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LGBTQ Collecting Initiative

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

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

Michael Zimmer Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1043
Scope and Contents

The Michael Zimmer Photograph Collection contains two photographs of Michael Zimmer, an artist who died of AIDS at the age of 33. One photograph, taken when Zimmer was 31, shows him posed next to a piece of his art while at the Kansas City Art Institute. The second photograph, taken when Zimmer was 33, shows him using a wheelchair at a gay pride event in Washington, D. C. The photographs show Zimmer's rapid deterioration after his AIDS diagnosis.

Dates: 1991-1993