David B. Goodstein papers, 1954-1985.
Collection Number: 7311
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
David B. Goodstein papers, 1954-1985.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7311
Abstract:
The David B. Goodstein collection includes documents related to Goodstein's role as
a spokesperson for the gay rights movement, the Concerned Voters of California's response
to the anti-gay Briggs Initiative, the "Advocate Experience," and Dade County's anti-gay
activity. Also includes personal papers (certificates, diplomas, military documents,
etc.) as well as photographs and slides of show horses and fine art and of Goodstein
and his friends.
Creator:
Goodstein, David B., 1932-
Quanitities:
4.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
David Goodstein was born in Denver, Colorado in 1932. After graduating from Cornell
University in 1954 he earned an LLB degree from Columbia University. He practiced
for a time in New York City as a criminal attorney. In 1960 his career moved to Wall
Street, where he founded Compufund, a mutual fund that introduced statistical analysis
of common stocks using computers. During this period, Goodstein became involved in
social issues, serving on the boards of Grand Street Settlement Houses and the United
Settlement Houses of New York, and Cornell University's Special Education Program
for racial minorities. While in New York City, he served on the Cornell University
Council, and was president of the Friends of the Andrew D. White Museum. He was a
collector and dealer of art, and with his brother Edward, established one of the finest
collections of Italian Baroque painting in the United States. Goodstein was also an
avid amateur horseman and American Saddlebred Horse owner and exhibitor. Goodstein
moved to California in 1971 and there became active in the gay rights movement and
the California Democratic party. He was instrumental in attaining the passage of California's
consensual sex legislation in 1974, and was responsible for the creation of the Gay
Rights National Lobby in 1976. He was a co-founder of Concerned Voters of California,
a gay rights group which helped defeat a 1978 initiative that would have banned homosexuals
from teaching or working in public schools. In the early 1980s, Goodstein made a highly
successful national tour to establish a network of gay political fundraisers. He was
also the founder and chairman of the Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation, a gay service organization
dealing with drug abuse. In 1975 Goodstein bought the Advocate, a Los Angeles-based gay magazine. Within ten years it was the largest circulation
gay news magazine in the country. He served as president of Liberation Publications,
Inc., publisher of the Advocate. He also founded the "Advocate Experience," an EST-derived workshop designed primarily
for gays and lesbians. He also served as a member of the National Democratic Finance
Council, the California State Democratic Central Committee, and the Hunger Project
Council. Goodstein died on 22 June 1985 of complications arising from cancer.
The collection consists of correspondence (1975-1979 only), address and date books
(1968-1979 only), biographical and publicity press releases, interview transcripts,
itineraries, clippings, military documents and certificates, brochures, membership
and contributor lists, financial statements, photographic prints and negatives, slides,
videotapes, audiotapes, and plaques.
Subjects include David Goodstein's publishing of the Advocate, his interviews with political leaders pertaining to gay rights and activism issues,
and his role as a spokesperson and leader of the gay rights movement, in which capacity
he traveled widely in the United States establishing political contacts. A main issue
is the Concerned Voters of California's response to the anti-gay "Briggs Initiative,"
in which Goodstein was involved. Other subjects include the "Advocate Experience,"
the John Tunney election campaign, a gay retirement center, the Privacy Act, and Dade
Count, Florida's anti-gay activity. There are many photographs and slides of show
horses and fine art, and of Goodstein and his friends at Cornell University, and traveling
in the United States and abroad. The correspondence is sometime accompanied by an
index to the correspondents. Persons figuring prominently in the collection include
Art Agnos, John Tunney, Werner Erhard, and in interviews, Pete McCloskey, Percy Sutton,
John Burton, Leo Ryan, and Edward Koch.
Advocate Research and Education Foundation/Advocate Experience Records, #7310.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
David B. Goodstein papers, #7311. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Agnos, Art.
Tunney, John.
Erhard, Werner.
