Guide to the Betty Berzon Papers,
1972-1979

Collection Number: 7312

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Ezra Corral
Date completed:
July 2008
EAD encoding:
Andrea Hektor
Peter Martinez, June 2003
Ezra Corral, July 2008

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Betty Berzon papers, 1972-1979.
Collection Number:
7312
Creator:
Betty Berzon
Quantity:
1 cubic foot.
Forms of Material:
Audiotapes, printed materials, manuscripts, ephemera.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.
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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Berzon, Betty.

Subjects:
Homosexuality.
Lesbians.
Women's liberation.--California.
Briggs Initiative.
Lesbian and gay teachers.

Form and Genre Terms:
Ephemera
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Betty Berzon papers, #7312. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting Program: Human Sexuality Collection.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
June 1972
UCLA Extension Program: The Homosexual in America, copy
 Box 1
1mm, 7" reel
June 1971
UCLA Extension Program: The Homosexual in America, 2 tapes
 Box 1
1mm, 7" reel
Miscellaneous leaflets, letters, and flyers
 Box 1
1978
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)
Box 1
1976
FPS: A Magazine of Young People's Liberation
 Box 1
1976
Quotations from Chief Ed (Or: Six Years With Foot-in-mouth Disease)
 Box 1
1980
December 1980 Community Center (Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center Hollywood, CA)
 Box 1
1978
A Straight Couple Looks In-- by Bill and Mary Davis
 Box 1
1970s
Multi-Media Resource Center Book List 1001 Book Titles
 Box 1
November 1979
Stonewall Democratic Club "A Tribute to Morris Knight" Program
 Box 1
January 1981
Stonewall Democratic Club "A Tribute to Ivy Bottini" Program
 Box 1
unknown
"The Ballad of Thomas and Mary (Songs of Gay Liberation)" by Raymond S. 'Arby' Baxter
 Box 1
unknown
SCW/WRF NEWS (Southern California Women for the Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation) Vol. 1
 Box 1
November 1978
The Gay Academic Union Fifth National Conference Hosted by the USC Gay Student Union University of Southern California November 24-26, 1978
Box 1
July 1975
"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"
Box 1
Spring 1979
Gay Academic Union Newsletter Volume Two, Number 1
 Box 1
1981
Sunset Junction Street Fair Progam 1981
 Box 1
February 1979
First Annual Report of Gay Rights Advocates (the operating arm of the Legal Foundation for Personal Liberties)
 Box 1
May 1975
Report from the Board of Directors Gay Community Services Center, Los Angeles, May 20, 1975
 Box 1
1980
The Business and Professional Association of Los Angeles Pamphlet
 Box 1
1970s
Assorted Pins and Buttons, Various Gay Pride Events
 Box 1
1979
Index to Sexual Reporter Volume Three-1977
 Box 1
1976-1978
Volume Two, Numbers 3, 4, 5, 6; Volume Three, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Volume Four, Number 4
 Box 1