Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “Simply Sondheim” Program - May 14 & 15, 2022

Number of Pages
17
Date
May 14 and 15, 2022
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 event program is from the Central PA Womyn's Chorus' spring 2022 concert "Simply Sondheim," a celebration of Stephen Sondheim's music performed on May 14th at Heroes Grove Amphitheater in Harrisburg and on May 15th at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Mechanicsburg. The chorus dedicated this performance to honor the memory of chorus member Charlene Bojalad.
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Mary Nancarrow
Location
LGBT-102 Central PA Womyn's Chorus Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-094 Pedro Zagitt Collection

Number of Pages
1
Date
2019

The Non-Straight Motorist Green-Book was created by Pedro Zagitt for an exhibit at the Susquehanna Art Museum. After visiting the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections to explore the LGBT History Project, Zagitt was inspired by the Gaia’s Guide 1976 by Sandy Horn, one of the first travel guides for non-heterosexual/non-cisgendered people in the pre-internet era. The form of the guide is based on the Motorist Green Book created by Harlem postman Victor Green in 1936, and the first travel guide for Black Americans during the time of segregation. This publication is one of two copies that Zagitt created.

People
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Time Period
Origin
Gift of Pedro Zagitt
Collection
Location
LGBT-094 Pedro Zagitt Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-092 Richard Malmsheimer Collection

Number of Pages
1
Date
1993 - 1997

This collection contains 4 t-shirts: two from local AIDSWalks held in Harrisburg, PA by local AIDS organizations, SCAAN and AIDS Community Alliance; one from the 1993 March on Washington held in Washington, D.C.; and one created for the Dan Miller Legal Defense Fund.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Richard Malmsheimer
Location
LGBT-092 Richard Malmsheimer Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-089 Walter J. Lear Collection

Number of Pages
5
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 Administration from Columbia University School of Public Health in 1948. Lear came out in January of 1976 in the first issues of the Philadelphia Gay News.

Lear held many public health positions in Pennsylvania including, but not limited to, Deputy City Health Commissioner for Philadelphia (1964), State Regional Health Commissioner (1971), and acting executive director of Philadelphia General Hospital. He also founded the Institute of Social Medicine and Community Health (circa 1975) and was one of the four founders of the Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia (1980).

As an activist, Lear’s dedication to healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights intersected. His activism included, but is not limited to: Chairperson to the Gay Public Health Workers Caucus of the American Public Health Association (1975-1978); Board of Directors member for the Gay Community Center of Philadelphia, now the William Way Center, (1975-1991); PA State Health Department delegate to the Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorities (1976-1979); co-founder of the Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia (1979); co-founder the Philadelphia AIDS Task Force (1982); and the first openly gay member of the Philadelphia Human Relations Commission (1984-1988).

Lear passed away in 2010.

The contents of this collection are organized into six series: Context of Collection, Correspondence, Photographs, Scholarship, Recognition Events, and Miscellaneous. For more materials related to Walter J. Lear, please see:

Walter J. Lear papers, 1975-1996, John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center.

Walter Lear Collection, 1944 – 1963, Joan E. Lynaugh Archives and Special Collections, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.

People
Year
Origin
Gift of John Barns
Collection
Location
LGBT-089 Walter J. Lear Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-037 John Folby Collection

Number of Pages
15
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 Harrisburg, Folby became heavily involved in the local gay community, beginning with his work on the Harrisburg Gay Switchboard. He also joined a group for gay Catholics, Dignity/Central PA, which better integrated him into the gay community with trips to New York City for the annual Gay Pride parade and introductions to the gay bar scene in Harrisburg.

With the influx of HIV/AIDS in the gay community, Folby began his twenty-five-year career with the Department of Welfare where he ran the Special Pharmaceutical Benefits Program (SPBP), Pennsylvania’s version of an AIDS Drug Assistance program for people living with HIV/AIDS. Folby, with the help of his supervisor, was able to parlay this civil servant position into one of advocacy. Due to lack of government funding, Folby was frequently forced to think creatively and economically to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and get the word out about HIV/AIDS medications, such as AZT. Folby became an advocate inside the system.

This collection contains the personal and governmental activism of John Folby. Items represent local, state, national, and international HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.

Topics
People
Year
Origin
Gift of John Folby
Collection
Location
LGBT-037 John Folby Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-088 TransCentral PA Collection

Number of Pages
6
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 organization, Renaissance Education Association. The group separated from the Renaissance in 2006. This collection contains administrative materials and monthly newsletters from 2007-2021.