McCloskey, Pete.
Sutton, Percy.
Burton, John.
Ryan, Leo.
Koch, Edward.
Brown, Jerry.
Concerned Voters of California
Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation
Democratic National Committee
Subjects:
Show horses.
Homophobia -- California.
Homophobia -- Florida -- Dade County.
Homosexuality -- Laws and legislation.
Homosexuality.
Gay liberation movement.
Gays.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Address and Note books
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Address Books
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Address Book A-K
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1968-1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Address Book L-Z
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1968-1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Address Book A-N
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n.d. |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Address Book O-Z
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n.d. |
Datebooks and Desk Calendar
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Datebook
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1 JAN - 30 JUN 1973 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Datebook
|
1 JUL - 31 DEC 1973 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Desk Calendar
|
1976 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Datebook
|
1 JAN - 30 JUN 1976 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Datebook
|
1 JUL - 31 DEC 1976 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Datebook
|
1 JAN - 30 JUN 1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Datebook
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1 JUL - 31 DEC 1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Datebook
|
31 DEC 1977 - 30 JUN 1978 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Datebook
|
1 JUL - 31 DEC 1978 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Datebook
|
1 OCT - 30 DEC 1978 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Datebook
|
1 JAN - 31 MAR 1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Datebook
|
1 MAR - 30 APR 1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Datebook
|
2 MAY - 30 JUN 1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Datebook
|
1 JUL - 31 AUG 1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Datebook
|
1 SEP - 31 OCT 1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Datebook
|
1 NOV - 31 DEC 1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Datebook
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1 JAN - 29 FEB 1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Datebook
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1 MAR - 30 APR 1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Datebook
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1 MAY - 30 JUN 1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Datebook
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1 JUL - 31 AUG 1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Datebook
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1 SEP - 31 OCT 1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Datebook
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1 NOV - 31 DEC 1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Datebook
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1 JAN - 28 FEB 1981 |
Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Datebook
|
1 MAR - 30 APR 1981 |
Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Datebook
|
1 MAY - 30 JUN 1981 |
Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Datebook
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1 JUL - 31 AUG 1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Datebook
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1 SEP - 31 OCT 1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Datebook
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1 NOV - 31 DEC 1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Datebook
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1 JAN - 30 JUN 1982 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Datebook
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1 JUL - 31 DEC 1982 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Datebook
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1 JAN - 30 JUN 1983 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Datebook
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1 JUL - 31 DEC 1983 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Datebook
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1 JAN - 31 MAY 1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Datebook
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1 JAN - OCT 1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
List of names and addresses, diet, and miscellany
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1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Address book; phone registry
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1970 |
Series II. Correspondence
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
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20 FEB - 30 APR 1975 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence
|
1 MAY - 31 JUL 1975 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
|
1 AUG - 29 SEP 1975 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
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1 OCT - 29 DEC 1975 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
|
2 JAN - 29 MAR 1976 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
|
1 APR - 30 JUL 1976 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence
|
4 AUG - 23 DEC 1976 |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence
|
4 JAN - 1 JUL 1977 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence
|
17 OCT - 6 DEC 1977 |
Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Chron File Index
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1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
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2 JAN - 27 FEB 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
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1 MAR - 28 JUN 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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1 JUL - 31 AUG 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence
|
1 SEP - 29 SEP 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence
|
1 OCT - 31 OCT 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence
|
1 NOV - 30 NOV 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence
|
1 DEC - 13 DEC 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence
|
13 DEC - 29 DEC 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence
|
2 JAN - 25 JAN 1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence
|
2 FEB - 27 FEB 1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Correspondence
|
1 MAR - 27 APR 1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Correspondence
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7 MAY - 28 JUN 1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Correspondence
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5 JUL - 28 SEP 1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Correspondence
|
2 OCT - 26 DEC 1979 |
Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
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1981-1982 |
Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Personal Correspondence Index
|
1979 |
Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Advocate letter to Gay Men's Health Crisis
|
1985 |
Series III. Subject Files
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Box 2 | Folder 36 |
David B. Goodstein (Goodstein) Biographical Notes and Press Kit
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1983, n.d. |
Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Goodstein Obituaries
|
1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Goodstein Obituary and Photographs
|
1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Photograph: Goodstein and Jimmy Carter
|
1975 |
Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Photograph: Abby Van Buren
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n.d. |
Box 2 | Folder 41 |
"Kazoo Night" - Birthday drawing for Goodstein by Jim Corty
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11 JUN 1980 |
Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Goodstein Interviews with Pete McCloskey, Percy Sutton, John Burton, Leo Ryan, and
"R"
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1977, n.d. |
Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Houston Interview Schedule
|
1977 |
Box 2 | Folder 44 |
United States Army Reserve Officer Commissioning Certificate
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1954, 1957 |
Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Itinerary, Washington D.C.
