Guide to the Tracy Kronzak Papers,
1992-2008

Collection Number: 7599

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:
Kori Kutch
Date completed:
June 1995
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, July 2001
Sara McDermott, November 2009

© 2001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Tracy Kronzak papers, 1992-2008
Collection Number:
7599
Creator:
Tracy Kronzak
Quantity:
2.7 cubic feet
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts, collected subject files, posters and ephemera, audiocassettes, one videocassette, and photographs.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Materials collected by Tracy Kronzak while a student at Cornell University. Includes material on gay life and AIDS in Russia, materials from the 1996 display of the AIDS Quilt in Washington, D.C., materials from gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender organizations at Cornell and in San Francisco.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cornell University Class of 1995.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, collected subject files, posters and ephemera, audiocassettes, a videocassette of a debate Kronzak participated in regarding the LGBT Living Learning Unit, photographs, a notebook and other materials of a lesbian/gay/bisexual activist and Cornell University student. Papers include material deriving from and pertaining to Kronzak's two summers in Russia and collected materials from that time on gay life and AIDS in Russia, including interviews with Russian AIDS activists, pictures of gay Russian people and areas, and leaflets on lesbian and gay issues in Russia. Also, ephemera from the 1996 display of the AIDS Quilt in Washington, D.C. Cornell papers include files on Student Assembly, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Coalition, Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association (CUGALA), the proposed Lesbian and Gay Living Learning Unit, the takeover of Day Hall, the controversy engendered by Professor Jim Aist's offer to assist in curing homosexuality, and other topics.
Includes LBG Resource Office files; CUGALA files, material on the founding of Dialogue (which Kronzak founded), a multifaith lesbian/bisexual/gay/transgendered spirituality/religious group at Cornell; 1995 followup on Kronzak's complaint about Professor Jim Aist's distribution of homophobic materials; and other records and material on lesbian/gay/bisexual issues.
Original comic strip drawn for Kronzak by Cornell alum Laura Diane Steele, "The Adventures of an Alternative Dyke Ivy League College Student." Also, "It's a Gay Life" comics that hung on Kronzak's room in Clara Dickson Hall, circa 1992-1995, other gay comics, and copies of proofs of "For Better or for Worse" given to Kronzak by a friend at the Cornell Daily Sun.
Organizing files, t-shirts, flag, and other items from the San Francisco Dyke Marches, 2000-2003, for which Kronzak served on the general planning committee. Also, political buttons collected at national and California events on issues of LGBT pride, workers rights, political candidates, and peace, in the 1990s-2008.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Kronzak, Tracy.
Aist, James.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University. Student Assembly.
Cornell University. Lesbian and Gay Living Learning Unit.
Cornell University. Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Coalition.
Cornell University. Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association.
Cornell University. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Working Group.

