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| + | ** Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide. | ||
| + | ** Gay, lesbian and bisexual newspapers and magazines, 1954- | ||
| + | ** Ephemera, 1907- | ||
*the HCA press cuttings collection, the [[Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive]] (LAGNA) housed separately at the Bishopsgate Institute. | *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). | *the [[HCA Oral History Project]] comprising a number of interviews with lesbians and gay men, housed at the British Library (National Sound Archive). | ||
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==Archives at LSE== | ==Archives at LSE== | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 22 March 2014
The Hall-Carpenter Archives (HCA) 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.
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-
- 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).
Contents
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:
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
Michael James papers
The papers of Michael James, 1941-, gay activist (MICHAEL JAMES PAPERS), include documents relating to the London Gay Liberation Front, Body Positive, and the Gay Switchboard. See the Archives catalogue for details.
Mary McIntosh Papers
The papers of Dr Mary McIntosh, 1936–2013, sociologist (MCINTOSH), mainly relate to gay and feminist politics. See the Archives catalogue for full details, including descriptions of individual files.
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
