Special Righteousness Committee collection, 1980-2002

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

• Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials

  • Description: 1992 Voter's Pamphlet Text

    Page 95 of the Official 1992 General Voters' Pamphlet as supplied to Oregon voters. Special Righteousness Committee paid for a statement in support of Ballot Measure 9. Text uses a literal interpretation of the biblical book of Leviticus in order to point out the hypocrisy of the OCA-sponsored ballot initiative. "[The state] promotes oyster-eating by licensing seafood restaurants..." etc.

    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: Constitutional Amendment Petition Signature Sheet

    Statewide Initiative Petition sheets "authorized and paid for by Special Righteousness Committee" in support of a constitutional amendment. "Summary: Amends Oregon Constitution. Declares eating certain foods (including shrimp, lobster, clams, rabbit, pork, rare steak and chocolate ants), crossbreeding cattle, wearing clothing of more than one fabric, shaving beards, adultery without punishment of death, cursing one's parents without punishment of death 'abnormal, unnatural, perverse, immoral and generally disgusting conduct.'"

    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box/Folder OSA-1/1
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: Indulgence Poster

    Original artwork and colored copies of Special Righteousness Committee posters presented to financial supporters.

    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box/Folder OSA-1/2
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: The Laws of Ritual Holiness from Leviticus

    Handout quoting select verses from the biblical book of Leviticus, admonishing against various dietary, social, and sexual practices.

    Dates: circa 1992
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: License to Discriminate

    Illustrated certificates with a space for entering the bearer's name. "This license certifies that [____] has hereby been granted the special right to discriminate against O.C.A. members on the basis of his/her sincere and deeply held moral belief that these people are repugnant hypocrites."

    Dates: circa 1992
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: Lon Mabon Cut Out Doll

    Original sketches, color artwork, and illustrations for satirical paper doll & costumes lampooning Lon Mabon. Also includes a follow up costume after Mabon was imprisoned for contempt of court. "Concept: M. Dennis Moore and Vaughn Frick. Copyright 2000 by Family Alliance of GOD (FAG)."

    Dates: 2000, 2002
    Container: Box/Folder OSA-1/3
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: No Special Rights Sign

    Cardboard sign: "No Special Rights For Oyster Eaters!"

    Dates: circa 1992
    Container: Box/Folder Oversize Folder
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: Quotations from Chairman Mabon (2002)

    Compiled by M. Dennis Moore. A stapled handout documenting the OCA, Lon Mabon, Ballot Measure 9, and the parodies created by Special Righteousness Committee in response.

    Dates: 2002
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: RIGHTEOUS "X" Goes to Hell

    Graphic novel-style brochures, illustrated by Vaughn Frick. Small, staple-bound handouts and an enlargement copy.

    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box/Folder 1/7
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: RIGHTEOUS "X" Goes to Hell Flats

    Printer's flats for front & back cover of booklet distributed by Special Righteousness Committee.

    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box/Folder OSA-1/5
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: SIN CREDIT Poster

    Poster in response to Republican "pollution credits" concept. "[____] is hereby granted a credit of five thousand (5,000) sin units, equivalent to burning, for one year, in the Lake of Fire!" By Priscilla Normal.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder OSA-1/6
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: SRC Booth Board

    Cardboard display featuring copies of news articles about various efforts sponsored by Special Righteousness Committee.

    Dates: circa 1992
    Container: Box/Folder OSA-1/7
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials
  • Description: Surrender Oyster-Eaters! (1992)

    Two-sided handout "authorized by Special Righteousness Committee" elaborating on their efforts to promote additional constitutional amendments based on admonishments contained within the biblical book of Leviticus.

    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box/Folder 1/8
    Location: Series A: Special Righteousness Committee Materials

• Series B

  • Description: Radical Faerie Party Invitations

    Invitations to a 1984 Pride Party and a 1985 Rocky Horror Picture Show party at a private home in SE Portland.

    Dates: 1984-1985
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5
    Location: Series B
  • Description: Radical Faerie Publications (1984-1987)

    Assorted brochures related to Radical Faeries in the Pacific Northwest.

    • FaeryLand News (Vol. 1, No. 1): June 24, 1984 (San Francisco);
    • The Faerie Home Companion (premier edition): circa 1987 (Seattle);
    • Faerie Home Companion (Vol. 1, Issue 3): circa 1987 (Seattle);
    • Directory - West Coast Faerie Symposium & Tea Dance, undated, cover only (Wolf Creek);
    • Nomenus (No. 2): June 1985 (San Francisco);
    • Handout from Equal Time Newspaper (circa 1986).

    Dates: 1984-1987
    Container: Box/Folder 1/6
    Location: Series B
  • Description: Somebody's Place Poster

    Poster for a bar in SW Portland. "Celebrating the end of our 1st year, 1 March '80".

    Dates: 1980
    Container: Box/Folder OSA-1/6
    Location: Series B