Guide to the Michael J. Ellis papers,
1975-1993

Collection Number: 7615

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:
B.C. Beredo
Date completed:
July 2000
EAD encoding:
Mireille Lee, August 2000

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Michael J. Ellis papers, 1975-1993
Collection Number:
7615
Creator:
Michael J. Ellis
Quantity:
5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, subject files, audiocassettes, manuscript, book.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, subject files, audiocassettes, and other materials documenting the shift from gay liberation to gay and lesbian activism, and concerning the establishment of organizations, programs, and issues at Cornell and in Ithaca, including the Cornell University Library's Human Sexuality Collection, Ithaca's Fair Practice Ordinance, the adoption of Local Law C, the addition of sexual orientation to the University's Equal Opportunity statement, and the development of AIDS awareness and policy.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Resident Director, Ecology House; Director of Robert Purcell Union; Associate Dean and Director of Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, subject files, audiocassettes, and other materials documenting the shift from gay liberation to gay and lesbian activism, and concerning the establishment of organizations, programs, and issues at Cornell and in Ithaca, including the Cornell University Library's Human Sexuality Collection, Ithaca's Fair Practice Ordinance, the adoption of Local Law C, the addition of sexual orientation to the University's Equal Opportunity statement, and the development of AIDS awareness and policy.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Ellis, Michael J.
Cornell University--Students.

Subjects:
Gay liberation movement--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Gays--Laws and legislation.

Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Michael J. Ellis papers, #7615. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Lesbian and Gay Rights Box 1
A. General Correspondence
B. Cornell
Correspondence
Events and issues
Organizations
C. Ithaca
D. National
Series II. AIDS Box 2
A. Cornell
Events, organizations, and issues
B. Ithaca
Series III. Tapes Box 2
Series IV. Conferences/Workshops Boxes 2-3
A. Ithaca
B. National
Series V. Professional Writing Box 3
A. Journal Manuscript
B. Book
Series VI. Subject Files Box 3

