Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Gay Alliance, 1976-1980, Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Yellow Gay Alliance T-Shirt, circa 1976-1977, Box 1, Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Brown 2nd Annual Tidewater Lesbian/Gay Conference T-Shirt, 1978, Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Gay Alliance, 1976-1980, Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Yellow Gay Alliance T-Shirt, circa 1976-1977, Box 1, Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Brown 2nd Annual Tidewater Lesbian/Gay Conference T-Shirt, 1978, Old Dominion University Gay Alliance Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains administrative records and t-shirts related to the ODU Gay Alliance, a gay rights organization open to students, faculty, and staff.

Yellow t-shirt with blue lettering on the front with the name "Rob" and "76-77" printed on the pocket. The reverse has the logo for the Gay Alliance in blue.

Brown t-shirt given out to participants at the 2nd Tidewater Lesbian/Gay Conference T-Shirt that took place May 26-28, 1978. The logo for the event appears on the front of the shirt.

Biographical / historical:

The Old Dominion University (ODU) Gay Alliance was organizaed in November 1976 to provide alternative social programs for gay members of the ODU community, and to work for gay civil rights. The organization was open to students, faculty, staff, and alumni of ODU. The Gay Alliance not only organized events at ODU but also partnered with the local community on events such as the Tidewater Lesbian/Gay Conferences held in the 1970s and early 1980s. The organization became less active and eventually was disbanded in the early 1980s.

Custodial history:

Box 1, Folder 1 was once a part of the Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records and was moved to this collection on 4/22/2024.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard