Hall-Carpenter Archives
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 [[Radcliffe Hall].
There are three main sections to HCA:
- Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide.
- Gay, lesbian and bisexual newspapers and magazines, 1954-
- Ephemera, 1907-
Contents
Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide.
They include (reference codes to the documents are in brackets):
- Albany Trust, including the records of the Homosexual Law Reform Society (HCA/Albany Trust)
- Campaign for Homosexual Equality (HCA/CHE)
- Gay Activists Alliance (HCA/GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE)
- Gay Liberation Front (HCA/GLF)
- Antony Grey (HCA/GREY)
- Joint Council for Gay Teenagers (HCA/JCGT)
- Kenric (HCA/KENRIC)
- Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (HCA/GCM)
- Lisa Power (HCA/POWER)
- Peter Tatchell (HCA/TATCHELL)
- Ian Townson (HCA/TOWNSON)
Gay, lesbian and bisexual newspapers and magazines, 1954-
collected from the UK and the rest of the world, particularly the USA. They include:
The journals have been fully listed on the Archives catalogue.
Ephemera, 1907- (HCA/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 HCA resources
Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive
The Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive is part of HCA but held separately at the Bishopsgate Institute.
Oral History Project
The HCA Oral History Project comprising a number of interviews with lesbians and gay men, is housed at the British Library Sound Archive.
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
