Jeanine Wittcke was involved in lesbian and gay activism in the Portland, Oregon, area in the 1990s and 2000s, and participated in the lesbian/gay march on Washington, D.C., in 1993. As a telephone worker at US West in Portland, she helped to organizae the Employee Association for Gay & Lesbian Employees of US West (EAGLE). She also served on the board of directors of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN).
The collection contains assorted materials related to LGBT organizations in and around Portland, Oregon, and the 1993 lesbian/gay March on Washington. Organizations represented include: EAGLE (Employee Association for Gay & Lesbian Employees of US West); GLAPN (Gay & Lesbian Archive of the Pacific Northwest, of which Wittcke was a board member); "No On 9" campaign; and PRIDE At Work.
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Jean Wittcke papers, Mss 2988-19, Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library
Acquired June 2013, Library accession 27950
Additional audio materials have been sent to the Oral History collection; additional physical objects (lapel pins, buttons and branded pens) have been sent to the Oregon Historical Society Museum.
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Assorted materials related to the 1993 lesbian/gay March on Washington, including preparatory memos, brochures and business cards obtained at the March itself, and newsletter articles.
Member rosters of a sports affinity group for female fly fisherwomen.
Materials generated by and for the Employee Association for Gay & Lesbian Employees of US West. Also includes US West artifacts (a directory and strategy guide for US West operators).
Undated program from PRIDE celebration of Eugene/Springfield.
Program from memorial for noted member of Portland LGBT community.
Printouts of several emails with (or cc:ing) Jeanine Wittcke in her role as a member of the board of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest.
Assorted direct mail pieces targeted at an LGBT audience:
Direct mail appeals related to Veterans for Human Rights and The Campaign for Military Service.
Direct mail appeals & brochures from several national LGBT organizations; also correspondence to Wittcke from Sen. Mark O. Hatfield and President Bill Clinton.
Letter to Wittcke from Mayor Vera Katz re: followup to an in-person meeting in May 1995; also direct mail literature from the Democratic Party of OR, focused on an LGBT audience.
Military policy fact sheet produced by NGLTF with reference to national military policy as it affected gays & lesbians serving in the armed forces.
Various flyers, newspapers, opinion pieces, correspondence and direct mail appeals related to the opposition of Ballot Measure 9 and the Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA).
Assorted brochures, questionnaires, newsletters, and direct mail appeals related to a variety of LGBT causes and organizations in the state of Oregon.
1992 Lesbian and Gay Labor Network (Pride At Work) Union Guidebook; several issues of Pride At Work/AFL-CIO newsletter.
Draft pages of papers re: LGBT community & the Catholic Church, some of which are attributable to Jeanine Wittcke.
Copy of 1988 report faxed to Wittcke in 1990.
Correspondence to Wittcke from Peggy Brereton & Elaine Walsh of St. Petersburg, Florida, re: gay and lesbian politics in that state. Includes "The Buycott Handbook: An Economic Response to a Civil Rights Violation" and other LGBT publications.
Correspondence to Wittcke from Washington State University in Pullman, WA re: her (unsuccessful) application to serve as Director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Allies Program at WSU.