Subjects:
Gays--Russia.
Lesbians--Russia.
Lesbians--Political Activity.
AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching.
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.
AIDS (Disease)--Russia.
Gays--Comic books, strips, etc.
Homophobia.
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Places:
Russia--Social life and customs.
San Francisco (Calif).
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
File of interview notes for Cornell Vice President position restricted.
Cite As:
Tracy Kronzak papers, #7599. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1993-1994
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Coalition
 Box 1 Folder 1
1994-1995
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Coalition
 Box 1 Folder 2
1993-1994
Cornell Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay Alliance
 Box 1 Folder 3
1994-1995
Student Assembly
 Box 1 Folder 4
1993-1995
Working Group on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Issues
 Box 1 Folder 5
1994-1995
Working Group on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Issues
 Box 1 Folder 6
1994
Correspondence with President Rhodes re: LGBI Working Group
 Box 1 Folder 7
1982-1994
CUGALA (Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association): Newsletter, correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 8
No date
CUGALA Career Network Questionnaire
 Box 1 Folder 9
1992-1993
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Living and Learning Unit: Media coverage
 Box 1 Folder 10
1992-1993
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Living and Learning Unit: Student Assembly Agendas, Minutes, Resolutions
 Box 1 Folder 11
1993-1994
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Living and Learning Center Miscellany
 Box 1 Folder 12
1994-1995
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Resource Office
 Box 1 Folder 13
1993
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Affairs Administrator
 Box 1 Folder 14
1992-1994
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Living and Learning Unit Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 15
1993
Day Hall Takeover, November 1993
 Box 1 Folder 16
1994
Latino Living and Learning Unit
 Box 1 Folder 17
1991-1993
ROTC/Gays in the Military
 Box 1 Folder 18
1992
Same-Sex Partners Health Benefits
 Box 1 Folder 19
1995
Residence Life Housing Issues
 Box 1 Folder 20
1995
Professor Aist/Plant Sciences Actions (News Clippings)
 Box 1 Folder 21
1995
Professor Aist: Posters, Essays re: curability of homosexuality
 Box 1 Folder 22
1995
Notes, email concerning Professor Aist
 Box 1 Folder 23
1991-1995
Formal Actions taken against Professor Aist
 Box 1 Folder 24
1970-1978
LGB Issues:LGB Awareness Month, LGB Student Assembly Seat, Equal Opportunity Policy Revisions, Gay Liberation, Student Homophile League
Box 1 Folder 25
1984-1994
AIDS and Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Issues at Cornell
 Box 1 Folder 26
1995
Political Issue Flyers (Contract with America, Health Care, AIDS Crisis)
 Box 1 Folder 27
1993
March on Washington
 Box 1 Folder 28
1993-1995
Conferences: National Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Networking Conference, Constructing Queer Cultures, Creating Change
 Box 1 Folder 29
1993-1995
Newsletters (other universities, organizations)
 Box 1 Folder 30
1994
Columbia University Community News
 Box 1 Folder 31
1994
Overlooked Opinions, Inc.
 Box 1 Folder 32
1993-1995
Miscellaneous Flyers, Pamphlets, Articles, Email, Notes
 Box 1 Folder 33
1993
Film, Theater, Dance Festivals
 Box 1 Folder 34
1994
Anthropology 400: Interviews
 Box 1 Folder 35
1993
Anthropology 350: Paper/Interview with Vladimir Sedov
 Box 1 Folder 36
1993
Anthropology 385: Interview
 Box 1 Folder 37
1993
Anthropology 385: Paper: "Lesbian and Gay Cornell"
 Box 1 Folder 38
No date
Restricted
 Box 1 Folder 39
1993
Miscellaneous Books and Pamphlets
 Box 1 Folder 40
1993-1995
AIDS/HIV in Russia
 Box 1 Folder 41
1994
Field Notes (on AIDS in Russia)
 Box 1 Folder 42
1992
Gay Activism in Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany
 Box 1 Folder 43
1995
Gay Liberation Movement in Eastern Europe
 Box 1 Folder 44
1993
Gay Activism/Historical Treatment of Gays in Russia
 Box 1 Folder 45
1992
Sociology 366: Paper:"A Survey of the Gay Liberation Movement in Eastern Europe with Emphasis on Russia"
 Box 1 Folder 46
1994
Russian news clippings on AIDS issues
 Box 1 Folder 47
1994
AIDS Infoshare: drafts, fund-raising, public relations pieces
 Box 1 Folder 48
1994
Cornell Correspondence re: AIDS Infoshare
 Box 1 Folder 49
1993
Anti-Democracy Publication
 Box 1 Folder 50
No date
Pro-life pamphlet by "Supporting Mothers," anti-gay organization
 Box 1 Folder 51
No date
Condoms
 Box 1 Folder 52
ca. 1990
Ads and leaflets re: Moscow Lesbian and Gay Events/Groups
 Box 1 Folder 53
1994
Moscow Sexual Assault Recovery Center
 Box 1 Folder 54
1993
AESOP (An Effective Shield of Protection)
 Box 1 Folder 55
1994
Newspaper clippings and notes from diary
 Box 1 Folder 56
1994
Diary, interview tapes, photos
 Box 1 Folder 57
No date
Cornell Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Coalition T-Shirt and Assorted Buttons
 Box 1 Folder 58
1996
AIDS Quilt in D.C.
 Box 2 Folder 1-2
1995-1996
Aist Follow Ups
 Box 2 Folder 3
1994-1995
CMI/Campus Survey Project
 Box 2 Folder 4
1995
CUGALA (Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Alumni)
 Box 2 Folder 5
1996
HIV/AIDS Ministry Info from D.C.
 Box 2 Folder 6
1996
Columbia Takeover
 Box 2 Folder 7
1996
GLSTN Info from D.C. (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network)
 Box 2 Folder 8
No date
Hammer, Dr. Paul
 Box 2 Folder 9
1995
LGB Relations
 Box 2 Folder 10
1995-1997
LGB Resource Office
 Box 2 Folder 11
1996
LGB Retreat
 Box 2 Folder 12
1996
LGB Town Meeting, April 11
 Box 2 Folder 13
No date
LGB Miscellany
 Box 2 Folder 14
1996
Outlines Interview - Carlisle Douglas, LGB Resource Center Coordinator
 Box 2 Folder 15
1995-1996
Dialogue: founding info and 1995-1996
 Box 2 Folder 16
1996
Dialogue: Fall 1996
 Box 2 Folder 17
No date
Dialogue
 Box 2 Folder 18
1993-2002
Dyke March: Publicity and Ephemera
 Box 2 Folder 19
2001-2002
Dyke March: Bills and Money
 Box 2 Folder 20
2002-2003
Dyke March Planning
 Box 2 Folder 21
2000-2002
Dyke March Planning
 Box 2 Folder 22-23
2000-2003
Five Dyke March T-Shirts
 Box 3
Dykes For Peace, Peace For Dykes pennant
 Box 3
1992-1995
Small Postcards, Clippings, Comic Strips
 Box 2 Folder 24
1993
Original Artwork from Laura Diane Steele
 Box 2 Folder 25
1993-2008
Buttons Collected at Various LBGT Events
 Box 4 Folder 1-8
ca. 1992-2008
Buttons in Support of Various Candidates and Issues, California-based
 Box 5 Folder 1-3
1993
Buttons from the March on Washington
 Box 5 Folder 4
ca. 1990s
Buttons, Gift from Gerard Palmieri: Labor Rights, "Stop the OCA", Stop Censorship, Gay Pride
 Box 5 Folder 5-6
ca. 1990s
Buttons, California Propositions and Events
 Box 5 Folder 7
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