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
- A. Journal Manuscript
- B. Book
Periodicals Separated from #7615:
- Brother: Mar. 1988
- Choice: Spring, Winter 1986; Spring-Winter 1987; Spring 1988; Spring, Fall-Winter 1989; Spring, Fall 1990; Winter 1991
- Empathy: Fall-Winter 1988; Fall-Winter, Spring-Summer 1989/1990
- EMV Newsletter (Ending Men's Violence): Jan. 1989
- Equity Institute News: Winter 1989
- IMN Newsletter (Ithaca Men's Network): Aug., Oct. 1985; Aug., Nov. 1989
- Journal of Sex Education and Therapy: Fall/Winter 1981
- Men's Studies Newsletter: Aug./Sept. 1986
- Men's Work: Dec./Jan. 1986/1987; Jan. update, Mar./Apr., Jun. 1987
- Out on Campus: Oct. 1989; Feb.-Mar. 1990
- Resources, Research and Reviews: Mar. 1986; Jun., Oct. 1987; Feb., Apr., June, Sept. 1988; Feb. 1989; Feb., Apr. 1990
- The Advocate: no. 426 (Aug. 6, 1985); no. 481 (Sept. 15 1987); no. 485 (Nov. 10, 1987); no. 511 (Nov. 8, 1988)
- 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
- GLAAD Newsletter: Winter/Spring 1989
- Images: no. 1 (Fall 1992)
- Lambda Update: v. 8, nos. 1-2 (Spring, Fall 1991)
- News from GAYPAC/GAYPAC News: Dec. 1979; Feb., Apr. 1980; Oct.-Dec. 1983; Feb.-Mar. 1984
- 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
- Washington Blade: v. 18, no. 42 (Oct. 16, 1987)
- AIDS Surveillance Monthly Update: Center for Disease Control, 1990
- Blank, Joani, The Playbook for Men about Sex San Francisco, Down There Press, 1975
- HIV/AIDS: U.S. AIDS cases reported through January 1991 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1991
- 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
Michael J. Ellis papers, #7615. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
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.
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.
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.
Audio visual media that has been digitized: TR-17118 to TR-17122.
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
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Lesbian and Gay Rights
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General Correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence, 1977-1981
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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
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence, 1982-1995
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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
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Cornell
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Cornell related notes and correspondence, 1982-1985
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Cornell Sex Education Committee, 1975-1976
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Bruce Voeller, Brian McKnaught, 1979
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Charles Bryden, 1980
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
March on Washington, 1979, 1987
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Cornell Gay Scholarship Offer, Cornell Libraries, 1981-1982, 1982-1992
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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
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
"Homosexuality and Social Justice," Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1982
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Sexual Preference Resolution, Sept. 21 1983
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
ROTC/Military Gay Issues, 1983-1992
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Ithaca Journal on Homosexuality, 1984
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Ed McKeown re: discrimination at Cornell, 1984-1985
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Awareness Month (April), 1986
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Homophobia Training, March 14, 1987
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Cornell Gay Student Groups, 1979-1992
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
CUGALA (Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Association) correspondence, 1980-1993
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Lesbian and Gay Faculty and Staff at Cornell, 1990
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Adding Sexual Orientation to Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity Statement,
May, 1990
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Ithaca
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
"Media," mostly Ithaca and Cornell clippings, 1983-1993
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Deb Price editorials, 1992
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Gay rights, Ithaca, 1982-1990
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Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Ithaca correspondence, 1984-1993
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Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Outlines articles by Ellis, 1989
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Box 1 | Folder 25-26 |
Articles, clippings and flyers, 1975-1990
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Box 1 | Folder 27 |
"Male Issues", 1976-1977
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Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Tompkins County Fair Practice Ordinance, 1985-1992
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Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Domestic Partnership, 1990-1992
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Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Bias Related Violence, 1989-1991
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National
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Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Gay Politics correspondence, 1982-1992
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Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Supreme Court Decisions, 1986, 1996
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Correspondence with Human Rights Campaign Fund re: job, 1988
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Box 1 | Folder 34 |
GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), 1991
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Box 1 | Folder 35 |
New York State Lesbian/Gay Lobby/How to Lobby, 1989
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Box 1 | Folder 36 |
ACU-I International Conference, 1992
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Box 1 | Folder 37 |
NGLTF Campus Project (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force), 1994
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Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Outright Speakers and Talent Bureau, 1994
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Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Senior Action in a Gay Environment, 1994-1995
