Guide to the Larry Bush Papers,
1977-1984

Collection Number: 7316

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:
P. McCray, J. O'Shea
Date completed:
August 1991
EAD encoding:
Mireille Lee, March 2000

© 2000 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Larry Bush papers, 1977-1984
Collection Number:
7316
Creator:
Larry Bush
Quantity:
7.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, drafts of articles, transcripts of interviews, photographs, audiotape.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection consists of Bush's personal papers and collected news articles. Subjects include AIDS, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the National Gay Task Force, and the legislative and legal aspects of gay rights.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Larry Bush was the Washington D.C. correspondent for The Advocate. As a freelance writer and journalist, he published several articles in both gay and straight publications, conducted interviews, gave speeches, and published the Bush Report, which was concerned with gay political and cultural issues. He was also the Washington liaison for the National Gay Task Force.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The collection consists of Bush's correspondence, drafts of articles, transcripts of interviews, photographs, and an audiotape. Also included are subject files, clippings, reports, and articles pertaining to gay liberation, politics, rights, social and cultural issues, and journalism. Subjects include AIDS, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the National Gay Task Force, and the legislative and legal aspects of gay rights; there are files on individuals, government commissions, and numerous other gay and lesbian issues.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Goodstein, David B.
Gay Rights National Lobby.
Democratic Party.
Human Rights Campaign Fund.
National Gay Task Force.

Subjects:
Advocate.
The Bush Report.
Gays' writings.
Homosexuality--laws and legislation.
Gays--Political Action.
Homosexuality.
Gay Men.
AIDS (Disease).
Gay Journalism.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Larry Bush. Papers, #7316. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

