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[[File:Hca.jpg|thumb|HCA logo]]'''The Hall-Carpenter Archives''' ('''HCA''', founded 1980) are Britain's major resource for the study of lesbian and gay activism in the UK since the publication of the [[Wolfenden Report]] in 1957. Their name commemorates the gay writer [[Edward Carpenter]] and the lesbian novelist [[Radclyffe Hall]]. in the mid 1980s the collection was held at the [[London Lesbian and Gay Centre]] [[(LLGC)]], 69 Cowcross Street, London EC1.

The archives comprise:

*the main archives, housed in the [[London School of Economics]] (LSE) Library, comprising three main sections:

** Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide.
** Gay, lesbian and bisexual newspapers and magazines, 1954-
** Ephemera, 1907-

[[File:DSC09427CHEYOUTHNEWS.JPG|thumb|right|Copies of CHE Youth News in the archives]]

*the HCA press cuttings collection, the [[Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive]] (LAGNA) housed separately at the Bishopsgate Institute.

*the [[HCA Oral History Project]] comprising a number of interviews with lesbians and gay men, housed at the British Library (National Sound Archive).

==Archives at LSE==
=== Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals ===
 
These include:

*[[Aids Care Education Project]] (ACE) 
* [[Albany Trust]], including the records of the [[Homosexual Law Reform Society]]
* [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]]
*[[Friend]]
* [[Gay Liberation Front]]
* [[Joint Council for Gay Teenagers]] 
* [[Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement]]
*[[Andrew Lumsden]]
* [[Lisa Power]]
* [[Peter Tatchell]]
* [[Ian Townson]]
*[[Simon Watney]]


=== LGBT journals ===

These include:

*''[[Attitude]]
* ''[[Capital Gay]]''
*''[[Diva]]''
*''[[G Scene]]''
* ''[[Gay News]]''
* ''[[Gay Times]]''
*''[[Pink Paper]]''
* ''[[Scotsgay]]''

The journals have been fully listed on the Archives catalogue.

=== Ephemera===

This series contains small deposits relating to gay life and culture from various individuals and organisations.

==Other papers==
As well as the Hall-Carpenter archives, the LSE houses other archives including:

*the papers of [[Michael James]], 1941-, gay activist, including documents relating to the London [[Gay Liberation Front]], [[Body Positive]], and the [[Gay Switchboard]]

*the papers of Dr [[Mary McIntosh]], 1936–2013, sociologist, mainly relating to gay and feminist politics.

*some of the papers of [[Gregg Blachford]], in particular from his time as the first paid youth worker at the [[London Gay Teenage Group]].

== Other projects ==

=== GLF anniversary===

Web page of images to created to celebrate the 40th anniversary (October 2010) of the [[Gay Liberation Front]].

=== LGBT timeline and employment rights exhibition ===

Two web pages featuring images from the Hall-Carpenter Archives. The timeline features highlights in UK LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) history since the publication of the [[Wolfenden Report]] in 1957. The employment rights exhibition contains images from the archives of some of the groups who fought for improved working conditions for LGBT workers from the 1970s onwards.

== External links ==
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/holdings/lesbian_and_gay_archives.aspx

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