OVERVIEW
Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota Committee for
Gay and Lesbian Rights.
Organization
records.
1974-1984.
Records of an organization formed in 1974 to
campaign for equal rights for gays and lesbians.
1.3 cu. ft. (2
boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) for shelf locations
HISTORY OF THE MINNESOTA COMMITTEE FOR
GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS
The Minnesota Committee for Gay Rights was formed in 1974 and changed
its name to the Minnesota Committee for Gay and Lesbian Rights in 1980.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Board and annual meeting minutes, news clippings, financial data,
office logs, correspondence, lobbying files, and other records of an
organization formed to work for passing local ordinances and state laws
guaranteeing rights for gays and lesbians, to combat homophobia and violence
against gays and lesbians, and to educate the public and legislature about gay
and lesbian issues.
RELATED MATERIALS
Newsletters of the Minnesota Committee for Gay and Lesbian Rights
are separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society serials
collection.
Additional records of the Minnesota Committee for Gay and Lesbian
Rights may be found in the papers of Leo Treadway and Brian J. Coyle, both
separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript
collections.
Additional publications of the Minnesota Committee for Gay and
Lesbian Rights are separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society
book collection.
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
Homosexuality -- Law and legislation --
Minnesota.
Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. --
Minnesota.
Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc. --
Minnesota.
Gay liberation movement --
Minnesota.
Gay rights.
Sexual orientation.
Organizations:
Minnesota Committee
for Gay Rights.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. Minnesota Committee for Gay and Lesbian Rights Organization
Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,586
Processing Information:
Processed by: Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, July 2000
Catalog ID number: 09-00322062
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
152.C.17.3B
1
Articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws,
1974-1982.
Board meeting minutes,
1974-1984.
11 folders.
Executive committee meeting minutes,
1977-1983.
Annual meeting minutes and other materials,
1976-1981, 1983.
7 folders.
Lambda Club:
Lambda Club was organized as a system for encouraging members of
the Minnesota Committee for Gay and Lesbian Rights to contribute a monthly
pledge to support the organization.
Letters to members, etc.
1978-1983.
Pledges,
1974-1975, 1978-1979, 1981-1983.
Financial Data:
Treasurer's reports,
1975-1982.
Federal 940 tax returns,
1974-1983.
Federal 941 tax returns,
1974-1979.
IRS,
1976-1979.
Miscellaneous financial records,
1979.
Mailing list policies and procedures,
undated.
Mailing lists,
1978[?], 1983.
2 folders.
Office logs,
1979-1984.
4 folders.
Daily record of phone calls and other activities at the
committee's offices.
152.C.17.4F
2
News clippings,
June 1977 - August 1978.
2 folders.
News clippings from around the state with stories concerning gay
and lesbian rights and other relevant events and issues.
Index to news clippings by person and city.
Advertising,
1974-1982.
Backlash Conference,
June 1978.
Board of directors applications,
undated and 1978-1980.
Caucus '82 list,
1982.
Constituent action team,
undated.
Coon Rapids ordinance,
1978.
GLDS Newsletter (Duluth-Superior),
1983.
Golden Valley ordinance,
1978.
Ken Keate legal correspondence,
1979-1982.
Lobby,
1983.
Miscellaneous proposals and recommendations,
undated.
Political action committee,
1976-1983.
Sixth Ward - Brian Coyle,
1984.
Sound clips,
1982.
Transcript of a KSTP-TV series of reports on sexual abuse of
children in Minnesota done in February 1982.
Task forces: Miscellaneous records,
1975-1984.
Correspondence and other miscellaneous records,
1978-1984.
3 folders.