LGBTQ Student Center records
Content Description
This addition contains T-shirts, committee reports, proposals, surveys, petitions, clippings from various newspapers including The Cavalier Daily, brochures, a letter from Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida regarding the Unite the Right Rally in 2017, and a floppy disk documenting the work of the LGBTQ student center. Files on the disk include agendas from 1998 to 1999, letters working to address the harassment of the LGBTQ community during the "Good Old Song" singing, and various research and reports on resources at academic institutions for the LGBTQ community. Also included are two two Franklin E. Kameny posters posters, and a "Homophile" sign.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1993-2017
Conditions Governing Access
This collection contains two digital files that have a virus and are restricted. The rest of the collection is open for research and minimally processed. Original digital media (floppy disks, zip disks, thumb drives, born digital files, etc.) cannot be handled directly by patrons. Please contact Special Collections via our online Reference Request form, https://small.library.virginia.edu/services/reference-request, to request access to these materials. Please be aware that additional actions may be required to make these items available. Items will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis before access can be made. Depending on the size of the request, it may take some time to make them available for use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Historical Note
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Center at the University of Virginia seeks to foster the development of LGBTQ+ students, faculty, staff, alumni, and allies. Founded under the Office of the Dean of Students in 2001, with support from the Serpentine Society, the LGBTQ Center works to raise awareness and inclusion of sexual and gender diversities through programs, outreach, and services that support the advancement of the LGBTQ+ community.
Full Extent
2.0 Cubic Feet (1 box, 1 oversize flat file folder, 1 artifact)
Partial Extent
0.0014 Gigabytes (One 3.5 floppy disk)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license. License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library of the University of Virginia makes its bibliographic records and the metadata contained therein available for public use under the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Designation.
Condition Description
Good to fair.
Source
- University of Virginia. Office of the Dean of Students (Organization)
- Title
- LGBTQ Student Center Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stephanie Ricker Lauren Longwell, University Archivist Justice Menzel, Archival Intern
- Date
- 29 November 2021; 17 July 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States