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Institute of LGBT Studies, 1993-2015

MS 827


Collection Summary

Creator: Arizona Queer Archives. Institute of LGBT Studies. University of Arizona;
Joseph, Miranda; Wittig, Monique; Seckinger, Beverly; Kennedy, Elizabeth Lapovsky; Stryker, Susan
Collection Name:Institute of LGBT Studies
Inclusive Dates: 1993-2015
Physical Description: 4 linear feet
Abstract:This collection contains administrative materials on the founding of Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies at the University of Arizona beginning in 1993. The collection also includes the events and programming that the Committee for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies put on from 1993 through 2015. In 2007, the Committee was formally re-established as the Institute for LGBT Studies, and in 2023 was re-established as the UA LGBTQ+ Institute. This collection is part of the Arizona Queer Archives (AQA), a community focused archive through the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona. It was transferred to Special Collections in 2020.
Collection Number:MS 827
Language: Materials are in English.
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

This collection was donated by Jamie A. Lee and contains information on the founding of the LGBTQ+ Institute, formerly known as first the Committee for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies, and later the Institute for LGBT Studies. The Committee was founded by Miranda Joseph, a former University of Arizona professor, and Beverly Seckinger, a current University of Arizona professor. The Committee for L/G/B Studies was aimed at establishing the University of Arizona's first department focused on LGBT issues. The founders of the Committee organized campus-wide to establish the department, studying departments that existed at other universities, and working with faculty and staff to garner support.


Scope and Content Note

This collection includes grant applications, meeting notes and correspondences, and official notes and records from the founding of what is now the Institute for LGBT Studies. Also included are administrative and planning records from significant events sponsored by or hosted by LGB Studies on campus and in Tucson, including Lesbian Looks, the Mexican Masculinities Conference, Sex & Scholarship Symposium, and the Sex, Race & Globalization Series. This collection is part of the Arizona Queer Archives (AQA), a community focused archive through the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona. It was transferred to Special Collections in 2020. This series includes papers on the organizing that happened by University of Arizona professors and community members to develop an LGBT Studies department, administrative files and both written and email correspondence, and grants for the department. This subseries includes annual reports, executive committee founding documents, budgets, and correspondence related to the founding of LGBT Studies. This subseries includes research on other LGBT Studies departments and curriculum development for courses for the department. This subseries includes grants specific to the department's founding and sustainability. This series includes programs put on by and hosted by the LGBT Studies Department from 1993-2015. Programming materials includes information on the Activist Collaboration Project, Diversity Action Council, Lesbian Looks Movie & Film night, Mexican Masculinities Conference, miscellaneous programming, the Sex & Scholarship Symposium, and Sex, Race & Globalization Symposiums. This subseries includes administrative files on the event This subseries includes administrative files on Diversity Action Council as well as notes from their LGB Studies Speaker Series. This subseries includes administrative materials and publicity on Lesbian Looks Film & Video series. This subseries includes administrative and publicity materials, as well as grants related to the conference. This subseries includes condensed files and publicity from events put on by the department and Institute. This subseries includes administrative materials and grants materials from the event. This subseries includes administrative materials, grant applications and materials, publicity and presenter papers from the event.


Organization

This collection is organized into 2 series.
Series I: Organizational Files
Subseries 1: Administrative Materials
Subseries 2: Departmental Development
Subseries 3: Grants
Series II: Programs & Events
Subseries 1: Activist Collaboration Project
Subseries 2: Diversity Action Council
Subseries 3: Lesbian Looks
Subseries 4: Mexican Masculinities Conference
Subseries 5: Programming
Subseries 6: Sex & Scholarship Symposium
Subseries 7: Sex, Race & Globalization Symposiums

Restrictions

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from theowner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


Access Terms

Subject(s)
Gay liberation movement -- Arizona
LGBTQ people
Lesbians
Sexual minorities -- Civil rights -- Arizona -- Tucson
Transgender people
University of Arizona
Women's studies

Title(s)
Arizona Queer Archives


Administrative Information

Credit Line

Institute of LGBT Studies (MS 827). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries

Processing History

Processed by Jules Baldino in 2023. This collection is part of the Arizona Queer Archives (AQA), a community focused archive through the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona. It was transferred to Special Collections in 2020.


