Betty Berzon papers, 1972-1979.
Collection Number: 7312

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Betty Berzon papers, 1972-1979.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7312
Abstract:
Tape recordings of a UCLA Extension Program, "The Homosexual in America," June 21, 1972; printed materials; and memorabilia, including buttons, reflecting the women's liberation movements in the 1970s, chiefly in Los Angeles and Southern California. Includes documentation of the Briggs Initiative to prohibit lesbian and gay teachers from being employed by public schools.
Creator:
Berzon, Betty.
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Author and gay/lesbian leader in Los Angeles.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Tape recordings of a UCLA Extension Program, "The Homosexual in America," June 21, 1972; printed materials; and memorabilia, including buttons, reflecting the women's liberation movements in the 1970s, chiefly in Los Angeles and Southern California. Includes documentation of the Briggs Initiative to prohibit lesbian and gay teachers from being employed by public schools.

RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting Program: Human Sexuality Collection.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Betty Berzon papers, #7312. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Lesbian and gay teachers.
Briggs Initiative.
Women\'s liberation -- California.
Lesbians.
Homosexuality.
Form and Genre Terms:
Ephemera.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
UCLA Extension Program: The Homosexual in America, copy
June 1972
1mm, 7" reel
Box 1
UCLA Extension Program: The Homosexual in America, 2 tapes
June 1971
1mm, 7" reel
Box 1
Miscellaneous leaflets, letters, and flyers
Box 1
Copy of Supreme Court of the State of California California Federation of Teachers...v. March Fong EU, Secretary of State, Respondent, John V. Briggs, Real Party in Interest (S.F. No. 23840)
1978
Box 1
FPS: A Magazine of Young People's Liberation
1976
Box 1
Quotations from Chief Ed (Or: Six Years With Foot-in-mouth Disease)
1976
Box 1
December 1980 Community Center (Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center Hollywood, CA)
1980
Box 1
A Straight Couple Looks In-- by Bill and Mary Davis
1978
Box 1
Multi-Media Resource Center Book List 1001 Book Titles
1970s
Box 1
Stonewall Democratic Club "A Tribute to Morris Knight" Program
November 1979
Box 1
Stonewall Democratic Club "A Tribute to Ivy Bottini" Program
January 1981
Box 1
"The Ballad of Thomas and Mary (Songs of Gay Liberation)" by Raymond S. 'Arby' Baxter
unknown
Box 1
SCW/WRF NEWS (Southern California Women for the Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation) Vol. 1
unknown
Box 1
The Gay Academic Union Fifth National Conference Hosted by the USC Gay Student Union University of Southern California November 24-26, 1978
November 1978
Box 1
"On My Way to Nowhere: alienated, isolated, drunk" An Analysis of Gay Alcohol Abuse and An Evaluation of Alcoholism Rehabilitation Services for the Los Angeles Gay Community"
July 1975
Box 1
Gay Academic Union Newsletter Volume Two, Number 1
Spring 1979
Box 1
Sunset Junction Street Fair Progam 1981
1981
Box 1
First Annual Report of Gay Rights Advocates (the operating arm of the Legal Foundation for Personal Liberties)
February 1979
Box 1
Report from the Board of Directors Gay Community Services Center, Los Angeles, May 20, 1975
May 1975
Box 1
The Business and Professional Association of Los Angeles Pamphlet
1980
Box 1
Assorted Pins and Buttons, Various Gay Pride Events
1970s
Box 1
Index to Sexual Reporter Volume Three-1977
1979
Box 1
Volume Two, Numbers 3, 4, 5, 6; Volume Three, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Volume Four, Number 4
1976-1978