FADGI Four Star

FADGI Four Star

FADGI Four Star will ensure the creation of images that are at the highest preservation level and will have the highest level of usability with past, current, and future technologies.

 

Prints and Photographs

  • Includes photographic prints, graphic-arts prints, drawings, some paintings, and some maps.
  • Recommended Technology
  • DT RCam
  • Epson Expression 11000XL
  • Photomechanical may need resolution reduction to eliminate moiré pattern, keep above 400ppi
Master File Format TIFF
Resolution 600ppi
Bit Depth 16
Color Space Adobe 1998

 

U of R Metadata Guidelines for Digital Projects

                      University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries

Metadata Guidelines for Digital Projects

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  1. Media Type
Definition Identifies the electronic format type
Comments Terms come from the Internet Media Type (MIME) list, which includes both content types and subtypes. Content types include broader categories like audio, image, text, video. Subtypes include more specific information pertaining to the file types.
Examples ·         application/pdf

·         image/tiff

·         audio/mp4

Controlled vocabulary Yes. Use the MIME list.
Status Required
Display Recommended
Maps to MODS <physicalDescription>

<internetMediaType>

 

  1. File Name
Definition The name of the file that contains the digital object
Comments This non-MODS field is required for matching digital object files with MODS XML records
Controlled vocabulary No
Status Required
Display No
Maps to MODS Not applicable

 

  1. Source and Language of Cataloging
Definition The name of the organization that either created or modified the original record; and the language in which it was cataloged
Comments Source: River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Language of cataloging: eng

Controlled vocabulary Yes
Status Required
Display No
Maps to MODS <recordInfo>

<recordContentSource>

<languageOfCataloging>

<languageTerm authority=”iso639-2b” type=”code”>

 

 

  1. Rights
Definition General statement to communicate any copyright or reuse information to the general public
Comments  Select one of twelve standardized rights statements available at rightstatement.org
Controlled vocabulary Yes. Select a statement from rightstatement.org
Status Required
Display Yes
Maps to MODS <accessCondition>

 

  1. Access
Definition Information about restrictions imposed on access to a resource locally
Comments Use the following statement:

The [collection name] is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.

Controlled vocabulary Yes
Status Required
Display Yes
Maps to MODS <accessCondition type=”restrictionsOnAccess”>

 

  1. Use
Definition Information about use of a resource in a local institution
Comments Use the following statement:

Except in a few circumstances, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation does not hold the copyright to materials in its care and, therefore, cannot grant or deny permission to use them. It is the researcher’s obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. In all cases, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester must be appropriately cited.  Please use the preferred citation. For more information contact rarebks@library.rochester.edu.

Controlled vocabulary Yes
Status Required
Display Yes
Maps to MODS <accessCondition type=”useAndReproduction”>

 

  1. Citation
Definition Provides a reference to the object for use as a citation in research
Examples ·         [Item title, item date], Edwin Booth Papers, D.129, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

·         Aesculus Parviflora, Ellwanger and Barry Horticultural Prints, BB.E47, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Controlled vocabulary No
Status Required
Display Yes
Maps to MODS <note type=”preferred citation”>

 

 

 

Minimal-level Metadata Recommendations

All metadata elements where Status is Required or Required if available.

Element Required Required if available
Title Yes  
Creator and Role   Yes
Date   Yes
Material Type Yes  
Genre Yes  
Language Yes  
*Location Yes  
Call Number Yes  
Collection Title Yes  
Finding Aid   Yes
*Form Yes  
Media Type Yes  
File Name Yes  
*Source and Language of Cataloging Yes  
Rights Yes  
     
*Access Yes  
*Use Yes  
Citation Yes  

 

Note: While all fields marked with * are required, the values are standardized and found within the List of Elements.

