Boise State University Special Collections and Archives
Collection on Gay Life in Boise, Idaho
MSS 192
3 linear feet
7 boxes, plus memorabilia
1978-2022
The Collection on Gay Life in Boise, Idaho consists of printed material and memorabilia, mainly from gay organizations.
English
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The Collection on Gay Life in Boise, Idaho consists of printed material and memorabilia, mainly from gay organizations beginning in 1978. Includes programs from Elm Awards and Les Bois Awards ceremonies and annual Gay Pride Day magazines.
Collection is available for research.
Collection arranged in five series: 1. Miscellaneous documents; 2. Flyers, brochures, etc. distributed as inserts with Boise's gay newspaper, under its various names; and 3. Handbills, flyers, brochures, etc., promoting events and organizations; 4. Boise Gay Pride programs and magazines; and 5. Memorabilia.
Assembled from various sources.
Accruals are expected.
See also the collection of theater programs from Spontaneous Productions (MSS 188) and records of Your Family, Friends, and Neighbors (MSS 211) and The Community Center, Inc. (MSS 241). Programs from the coronations of the Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Idaho are found in the Doug Flanders "Martini" collection (MSS 245).
Spontaneous Productions: https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv00088
Your Family, Friends, and Neighbors: https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv417480
The Community Center, Inc: https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv57073
Douglas E. Flanders/Martini Papers: https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv40740
[item description], Collection on Gay Life in Boise, Idaho, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
The Community Center (Boise, Idaho)
Your Family, Friends, and Neighbors (Organization)
Gay culture
LGBTQ+ civil rights
LGBTQ+ communities
Gays and Lesbians
Idaho
Sexuality
Drag queens
Documents
1
The Community Center: Articles of Incorporation
1983
1
1
Your Family, Friends, and Neighbors: Annual newsletters
1998, 2000-2003
1
2
Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Boise, Idaho: History (as of 2005)
1
3
Mr., Miss, Ms. Gay Idaho Foundation: Bylaws
1992 1996
1
4
Sunday's Children, Inc.: Articles of Incorporation
1981
1
5
Elm Awards programs
1978-1982
1
6
Elm Awards programs
1999-2002
1
7
Elm Awards programs
2004 2006 2016
1
8
Les Bois Awards programs
2009
1
9
Boise City employment policy: Timeline of lobbying
1999-2004
1
10
Boise City employment policy: Council emails
2003-2004
1
11
Treasure Valley Pride Association, Inc.
2001
1
12
Northwest LGBTA Youth Conference for Hope (Boise)
2011
1
13
Idaho AIDS Foundation annual report
1990
1
14
State Anti-discrimination Bill Information Packet
2013
1
15
"Boys of Boise Revisited," The Intermountain Observer
1971
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9
Salmon Teacher Incident
2002
6
3
South Eastern Idaho - General
6
4
PFLAG
6
5
Theron McGriff - March in Idaho Falls
2002
6
6
Theron McGriff
6
10
Correspondence
6
7
Our Complex Past: A Look at Human Rights in Idaho
6
8
Merlin H. Page Exhibition
6
9
Gay Life Articles
6
11
AIDS Awareness Benefit
2002, December 08
6
12
Flyers, brochures, etc. distributed as inserts with Boise's gay newspaper, under its various names (The Paper, Out, Diversity)
2
Flyers, brochures, etc. distributed as inserts with Boise's gay newspaper, under its various names (The Paper, Out, Diversity)
1984-1992, 1998-2002
2
1-8
Diversity: Barbara Gittings autograph
2004
2
9
Diversity: Michael Cunningham autograph
2004
2
10
Handbills, flyers, brochures, etc., promoting events and organizations
3
Handbills, flyers, brochures
1997-2017
3
1-18
Valentine for Aids Poster
2019
English.
4
Boise Gay Pride programs and magazines
First Annual Gay & Lesbian Freedom Day, Boise, Idaho
1990
6
1
Second Annual Gay & Lesbian Freedom Day
1991
6
1
The Third Annual Gay & Lesbian Freedom Day...Program
1992
4
The Fourth Annual Gay & Lesbian Freedom Day....Program
1993
4
The Fifth Annual Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Freedom Day...Program
1994
4
The Sixth Annual Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Freedom Day...Program
1995
4
From Silence to Celebration / The Official Publication of the Seventh Annual...
