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Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS412
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items collected by the Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (ALGHT). Photographs include staff and events at bars and nightclubs such as the Tower Lounge and Sweet Gum Head; ALGHT's table at the Atlanta Pride Festival, where "The Time of Our Lives," an exhibition about LGBTQ+ history in Atlanta between the 1940s and 1990s, was on display; Olympics Out of Cobb protests, including one at the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) headquarters; drag queens such...
Dates:
approximately 1975-2001, undated
Cobb Citizens Coalition records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1211
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created by the Cobb Citizens Coalition (CCC) that document the organization's efforts to remove Olympic events from Cobb County because of its anti-gay legislation. Papers include financial records, marketing and advertising ephemera, publications and research, correspondence, and event planning documentation. There are also records created by organizers, the bulk of which belonged to Elaine Hill, including meeting notes, awards, and correspondence. In...
Dates:
1980-2007, undated
Dick Rhodes photographs of the Lesbian/Gay/Transperson Pride March
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS411
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Rhodes' color photographs of the 1982 Lesbian/Gay/Transperson Pride March from Piedmont Park to Atlanta City Hall. As the final event associated with the Atlanta Pride Festival, its purpose was to demand greater representation in the state legislature and influence on legislation affecting the LGBTQ+ community. The march was also in response to Mayor Andrew Young withholding his signature on the resolution to declare June 19-29 as Gay Pride Week. Participating...
Dates:
1982
Gil Robison papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1152
Scope and Content
This collection documents Gilmore "Gil" Robison's career fighting for LGBT rights as a political activist and elected official. Materials show his efforts to legalize gay marriage, to create the Atlanta Gay Center, to battle a law that targeting gay men by banning prostitution, and to stop police harassment of the LGBT community. Materials include official records of the Georgia Democratic Party, which contain voter registration documents and lists of representatives, as well as flyers,...
Dates:
1959-1997, undated
Liz Throop and B. Joy Wasson visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS417
Scope and Contents
This collection contains slides and photographs related to LGBTQ+ history in Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. Included are negatives of the Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing's (ALGHT) table at the 1993 Atlanta Pride Festival, where "The Time of Our Lives," an exhibition about LGBTQ+ history in Atlanta between the 1940s and 1990s, was on display; slides of the 1977 protest in Colony Square against Anita Bryant during the Miss National Teenager pageant after she was named as...
Dates:
1977-1993, undated
Noel Lytle and David Mayersky photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS421
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs documenting the response to the 1993 Cobb County Board of Commissioners' anti-gay resolution. Photographs include members the Cobb Citizens Coalition (CCC) addressing the Board of Commissioners, protesting the resolution at rallies, and marching in the 1994 Atlanta Pride Parade; anti-gay counter protesters; members of Olympics Out of Cobb County (OOCC), which sought to move the Olympics out of Cobb County in response to the resolution; and signs...
Dates:
1988-2001, undated
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- Atlanta Pride Committee 3
- Atlanta Pride Festival 3
- Cobb Citizens Coalition 3
- Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (Ga.) 2
- Hill, Elaine, 1924-2017 2
- Lytle, Noel, 1956- 2
- Weaver, Jon-Ivan 2
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games 1
- Atlanta Gay Center 1
- Austin, John 1
- Bryant, Anita 1
- Charlie Brown 1
- Democratic Party (Ga.) 1
- Dina Jacobs 1
- Dobbs, Guy 1
- First Tuesday Democratic Association 1
- Forrester, Phillip, 1935-2016 1
- Gregory, Layton 1
- Hussain, Pat 1
- Jones, Billy, 1921-2003 1
- Lady Aces (Softball team) 1
- Lily White 1
- Mayersky, David 1
- My Sister's Room (Bar : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Myersky, David 1
- National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights 1
- National Organization for Women 1
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- People for the American Way 1
- Prince George Inn (Restaurant) 1
- Rhodes, Richard, 1937-2019 1
- Rice, Teri 1
- Robison, Gil (Gilmore C.), 1947- 1
- Sans, Diego F. 1
- Sweet Gum Head (Bar : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Throop, Liz, 1957- 1
- Tower Lounge (Bar : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Wasson, B. Joy, 1956- 1 + ∧ less
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