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2 FEB 1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Los Angeles Interview Schedules
|
1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Midwest Itinerary and Correspondence
|
1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
New York City Itinerary and Correspondence
|
1976 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
New York City Itinerary and Correspondence
|
1975 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
California Trip Itinerary and Correspondence
|
1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 7 |
San Diego, San Francisco Trip Itineraries
|
1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 8 |
San Diego Trip
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MAY, JUN 1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Goodstein Publicity, Including Articles in The Boston Phoenix, Bay Area Reporter, and Update
|
1977-1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Goodstein Publicity
|
1975-1985 |
Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Goodstein Publicity - Horse World Magazine
|
1982 |
Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Goodstein Publicity - Superliving, and Public Relations
|
1983 |
Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence and Photograph from The Review
|
1981 |
Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Keith Irvine Correspondence to Edward C. Goodstein
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1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Goodstein Publicity - Saddle and Bridle
|
1976 |
Box 3 | Folder 16 |
"The Goodstein Report - The Awareness of David Goodstein and the Advocate by the Gay Press, and General Media and Policy Makers," by the Eileen Prescott Company
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Oklahoma Speaking Tour
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1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 18 |
New York City Speaking Schedule
|
1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Goodstein Military Discharge Papers
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1955-1962 |
Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Winner/Wagner and Associates and the Briggs Initiative
|
1978 |
Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Winner/Wagner and Associates Correspondence
|
1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Briggs Initiative Correspondence
|
1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 23-24 |
Art Agnos and the Briggs Initiative
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1977-1978 |
Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Bay Area Committee Against the Briggs Initiative (BACABI)
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1978 |
Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Concerned Voters of California (CVC) Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1975-1976 |
Box 3 | Folder 27 |
CVC Financial Statements
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1975 |
Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Questionnaire for Contributors of Fifty Dollars or more to CVC
|
1975 |
Box 3 | Folder 29 |
CVC Financial (see also CVC Materials
)
|
1975 |
Box 3 | Folder 30 |
John Tunney Campaign Correspondence
|
1976 |
Box 3 | Folder 31 |
Tunney Fundraiser
|
1976 |
Box 3 | Folder 32 |
Tunney Campaign(see also Tunney Campaign Materials
)
|
1976 |
Box 3 | Folder 33 |
Don Bradley re: CVC and the Briggs Imitative
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1978 |
Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Advocate Experience Intensive Facilitators Manual
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1981 |
Box 3 | Folder 35 |
Advocate Experience
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1978 |
Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Douglas K. Freeman and the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
|
1984 |
Box 3 | Folder 37 |
Dade County Donations
|
1977 |
Box 3 | Folder 38 |
Dade County Mailing List
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n.d. |
Box 3 | Folder 39 |
Political Mailing Lists
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n.d. |
Box 4 | Folder 1 |
"Money Management - Basic Rules of Financial Health," by David B. Goodstein
|
1976 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Legislation
|
1975-1978 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
David Bryant Correspondence - Privacy Act
|
1977 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Werner Erhard - EST Correspondence
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1976-79 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Breakthrough Racing Correspondence
|
1979 |
Box 4 | Folder 6 |
New Alliance for Gay Equality (New AGE)
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1977-1978 |
Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Washington Story - Goodstein Interview with Edward Koch
|
1977 |
Box 4 | Folder 8 |
James W. Graves and the Montrose Activity Center
|
1978 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Gay Retirement Center
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1976-1978 |
Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Advocate Coverage of the 1976 Elections
|
1976 |
Box 4 | Folder 11 |
One Inc./Institute for the Study of Human Resources
|
1977 |
Mapcase Folder 1 |
Goodstein's Cornell diploma, Bachelor of Arts