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Box 1 | Folder 40 |
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), 1984-1992
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Series II. AIDS
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Cornell
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
AIDS related material-Cornell, 1983-1987
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Project Coordinator, AIDS Risk Reduction, Cornell, ca. 1987-989
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1986-1987
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1988-1990
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1991
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Cornell University AIDS Advisory Committee, 1992
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Mental Health Conference, Cornell University, 1990
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
"Cornell University AIDS Packet", 1991
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Cornell Panel Discussion on AIDS: Connecting Science and Public Policy, 1988
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
"AIDS: A Resource for the Cornell Community," Amy Amelkin, 1988
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Ithaca
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
AIDS Conference, 1985
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Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County, Tompkins County Community College, Hospicare
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
AIDS-related material-Ithaca area, 1985-1989
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Tompkins County AIDS Task Force, 1986
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Tompkins County AIDS Task Force, 1987-1992
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
AIDS Update, May 1987
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Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County, Tompkins County Community College, et al.
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
"AIDS and Religion Resource Directory", 1988
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
AIDS Pamphlets and Reports, ca. 1988
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
AIDS Teleconference, 1989
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Tompkins County Mental Health Association (TCMHA) Homophobia Training/Education, 1990
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
AIDSWork of Tompkins County Benefit, April 20, 1991
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Miscellaneous AIDS information, 1991
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Box 2 | Folder 22 |
AIDS-related clipping, articles, 1983-1989
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Box 2 | Folder 23 |
AIDS-related material--national, 1984-1989
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Box 2 | Folder 24 |
HIV Treatment Information, 1986-1991
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Series III. Tapes
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Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Sage Chapel Services
TR-17118 |
1987-03-08 |
Digital |
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Digital |
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Digital |
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Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Developing an AIDS Policy
TR-17119 |
Undated |
Digital |
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Digital |
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Digital |
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Box 2 | Folder 27 |
AIDS and the College Student
TR-17120 |
Undated |
Digital |
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Digital |
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Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Supervising Gay and Lesbian Employees
TR-17121 |
Undated |
Digital |
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Digital |
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Digital |
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Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Working with Gay Students and Staff: Legal, Political, and Practical Insight
TR-17122 |
Undated |
Digital |
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Digital |
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Series IV. Conferences/Workshops
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Ithaca
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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
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Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Teenage Sexuality-Planned Parenthood Conference, October 24, 1985
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Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Countering Homophobia-Planned Parenthood Conference, October 4, 1988
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Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Homophobia Workshop-Planned Parenthood, June 12, 1991
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Box 2 | Folder 34-35 |
Planned Parenthood Workshops, 1985-1991
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National
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Box 2 | Folder 36 |
University Workshop on Homophobia, n.d.
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Box 2 | Folder 37 |
AASECT Conference (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists),
June 6-10, 1984
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
AASECT Conference (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists),
June 6-10, 1984
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Box 3 | Folder 2-3 |
HRT Gay and Lesbian Awareness Training (Human Relations Training), 1986
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Box 3 | Folder 4-5 |
Campaign to End Homophobia [Conference on Homophobia Education], May 20-22, 1989
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Series V. Professional Writing
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Journal Manuscript (includes relevant correspondence), 1985
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Contribution to book, Controversies in Family Studies, by Margaret and Harold Feldman (1984)
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(includes relevant correspondence, 1984-1986)
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Series VI. Subject Files
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
AIDS Training Outline, n.d.
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Box 3 | Folder 9-10 |
ASC (Alternative Spirituality Community), 1992-1994
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Homophobia Training Material, ca. 1996
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