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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: 1980
Assessment of Pride Conference 1980.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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Pride '80 Assessment - 1980
Date: 1980
Planning materials for Pride Conference 1980.
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View Item: Pride '80 Planning Information - 1980
Date: 1979
Final plans for Pride Conference 1979.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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View Item: Pride '79 Final Plan - 1979
Date: June 19, 1979
Correspondence from Pink Debbie, a band, inquiring about performing at Pride Conference 1979.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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Organizations: Pink Debbie
View Item: Pride '79 Pink Debbie Interest Correspondence - June 19, 1979
Date: 1979
Letters from interested attendees for Pride Conference 1979. Most of the letters are handwritten.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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View Item: Pride '79 Interested Attendee Letters - 1979
Date: 1979
Various press release, correspondences, and advertisements for Pride Conference 1979. One handwritten letter.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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View Item: Pride '79 Press Releases and Advertisements - 1979
Date: 1979
Workshop Leaders information forms for Pride Conference 1979.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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View Item: Pride '79 Workshop Leaders Information Form - 1979
Date: 1979
Facilitator planning for Pride Conference 1979, handwritten.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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Date: 1979
Planning Committee information for the PA Pride Conference held in 1979.
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Date: 1978
Filled out evaluation form from Pride 1978. The form is hadnwritten.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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View Item: Pride '78 Evaluation Form (filled out, handwritten) - 1978
Date: 1975 to 1978
Correspondences and information on Pride Conference speakers from 1975 to 1978. Some correspondences are handwritten.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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View Item: Pride Conference Speaker Correspondences and Information - 1975 to1978
Date: 1975
Letter announcing the 1975 Pennsylvania State Gay Conference, a statewide gay rights conference which was later known as Pride.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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Organizations: Gay Activist Alliance of Philadelphia
View Item: Pride '75 Mark Segal Conference Announcement - 1975
Date: April 13, 1997
York Lesbian Alliance meeting minutes focusing on the York City School District Anti-Discrimination Policy and adding sex/sexual orientation to hate crimes status.
York Lesbian Alliance was started by Peg (Stoppard) Welch in the 1990s.
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
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Organizations: York Lesbian Alliance
View Item: York Lesbian Alliance Meeting Minutes - April 13, 1997
Date: circa 1994
Sign-up sheet for the Lesbian/Gay/Straight Alliance in York County.
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
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Organizations: Lesbian/Gay/Straight Alliance
View Item: The Lesbians/Gay/Straight Alliance interest and sign-up sheet - circa 1994
Date: 1993
Draft text of newspaper article to be released about the passing of an act to include sexual orientation and martial status in anti-discrimination laws in York, PA.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
Topics: York Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
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View Item: Text of Newspaper article about anti-discrimination law in York, PA (draft) - 1993
Date: 1993
Announcement supporting Mayor William J. Althaus' proposal to extend York City's civil rights guarantees to include sexual orientation and marital status.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York Support Inc.,...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
Topics: York Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Organizations: York City Untied
View Item: York City United Support for Mayor William J. Althaus - 1993
Date: May/June 1996
York Area LAMBDA monthly newsletter with focus on Peg (Stoppard) Welch resigning as President.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York Support Inc., was an educational, political, and social group for the LGBTQ...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
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Organizations: York Area LAMBDA
View Item: York Area LAMBDA Newsletter - May/June 1996
Date: May 4, 1994
York Area LAMBDA Board of Directors meeting agenda and minutes discussing the Mother's Day Street Fair Lemonade Stand plans.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York Support Inc., was an educational, political,...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
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Organizations: York Area LAMBDA
View Item: York Area LAMBDA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes - May 4, 1994
Date: circa 1993
Memo containing petition to sign to support the expansion of York's Civil Rights Ordinance to include sexual orientation and marital status.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York Support Inc., was an...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
Topics: York Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Organizations: York Area LAMBDA
View Item: York Area LAMBDA Petition for Signature Act - January 30, 1993
Date: January 30, 1993
Peg Welch's stance on coming out when fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in York, PA.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York Support Inc., was an educational, political, and social group for the LGBTQ+ community of...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
Topics: Coming Out
Organizations: York Area LAMBDA
View Item: Memo from Peg Welch about "Coming Out" - January 30, 1993
Date: 1993
Questionnaire put together by York Area LAMBDA with answers from candidates for Mayor, City Council, and School Board for York City.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York Support Inc., was an educational,...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
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Organizations: York Area LAMBDA
View Item: York Area LAMBDA Lesbian and Gay Voters Guide - 1993
Date: March/April 1993
York Area LAMBDA newsletter discussing local issues and the specifically the anti-discrimination ordinance that was passed by the York City Council to include sexual orientation.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
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Organizations: York Area LAMBDA, Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg
Date: March 1993
York Area LAMBDA calendar of events for March - June 1993.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York Support Inc., was an educational, political, and social group for the LGBTQ+ community of York, PA and the...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
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Organizations: York Area LAMBDA, York Hospice House (York, PA)
View Item: York Area LAMBDA Event Calendar Flyer - March 1993
Date: January 17 and February 21, 1993
York Area LAMBDA memo in replacement of general meeting minutes for January 17 and February 21 meetings. The memo updates members on the status of the gay rights ordinance proposed by Mayor Althaus to the York City Council.
York Area...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
Topics: York Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Organizations: York Area LAMBDA
View Item: York Area LAMBDA General Meetings Memo - January 17 and February 21, 1993
Date: circa 1990
This is a photo of a distant view of Steven Leshner and a person holding a rainbow flag at an event in Washington, DC around 1990. This picture is found on page 40 of the PDF of the Dignity/Central PA Scrapbook.
Dignity/Central PA is a...
Collection: LGBT-029 - Leshner
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