Organizations
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Year
Origin
Downloaded from TransCentral PA website by Malinda Triller-Doran and Sarah Wakefield
Location
LGBT-088 TransCentral PA Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-064 Jan Brittan Collection

Number of Pages
6
Date
1971 - 1994
Jan Brittan graduated from Dickinson College in 1971. This collection contains LGBTQ+ periodicals and articles. Brittan also donated books, which are listed in a separate PDF Appendix.
People
Year
Origin
Gift of Jan Brittan
Collection
Location
LGBT-064 Jan Brittan Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-060 Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Collection

Number of Pages
4
Date
2016 - 2017

The Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance, also known as the Borough of Carlisle Human Relations Ordinance, was passed in December 2016. This ordinance established a Human Relations Commission and protection of LGBTQ+ community in the Borough, specifically when it comes to sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

The majority of materials in this collection were collected by Malinda Triller-Doran, Special Collections Librarian for Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections in Carlisle, PA. Items include drafts of the ordinance and resolutions, newspaper coverage of the debate, and community responses.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Malinda Triller-Doran and Sean Crampsie
Location
LGBT-060 Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-033 Jon Johnson & Charles Maser Collection

Number of Pages
3
Date
1928 - 2015; Bulk Dates 1970 - 1996

Johnson and Maser met in 1975 through a mutual friend. As a couple, they saw how AIDS was affecting their community and became active in local AIDS Awareness organizations, the Lancaster AIDS Project, and the Betty Finney House, which helped raise awareness and support people with AIDS.

This collection contains newspaper clippings, which document coverage of issues related to LGBT rights and activism in the LNP (Lancaster, PA) newspaper in summer 2015; a program for the art exhibit “Men and Other Abstractions” created by Johnson; posters that address civil rights and the ban on military service for gays and lesbians; buttons that feature various advocacy efforts; and matchbooks from hotels, bars, clubs, and restaurants in Pennsylvania and cities across the United States.

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Year
Origin
Gift of Jon Johnson & Charles Maser
Location
LGBT-033 Jon Johnson & Charles Maser

LGBT History Project: LGBT-032 Lindsay Snowden Collection

Number of Pages
2
Date
2007 - 2014

Lindsay Snowden was born in Pittsburgh on March 15, 1976. Lindsay joined the military at 17 and was an army nurse for nine years. After the military Lindsay stayed in nursing, while also becoming an entrepreneur. Lindsay worked on many projects in the Central PA area, which included: forming the first all-black drag king troupe in Central PA, House of Gaines; co-founding and editing STUDS Magazine; and running the Central PA Vipers, a women’s semi-professional full contact football team.

This collection contains materials related to STUDS Magazine and the Central PA Viper’s all-female football team. There is also a flyer advertising Voyce Mail, a spoken word CD created by Shaashawn Dial and produced by Lindsay Snowden, and two collections of poetry books written by Shaashawn Dial.

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Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Lindsay Snowden
Collection
Location
LGBT-032 Lindsay Snowden Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-091 Adler Health Services Collection

Number of Pages
2
Date
2013

Originally called AIDS Community Alliance, Adler Health Services aims to improve the health and wellness of individuals living with HIV/AIDS as well the larger LGBTQ+ communities in South Central PA. This collection contains advertisement material for Alder Health Services.

Organizations
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Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Malinda Triller-Doran
Location
LGBT-091 Adler Health Services

LGBT History Project: LGBT-020 Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) of Central PA Collection

Number of Pages
1
Date
2013

Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is the first and largest support organization for LGBTQ+ people, their parents and families, and allies through peer support, education, and advocacy. This collection contains material from the Central PA Chapter of PFLAG.

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Malinda Triller-Doran
Location
LGBT-020 Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) of Central PA Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-021 LGBT Center of Central PA Collection

Number of Pages
11
Date
1990 - present

The LGBT Center of Central PA, housed in Harrisburg, PA, provides services, programs, and community space for the LGBT community in the region. These materials represent these initiatives, including the Common Roads program for youth and young adults, its predecessor BiGLYAH, and FAB (Fall Achievement Benefit). This collection also contains materials regarding the founding of the Center, publications produced by the Center and other regional LGBT initiatives (such as Central Alternative, Out and About in Central PA, and the @ The Center newsletter), news clippings regarding local LGBT issues, and other documentation of LGBT organizations and programming in Central PA.

Year
Origin
Gift of LGBT Center of Central PA
Location
LGBT-021 LGBT Center of Central PA Collection