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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: February 1985
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
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Organizations:
Date: January 1985
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
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Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, MCC of the Spirit
Date: December 1984
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
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Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)
Date: November 1984
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
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Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, Lambda Alive (Reading, PA)
Date: October 1984
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics: Feminism
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA
Date: September 1984
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics: Feminism
Organizations: Lambda Alive (Reading, PA), Dignity/Central PA Education and Social Outreach Committee
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Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - September 1984
Date: August 1984
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
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Organizations: Wind and Wood
Date: July 1984
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
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA
View Item: Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - July 1984
Date: June 1984
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics:
Organizations: Lambda Alive (Reading, PA)
View Item: Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - June 1984
Date: May 1984
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 Lancaster
View Item: Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - May 1984
Date: March 1984
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics: Three Mile Island (TMI)
Organizations: Lambda Alive (Reading, PA)
Date: October 1983
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics:
Organizations:
Date: September 1983
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics:
Organizations: Wind and Wood
View Item: Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - September 1983
Date: August 1983
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
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Organizations: Harrisburg Area Women's News (HAWN)
Date: July 1983
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)
View Item: Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - July 1983
Date: June 1983
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - June 1983
Date: May 1983
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. The newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-009 - Lavender Letter
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, PA Lesbian/Gay Support Network (PALGSN), National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)
View Item: Lavender Letter (Harrisburg, PA) - May 1983
Date: December 1981
The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. This was the last newsletter created by the Switchboard, due to the establishment of another gay press in Harrisburg. Notable articles in this issue are:
- ...
Collection: LGBT-030 - Riese
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Dignity/Central PA, Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Central PA Gay Alliance, PA Lesbian/Gay Support Network (PALGSN)
View Item: GSH Newsletter - December 1981
Date: November 1981
The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Noteworthy articles in this issue are:
- "San Francisco Olympics"
- "New Newsletter"
- "Students Talk Back" presents letters on human...
Collection: LGBT-061 - Kreitzer
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), MCC Harrisburg
View Item: GSH Newsletter - November 1981
Date: October 1981
The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Noteworthy articles in this issue are:
- "That Rabbit's in Love" (p. 1)
- "Williamsport Support Group" (p. 2)
- "Harrisburg MCC is 1" (p. 3...
Collection: LGBT-030 - Riese
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), West Branch Gay Support Network (WBGSN), MCC Harrisburg
View Item: GSH Newsletter - October 1981
Date: September 1981
The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Notable articles in this issue are:
- "Gay by Birthright" (p. 1)
- "Switchboard Elections" (p. 4)
- "Co-Director Mr. Buns" (p. 4)
- "...
Collection: LGBT-030 - Riese
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Dignity/Central PA, Pennsmen Inc.
View Item: GSH Newsletter - September 1981
Date: August 1981
The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Noteworthy articles in this issue are:
- "Lesbian Support Group" (p. 1)
- "Christmas Card Support" (p. 1)
- "From God Part II" (p. 3) ...
Collection: LGBT-030 - Riese
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Lesbian Support Group
View Item: GSH Newsletter - August 1981
Date: July 1981
The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Noteworthy articles in this issue are:
- "Summer Picnic" (p. 1)
- "Switchboard Moves" (p. 1)
- "Fr. Swady Challenges Myths" (p. 3)
Collection: LGBT-030 - Riese
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Dignity/Central PA
View Item: GSH Newsletter - July 1981
Date: June 1981
The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Notable articles in this issue are:
- "A Rose" [La Rose Rouge] (p. 1)
- "Switchboard Summer Picnic" (p. 1)
- "June 30 - ERA Rally" (p. 3)...
Collection: LGBT-030 - Riese
Topics: Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Harrisburg NOW, Dignity/Central PA, PA Lesbian/Gay Support Network (PALGSN), MCC Harrisburg
View Item: GSH Newsletter - June 1981
Date: May 1981
The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Noteworthy articles in this issue are:
- "New Officers in June" (p. 1)
- "Treasurer Stays" (p. 1)
- "Flea Mrkt. June 6" (p. 3)
- "MCC...
Collection: LGBT-030 - Riese
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Dignity/Central PA, MCC Harrisburg, PA Lesbian/Gay Support Network (PALGSN), Pennsmen Inc.
View Item: GSH Newsletter - May 1981