Guide to the Michael Busch Papers,
1986-1996

Collection Number: 7586

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:
Andrea Hektor
Brenda Marston
Date completed:
May 2004
EAD encoding:
Andrea Hektor
Peter Martinez, May 2004

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Michael Busch papers, 1986-1996.
Collection Number:
7586
Creator:
Michael, Busch 1954-
Quantity:
1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Subject files.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Subject files pertaining to Cornell and Ithaca lesbian and gay groups and issues, including AIDS Work of Tompkins County, Cornell AIDS Action, ACT UP Ithaca, and the Cornell Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Artist; AIDS Work of Tompkins County volunteer, and member of the Board of Directors; Ithaca Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Task Force Board of Directors member; editorial staff of Outlines; in 1988 he received the New York State Press Association Award for "Strong at the Broken Places," an article detailing his relationship with his friend Daniel, who was dying.
At Cornell, member of Cornell AIDS Action; member of the Working Group on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues which was formed by President Frank Rhodes in 1993; active in the process which led the University to offer domestic partner benefits to same-sex partners of faculty and staff; also active in creating the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Resource Office.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Subject files pertaining to Cornell and Ithaca lesbian and gay groups and issues, including AIDS Work of Tompkins County, Cornell AIDS Action, ACT UP Ithaca, the Cornell Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance, a Cornell gay and bisexual men's support group, and records from both the LGB Working group at Cornell and from the LGBRO (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Resource Office).
Also, handouts, Gay Games related advertising, broadsides, and other material collected in June 1994 in New York City; also material concerning the Stonewall 25 year celebration.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Busch, Michael,1954-
ACT UP Ithaca (Organization)
AIDS Work of Tompkins County.
Alliance (Cornell University)
Cornell University.Cornell AIDS Action.
Gay Games

Subjects:
Gays--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Lesbians--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Gay athletes.
Stonewall Riot, New York, N.Y., 1969.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
1 folder of support group material RESTRICTED until 2012 (folder temporarily housed in the accession file).
Cite As:
Michael Busch papers, #7586. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting Program: Human Sexuality Collection.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Notes by Busch on the contents of the collection
 Box 1 Folder 1
"Have You Ever Wondered..." brochure design materials
 Box 1 Folder 2
Support group correspondence & flyers
 Box 1 Folder 3
Support groups handouts, articles
 Box 1 Folder 4
Resource materials for gay and bisexual men's support groups
 Box 1 Folder 5
Guided discussions (for support groups)
 Box 1 Folder 6
Tompkins County AIDS Task Force materials
 Box 1 Folder 7
Cornell AIDS Action Program, Jan. '95
Box 1 Folder 8
Cornell AIDS Action, 1991-1993
Box 1 Folder 9
Cornell AIDS Actoin Referral Network
 Box 1 Folder 10
Cornell AIDS Action brochure
 Box 1 Folder 11
March on Washington, 1987
Box 1 Folder 12
ACT-UP Ithaca materials, 1990-1991
Box 1 Folder 13
NGLTF member materials, 1990-1992
Box 1 Folder 14
Includes flyer from Union Square park Rally as part of 1990 Gay Pride in NYC as well as text of Urvashi Vaid's speech that day.
Gay in America series from the San Francisco Examiner, 1989
Box 1 Folder 15
Names Project Memorial Quilt at Cornell, 1993, 1996
Box 1 Folder 16
World AIDS Day, Service of Remembrance materials, 1992
Box 1 Folder 17
World AIDS Day, Service of Remembrance materials, 1991
Box 1 Folder 18
Cornell Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance
 Box 1 Folder 19
LGB Working Group, 1993-1996
Box 1 Folder 20
LGB Working Groups: Domestic Partner Benefits
 Box 1 Folder 21
Domestic Partner Benefits/Net (?)
 Box 1 Folder 22
LGBRO Advisory Group, 1994-1996
Box 1 Folder 23
LGBRO Review Panel, 1997
Box 1 Folder 24
Portrait: art show, 4/1995
Box 1 Folder 25
Stonewall 25 celebration in NYC ephemera, 1994
Box 1 Folder 26
Support groups addresses and birthday lists, 1990-1992 [ RESTRICTED]
2 news sheets containing full page ads for the Lesbian Avengers
 Mapcase II-2