holiday Inn. Left to right: Ken Larson, James E. Krick, Max Frey, and Richard Schlegel, unidentified man.
Collection: LGBT-081 - Deibler
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