LGBTQ Collecting Initiative
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
St. Louis LGBT History Project Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1052
Scope and Contents
The St. Louis LGBT History Project Photograph Collection contains posters and photographs documenting the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community from about the 1970s through 2013. Materials were collected by community historian Steven Brawley, founder of the St. Louis LGBT History Project. The collection covers a wide variety of topics, including headshots of drag queens and other performers; Pride festivals and parades; and posters advertising events sponsored by the Privacy Rights Education Project...
Dates:
1970-2013
St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH) Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3259
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a leaflet announcing the opening of the St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline with a target date of August 22, 2019. It includes contact information, social media, and donation accounts.
Dates:
2019
Nanora Sweet Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1044
Scope and Contents
The Nanora Sweet Photograph Collection contains two albums documenting the lesbian community in St. Louis. One album, titled "Lesbian Portraits," was assembled by local activist and scholar Martha Ficklen (aka Carla Flanagan), who may also have taken many of the photographs. The album includes portraits and candid shots of lesbians from the St. Louis area, dating from approximately the 1980s through the early 2000s. The women in the album include prominent activists, academics, and community...
Dates:
1984-2001
Tower Grove Pride Collection
File
Identifier: A3258
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one illustrated advertising card for the 2021 Tower Grove Pride celebration.
Dates:
2021
Tower Grove Pride Poster Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1129
Scope and Contents
The Tower Grove Pride Poster Collection contains one poster designed by St. Louis-based illustrator and designer Taylor "Tay" Tuteur (they/them) to celebrate Tower Grove Pride. The poster features a colorful and detailed illustration of the Tower Grove Pride festival. It depicts many diverse festival-goers, inspired by actual people who have attended Tower Grove Pride. Also depicted are booths, a stage with a performance underway, and two of Tower Grove Park's historic pavilions. The...
Dates:
2022
Kayla Vaughan Image Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1137
Scope and Contents
The Kayla Vaughan Image Collection contains photographs and posters documenting Vaughan’s personal life and political activism.Photographs related to Vaughan’s involvement in lesbian and feminist circles show candid shots of Vaughan and other women, including her girlfriend, Diana Campbell. Many of the photographs were taken at 6188 Westminster, a feminist collective of students and recent graduates from Washington University. These photos include the 1st and 2nd annual Folkhera...
Dates:
1971-1982
Kayla Vaughan Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3238
Scope and Contents
The Kayla Vaughan Papers are comprised of leaflets, fliers, and brochures relating to a wide variety of local and national social and political groups and their activities; discussion readings, notes, and meeting minutes; conference and workshop materials; correspondence relating to professional and group activities; newspaper clippings; feminist publications, and legal papers and case filings. The papers are divided into six series: Personal, ...
Dates:
1962-2013; Majority of material found within 1973-1983
Vivent Health Medical Information Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3255
Scope and Contents
The collection includes cards and brochures relating to HIV testing and treatment (pre-exposure prophylaxis/PREP), cards in Spanish and English about monkeypox, and a monkeypox vaccine information sheet from the Center for Disease Control. The items date from 2022 and are arranged alphabetically by topic.
Dates:
2022
Rodney Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3237
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of materials relating to Rodney Wilson’s efforts to establish the first LGBT History Month, to his participation in HIV vaccine trials at Saint Louis University and to his position on its community advisory board, to classroom notes from one of Wilson’s high school students, and to research conducted by Wilson. The papers are arranged into three series: AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit (AVEU) series, 1988-1998; LGBT...
Dates:
1988-1998; Majority of material found within 1991-1995
Steve Zeiger Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1130
Scope and Contents
The Steve Zeiger Photograph Collection contains two photographs and three posters documenting Zeiger's service in the United States Air Force and his activism in support of LGBTQ+ service members. Photos show Zeiger posed in uniform on his induction day and in uniform working at his desk at Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County, Illinois. Posters promote Pride St. Louis events from 2013-2015, including events honoring LGBT members of the military at PrideFest and "Sgt. Zeiger's USO...
Dates:
1981-2015