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LGBTQ Collecting Initiative

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Tina "Sweet-T" Pihl Campaign Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3250
Scope and Contents

The collection includes five campaign mailers for Tina "Sweet-T" Pihl’s 2021 bid for alderperson of Ward 17 in the City of St. Louis.

Dates: 2021
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Tina "Sweet-T" Pihl Campaign Collection

PROMO (Personal Rights of Missourians) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3251
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a one-page itinerary for the Love Needs No Cure protest at the “Love Won Out” conference hosted at the First Evangelical Free Church in Manchester, Missouri, and two PROMO donation cards. The items date 2006, 2019, and 2020, respectively, and are arranged chronologically.

Dates: 2006-2020
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / PROMO (Personal Rights of Missourians) Collection

Rudis Men’s Leather Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3243
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of an information card relating the club’s mission statement, purpose, and social media addresses (2 copies). There is also a blank membership form whose verso includes the club’s 10 rules. The items date from approximately 2020.

Dates: ca. 2020
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Rudis Men’s Leather Society Collection

Safe Connections Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3248
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one advertising card, “QUEER: Empowering All Youth,” which focuses on services for LGBTQ+ youth.

Dates: ca. 2021
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Safe Connections Collection

Michael Shepley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3205
Scope and Contents The papers consist of personal correspondence, two manuscripts, and newspaper clippings concerning Michael Shepley, his family, and his friends. There are also several publications relating to gay rights activities in New York City in the early 1970s. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic/personal name and date from 1947 to 2020. The bulk of the papers date from 1967 to 1976 with significant gaps from 1987 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2017. ...
Dates: 1947-2020; Majority of material found within 1967-1976
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Michael Shepley Papers

Michael Shepley Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1080
Scope and Contents The Michael Shepley Photograph Collection contains photographs of Michael Shepley from his childhood through adulthood. The collection includes pictures of Shepley as a child; with school friends; with his father, Ethan A.H. Shepley, Jr.; at a campaign event for his grandfather, Ethan A.H. Shepley, Sr.’s, gubernatorial campaign; during his work as a publicity assistant at The Muny; and as an adult with his partner, Leonard Peters, including one photo of the couple at a New York City Gay...
Dates: ca. 1961-1985
Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department / Michael Shepley Photograph Collection

Michael K. Shreves (Michelle McCausland) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3231
Scope and Contents The collection pertains to Michelle McCausland’s (Michael Shreves’s) participation in Missouri and St. Louis pageants that were preliminaries for the Miss Gay America pageant and a program for a celebration of life held in August 2022. Pageant-related items include certificates from the Miss Gay Missouri 2012 pageant and a judges workbook from the Miss Gay St. Louis America pageant held at Hamburger Mary’s (3037 Olive St.) on February 17, 2013. There is a large date gap from...
Dates: 2012-2022.; Majority of material found within 2012-2013
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Michael K. Shreves (Michelle McCausland) Collection

Michael Shreves (Michelle McCausland) Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1109
Scope and Contents

The Michael Shreves (Michelle McCausland) Photograph Collection contains seven photographs showing Michelle McCausland, the drag persona of Michael Shreves. Five photographs show McCausland in costume, including shots taken during performances and posed headshots. Two photographs show behind-the-scenes views of Shreves applying makeup and getting ready for a performance.

Dates: ca. 1980-1999
Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department / Michael Shreves (Michelle McCausland) Photograph Collection

Morton Singer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3214
Scope and Contents The papers are comprised of correspondence, notes, news articles, and publications relating primarily to Dr. Morton Singer’s AIDS and LBGTQ activism from 1990 to 1996. The bulk of the papers date from 1991 to 1993 and are arranged alphabetically by topic. Files relating to ACT UP/STL contain correspondence, flyers for meetings and demonstrations, and notes by Dr. Singer for press conferences. On December 1, 1992, ACT UP/STL held a candlelight vigil...
Dates: 1990-1996; Majority of material found within 1991-1993
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Morton Singer Papers

St. Louis Crusaders Rugby Football Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3244
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one interest card with the following information: a QR Codes; practice times; Rugby 101 clinic on 08/13/2022 with a social at Just John afterward; and a map of Forest Park.

Dates: 2020
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / St. Louis Crusaders Rugby Football Club Collection

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