Archive Collection

The following records contain detailed information for all Center Archive manuscript collections. You can also search The Center archive by specific topics or research areas. For information on the archive’s magazine and newspaper holdings, and on the records of The Center itself, email archive@gaycenter.org.

Record Name

Date

Size

169 - The Gay Dating Game Show Records

1989-1990

5 ft

168 - Charles Pitts Tapes

1968-1973

4 ft

167 - Queer Nation Records

1990 - 1992 (bulk 1990 - 1991)

5 in.

166 - Cory Benett Papers

1960-2005 (Bulk 1972-1997)

4 feet

165 - Men of All Colors Together/New York (MACT/NY) Records

1990 - 2000s

5 in.

163 - LGBTQuarantine Archive Project Collection

Mar 2020-Present

162 - Club 82/’88 Collection

1955 - 1988 (Bulk 1988)

2 inches

156 - Richard Foltz Papers

1940 - 2010

2 feet

161 - Walter Holland Papers

1975-2004

9 feet

160 - Robert Wever Correspondence with Robert A. Sullivan

1979-1983

5 inches

157 - How to Survive a Plague Tapes

1980 - 2000

61 tapes

159 - East End Gay Organization (EEGO) Records

1977 - 2009

3 feet

158 - Gotham Records

1965 - 2004 (Bulk 1972 - 2000)

2 feet

155 - Rodney Christopher Papers

1950 - 1994 (Bulk 1990)

5 inches

154 - Ben Sander (Brini Maxwell) Papers

1969 - 2005 (Bulk 1993 - 2005)

10 feet

153 - George Charles Pfiffner Papers

1921 - 2004 (Bulk 1940 - 2000)

1 foot

152 - Steven Ault Papers

1969 - 2007 (Bulk 1975 - 1993)

1 foot

151 - Network Q Video Tapes

1992 - 1994

26 tapes

150 - Ken McLaren Papers

1967 - 1983

1 inch

149 - Network of Gay and Lesbian Alumni/ae Association Records

1989 - 1996 (Bulk 1990 - 1995)

1 foot

148 - Queens Gays and Lesbians United Records

1991 - 1996

1 foot

147 - Kermit Burford Kelly Papers

1878 - 1990 (Bulk 1940 - 1980)

2 feet

146 - Peter B. Vogel Papers

1930s - 1986 (Bulk 1983 - 1986)

2 feet

145 - Arnold Peter Hruska Papers

1968 - 1990

4.5 feet

144 - Diana Montford Videos

1902 - 2015 (Bulk 1990 - 2015)

1.5 feet (117 videos)

143 - Brian O’Dell Papers

1981 - 2008 (Bulk 1981 - 2008)

1 foot

142 - Jackie Curtis Papers

1947 - 2003 (Bulk 1964 - 1985)

3.5 feet

141 - Frank Hallam Papers

1935 - 2012 (Bulk 1935 - 2012)

23 feet

140 - Wilma Weissman Photographs

1986 - 2006 (Bulk 1986 - 2000)

3.5 feet

139 - Jean Constantin Nicolesco-Dorobonzou Papers

1896 - 1988 (Bulk 1925 - 1988)

2 feet

138 - George Haimsohn Papers

1952 - 2003

2 feet

137 - Keith Lawrence Papers

1983 - 1984 (Bulk 1984)

5 inches

136 - Folsom Street East Records

1998 - 2015

1 foot

134 - Mark J. Huisman Papers

1971 - 2005 (Bulk 1987 - 2005)

7 feet

133 - Philip Reed Papers

1998 - 2005

2 feet

132 - Thomas Lawrence Long Dissertation

1981 - 1996

3 inches

131 - David Charnow Papers

1984 - 1989 (Bulk 1987 - 1989)

2.5 feet

129 - Paul Eden Papers

1960 - 1995 (Bulk 1977 - 1995)

2 feet

128 - Russell Murphy Papers

1980 - 2007

16 feet

127 - Michael O’Grady Papers

1975 - 2003 (Bulk 1978 - 1985)

1 foot

126 - Tip McGuire Papers

1955 - 2003 (Bulk 1975 - 1995)

2 feet

125 - Jeffrey H. Apter Papers

1980 - 1990

8 inches

124 - Ephemera Collection

1970 - 2014

17 feet

123 - Visual Collection

1902-2014 (Bulk 1960-2002)