The collection had little original organization. The materials were divided into two series: Larry Bush personal files, and an alphabetical subject file. More than half of the folder headings were assigned.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Larry Bush Personal Papers Box 1, folders 1-52
Box 6, folder 1
Box 7, folders 1-36
Series II. Subject Files Box 1, folders 53-60
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Box 6, folders 2-20
Box 7, folders 37-56
Box 8
Box 9
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Larry Bush Personal Papers
Notes, Handwritten and Typed; Drafts of Letters and Articles; Lists
 Box 1 Folder 1-8
Personal Handwritten Notes
 Box 6 Folder 1
Notebooks
 Box 7 Folder 17-34
Personal Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 9-17
Larry Bush Personal, Including Financial Papers, and Correspondence
 Box 7 Folder 1-5
Larry Bush Personal Documents, Photographs, Audiotape, Clippings, Certificates, Typescripts
 Box 1 Folder 18-23
Mailings, Newsletters, Press Releases
 Box 1 Folder 24-28
Larry Bush Finances
 Box 1 Folder 29
Articles Published by Larry Bush
 Box 1 Folder 30-35
Letters of Complaint Against Larry Bush re: Published Articles
 Box 1 Folder 36
Drafts of Articles, Interviews, and Other Writings; Handwritten and Typed
 Box 1 Folder 37-44
Typed Drafts
 Box 7 Folder 6-10
Handwritten Drafts
 Box 7 Folder 11-16
Bush Report
Box 1 Folder 45-49
Bush Report
Box 7 Folder 35-36
Speeches, Invitations to Speak
 Box 1 Folder 50
Story Assignments
 Box 1 Folder 51-52
Series II. Subject Files
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
 Box 1 Folder 53
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
 Box 1 Folder 54
Advocate
Box 1 Folder 55
AIDS - Clippings
 Box 1 Folder 56-60
AIDS - New York Times Clippings
Box 6 Folder 2
AIDS - Miscellaneous Clippings
 Box 6 Folder 3
AIDS - Editorials
 Box 2 Folder 1-2
AIDS - Articles
 Box 2 Folder 3-4
AIDS - Mailings
 Box 2 Folder 5
AIDS - Publications
 Box 2 Folder 6
AIDS - Letters
 Box 2 Folder 7
AIDS - Miscellaneous Transcripts and Articles
 Box 2 Folder 8
AIDS - Miscellaneous Written Material
 Box 2 Folder 9-10
AIDS - Center for Disease Control (CDC)
 Box 2 Folder 11
AIDS - Congressional Action
 Box 2 Folder 12-19
AIDS - Gay Support Groups
 Box 2 Folder 20-21
AIDS - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 Box 2 Folder 22
AIDS - Political
 Box 2 Folder 23
AIDS - Public Health Service
 Box 2 Folder 24-25
AIDS - Weiss Hearings
 Box 2 Folder 26-29
American Medical Association (AMA)
 Box 2 Folder 30
Amnesty International
 Box 2 Folder 32-33
Appropriations Committee Transcript
 Box 6 Folder 4
U.S. Navy vs. John Baskin - Legal Documents
 Box 6 Folder 5
Robert Bauman
 Box 2 Folder 34
Blade Communications, Inc
 Box 2 Folder 35-36
Blade Communications, Inc. - Financial Papers
 Box 6 Folder 6
Books
 Box 2 Folder 37-38
Boston Gays
 Box 2 Folder 39
Anita Bryant - IRS Documents
 Box 2 Folder 40
International Association of Black and White Men Together (IABWMT/BWMT)
 Box 2 Folder 41
Catalogs
 Box 2 Folder 42-43
Civil Rights - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)
 Box 2 Folder 44-51
Clippings
 Box 3 Folder 1-2
Clippings - Gay Related 1983-84
 Box 6 Folder 7-16
Commission on Personal Privacy
 Box 3 Folder 3-6
98th Congress
 Box 3 Folder 7-8
98th Congressional Health Hearings
 Box 3 Folder 9-10
Constitution - Court Decisions
 Box 3 Folder 11
Coors
 Box 3 Folder 12
Court Cases
 Box 3 Folder 13-14
Culture
 Box 3 Folder 15-23
Democrats
 Box 3 Folder 24
Democratic National Party Conference, 1982
 Box 3 Folder 25
Discrimination
 Box 3 Folder 26
District of Columbia Sexual Assault Reform Act
 Box 3 Folder 27-30
Draft
 Box 3 Folder 31
Family Issues
 Box 3 Folder 32
Family Protection Act, 1981
 Box 3 Folder 33
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
 Box 3 Folder 34
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
 Box 3 Folder 35
Federal and District of Columbia Crime Codes
 Box 3 Folder 36-37
Feminist
 Box 3 Folder 38-39
Films
 Box 3 Folder 40-42
First Amendment Survival Kit
 Box 3 Folder 43-44
Foundations, Grants, Awards
 Box 3 Folder 45
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
 Box 3 Folder 46
"Friends of Wine"
 Box 3 Folder 47
Fund for Human Dignity, Press Releases 1982-83
 Box 3 Folder 48
Samuel A. Garrison III
 Box 3 Folder 49
Gay Academic Union (GAU)
 Box 3 Folder 50
Gays and Literature
 Box 3 Folder 51
Gay Clout
 Box 3 Folder 52
Gay Democrats
 Box 3 Folder 53-55
Gay Groups - Effects of De-funding
 Box 3 Folder 56
Gay Journalists
 Box 3 Folder 57
Gay Legal Organizations
 Box 3 Folder 58
Gay Media
 Box 3 Folder 59-60
Gay Officials - Wayne Lerch
 Box 3 Folder 61
Gay Organizations
 Box 3 Folder 62-64
Gay Organizations - Political, District of Columbia
 Box 3 Folder 65-66
Gay Political Action Committee (GAYPAC)
 Box 4 Folder 1
Gay Press Association
 Box 4 Folder 2
Gay Rights Coalition of Georgetown University Law Center, et al. v. Georgetown University et al. Legal Documents and Articles
 Box 6 Folder 17-18
Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL)
 Box 4 Folder 3-5
Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL) - Board of Directors
 Box 4 Folder 6
Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL) - Press Releases 1981-82
 Box 4 Folder 7-8
Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL) - Press Releases 1983
 Box 4 Folder 9
Gay Services
 Box 4 Folder 10
David B. Goodstein
 Box 4 Folder 11-12
Kevin Gordon
 Box 4 Folder 13-14
Governors
 Box 4 Folder 15
Peter D. Hannaford
 Box 4 Folder 16
Rev. B. Samuel Hart Nomination to U.S. Civil Rights Commission
 Box 4 Folder 17
Denver Health Conference 1983
 Box 4 Folder 18
History
 Box 4 Folder 19
Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) - 1982 Tax Forms
 Box 4 Folder 20-28
Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) - Jim Foster's 1982 Report
 Box 4 Folder 20-28
Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) - Press Releases 1982
 Box 4 Folder 35
Immigration
 Box 4 Folder 36-43
International
 Box 4 Folder 44
Key West
 Box 4 Folder 45
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
 Box 4 Folder 46
Legal Services Corporation
 Box 4 Folder 46
LIFE Magazine - July 5, 1948
 Box 6 Folder 20
Miscellaneous Mailings
 Box 4 Folder 48-49
Management
 Box 4 Folder 50
Miller vs. Rumsfeld
 Box 4 Folder 51-53
John Money, Ph.D.
 Box 4 Folder 54
Moral Majority 1981
 Box 4 Folder 55
Mormons
 Box 4 Folder 56
Movement
 Box 4 Folder 57
National Committee for an Effective Congress
 Box 4 Folder 58-59
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - 1982 Crisis
 Box 4 Folder 60-63
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - 1982 Crisis
 Box 5 Folder 1-2
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - CBS 1980
 Box 5 Folder 3
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - International Association of Black and White Men Together 1983
 Box 5 Folder 4
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - Press Releases prior to 1980
 Box 5 Folder 5
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - Press Releases 1980-81
 Box 5 Folder 6
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - Press Releases 1982-83
 Box 5 Folder 7-10
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - Press Releases 1983
 Box 5 Folder 1
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - Press Releases 1984
 Box 5 Folder 12
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - Jack Campbell
 Box 5 Folder 13
National Gay Task Force (NGTF) - Miscellaneous
 Box 5 Folder 14-16
New Right
 Box 5 Folder 17
Newsletters
 Box 5 Folder 18-20
Organized Crime Control Commission Report 1979
 Box 5 Folder 21
Pamphlets
 Box 5 Folder 22
Political
 Box 5 Folder 23
Presidential Candidates
 Box 5 Folder 24-25
Miscellaneous Press Releases
 Box 5 Folder 26
Proposition Six - Briggs Initiative
 Box 5 Folder 27
Redistricting
 Box 5 Folder 28
Report - Interdepartmental Group on Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information
 Box 5 Folder 29
Richmond - Human Rights Legislation
 Box 5 Folder 30
Vito Russo - Stonewall Manuscript
 Box 6 Folder 19
Sex Education
 Box 5 Folder 31-32
Sex Research
 Box 5 Folder 33-34
Sex Roles and Models
 Box 5 Folder 35
Stonewall Gay Democratic Club - Press Releases
 Box 5 Folder 36
State and City Level News
 Box 5 Folder 37-38
Subject File
 Box 7 Folder 37-56
Subject File
 Box 8 Folder 1-18
Subject File
 Box 9 Folder 1-28
Uplinger Legal Material
 Box 5 Folder 39
Washington Journalism Review (WJR)
 Box 5 Folder 40
White House Conference on Families - 1979-80
 Box 5 Folder 41-45