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1944 | |
CVC (Concerned Voters of California) Materials
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
CVC Mailing Lists
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1976 |
Box 5 | Folder 2 |
CVC Expenditures
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1975-1976 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 |
CVC Financial
|
1975 |
Box 5 | Folder 4 |
CVC - Briggs Initiative
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1977-1978 |
Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Briggs Supporters Mass Mailings
|
1977 |
Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Briggs/Proposition 6: Initiative, Legal Papers, Correspondence
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1977-1978 |
Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Privacy Act
|
1977-1978 |
Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Privacy Act - Drafts
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1977-1978 |
Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Anti-Recidivism and Post Release Services Task Force
|
1974 |
Tunney Campaign Materials
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Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Tunney Fundraiser Master Mailing List
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1978 |
Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Tunney Campaign Mailing Lists
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n.d. |
Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Burt Pines Reception
|
1977 |
Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Political Mailing Lists re: Dade County
|
1977 |
Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Blue Flettrich's List
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n.d. |
Series IV. Photographic Prints
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Box 6 |
Goodstein personal photos
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1956-1985 | |
Includes photographs of friends, dogs and horses, travel pictures, houses, and miscellaneous
people and places. Several are identified.
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Box 7 |
Goodstein personal photos
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1956-1985 | |
Includes photographs of friends, dogs and horses, travel pictures, houses, and miscellaneous
people and places. Several are identified.
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Box 8 |
Horses
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n.d. | |
Includes many photos of Goodstein riding, at shows, and with horses and horse people.
Few are identified.
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Series V. Photographic Negatives
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Box 9 |
Photographic Negatives
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n.d. | |
Presumably negatives of the prints in Boxes 6-8
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Series VI. Slides
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Box 10 |
Goodstein at Cornell University, and on trips in Florida, Hawaii, and in Europe
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1950-1959 | |
Also, slides of friends, boys, and "Bruce of Hollywood." All are identified.
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Eleven metal slide boxes
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Box 10 |
European trip
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1964 | |
All are identified.
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Two plastic slide cases
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Box 10 |
Objets d'art, works of art, furniture
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One case of 2.5 x 2.5 slides
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Box 11 |
1950s at Cornell University, and 1950s-1980s
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1950s-1980s | |
Two boxes of slides
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Series VII. Video/audio tapes, films, and miscellaneous
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Box 11 |
Mike Ferrell, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF)
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n.d. | |
Three U-matic videocassette tapes
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Box 11 |
Mike Ferrell HRCF, "Be All That You Are" with Terry Cole Whittaker Ministries, and
one unidentified
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Three VHS videocassette tapes
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Box 11 |
David B. Goodstein Memorial Service
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28 JULY 1985 | |
Two audiocassettes
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Box 11 |
Unidentified
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Three 8mm films
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Box 11 |
Award Plaques to Goodstein
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1984-1985 | |
The Business and Professional Association of Los Angeles, 1985; the 1984 Vis à Vis
Award "In Recognition of Dedicated Service and Exemplary Courage to Secure Individual
Freedoms and Guarantee Humanity Its Inalienable Rights"
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Box 11 |
Pornography
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Eleven films
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