4.5 feet

122 - Button Collection

1969 - 2014

3 feet

121 - Dr. Harold Kooden Papers

1980 - 1996

1 foot 5 inches

120 - Joseph Sonnabend Papers

1964 - 1996

5 feet

119 - Ronald Gold Papers

1969 - 2003 (Bulk 1972 - 1990)

1 foot

118 - Norman Shapiro Book Art

1968 - 2010

27 feet

117 - David McIntosh Papers

1976 - 1978

3 inches

116 - Gay Games IV

1990 - 1996 (Bulk 1991 - 1996)

2 feet

115 - Bob Nelson Papers

1990 - 2007 (Bulk 1993 - 2005)

1 foot

114 - Raymond Arthur Dego Diary

1943 - 1945 (Bulk 1943 - 1944)

0.5 inches

113 - Judy Greenspan Papers

1988 - 2005 (Bulk 1995 - 2005)

17 ft. 2 in.

112 - Winston Alias Papers

1958 - 1961

3 inches

110 - Bob Kohler Papers

1939 - 2007 (Bulk 1990s - 2000s)

2 feet

109 - Identity House Clinical Committee Minutes

1989 - 2004 (Bulk 1990 - 1996)

3 inches

108 - John J. Kearns Papers

1988 - 2003

5 inches

107 - Petalouthas Records

1987 - 1994

5 inches

106 - Richard Dworkin Papers

1990s - 2000s

5 inches

105 - Nicholas Vanderlin McCausland Journals

1973 - 2003

2 feet

104 - Edwin Buffington Papers

1948 - 1965

4 inches

103 - Herbert Spiers Papers

1982 - 1990

5 inches

102 - Marc Sokol Papers

1984 - 1991

2 inches

101 - Fish Papers

1982 - 1999

0.75 feet

100 - Donald Marshburn Collection

1970s - 1990s

1 foot

99 - Frank Esterhill Papers

1984 - 1988

6 inches

98 - Elliot Rabner

1995 - 1996

3 inches

97 - Peter Fisher Papers

1955 - 2007

14 feet

96 - Don Barrington Papers

1937 - 1994 (Bulk 1971 - 2006)

12 feet

94 - OutWeek Photograph Collection

June 1989 - June 1991

3 feet

93 - Michael De Falco Collection

1983 - 1988

10 inches

92 - Harvey Herskowitz Papers

1987 - 1996

5 inches

91 - Paula Martinac Papers

1997 - 1998 (Bulk 1998)

10 inches

90 - Hugh Hagius Manuscripts

2000 - 2011

2 inches

89 - Franklyn G. Fry

1988 - 1999 (Bulk August 1, 1991 - October 1, 1994)

2 feet

88 - Lavender Law II

October 5th, 1990 - October 8th, 1990

3 inches

87 - Felicity Chandell Papers

1950 - 1990

1 foot

86 - Heritage of Pride Records

1969 - 2010 (Bulk 1984 - 2010)

69 feet

85 - Robert W. Bailey Papers

1985 - 2000

3 inches

84 - Jonathan Ned Katz Papers

1919 - 1997

1 foot

83 - Henry W. Baker Papers

1967 - 2002 (Bulk 1982 - 2002)

2.5 feet

82 - David Allyn Papers

1959 - 2000

3.5 feet

81 - Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Collection

1970s - 1990s (Bulk 1979 - 1995)

8 feet

80 - Steven J. Powsner Papers

1955 - 1995

2.5 feet

79 - Pam Elam Papers

1982 - 2000

2 feet

78 - Insight Magazine Records

1976 - 1983

1.5 feet

77 - New York AIDS Network/Keith Lawrence

1979 - 1987

1 foot

76 - Gay Men’s Health Crisis Unionization Records

1989 - 1996

6 feet

75 - Lesbians, Bisexuals and Gays at Teachers College, Columbia University

1985 - 1994

7 inches

74 - Dignity/New York Records

1966 - 1997

5 feet 5 inches

72 - Imperial Court of New York

1991 - 1999

5 inches

71 - Steve Griego Collage Books

Undated

20 collage books

70 - New York Jacks Records

1982 - 1990

6 inches

69 - Rollerena Fairy Godmother Collection

1948 - 2009 (Bulk 1976 - 1992)

3.5 feet. plus 2.5 inches of photographs and 1 costume box

68 - Letters to Mel Beaudette

1941 - 1948

6 letters

67 - William J. McCarthy Collection

1984 - 2002

1 foot 5 inches

66 - Lesbian and Gay Teachers Association of New York Records

1974 - 2006 (Bulk 1978 - 2002)

10 feet

65 - Congregation Beth Simchat Torah Records

1973 - 2000

12 feet 8 inches

64 - Joyce Hunter Papers

1973 - 1998

5 feet

63 - Arthur Harris Friedman Papers

1950s - 1990s

2 feet 7 inches

62 - Gay Comix Records

1972 - 1984

6 inches

61 - Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights Records

1976 - 1995

4.25 feet

60 - Richard C. Wandel Photographs

1968 - 1992

4 feet

59 - Greater Gotham Business Council Records

1976 - 1991

5.5 feet

58 - Patrik Moreton Fire Island Snapshots

1985 - 1987

5 inches

57 - Letters to Ronald L. Baker

1962 - 1963

5 inches

56 - Gay and Lesbian Americans Records

1993 - 1994

5 inches

55 - Gay and Lesbian Emergency Fund

1981 - 1986

6 inches

54 - Stuart Colby Club Collection

1980 - 1989

5 inches

52 - William Bahlman Papers

1987 - 1990

4.5 feet

51 - Kenneth L. Dawson Papers

1980 - 1999

4 feet

50 - Robert J. Kadel Diaries

1955 - 1987

3 inches

49 - Gay Morning America

1984 - 1989

10 inches & 32 videos

48 - FBI Files

1953 - 1970

2.5 feet

47 - Bruce Philip Cooper Papers

1980 - 1989

2.5 feet

46 - Darrell Yates Rist Papers

1983 - 1994

7 feet

45 - New York Boycott Colorado Papers

1993 - 1993

1 foot

44 - James Burke Papers

1970 - 1996

10 inches

43 - Males Au Naturel Records

1984 - 1991

2 feet

42 - Daniel Krumholtz Papers

1980 - 1990

1 foot

41 - Koch / Trancreto Wedding Albums

1976 - 1980

1 foot

40 - Jon Nalley Papers

1972 - 1993

8 feet

39 - Records of Dignity/New York President Michael J. Olivieri

1980 - 1986

2.5 feet

38 - Gay Friends and Neighbors, Ltd. (Brooklyn) Records

1983 - 1989

9 inches

37 - Jay Blotcher Collection

1989 - 1992

1 foot 3 inches

35 - Richmond Morell Purinton Diaries

1922 - 1927

3 inches

34 - The Lesbian Switchboard of New York City, Inc. Records

1972 - 1997

2.5 feet

33 - Terry Helbing Papers

1960s - 1990s

15 feet

32 - Stonewall 25 New York Host Committee Records

1993 - 1994

3 feet

31 - Marc Rubin Collection

1940 - 2007 (Bulk 1978 - 1992)

3 feet 5 inches

30 - Paul Guilbert Papers

1979 - 1989

1 inch

29 - Frank Thompson Papers

1963 - 1991

8 inches

28 - H. Wayne Bardy Papers

1950 - 1992

4 feet

27 - Marty Robinson Collection

1970 - 1989

12 inches

26 - Leonard Fink Photographs

1954 - 1989

5 feet

25 - Letters from Lovers and Lawbreakers

1979 - 1979

5 inches

24 - Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC)

1982 - 1984

3 inches

23 - Dance Club Collection

1978 - 1986

10 inches

22 - Chelsea Gay Association Records

1977 - 1984

7 inches

21 - Michael Weltmann Papers

1968 - 1992

3 feet 4 inches

20 - James R. Perry Papers

1956 - 1990

5.5 feet

19 - Wayne Steinman Papers

1982 - 1998

15 feet

18 - Susan I. Frankel Papers

1976 - 1991

6.5 inches

17 - Richard Peckinpaugh Beach Photographs

1950 - 1980 (Bulk 1950 - 1969)

946 photographs

16 - Southerners Records

1988 - 1991

1 foot

15 - Michael Shernoff Poster Collection

1983 - 1990

348 posters

14 - Records of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

1979

3 feet 3 inches

13 - Steve Zabel Photographs

1981 - 1986 (Bulk 1983 - 1986)

1,187 color 35mm slides