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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: July 31, 1994
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
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Organizations: Pride Coalition of Central PA
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Central PA Pride Festival 1994 Invitation - July 31, 1994
Date: December 1993 to March 1994
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Gay and Lesbian Community Awareness Council of Central PA (CAC), Pride Coalition of Central PA
View Item: Central PA Pride Festival 1994 Planning Meeting Flyer - December 14, 1993
Date: July 25, 1993
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Harrisburg Men's Chorus, Lily White & Company
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Date: July 26, 1992
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Harrisburg Men's Chorus
View Item: Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival of Central PA Flyer - July 26, 1992
![Central PA Pride Festival Report - [Winter] 1994](https://archives.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/artifacts_browse/public/image_lgbt/Pride_Festival-Report-1994.jpg?itok=LSb0Ox2V "Central PA Pride Festival Report - [Winter] 1994")
Date: 1994
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Pride Coalition of Central PA
Date: May 22, 2007
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-021 - LGBT Center of Central PA
Topics:
Organizations: Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, Harrisburg Men's Chorus
View Item: Dine Out with Pride, Central PA PrideFest Unity Parade Fundraiser Brochure - May 22, 2007
Date: July 26, 1997
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-023 - Maurer
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View Item: Central PA Pride Festival Brochure '97 - July 26, 1997
Date: July 27, 1996
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-012 - Anonymous
Topics:
Organizations: Lily White & Company, Pennsmen Inc., York Area LAMBDA, MCC of the Spirit
View Item: Central PA Pride Festival Brochure '96 - July 27, 1996
Date: July 25, 1993
The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, Lily White & Company
View Item: Central PA Pride Festival Brochure '93 - July 25, 1993
Date: July 20, 1995
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC), York Area LAMBDA, Central PA Womyn's Chorus, Lily White & Company, Pride Coalition of Central PA
View Item: Crossroads Magazine Premier Issue Sneak Peak - July 30, 1995
Date: October/November 1997
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics:
Organizations: Lily White & Company, York Area LAMBDA
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - October/November 1997
Date: August/September 1997
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics: Stonewall
Organizations:
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - August/September 1997
Date: June/July 1997
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics:
Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - June/July 1997
Date: April/May 1997
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
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Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), Lancaster AIDS Project, AIDS Community Alliance
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - April/May 1997
Date: February/March 1997
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics:
Organizations: Harrisburg Men's Chorus, Pennsmen Inc.
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - February/March 1997
Date: December 1996/January 1997
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics: HIV/AIDs, AIDS Memorial Quilt
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), York Hospice House (York, PA)
Date: October/November 1996
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics: AIDS Memorial Quilt
Organizations: The Names Project, Bi, Gay, Lesbian Youth Association of Harrisburg (Bi-GLYAH)
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - October/November 1996
Date: August/September 1996
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics:
Organizations: Harrisburg Men's Chorus
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - August/September 1996
Date: June/July 1996
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics:
Organizations: Lily White & Company
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - June/July 1996
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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View Item: 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
Topics:
Organizations: TransCentral PA
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-088 TransCentral PA Collection
Date: 1984
Gold Pennsmen Inc. 7th Anniversary Pin.
Collection: LGBT-010 - Wilson
Topics:
Organizations: Pennsmen Inc.
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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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