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Start Over Date range 2006 Subjects Gay activists -- Virginia -- Richmond

Betsy Brinson collection of AIDS epidemic exhibit materials .42 Linear Feet one document box

Brinson, Betsy

The bulk of the collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Betsy Brinson in 2016 and 2017 with people who volunteered and worked with affected communities in the Richmond area during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s. There are seven different interviews on cassette, all about thirty to forty minutes long. The interviews are digitized with links to the files in Series 1.

  1. Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

Equality Virginia records 5.88 Linear Feet 14 Document Cases

Equality Virginia

The Equality Virginia records collection includes materials created and acquired by the organization in the course of carrying out its administrative, outreach, and advocacy activities. Materials include minutes, reports, correspondence, bylaws, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, electronic records, and audio visual materials. The collection is of value as it includes legislative materials and news clippings pertaining to the Bottoms v. Bottoms case, news clippings documenting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, along with clippings of hate crimes that the Virginia LGBT community faced during the 1980s and 1990s. The legislative materials also include the lawsuit against the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control that overturned legislation allowing liquor licenses to be revoked at establishments employing or catering to homosexuals.

  1. Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

Richmond Triangle Players records 3.69 Linear Feet 4 boxes (2 record cartons, 1 letter document box, 1 print box), and oversize materials in a map case drawer (not counted towards extent)

Richmond Triangle Players (Theater company)

This collection is mostly composed of photographic and ephemeral material relating to the various productions that Richmond Triangle Players (RTP) have undertaken from 1993-2007. This includes advertisements, programs, and photos, and reviews. Most of the reviews were done by representatives from either the Richmond Times Dispatch or Style Weekly Magazine. Despite the lack of administrative records, the collection is rich in other ways. There is material related to a broad range of topics, from AIDS and gay/lesbian related issues to local (Richmond) personalities. Some of the first productions staged by RTP dealt with the AIDS crisis; shows like Ten Percent Revue and Lisbon Traviata attempted to shed light on this important aspect of gay experience. Other shows with a focus on AIDS include Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens, and Steve Moore's I Never Knew Oz Was in Color.

  1. Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

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