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Mss
2988-10
Lesbian and Gay Pride, Inc. (Portland,
Or.)
Lesbian and Gay Pride
collection
1982-2004
2.5 cubic feet
5 document boxes
Records of an organization of Portland,
Oregon, which arranged Lesbian and Gay Pride marches in the city and elsewhere.
Items include programs, financial information, contracts and permits,
correspondence, planning minutes, and miscellaneous items for annual festivals
and marches held in Portland and Salem, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Materials date from the late 1980s and 1990s.
Materials in the collection are inEnglish.
Historical Note
Lesbian and Gay Pride, Inc., was a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
incorporated in Oregon in 1986. The official purpose of the organization was
"to eductate the genral public about human rights issues in same sex
relationships." Its chief sources of revenue were from film and lecture series
and grants. Its major activity was organizing the Lesbian and Gay Pride marches
and rallies in the Portland region.
Items include programs, financial information, contracts and permits,
correspondence, planning minutes, and miscellaneous items for annual Gay Pride
festivals and marches held in Portland and Salem, Oregon and Vancouver, British
Columbia. The bulk of the material relates to Portland. The collection also
includes miscellaneous material concerning sexual orientation discrimination,
the Oregon Citizens Alliance and its anti-Gay Measure 9 from 1992, and the 1995
murders of Roxane Ellis and Michelle Abdill, Lesbian partners of Medford,
Oregon.
The collection is arranged in two series:
- Series A: Pride marches (by year), 1982-2004
- Series B: General and administrative materials,
1986-1997
The collection is open to the public.
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold
copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the
copyright holders.
Lesbian and Gay Pride collection, Mss 2988-10, Oregon Historical Society
Research Library
The materials were collected by the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the
Pacific Northwest (GLAPN) and donated to the Oregon Historical Society.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Lesbian and
Gay Pride, Inc. (Portland, Or.)
Gay and
Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest
Portland
(Or.)--History
Gay liberation
movement--Northwest, Pacific
Gay liberation
movement--Oregon
Gay Pride Day.
Gay
rights--Oregon.
Gay rights--Northwest,
Pacific.
Gays--Oregon--Identity.
Oregon
Portland
City
and Town Life
Gays
and Lesbians
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A
Pride marches
1982-1997
1/1
1982 Pride March program
guide
1982
1/2
1984 Pride March program
guide
1984
1/3
1985 Pride March program
guide
1985
1/4
1986 Pride March program
guide
1986
1/5
1987 Pride
1987
1/6
1988 Pride
1988
1/7
1989 Pride
1989
1/8
1990 Pride
1990
1/9
1991 Pride
1991
1992 Pride
1/10
Advertiser contracts
(Pride Guide)
1992
1/11
Bank
1992
1/12
Booth registration
forms
1992
1/13
Correspondence
1992
1/14
Financial
1992
1/15
Health Fair
1992
1/16
Invoices
1992
1/17
Mailing list
1992
1/18
Marching
registrations
1992
1/19
Permits (city) and
insurance
1992
1/20
Program
1992
2/1
Vendor
contracts
1992
1993 Pride
2/2
Agenda for committee, and
minutes
1993
2/3
Correspondence
1993
2/4
Financial
1993
2/5
Miscellaneous
1993
2/6
Program
1993
2/7
Registration forms
(marching)
1993
2/8
Salem Gay Pride
flyer
1993
1994 Pride
2/9
Agenda and minutes
1994
2/10
Pride - booth
applications
1994
2/11
Correspondence,
general
1994
2/12
Correspondence regarding
Alternative Sound
1994
2/13
CVs
1994
2/14
Financial
1994
2/15
Miscellaneous
notes
1994
2/16
Parade
applications
1994
2/17
Permits (city) and
contracts
1994
2/18
Phone/mail
lists
1994
2/19
Press release
1994
2/20
Private
fundraisers
1994
2/21
Program
1994
2/22
Survey
1994
1995 Pride
3/1
Agenda and
minutes
1995
3/2
Booth
registrations
1995
3/3
Business cards and
brochures
1995
3/4
Coming Out
Day
1995
3/5
Contracts and
agreements
1995
3/6
Correspondence
1995
3/7
Pride - Doris
Daze
1995
3/8
Festival booth
rules
1995
3/9
Financial
1995
3/10
Flyers
1995
3/11
Lucille Hart Dinner
program
1995
3/12
Mail/phone
lists
1995
3/13
March
registrations
1995
3/14
Miscellaneous
notes
1995
3/15
The Objects
(band)
1995
3/16
Program
1995
3/17
Program ad order
form
1995
3/18
Unidentified
photo
1995
1996 Pride
4/1
Correspondence
1996
4/2
Evaluations
1996
4/3
Financial
1996
4/4
Food
concessions
1996
4/5
Minutes of
committee
1996
4/6
Permits (city) and
insurance
1996
4/7
Political
1996
4/8
Program
1996
4/9
Vendor/booths
1996
1997 Pride
4/10
Correspondence
1997
4/11
Financial
1997
4/12
Minutes of
committee
1997
4/13
Permit, city
1997
4/14
Program
1997
4/15
Right to Pride Dinner
program
1997
4/16
Vancouver BC
Pride
1997
4/17
Vendors
1997
5/1
1998-1999 Pride--Programs
1998-1999
5/2
2001-2003 Pride--Programs
2001-2003
5/3
2004 and later Pride--Programs
2004-
Series B
General and administrative materials
1986-1997
5/4
Business cards and
brochures
undated
Miscellaneous cards and brochures for Gay/Lesbian and
supportive businesses.
5/5
By-laws, Lesbian and Gay
Pride, Inc.
1986
By-laws adopted November 19, 1986, incorporation, and tax ID
papers.
5/6
By-laws--Draft of 1994
(revised)
1994
5/7
By-laws--Draft of 1996
(revised)
1996
5/8
By-laws--General
materials
undated
5/9
Discrimination (sexual
orientation)
undated
5/10
Equity Foundation
undated
5/11
Ellis-Abdill
1995
Includes letter from the Metropolitan Human Rights Campaign
to Stonewall Northwest regarding the murder of Roxane Ellis and Michelle
Abdill; and email message.
5/12
Film comments from newspapers
on
The birdcage
undated
5/13
Miscellaneous
material
1993-1997
5/14
Pride material
undated
Includes phone logs, cards of participating businesses, a
photograph, and a blank request for cash disbursements, all unidentified by
date.
5/15
Pride Northwest Mission
Statement
undated
Edited mission statement of the organization.
5/16
No on 9/ OCA
1992
Miscellaneous material on the Oregon Citizens Alliance and
Ballot Measure 9, 1992.
5/17
Social event
flyers
1997
5/18
Stonewall Northwest
Letterhead
1995
5/19
Transgender
material
undated