LGBT Libraries and Archives

Resources:

Databases:

LGBT Research Guide

Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections

UIUC Library

Association of American Law Schools Section on Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues Publications, 1999-

Gay and Lesbian Task Force, American Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table

Sanford Berman: An Inventory of His Papers at the American Library Association Archives

Illinois

Gerber and Hart Library (Chicago)
Focus is to collect and preserve Midwest's homosexual history. Holdings include "papers of individuals, organizations, and businesses, with particular emphasis on Chicago LGBT political and business history" (Robert Ridinger). Collection includes posters, periodicals, international neweeklies, and histories and novels.

Leather Archives and Museum(Chicago)
Collection includes materials about the history of the leather/Levi communities throughout the world. The site discuss the museum, provides a newsletter archive, and a timeline.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religions Archives Network (Chicago)
A Virtual archival project provides preservation advice, and a central elextronic directory. Includes a "Pioneer Gallery," photographs, related collections, list of repositories for these on-line collections, and a full-text copy of Network's Guide to Preserving Historical Records.

Rikki Swin Institute Library and Archives (Chicago) "Possibly the largest resource of information on transpersons to be found anywhere."

University of Chicago, Archive and Manuscript Holdings, Gay and Lesbian Studies

National

The Feminist and Lesbian Periodical Collection (Special Collections and University Archives of the University of Oregon Libraries)

Gay and Lesbian Collections AIDS/HIV Collections, New York Public Library

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trangender Collection, Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul)

GLBT Historical Society (San Francisco)
Collects primary sources about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trangender history and culture.

Human Sexuality Collection (Cornell University, NY)

June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
"The only archive on this side of the continent that is dedicated exclusively to preserving lesbian history" and represent all lesbians no matter their class or race.

Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivisits
This website provides information about the roundtable which is a division of the Society of American Archivists, but it also provides a "Lavender Legacies" section, which is a list of important LGBT collections with primary sources in North America.

Lesbian Herstory Archives (New York)
Robert B. Ridinger calls this grassroots archive,"the mother of all lesbian research collections in the United States." It holds the personal papers of Joan Nestle, Deborah Edel, and others as well as leabian papersbacks, and documents from organizations such as the Daughters of Bilitis.

Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University (Durham, NC)

Martin B. Duberman Papers (NYPL)

National Archive of Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender History (New York)

National Transgender Library and Archives (Ann Arbor)

Northwestern Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project
Collection are centered on the history of LGBT people in the Pacific Northwest. Collection include oral histories, images, onkects, and documents.

Ohio Lesbian Archives (Cincinnati, OH)

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (Los Angeles)
Collection contains files, books, and films and videos. Collection include AIDS History Project, Performing Arts and Lesbian Legacy, and other art collections. An online catalog provides more details on holdings.

Schlesinger Library (Cambridge, MA)

Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Human Sexuality (CSU, Northridge)

International

Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives

Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (Toronto, Canada)
Mission is to "collect and maintain information and materials relating to the gay and lesbian movement in Canada and elsewhere."

Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa
The archive houses a collection of historical materisal of gay and lesbian people in South Africa and the surrounding countries.

Homodok-Lesbisch Archief Amsterdam

IHLIA: International Homo/Lesbian Information Center and Archives
European collection with a focus on homosexual history. Includes periodicals, diaries, travel guides, erotica, posters, and audiotapes.

Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand (Wellington)

Québec Gay Archives (Montreal)
"Collects all types of documentation relating to the gay or lesbian community of the province of Quebec." Lists exhibitions and conferences. Both in English and French.

Twice Blessed: The Jewish GLBT Archives Online (Toronto, Canada)
This is One Institute's core Judaica Collection started by Johnny Abush. It consists of over 7,000 artifacts such as print, film, music, audio, ephermera, etc.