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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Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - August 1978

Date: August 1978

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion...

Collection: LGBT-008 - Maneval

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Organizations: Northeastern PA Coalition for Human Rights (NPCHR)

View Item: PDF icon Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - August 1978

Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - May 1978

Date: May 1978

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion...

Collection: LGBT-008 - Maneval

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Organizations: Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW), PA Rural Gay Caucus, National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)

View Item: PDF icon Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - May 1978

Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - March 1978

Date: March 1978

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion...

Collection: LGBT-008 - Maneval

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Organizations: Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW), Gay Persons of Bloomsburg (GPB)

View Item: PDF icon Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - March 1978

History of the Lavender Letter - undated

Date: undated

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon History of the Lavender Letter - undated

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - June 2006

Date: June 2006

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Organizations: Common Roads

View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - June 2006

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - April 2006

Date: April 2006

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Organizations: Women's Circle

View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - April 2006

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - March 2006

Date: March 2006

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Organizations: Women's Circle, Common Roads

View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - March 2006

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - February 2006

Date: February 2006

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - February 2006

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - January 2006

Date: January 2006

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Organizations: Common Roads

View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - January 2006

Lily White & Company Promotional Material

Date: 1982-1997

Founded by Paul Foltz in 1982, Lily White and Company was a south central Pennsylvania organization composed of entertainers and female impersonators. Lily White and Company produced numerous shows and performances throughout central Pennsylvania...

Collection: LGBT-043 - Lily White & Company

Topics: HIV/AIDs

Organizations: Lily White & Company

View Item: PDF icon LGBT History Project: Lily White & Company Collection

One Day Patch

Date: circa 2000

Melinda Eash is a child psychologist and LBGTQ+ rights ally. After encountering a gay patient in her psychologist practice, Eash began teaching herself about LGBTQ+ youth. She contacted and began attending the local LGBTQ+ youth group, and became...

Collection: LGBT-040 - Eash

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Organizations: Bi, Gay, Lesbian Youth Association of Harrisburg (Bi-GLYAH), Common Roads

View Item: PDF icon LGBT History Project: LGBT-040 Melinda Eash Collection

Rainbow Chain

Date: undated

This collection holds two rainbow chains donated by an anonymous donor.

Collection: LGBT-035 Anonymous Collection

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View Item: PDF icon LGBT History Project: LGBT-035 Collection

PA Gay and Lancaster City Human Relations Commission Pins

Date: undated

Mark Stoner was born in 1959, grew up, and currently lives in Lancaster, PA, where he has worked as a graphic designer for the past 30 years. He came out as gay early in his college years at Penn State University and became involved in Lancaster’...

Collection: LGBT-034 - Stoner

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Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)

View Item: PDF icon LGBT History Project: LGBT-034 Mark Stoner Collection

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - December 2005

Date: December 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - December 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - November 2005

Date: November 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - November 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - October 2005

Date: October 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - October 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - September 2005

Date: September 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - August 2005

Date: August 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - August 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - July 2005

Date: July 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - July 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - June 2005

Date: June 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Organizations: MCC of the Spirit

View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - June 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - April 2005

Date: April 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus, Women's Circle

View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - April 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - March 2005

Date: March 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus

View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - March 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - February 2005

Date: February 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - February 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - January 2005

Date: January 2005

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - January 2005

Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - December 2004

Date: December 2004

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area...

Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter

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Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus

View Item: PDF icon Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - December 2004

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