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1990-1999
November 1999
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...
November/December 1999
Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC) was created in 1991 as a non-religious, LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy and social organization in the City of Lancaster. The Coalition was instrumental in getting sexual orientation non-discrimination protection added...
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - November/December 1999
November 12, 1999
Founded in 1994, the Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “brings together a diverse group of women, united by the joy of singing, to celebrate and empower women and to affirm a positive image of lesbians and feminists.”
This is a program from the...
Collection: LGBT-102 - Central PA Womyn's Chorus
Topics:
Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus, Harrisburg Men's Chorus
View Item: Central PA Womyn’s Chorus Presents “How Can I Keep From Singing?” Program - November 12, 1999
December 1999
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...
1978 - 2012
The bulk of the collection consists of buttons, ribbons, and t-shirts from LGBT events. It also contains documentation of the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg and Dignity of Central PA. Several of the items in this collection relate the...
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, Dignity/Central PA
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-014 Barry Loveland Collection Inventory
1970s to present
These images represent a cross section of the types of materials included in the LGBT Center of Central PA's History Project, which is housed in the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections....
1991-1995
Joy (Ufema) Counsel was raised in Altoona, Pennsylvania. After completing high school, (Ufema) Counsel began studying to become a nurse at the Altoona Hospital, and later completed a nursing program at Harrisburg Area Community College....
Collection: LGBT-038 - Ufema Counsel
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: York Hospice House (York, PA)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-038 Joy Ufema Counsel Collection
1961-2007
Robert “Bob” Deibler was born on January 20, 1940 in upper Paxton Township in Dauphin County, PA. He graduated from Millersburg Area High School and went on to attend Bloomsburg University with majors in social science and English, and later...
Collection: LGBT-081 - Deibler
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-081 Robert ''Bob'' Deibler Collection
1987-2019
Maria DiFava was born in Lebanon County, PA in 1953. She graduated from high school and attended nursing school and ultimately became an EMT volunteer. She later worked as a mail carrier for the US Postal Service. Marie married and had three...
Collection: LGBT-086 - DiFava
Topics:
Organizations: Lebanon County Lesbians (LCL)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-086 Marie DiFava Collection
1990-1995
Margaret “Peg” Dierkers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1957. She earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Ohio State University and eventually enrolled in a doctoral program in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State...
Collection: LGBT-005 - Dierkers
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-005 Margaret ''Peg'' Dierkers Collection
1992 - 2013
Dan Miller was born in 1956 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He earned his BA in Accounting from Elizabethtown College, later going on to get his MA in Finance from Penn State University. In October of 1990, after working for Donald L. DeMuth...
Collection: LGBT-007 - Miller
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Organizations:
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-007 Dan Miller Collection
1961-2015
Sam Edmiston was born on July 17, 1945 in Middleburg, PA. In the April of 1963, Edmiston enrolled in the US Navy, and three weeks after his graduation, went to the Keel United States Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois for recruitment...
Collection: LGBT-041 - Edmiston
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-041 Sam Edmiston Collection
1990-1992
This collection of material reflects Thomas Pfeiffer’s involvement in the Lily White and Company drag troupe in Harrisburg, PA and The Pennsmen Inc., a group of LGBT people with a common interest in the leather/fetish lifestyle.
Collection: LGBT-017 - Pfeiffer
Topics:
Organizations: Lily White & Company, Pennsmen Inc.
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-017 Thomas Pfeiffer Collection
1993 - 1994, 2000
The t-shirts and flags in this collection were donated by Gerald Vath, who attended the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in 1993 and the Millennium March on Washington in 2000. Vath wore these t-shirts and...
Collection: LGBT-018 - Vath
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Organizations:
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-018 Gerald Vath Collection
1996-2007
These materials document LGBT programs and events in Central PA, such as Pride Festivals, the annual FAB Fall Achievement Benefit, and Lily White and Company performances. This collection also includes items from Pennsylvania bars.
Collection: LGBT-023 - Maurer
Topics:
Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-023 Teresa ''Teddy'' Maurer Collection
undated
Program for "Glenda and Friends" performance at Altland's Ranch, supported by Lily White and Company. Glenda and Friends was a new troupe.
Collection: LGBT-043 - Lily White & Company
Topics:
Organizations: Lily White & Company, Glenda & Friends
View Item: "Glenda and Friends" Program - undated
undated
Program for performance by Lily White and Company at the Paper Moon.
Collection: LGBT-043 - Lily White & Company
Topics:
Organizations: Lily White & Company
View Item: "Lily White and Company" Paper Moon Program - undated
undated
Tips on how to fundraise successfully created by Lily White and C0mpany. Suggestions include: Dinner/Theater Shows, Favorite Bartender Contests, Lily Bucks, Program Booklets, Underwriter and Patron Seating, and Brochures.
Collection: LGBT-043 - Lily White & Company
Topics:
Organizations: Lily White & Company
View Item: Lily White and Company "Tips for Success" - undated
undated
Activity and coloring book created by Lily White and Company. Includes pictures to color, puzzles, and crafting activies.
1984-1996
Bernie Pupo was born in Kulpmont, Pennsylvania in 1945 and attended Mount Carmel Catholic High School. After working in a factory after high school, Bernie moved to Harrisburg, where he joined SCAAN, the South Central Aids Assistance Network,...
Collection: LGBT-024 - Pupo
Topics:
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-024 Bernie Pupo Collection
circa 1995
Sharon Mahar Potter was born in Buffalo, NY and raised in Scranton, PA. She began commuting to Harrisburg, PA for the first time when she was offered a position to build the early intervention system for disabled children in the city. Profoundly...
Collection: LGBT-027 - Potter
Topics: LGBT Youth
Organizations: Bi, Gay, Lesbian Youth Association of Harrisburg (Bi-GLYAH)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-027 Sharon Potter Collection
undated
Twaddle was a member of The Pennsmen, a group of LGBT people with a common interest in the leather/fetish lifestyle, for approximately 12 years. This collection consists of artifacts from his time in The Pennsmen. The artifacts...
Collection: LGBT-028 - Twaddle
Topics:
Organizations: Pennsmen Inc.
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-029 Richard Twaddle Collection
1985-1999
Steven Leshner became a member of Dignity/Central PA, a Catholic organization for LGBTQ+ individuals that has been active in the Harrisburg, PA area since 1976, in the 1970s, where he participated in events and activities, as well as became part...
Collection: LGBT-029 - Leshner
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-029 Steven Leshner Collection
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
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-034 Mark Stoner Collection
1998-2008
This collection contains newsletters published between 1998 and 2004 by the Lower Susquehanna Valley Chapter of the Renaissance Education Association, Inc., a non-profit transgender support organization. These materials also include programs from...
Collection: LGBT-039 - Davidson
Topics:
Organizations: Renaissance Education Association, Inc.
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-039 Ellen Davidson Collection
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