Michael J. Ellis papers, 1975-1993.
Collection Number: 7615

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Michael J. Ellis papers, 1975-1993.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7615
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.
Creator:
Ellis, Michael J.
Quanitities:
5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
  1. A. Journal Manuscript
  2. B. Book
Separated Materials

Periodicals Separated from #7615:
  1. Brother: Mar. 1988
  2. Choice: Spring, Winter 1986; Spring-Winter 1987; Spring 1988; Spring, Fall-Winter 1989; Spring, Fall 1990; Winter 1991
  3. Empathy: Fall-Winter 1988; Fall-Winter, Spring-Summer 1989/1990
  4. EMV Newsletter (Ending Men's Violence): Jan. 1989
  5. Equity Institute News: Winter 1989
  6. IMN Newsletter (Ithaca Men's Network): Aug., Oct. 1985; Aug., Nov. 1989
  7. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy: Fall/Winter 1981
  8. Men's Studies Newsletter: Aug./Sept. 1986
  9. Men's Work: Dec./Jan. 1986/1987; Jan. update, Mar./Apr., Jun. 1987
  10. Out on Campus: Oct. 1989; Feb.-Mar. 1990
  11. Resources, Research and Reviews: Mar. 1986; Jun., Oct. 1987; Feb., Apr., June, Sept. 1988; Feb. 1989; Feb., Apr. 1990
  12. The Advocate: no. 426 (Aug. 6, 1985); no. 481 (Sept. 15 1987); no. 485 (Nov. 10, 1987); no. 511 (Nov. 8, 1988)
  13. GLAAD Bulletin: Jan./Feb., Oct./Nov. 1989; Mar./Apr.-Sep./Oct. 1990; Jan./Feb. 1991; Pride Special and Jul./Aug. 1991-Nov./Dec. 1991; Mar./Apr.-May/Jun. 1992; Sep./Oct.-Nov./Dec. 1992
  14. GLAAD Newsletter: Winter/Spring 1989
  15. Images: no. 1 (Fall 1992)
  16. Lambda Update: v. 8, nos. 1-2 (Spring, Fall 1991)
  17. News from GAYPAC/GAYPAC News: Dec. 1979; Feb., Apr. 1980; Oct.-Dec. 1983; Feb.-Mar. 1984
  18. Outlines: Dec. 1984; Feb. 1985 (2 different issues); Apr. 1985; Jun. 1985; Apr. 1986; Nov./Dec. 1986; Apr./May 1987; Summer 1987; Dec. 1987/Jan. 1988; Apr./May 1989; Sep. 1989; Sep./Oct. 1990; June 1992
  19. Washington Blade: v. 18, no. 42 (Oct. 16, 1987)
  20. AIDS Surveillance Monthly Update: Center for Disease Control, 1990
Monographs Separated from #7615:
  1. Blank, Joani, The Playbook for Men about Sex San Francisco, Down There Press, 1975
  2. HIV/AIDS: U.S. AIDS cases reported through January 1991 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1991
  3. Making Colleges and Universities Safe for Gay and Lesbian Students: Report and Recommendations of the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Boston, 1993
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Michael J. Ellis papers, #7615. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Biographical / Historical

Resident Director, Ecology House; Director of Robert Purcell Union; Associate Dean and Director of Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University, 1976-1993. Director of HIV Counseling and Testing, Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington,DC, 2000-2004.
Scope and content

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 Tompkins County's Local Law C, the addition of sexual orientation to the University's Equal Opportunity statement, and the development of AIDS awareness and and an AIDS policy at Cornell. Also files on sexuality-related and men's conferences, 1985-91 and on the Ithaca Alternative Spiritual Community, and additional files on Ellis' professional and activist life.
Restrictions on Use:

Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage.
Restrictions on Use:

Audio visual media that has been digitized: TR-17118 to TR-17122.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Students.
Whitman Walker Clinic
Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease)
Gays -- Laws and legislation.
Gay liberation movement -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Lesbian and Gay Rights
General Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1977-1981
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
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1982-1995
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
Box 1 Folder 3
Cornell related notes and correspondence, 1982-1985
Box 1 Folder 4
Cornell Sex Education Committee, 1975-1976
Box 1 Folder 5
Bruce Voeller, Brian McKnaught, 1979
Box 1 Folder 6
Charles Bryden, 1980
Box 1 Folder 7
March on Washington, 1979, 1987
Box 1 Folder 8
Cornell Gay Scholarship Offer, Cornell Libraries, 1981-1982, 1982-1992
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
Box 1 Folder 9
"Homosexuality and Social Justice," Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1982
Box 1 Folder 10
Sexual Preference Resolution, Sept. 21 1983
Box 1 Folder 11
ROTC/Military Gay Issues, 1983-1992
Box 1 Folder 12
Ithaca Journal on Homosexuality, 1984
Box 1 Folder 13
Ed McKeown re: discrimination at Cornell, 1984-1985
Box 1 Folder 14
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Awareness Month (April), 1986
Box 1 Folder 15
Homophobia Training, March 14, 1987
Box 1 Folder 16
Cornell Gay Student Groups, 1979-1992
Box 1 Folder 17
CUGALA (Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Association) correspondence, 1980-1993
Box 1 Folder 18
Lesbian and Gay Faculty and Staff at Cornell, 1990
Box 1 Folder 19
Adding Sexual Orientation to Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity Statement, May, 1990
Ithaca
Box 1 Folder 20
"Media," mostly Ithaca and Cornell clippings, 1983-1993
Box 1 Folder 21
Deb Price editorials, 1992
Box 1 Folder 22
Gay rights, Ithaca, 1982-1990
Box 1 Folder 23
Ithaca correspondence, 1984-1993
Box 1 Folder 24
Outlines articles by Ellis, 1989
Box 1 Folder 25-26
Articles, clippings and flyers, 1975-1990
Box 1 Folder 27
"Male Issues", 1976-1977
Box 1 Folder 28
Tompkins County Fair Practice Ordinance, 1985-1992
Box 1 Folder 29
Domestic Partnership, 1990-1992
Box 1 Folder 30
Bias Related Violence, 1989-1991
National
Box 1 Folder 31
Gay Politics correspondence, 1982-1992
Box 1 Folder 32
Supreme Court Decisions, 1986, 1996
Box 1 Folder 33
Correspondence with Human Rights Campaign Fund re: job, 1988
Box 1 Folder 34
GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), 1991
Box 1 Folder 35
New York State Lesbian/Gay Lobby/How to Lobby, 1989
Box 1 Folder 36
ACU-I International Conference, 1992
Box 1 Folder 37
NGLTF Campus Project (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force), 1994
Box 1 Folder 38
Outright Speakers and Talent Bureau, 1994
Box 1 Folder 39
Senior Action in a Gay Environment, 1994-1995
Box 1 Folder 40
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), 1984-1992
Series II. AIDS
Cornell
Box 2 Folder 1
AIDS related material-Cornell, 1983-1987
Box 2 Folder 2
Project Coordinator, AIDS Risk Reduction, Cornell, ca. 1987-989
Box 2 Folder 3
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1986-1987
Box 2 Folder 4
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1988-1990
Box 2 Folder 5
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1991
Box 2 Folder 6
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1992
Box 2 Folder 7
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Mental Health Conference, Cornell University, 1990
Box 2 Folder 8
"Cornell University AIDS Packet", 1991
Box 2 Folder 9
Cornell Panel Discussion on AIDS: Connecting Science and Public Policy, 1988
Box 2 Folder 10
"AIDS: A Resource for the Cornell Community," Amy Amelkin, 1988
Ithaca
Box 2 Folder 11
AIDS Conference, 1985
Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County, Tompkins County Community College, Hospicare
Box 2 Folder 12
AIDS-related material-Ithaca area, 1985-1989
Box 2 Folder 13
Tompkins County AIDS Task Force, 1986
Box 2 Folder 14
Tompkins County AIDS Task Force, 1987-1992
Box 2 Folder 15
AIDS Update, May 1987
Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County, Tompkins County Community College, et al.
Box 2 Folder 16
"AIDS and Religion Resource Directory", 1988
Box 2 Folder 17
AIDS Pamphlets and Reports, ca. 1988
Box 2 Folder 18
AIDS Teleconference, 1989
Box 2 Folder 19
Tompkins County Mental Health Association (TCMHA) Homophobia Training/Education, 1990
Box 2 Folder 20
AIDSWork of Tompkins County Benefit, April 20, 1991
Box 2 Folder 21
Miscellaneous AIDS information, 1991
Box 2 Folder 22
AIDS-related clipping, articles, 1983-1989
Box 2 Folder 23
AIDS-related material--national, 1984-1989
Box 2 Folder 24
HIV Treatment Information, 1986-1991
Series III. Tapes
Box 2 Folder 25
Sage Chapel Services
TR-17118
 1987-03-08
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Box 2 Folder 26
Developing an AIDS Policy
TR-17119
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Box 2 Folder 27
AIDS and the College Student
TR-17120
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Box 2 Folder 28
Supervising Gay and Lesbian Employees
TR-17121
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Box 2 Folder 29
Working with Gay Students and Staff: Legal, Political, and Practical Insight
TR-17122
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Series IV. Conferences/Workshops
Ithaca
Box 2 Folder 30
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 31
Teenage Sexuality-Planned Parenthood Conference, October 24, 1985
Box 2 Folder 32
Countering Homophobia-Planned Parenthood Conference, October 4, 1988
Box 2 Folder 33
Homophobia Workshop-Planned Parenthood, June 12, 1991
Box 2 Folder 34-35
Planned Parenthood Workshops, 1985-1991
National
Box 2 Folder 36
University Workshop on Homophobia, n.d.
Box 2 Folder 37
AASECT Conference (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists), June 6-10, 1984
Box 3 Folder 1
AASECT Conference (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists), June 6-10, 1984
Box 3 Folder 2-3
HRT Gay and Lesbian Awareness Training (Human Relations Training), 1986
Box 3 Folder 4-5
Campaign to End Homophobia [Conference on Homophobia Education], May 20-22, 1989
Series V. Professional Writing
Box 3 Folder 6
Journal Manuscript (includes relevant correspondence), 1985
Box 3 Folder 7
Contribution to book, Controversies in Family Studies, by Margaret and Harold Feldman (1984)
(includes relevant correspondence, 1984-1986)
Series VI. Subject Files
Box 3 Folder 8
AIDS Training Outline, n.d.
Box 3 Folder 9-10
ASC (Alternative Spirituality Community), 1992-1994
Box 3 Folder 11
Homophobia Training Material, ca. 1996