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LGBTQ Collecting Initiative

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Kayla Vaughan Papers

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
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Vivent Health Medical Information Collection

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
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Rodney Wilson Papers

Jeff Wunrow Letter

 File
Identifier: A3296
Scope and Contents

U. S. Senator John F. Kerry wrote a letter to Jeff Wunrow celebrating his civil and gay rights activism following Wunrow’s recognition in the Advocate.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Jeff Wunrow Letter

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
Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department / Steve Zeiger Photograph Collection

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
Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department / Michael Zimmer Photograph Collection

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