Politics and Government

LGBT Oral History Summaries

2018

Since August 2012 the LGBT History Project of the LGBT Center of Central PA has actively collected stories of LGBT history in central PA as told by those who lived them. This growing collection of oral history interviews is housed by the...

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Richard Schlegel at the Bucknell University Seminar for Highway Executives - August 1963

August 1963

Bucknell University seminar for highway executives, left to right: Ken Larson, Dr. George McManmon (standing), James Mifflin, and Richard Schlegel.

Collection: LGBT-081 - Deibler

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Organizations: PA Department of Highways

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Richard Schlegel at desk - circa 1964

circa 1964

Richard Schlegel at a desk in the PA Department of Highways.

Collection: LGBT-081 - Deibler

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Organizations: PA Department of Highways

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Richard Schlegel at dinner event - circa 1964

circa 1964

Richard Schlegel at dinner event (right).

Collection: LGBT-081 - Deibler

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Richard Schlegel at event for PA Department of Highways - circa 1964

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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Organizations: PA Department of Highways

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Richard Schlegel with large group of men in front of building - circa 1964

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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Richard Schlegel at the Pennsylvania Highway Information Association dinner - March 11, 1964

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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Organizations: PA Department of Highways

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Bicentennial Conference on Gays and the Federal Government Registration and Schedule - October 1975

October 1975

Registration and schedule for the Bicentennial Conference on Gays and the Federal Government Conference in Washington D.C. on October 10-14, 1975.

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

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Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - November 1975

November 1975

The Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus is an association of interested individuals and groups, formed with the objective of promulgating the concerns and freedoms of gay people and all sexual minorities. The report/newsletter was used as outreach to...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: PA Senate Bill 743, PA House Bill 196

Organizations: Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), Governor's Gay Task Force, Gays United Lancaster (GUL), PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - November 1975

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - December [1975]

December [1975]

Founded in December of 1974, the Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading, PA (GCS Berks) was a LGBTQ+ activist organization in the Berks County area and a fundamental part of the Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus. The...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Human Rights Law

Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks), PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - December [1975]

Aaron Spicher and Ted [Hogonvesher] at Philadelphia Gay Pride – 1976

1976

This is a photo of Aaron Spicher and Ted Hogonvesher at Philadelphia Gay Pride in 1976. This picture is found on page 4 of the PDF of the Dignity/Central PA Scrapbook.

Dignity/Central PA is a forum for human concerns, a place of seeking...

Collection: LGBT-029 - Leshner

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Organizations: Dignity/Central PA

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Chart - 1976

1976

The Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus was “an association of interested individuals and groups, formed with the objective of promulgating the concerns and freedoms of gay people and all sexual minorities."

Flow chart of how information spreads...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

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Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Chart - 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus group at Philadelphia Gay Pride - 1976

1976

This is a photo of PA Rural Gay Caucus members at the Philadelphia Gay Pride in 1976. Members include Aaron Spicher (with the Dignity Banner), Joe Burns, Richard Hoffman (with GCS Berks Banner), Sam Deetz (turned away from the camera) and Jerry...

Collection: LGBT-029 - Leshner

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Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Dignity/Central PA

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Report - 1976

1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: US House Resolution 166, US House Resolution 5452

Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Report - 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislator Visit Evaluation Sheet - 1976

1976

This a form used to evaluate...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

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Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Position Paper Draft - 1976

1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Sodomy Repeal Bill

Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Position Paper Draft - 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus Reasons for Repeal of Sodomy Statute - 1976

1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Sodomy Laws

Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Reasons for Repeal of Sodomy Statute - 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - January 1976

January 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: PA House Bill 196, PA Senate Bill 743

Organizations: Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - January 1976

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - February 1976

February 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: PA Senate Bill 743

Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)

View Item: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - February 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - February 1976

February 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

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Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Governor's Gay Task Force, Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - February 1976

Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - March 1976

March 1976

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns Periodicals

Topics: Human Rights Ordinance, PA State Employee Antidiscrimination Proclamation

Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Gay League of Lebanon (GLL), Gay Era, Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Gay Switchboard of Lancaster, Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Humans Relations Commission, Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Governor's Gay Task Force, Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)

View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - March 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - March 1976

March 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Human Relations Act, PA Senate Bill 743

Organizations: Dyketactics, PA Rural Gay Caucus, Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - March 1976

Corrections Subcommittee Meeting Minutes - March 9, 1976

March 9, 1976

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...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

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Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Corrections Subcommittee Meeting Minutes - March 9, 1976