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Libraries and Archives
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The American Library Association provides
leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of
library and information services and the profession of
librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to
information for all.
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This page offers resources on banned books,
challenged texts, censorship, literary censorship, censorship in
the music industry, censorship in television, the American Library
Association's list of the 100
most challenged books on the 1990s, and more.
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At Stanford University and maintained by Kathy
Kerns, Reference Librarian/Feminist Studies, and Cecil H. Green
Library, Stanford University Libraries. Site Includes
Encyclopedias, Literature, AIDS Information, Bibliographies,
Periodicals, Dictionaries, Directories, Internet Links.
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Founded in 1973, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
is the largest l/g/b/t archives in Canada. As an independent, educational
institution the archives serves the needs of the Canadian, as well as an
international, community.
The archives includes the James Fraser Library, what maybe the largest
collection of l/g periodicals in world, files on international groups and
individuals, as well as the papers of prominent Canadian activists and
organizations.
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Established in January 1997, the Gay and Lesbian
Archives (GALA) provides a permanent institutional home for the
wide range of historical and archival material relating to gay and
lesbian experience in South Africa. It aims to be a source of
information to the public and to serve as a catalyst for
generating other, previously silenced community histories and
personal narratives.
GALA is an independent project of the South
African History Archive (SAHA) which forms part of the Historical
Papers collection based at the William Cullen Library in the
University of the Witwatersrand
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Begun in 1911, the published materials in the
Research Libraries are complemented by manuscript collections
reflecting the donation to the Library of various archives, the
most significant being that of the International Gay Information
Center. These archives include the records of organizations
such as the Gay Activists Alliance and the Mattachine Society; the
personal papers of Arthur Bell, Jonathan Katz, and other gay men
and lesbians; gay- and lesbian-related periodicals, both domestic
and foreign; ephemera such as posters, flyers, announcements, gay
comic and coloring books, t-shirts, buttons and games; and audio-
visual materials.
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Founded in Chicago in 1981, Gerber/Hart Library
is the Midwest's largest gay, lesbian and bisexual circulating
library, archives and resource center. In addition to extensive
collections, Gerber/Hart is a vital community resource offering a
wide range of cultural and educational programs aimed at the goal
of dispelling homophobia through knowledge.
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This Guide, a joint project of the
University of Chicago Library and the Center for Gender Studies,
identifies and classifies over 2800 monographs and serials in the
University of Chicago Library collections that deal primarily with
gay and lesbian themes.
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Homodok-LAA takes great pride in its collection
of gay and lesbian periodicals from all over the world.
Homodok-LAA's gay and lesbian periodicals catalogue lists 3800
titles, ranging from The Advocate (USA) to ZiZo (Belgium), from
journals dating back to the birth of the gay and lesbian movement
on the eve of the twentieth century to end-of-the-millennium
queerzines. They provide us with a unique record of every aspect
of gay and lesbian life.
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"To support efforts to gather, record, publicize and preserve
work on lesbian history in any geographic area or time period,
with an emphasis on lesbians of color in general and southern California
in particular" -- Yolanda Retter
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At Princeton University and maintained by
Michael Montgomery, General & Humanities Reference, Firestone
Library.
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ONE Institute International Gay and Lesbian
Archives (ONEIGLA) is an independent, not-for-profit California
educational institution which houses the world's largest research
library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered heritage and
concerns. Affiliated with but not governed by the University of
Southern California, ONE/IGLA relies wholly on community and
corporate support.
Formed in 1952, ONE is the oldest ongoing Gay/Lesbian organization
in the Western Hemisphere. The collection that ultimately became
the International Gay & Lesbian Archives was begun in 1942.
The two organizations, each with a long history, merged in 1994 to
create a larger and more diversified organizational structure,
serving an ever-broader constituency, a growing group of
affiliated scholars, and with a wide range of volunteer and
contributor opportunities.
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One of the oldest Queer Resource Databases on
the internet, containing 25,488 files about everything queer.
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This page hosts links to state libraries of all
fifty states.
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