1996
4
Absolutely Idaho / The Official Publication of the Eighth Annual...
1997
4
Pride 1998 Magazine
1998
4
1999 Idaho Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Magazine
1999
4
Queer (ish)
2000
4
2001, A Queer Odyssey
2001
4
Pride Magazine
2002
4
Peace Through Pride
2003
4
Out 4 Justice / Boise Pride
2004
4
Pride Programs
2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
6
2
Boise Weekly issue "Pride 2005"
2005
4
(no publication)
2008 2009
4
Idaho Pride Magazine
2010
4
2014 Pridefest Schedule
2014
English.
6
2
2015 Pride Guide/OutBoise Magazine
2015
6
2
Boise Pride 2021
2021
8
Boise Pride 2022
2022
8
Memorabilia
5
Elm Awards plaques
1981
5
Gay Pride buttons
1996-
5
YFFN buttons
5
Other buttons: Pride and Coronation. Includes "Support Your Local Policewomen" from the 1978 firing of seven Boise female police employees.
5
Coffee mug
English.
5
Pens
English.
5
COVID Pride facemask
2022
5
Photos: 1992 and 1997 Pride parades in Boise, by Debbie Graham
6
T-shirts
English.
Decline to Sign / No on One Coalition
1994
7
Lesbian Avengers [from Proposition One Campaign]
1994
7
DuToit City Council [James DuToit candidacy for Boise City Council]
1997
7
The Rocky Horror Show / Spontaneous Productions
7
T-shirts from the annual Gay Pride celebrations in Boise
2001
7
Pride 87 Boise, Idaho / The Community Center
1987
7
Together We Can Make a Difference
1990
7
Annual Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day 2, Boise, Idaho Unity Equals Freedom
1991
7
Second Annual Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day, Boise, Idaho, Unity at Freedom
1991 June 22
7
Third Annual Gay and Lesbian Freedom Parade, Boise, Idaho, A Simple Matter of Justice [both grey and white]
1992 June 13
7
A Family of Pride (copyright Jen Ray 1993) [white]
1993
7
A Family of Pride (copyright Jen Ray 1993) [blue]
1993
7
Gay Pride T-Shirts
English.
Heritage of Pride / Quest for Freedom
1994
8
Idaho Pride A Tapestry of Diversity
1995
8
7th Annual Pride Week Boise, Idaho
1996
8
Absolutely Idaho Pride
1997
8
Pride, Boise, Idaho, Lesbian, Transgendered, Bisexual, and Gay Parade Pride 98 Boise, Idaho
1998
8
Ten Years of Idaho Pride
1999
8
Y2Gay 2000 Pride
2000 July 15
8
Queer as Idaho
2001
8
Be Yourself Change the World
2002
8
Peace Through Pride
2003
8
Out 4 Justice
2004
8
Boise Pride Live Out Proud
2005
8
Pride Boise 06
2006
8
Boise Pride June 9, oh-seven
2007
8
Posters
Pride (incomplete)
1996-2015
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9
AIDS events and conferences
1999-2009
9037
9
Films
2001-2007
9037
9
Women's Night
1998-1999
9037
9
"Gay Life in Idaho" (Alan Virta)
9037
9
Queer ID Conference
2006
9037
9
Idaho Human Rights
2001
9037
9
Seattle Women's Chorus (Idaho Voices for Diversity)
2005
9037
9
Minerva Jayne's Pink-Trash, Cuntry-Burfday Bash
2009
9037
9
Princess 30, The Emerald Club
2007
9037
9
No On 1 Coalition
1994
9037
9
Elm Awards
2002, 2006
9037
9
City of Boise Pride Street Banner (signed by Mayor Bieter and City Council)
2018
English.
9037
9
Audio-Visual
Micro and audio cassette: Mary Ann Kelly
2003
5
Cassette: Frank Kameny
2003
5
VHS: Channel 8 raw footage
5
VHS: Pridaho
5
CD: AIDS Awareness Weekend
2002
5
CD: Merlon Page paintings
5
Boise Freedom Day Rally and Parade Photographs (2 envelopes) by Deborah/Debbie Graham
1997
6
Boise Gay Pride Parade Photographs (2 envelopes) by Deborah/Debbie Graham
1992
6