08778cpcaa2201393 i 4500 14625314 20250607014919.2 061106|||||||||||| eng 14625314 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-manuscri BFM ec01 2010-12-06 telework LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-893 mm2006085340 MSS85340 : Manuscript Division collection ID lcmd DLC eng dacs DLC DLC D lcmd 0622G Oversize 0113F Oversize 4:16 Vault 0202A Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 24,940) Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 25611) Small backlog oversize (Unprocessed ac. 25612) Digital files : Library server (Unprocessed ac. 25611) Kameny, Frank, 1925-2011. Frank Kameny papers, 1843-2012 (bulk 1957-2010). 56,300 items. 161 containers plus 2 oversize and 1 classified. 65 linear feet. Arranged in eleven series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1950-2006; Series 2: Case File, 1948-2005; Series 3: Legal File, 1944-2005; Series 4: Organizations, 1953-1999; Series 5: Subject File, 1843-2005; Series 6: Speeches and Writings, 1962-1997; Series 7: Miscellany, 1948-2005; Series 8: Addition, 1939-2012; Series 9: Restricted, 1964-1992; Series 10: Classified, 1976-1977; and Series 11: Oversize, 1964-1983. Access restrictions apply. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Correspondence, case files, legal records, organization records, subject files, printed matter, and other papers relating to Kameny's work as an activist, organizer, and counselor in the gay rights movement. Reflects the politicization of the gay rights movement as its priorities shifted from education and information to social action and legal reform. Documents Kameny's activities as cofounder and official of the Mattachine Society of Washington, involvement in District of Columbia politics, and work as administrative counsel in trials chiefly concerning discrimination in civil service employment, military service discharges, and security clearance issues. Includes material relating to the cases of Donald Lee Crawford, Robert Lee Fultun, Richard L. Gayer, Leonard Matlovich, Bruce Chardon Scott, Otis Francis Tabler, Otto H. Ulrich, and Benning Wentworth. Includes records of the Mattachine Society of Washington and other Mattachine societies. Other organizations represented include East Coast Homophile Organizations, Gay Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., Gay Rights National Lobby (U.S.), and National Gay Task Force. A file pertaining to Jack Baker, gay activist from Minnesota, includes correspondence, Baker's marriage certificate, a legal file, and other papers. Pertains chiefly to Baker's military discharge, successful run for student body president at the University of Minnesota, and his 1971 legal marriage in Minnesota to Mike McConnell that led to Baker v. Nelson, an important case in the fight for gay marriage rights. Reflects the differing attitudes held by gay organizations on the coasts and in the Midwest. Correspondents include Jack Baker, Barbara Gittings, Anthony Grey, Barbara Grier (pseud. Gene Damon), Foster Gunnison, Richard Inman, Morris Kight, Dick Leitsch, Larry Littlejohn, Morty Manford, Robert A. Martin, Jr. (pseud. Stephen Donaldson), Jack Nichols (pseud. Warren D. Adkins), Elaine Noble, Clark P. Polak, Edward Sagarin (pseud. Donald Cory Webster), Richard LaMar Schlegel, Bruce Chardon Scott, Don Slater, Kay Tobin (Kay Tobin Lahusen), United States Civil Service Commission, Bruce R. Voeller, Arthur Cyrus Warner (pseud. Austin Wade), Randy Wicker (Charles Hayden Gervin), and Shirley E. Willer. Kameny family correspondence reflects attitudes of family members to Frank Kameny and to his homosexuality and activities as a gay activist. Gift, Kameny Papers Project, 2006-2010. Gift, estate of Frank Kameny, 2012. Audio recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Gay rights activist. Full name: Franklin E. Kameny. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009068 Baker, Jack, 1942- Baker, Jack, 1942- Correspondence. Crawford, Donald Lee. Fulton, Robert Lee. Gayer, Richard L. Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007 Correspondence. Grey, Antony, 1927-2010 Correspondence. Grier, Barbara, 1933-2011 Correspondence. Gunnison, Foster, 1925-1994 Correspondence. Inman, Richard, 1926-1985 Correspondence. Kight, Morris, 1919-2003 Correspondence. Leitsch, Dick Correspondence. Littlejohn, Larry Correspondence. Manford, Morty, 1950-1992 Correspondence. Martin, Robert A., 1946-1996 Correspondence. Matlovich, Leonard. McConnell, Mike, 1942- Nichols, Jack Correspondence. Noble, Elaine, 1944- Correspondence. Polak, Clark P., 1937-1980 Correspondence. Sagarin, Edward, 1913-1986 Correspondence. Schlegel, Richard LaMar Correspondence. Scott, Bruce Chardon Correspondence. Scott, Bruce Chardon. Slater, Don, 1923-1997 Correspondence. Tabler, Otis Francis. Tobin, Kay Correspondence. Ulrich, Otto H., 1935-2001. Voeller, Bruce R. Correspondence. Warner, Arthur Cyrus, 1918-2007 Correspondence. Wentworth, Benning. Wicker, Randy Correspondence. Willer, Shirley E., 1922- Correspondence. Kameny family Correspondence. East Coast Homophile Organizations. Gay Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. Gay Rights National Lobby (U.S.) Mattachine Society of Washington. National Gay Task Force. United States Civil Service Commission Correspondence. Civil service United States. Discrimination United States, Discrimination in employment United States. Gay liberation movement United States. Gay men Family relationships. Gay rights United States. Gay people Employment Law and legislation United States. Gay people Government policy United States. Gay people Legal status, laws, etc. United States. Gay people Political activity United States. Gay people United States. Gay people United States Societies, etc. Gay people Washington (D.C.) Societies, etc. Gay people in the civil service United States. Gay military personnel United States. Homophobia United States. Homosexuality Law and legislation United States. Homosexuality United States. Homosexuality United States Societies, etc. Lesbians Legal status, laws, etc. United States. Lesbians United States. Military discharge United States. Same-sex marriage United States. Security clearances United States. Social action United States. United States Armed Forces. United States Social conditions 1945- Washington (D.C.) Politics and government. Personal correspondence. lcgft https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026141 Gay rights activists. itoamc Mattachine Society of Washington. Mattachine Society of Washington records. 1956-1984. Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009068 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009068.3 MSS. mss/ead