Container List

Series I: Organizational Files, 1993-2013 2 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents
This series includes papers on the organizing that happened by University of Arizona professors and community members to develop an LGBT Studies department, administrative files and both written and email correspondence, and grants for the department.
Subseries 1: Administrative Materials, 1993-2013
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes annual reports, executive committee founding documents, budgets, and correspondence related to the founding of LGBT Studies.
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11 Annual Report, 2003-2006
12 Annual Report , 2006-2009
13 Annual Report, 2010-2013
14 Committee for LGB Studies, 1993
15 Fundraising, 1996-1997
16 LGB Studies Administrative Materials, 1998-1999
18 LGB Studies Administrative Materials, 1999-2002
14 LGB Studies Budgets, 1997-2000
19 LGBT Studies Budgets, 2004-2007
110 LGBT Studies Events, (1 of 2), 1996-2000
111 LGBT Studies Events, (2 of 2), 1996-2000
112 LGB Studies Executive Committee, 1996-1997
113 LGB Studies Executive Committee, 1997-2006
114 LGB Studies Executive Committee Founding, 1993-1994
115 LGB Studies Financial Documents, 1998-2000
116 LGB Studies Executive Committee Meeting Notes, 1996-2004
117 LGB Studies Hiring Paperwork, 1998-2000
118 LGB Studies Publicity & Fliers, 1996-2000
119 Mailing Lists, 1999
120 Mayor's Task Force on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues , 1999
121 Tucson Community Brochures, 2000
122 Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW), 1994-1998
123 University of Arizona Campus Newspapers, 2000
110 LGB Studies Financial Documents, 1998-2000
Subseries 2: Departmental Development, 1993-2000
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes research on other LGBT Studies departments and curriculum development for courses for the department.
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21 LGB Studies Curriculum Plans, 1993-1999
22 LGB Studies Curriculum Plans, 1995-2000
23 LGB Studies Proposals to Vice President of Research, 1997-1999
24 LGB Studies Research (1 of 2), 1993-1995
25 LGB Studies Research (2 of 2), 1993-1995
26 Sexuality Studies (1 of 2), 1996
27 Sexuality Studies (2 of 2), 1996
28 Sample LGB Studies Programs, 1998-2000
Subseries 3: Grants, 1995-2001
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes grants specific to the department's founding and sustainability.
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29 Arizona Humanities Council Grants, (1 of 2), 1999-2001
210 Arizona Humanities Council Grants, (2 of 2), 1999-2001
211 Grants Research, 1995-1997
212 LGB Studies Grants, 1997-1998
213 Miscellaneous Grants, 1995-2001
214 Wingspan, 1997-1998
215 Social & Behavioral Sciences Research Institute Grant, 1997-1998
Series II: Programs & Events , 1993-2015
Scope and Contents
This series includes programs put on by and hosted by the LGBT Studies Department from 1993-2015. Programming materials includes information on the Activist Collaboration Project, Diversity Action Council, Lesbian Looks Movie & Film night, Mexican Masculinities Conference, miscellaneous programming, the Sex & Scholarship Symposium, and Sex, Race & Globalization Symposiums.
Subseries 1: Activist Collaboration Project, 1999-2001
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes administrative files on the event
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31 Activist Collaboration Project, (1 of 2), 1999-2001
32 Activist Collaboration Project, (2 of 2), 1999-2001
Subseries 2: Diversity Action Council, 1996-1998
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes administrative files on Diversity Action Council as well as notes from their LGB Studies Speaker Series.
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33 Diversity Action Council, 1997-1999
34 Diversity Action Council LGB Studies Speaker Series, 1996-1998
Subseries 3: Lesbian Looks , 1993-2006
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes administrative materials and publicity on Lesbian Looks Film & Video series.
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35 Lesbian Looks Administrative Materials, 1999-2006
36 Lesbian Looks Publicity , 1993-2005
Subseries 4: Mexican Masculinities Conference, 1998-1999
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes administrative and publicity materials, as well as grants related to the conference.
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37 Mexican Masculinities Conference Administrative Materials , 1998-1999
38 Mexican Masculinities Conference Arizona Humanities Council Grant, 1998-1999
39 Mexican Masculinities Conference Diversity Action Council Grant, 1998
310 Mexican Masculinities Conference Workshop Presenter Papers, 1999
Subseries 5: Programming, 1997-2015
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes condensed files and publicity from events put on by the department and Institute.
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311 CCLS Graduate Student Conference, 1997-1998
312 Miscellaneous Events, 1997
313 Programming, 1997-2000
314 Programming, (1 of 2), 2000-2003
315 Programming, (2 of 2), 2000-2003
316 Programming, 2004-2007
317 Programming, 2008-2011
318 Programming, 2012-2015
319 Articles, (1 of 2), 1990-1995
320 Articles (2 of 2), 1994-1995
Subseries 6: Sex & Scholarship Symposium, 1996-2001
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes administrative materials and grants materials from the event.
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41 Sex & Scholarship Symposium, 1996-1997
42 Sex & Scholarship Symposium, 1999-2000
43 Sex & Scholarship Symposium Amazon Foundation Grant, 2001-2002
44 Sex & Scholarship Symposium CFSA Grant, 2000-2002
45 Sex & Scholarship Diversity Action Council Grant, 2000
46 Sex & Scholarship Symposium Gill Grant, (1 of 2), 1997-2000
47 Sex & Scholarship Symposium Gill Grant, (2 of 2), 1997-2000
48 Sex & Scholarship Symposium Gill Grant, 2000-2001
Subseries 7: Sex, Race & Globalization Symposiums, 1999-2003
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes administrative materials, grant applications and materials, publicity and presenter papers from the event.
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49 Sex, Race & Globalization Administrative Materials, 1999-2002
410 Sex, Race & Globalization Arizona Humanities Council Grant, 1999-2000
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51 Sex, Race & Globalization Event Poster, 2003
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412 Sex, Race & Globalization Fellowship Finalists, 2001
413 Sex, Race & Globalization Rockefeller Grant Administrative Materials, (1 of 2), 2000-2001
414 Sex, Race & Globalization Rockefeller Grant Administrative Materials, (2 of 2), 2000-2001
415 Sex, Race & Globalization Rockefeller Grant Application Final Copy, 2000
416 Sex, Race & Globalization Rockefeller Grant Financials, 2000
417 Sex, Race & Globalization Presenter Papers, 1999
418 Sex, Race & Globalization Presenter Papers, (1 of 2), 2000
419 Sex, Race & Globalization Presenter Papers, (2 of 2), 2000
420 Sex, Race & Globalization Presenter Papers, 2001
421 Sex, Race & Globalization Presenter Papers, 2002
422 Sex, Race & Globalization Tabling Materials, 2001