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Lesbian and Gay Rights
General Correspondence
Correspondence, 1977-1981
Box 1 Folder 1
Highlights:
1977 letters to President and first Lady Carter, and reply from Margaret Midge Costanza, Assistant to the President
1977 letter to Supreme Court
1978 letter to Jerry Falwell
other letter to Catholic and other religious leaders over the years, written as a Christian concerned about gay rights
1979 letter to Ann Landers
1979 letter from U.S. Rep. Matt McHugh on abortion rights
1980 letter from INS re: "homosexual aliens"
1981 letters to and from Dianne Feinstein, Mayor of San Francisco
1981 letters to and from Senator Patrick Moynihan about Family Protection Act
correspondence with Cornell chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
Correspondence, 1982-1995
Box 1 Folder 2
Highlights:
1985 letter to Morley Safer, "60 Minutes"
1986 letter to Dan Rather, CBS News
1988 letter to Ithaca Times, and State Sen. James Seward
1995 letters to and from Fairfax County School Board, Virginia
Cornell
Cornell related notes and correspondence, 1982-1985
Box 1 Folder 3
Cornell Sex Education Committee, 1975-1976
Box 1 Folder 4
Bruce Voeller, Brian McKnaught, 1979
Box 1 Folder 5
Charles Bryden, 1980
Box 1 Folder 6
March on Washington, 1979, 1987
Box 1 Folder 7
Cornell Gay Scholarship Offer, Cornell Libraries, 1981-1982, 1982-1992
Box 1 Folder 8
Includes handwritten note from Barbara Gittings, then coordinator of the Gay Task Force of the American Library Association: "Thanks for sending stuff on the fascinating story of the gay scholarship and the gay books fund! Do please let me know the final outcome. - Barbara
Also, 1982 letter from Michael Ellis sent to 14 faculty and staff members, including University Librarian Louis Martin, along with American Library Association's Gay Bibliography
"Homosexuality and Social Justice," Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1982
Box 1 Folder 9
Sexual Preference Resolution, Sept. 21 1983
Box 1 Folder 10
ROTC/Military Gay Issues, 1983-1992
Box 1 Folder 11
Ithaca Journal on Homosexuality, 1984
Box 1 Folder 12
Ed McKeown re: discrimination at Cornell, 1984-1985
Box 1 Folder 13
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Awareness Month (April), 1986
Box 1 Folder 14
Homophobia Training, March 14, 1987
Box 1 Folder 15
Cornell Gay Student Groups, 1979-1992
Box 1 Folder 16
CUGALA (Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Association) correspondence, 1980-1993
Box 1 Folder 17
Lesbian and Gay Faculty and Staff at Cornell, 1990
Box 1 Folder 18
Adding Sexual Orientation to Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity Statement, May, 1990
Box 1 Folder 19
Ithaca
"Media," mostly Ithaca and Cornell clippings, 1983-1993
Box 1 Folder 20
Deb Price editorials, 1992
Box 1 Folder 21
Gay rights, Ithaca, 1982-1990
Box 1 Folder 22
Ithaca correspondence, 1984-1993
Box 1 Folder 23
Outlines articles by Ellis, 1989
Box 1 Folder 24
Articles, clippings and flyers, 1975-1990
Box 1 Folder 25-26
"Male Issues", 1976-1977
Box 1 Folder 27
Tompkins County Fair Practice Ordinance, 1985-1992
Box 1 Folder 28
Domestic Partnership, 1990-1992
Box 1 Folder 29
Bias Related Violence, 1989-1991
Box 1 Folder 30
National
Gay Politics correspondence, 1982-1992
Box 1 Folder 31
Supreme Court Decisions, 1986, 1996
Box 1 Folder 32
Correspondence with Human Rights Campaign Fund re: job, 1988
Box 1 Folder 33
GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), 1991
Box 1 Folder 34
New York State Lesbian/Gay Lobby/How to Lobby, 1989
Box 1 Folder 35
ACU-I International Conference, 1992
Box 1 Folder 36
NGLTF Campus Project (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force), 1994
Box 1 Folder 37
Outright Speakers and Talent Bureau, 1994
Box 1 Folder 38
Senior Action in a Gay Environment, 1994-1995
Box 1 Folder 39
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), 1984-1992
Box 1 Folder 40
Series II. AIDS
Cornell
AIDS related material-Cornell, 1983-1987
Box 2 Folder 1
Project Coordinator, AIDS Risk Reduction, Cornell, ca. 1987-989
Box 2 Folder 2
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1986-1987
Box 2 Folder 3
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1988-1990
Box 2 Folder 4
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1991
Box 2 Folder 5
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1992
Box 2 Folder 6
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Mental Health Conference, Cornell University, 1990
Box 2 Folder 7
"Cornell University AIDS Packet", 1991
Box 2 Folder 8
Cornell Panel Discussion on AIDS: Connecting Science and Public Policy, 1988
Box 2 Folder 9
"AIDS: A Resource for the Cornell Community," Amy Amelkin, 1988
Box 2 Folder 10
Ithaca
AIDS Conference, 1985
Box 2 Folder 11
Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County, Tompkins County Community College, Hospicare
AIDS-related material-Ithaca area, 1985-1989
Box 2 Folder 12
Tompkins County AIDS Task Force, 1986
Box 2 Folder 13
Tompkins County AIDS Task Force, 1987-1992
Box 2 Folder 14
AIDS Update, May 1987
Box 2 Folder 15
Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County, Tompkins County Community College, et al.
"AIDS and Religion Resource Directory", 1988
Box 2 Folder 16
AIDS Pamphlets and Reports, ca. 1988
Box 2 Folder 17
AIDS Teleconference, 1989
Box 2 Folder 18
Tompkins County Mental Health Association (TCMHA) Homophobia Training/Education, 1990
Box 2 Folder 19
AIDSWork of Tompkins County Benefit, April 20, 1991
Box 2 Folder 20
Miscellaneous AIDS information, 1991
Box 2 Folder 21
AIDS-related clipping, articles, 1983-1989
Box 2 Folder 22
AIDS-related material--national, 1984-1989
Box 2 Folder 23
HIV Treatment Information, 1986-1991
Box 2 Folder 24
Series III. Tapes
Sage Chapel Services, March 8, 1987
Box 2 Folder 25
Developing an AIDS Policy, n.d.
Box 2 Folder 26
AIDS and the College Student, n.d.
Box 2 Folder 27
Supervising Gay and Lesbian Employees, n.d.
Box 2 Folder 28
Working with Gay Students and Staff: Legal, Political, and Practical Insight, n.d.
Box 2 Folder 29
Series IV. Conferences/Workshops
Ithaca
Ithaca Men's Network--Men's Fest, Ken George Workshop, October 18-20, 1985. Also miscellaneous materials re: Ithaca Men's Network, c.1990
Box 2 Folder 30
Teenage Sexuality-Planned Parenthood Conference, October 24, 1985
Box 2 Folder 31
Countering Homophobia-Planned Parenthood Conference, October 4, 1988
Box 2 Folder 32
Homophobia Workshop-Planned Parenthood, June 12, 1991
Box 2 Folder 33
Planned Parenthood Workshops, 1985-1991
Box 2 Folder 34-35
National
University Workshop on Homophobia, n.d.
Box 2 Folder 36
AASECT Conference (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists), June 6-10, 1984
Box 2 Folder 37
AASECT Conference (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists), June 6-10, 1984
Box 3 Folder 1
HRT Gay and Lesbian Awareness Training (Human Relations Training), 1986
Box 3 Folder 2-3
Campaign to End Homophobia [Conference on Homophobia Education], May 20-22, 1989
Box 3 Folder 4-5
Series V. Professional Writing
Journal Manuscript (includes relevant correspondence), 1985
Box 3 Folder 6
Contribution to book, Controversies in Family Studies, by Margaret and Harold Feldman (1984)
Box 3 Folder 7
(includes relevant correspondence, 1984-1986)
Series VI. Subject Files
AIDS Training Outline, n.d.
Box 3 Folder 8
ASC (Alternative Spirituality Community), 1992-1994
Box 3 Folder 9-10
Homophobia Training Material, ca. 1996
Box 3 Folder 11

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