Collections : [Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library]

Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Primary Collecting Areas:
book art, comic arts, university archives, and 20th and 21st century Richmond and Central Virginia history, including African-American, gay and lesbian, and women's activist communities; the visual, literary, and performing arts; and architecture and urban planning
Description:
Special Collections and Archives at James Branch Cabell Library collects rare and unique research materials documenting 20th and 21st century Richmond and Central Virginia. Our holdings include manuscripts, personal papers, photograph collections, oral histories, and various institutional records. Books and other published materials include nationally significant special collections of book art and comic arts; rare books and periodicals; late 19th and early 20th-century architecture and decorative arts; and Richmond history, imprints, literature and serial publications from the late 20th century to the present. The historical records of VCU and its Monroe Park Campus predecessor, the Richmond Professional Institute, are found here as well.
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Start Over Repository Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library Subjects Gay rights -- Virginia -- Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

Equality Virginia records, 1972/2008

5.88 Linear Feet 14 Document Cases

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.

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Equality Virginia records, 1972/2008 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.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Richmond Chapter records, 1988/2002

2.54 Linear Feet 2 letter document boxes and one oversize newspaper box 6.46 Megabytes 1 CD containing 24 .pdfs and 6 .mov files

The Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Richmond Chapter records documents support for and attitudes around LGBTQ+ youth in the 1990s and early 2000s in Richmond, VA, and other parts of the south. The collection also documents how various LGBTQ+ identities were understood or explained to allies and others during this time period. The collection does not contain many administrative records documenting the activities of the PFLAG Richmond Chapter.

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Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Richmond Chapter records, 1988/2002 2.54 Linear Feet 2 letter document boxes and one oversize newspaper box 6.46 Megabytes 1 CD containing 24 .pdfs and 6 .mov files

Archer, Michelle

The Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Richmond Chapter records documents support for and attitudes around LGBTQ+ youth in the 1990s and early 2000s in Richmond, VA, and other parts of the south. The collection also documents how various LGBTQ+ identities were understood or explained to allies and others during this time period. The collection does not contain many administrative records documenting the activities of the PFLAG Richmond Chapter.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

VCU Gay Alliance of Students collection, 1974/1976

0.5 Linear Feet

The collection was compiled by the donor, Walter Foery, a founding member of the VCU Gay Students Alliance organization. The items date from 1974 through 1976 and include correspondence, court documents, newspaper clippings, and magazines. The materials in the collection help document the founding of the student organization at VCU, their efforts to be recognized by VCU as any other student organization, and the lawsuit initiated by the students. The case, Gay Alliance of Students v. Matthews was one of the first LGBTQ+ student organizing cases to reach the federal appellate level. The ruling effectively changed existing law in the five states within the jurisdiction of the Fourth District Circuit: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia.

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VCU Gay Alliance of Students collection, 1974/1976 0.5 Linear Feet

Gay Alliance of Students

The collection was compiled by the donor, Walter Foery, a founding member of the VCU Gay Students Alliance organization. The items date from 1974 through 1976 and include correspondence, court documents, newspaper clippings, and magazines. The materials in the collection help document the founding of the student organization at VCU, their efforts to be recognized by VCU as any other student organization, and the lawsuit initiated by the students. The case, Gay Alliance of Students v. Matthews was one of the first LGBTQ+ student organizing cases to reach the federal appellate level. The ruling effectively changed existing law in the five states within the jurisdiction of the Fourth District Circuit: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia.

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