 

Out Alliance Archival Collections

Out Alliance Archival Collections

 

   Shoulders to Stand On Documentary Collection   U of R Digital collections     

97 Audio Oral History Interviews:

1) Complete Transcription

2) Add closed-captioning to digital files

3) Ingest Digital Material and Metadata

77 Video Oral History Interviews:

1) Complete Transcription

2) Ingest Digital Material and Metadata

33 Audiotapes of the radio program Green Thursday (1972-1975)

1) Complete Transcription

2) Add closed-captioning to digital files

3) Ingest Digital Material and Metadata

   The Empty Closet Photograph Collection

3386 B&W newspaper photographs from the years 1972 – 2004 from the archives of The

                            Empty Closet (EC), published by the Gay Alliance since 1974

1) Scan originals

2) Ingest Digital Material and metadata

15,976 born digital photos dated 1990-2004, from the same Empty Closet archives

Ingest Digital Material and metadata

   Gay Alliance History Collection

2 digital video interviews recounting the early years of Gay Alliance in the early 1970

1) Complete Transcription

2) Add closed-captioning to digital files

3) Ingest Digital Material and metadata

236 Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley photos depicting organizational

             activities (1990-2010):

1) Scan originals

2) Ingest Digital Material and metadata

   LGBT Gay Culture of Rochester, NY Collection

33 videotapes documenting 33 years of Miss Gay Rochester

1) Convert VHS to DVD

2) Complete Transcriptions

3) Add closed-captioning to digital files

4) Ingest Digital Material and Metadata

111 photographs depicting a range of drag performers who appeared at Backstreets,

                       a popular venue in the 1980s

1) Scan originals

2) Ingest Digital Material and Metadata

38 Crossdresser/Transvestite Anonymous newsletter

1) Scan originals

2) Microfilm digital scans

3) Ingest Digital Material and Metadata

LGBT Corporate Culture of Rochester, NY Collection

15 video records of Eastman Kodak Management Events related to corporate culture, legal rights

                          And protections for LGBT employees at Eastman Kodak Corporation

1) Convert VHS to DVD first

2) Complete Transcription

3) Add closed-captioning to digital files

4) Ingest Digital Material

Lambda Kodak Organizational Records strategy sessions for Educational Management Events,

planning sessions for supporting Donna Redwing’s Initiative to reduce conflict on the shop floor,

formation of guidelines for employees transgendering, planning sessions collaborating on LGBT

employee benefits.

1) Scan and digitize

2) Ingest Digital Material

 

Shoulders To Stand On Program Initiatives

 

                                          Shoulders to Stand On

 

                       A Rochester LGBTQ Community Program

                                                       Of the

                                               Out Alliance

                                                      And

                                                  PRISM

 

The Shoulders To Stand On Program of the Out Alliance

In 2003 the Shoulders To Stand On Program of the Out Alliance was tasked with documenting archiving, preserving, sharing and making accessible the history of the Rochester LGBTQ community and its impact on New York State’s and the nation’s liberation movement. This program gives credibility to our community and culture, and will be available to teach and inspire future generations.

The Out Alliance STSO Program has four mandates and ten initiatives

        Shoulders To Stand On Program Mandates

1) To raise community awareness about what constitutes historical documentation and ephemera that the Rochester LGBT community may have.

2) To identify, gather, document, preserve, make visible and share with the Greater Rochester community and beyond the historical archival collections received from the Rochester LGBT community.

3) To energize the local community to use that history as further inspiration for leadership, acceptance and   courage.

4) To be a bridge for the general population to understand the LGBTQ community’s contributions and role  in the history of Rochester, New York State and the Social Reform Movements in  American  histor

 

The Shoulders To Stand On Program has 10 Initiatives:

 

ROOTS CHRONOLOGY

The Roots Chronology Initiative digitized the Empty Closet Newspaper, the oldest continuously published gay news­paper in New York State. Completed in 2010.

Link: http://www.library.rochester.edu/rbscp/EmptyCloset

This is an ongoing initiative in which for each Empty Closet issue EC headlines, community

resources, notable people, significant events are entered into a data base for easy search.  The

ROOTS CHRONOLOGY initiative also includes the ongoing Photo Identification Project

to identify people, places, events documented by 3,400 mostly black and white photographs

from 1972 – 2004.

 

DOCUMENTATION AND PRESERVATION INITIATIVE

The Out Alliance Documentation and Preservation Initiative received 3 New York State Archives grants (2009 – 2011) to identi­fy 260+ Rochester LGBT organizations, agencies groups and individuals that set the bar for gay activism and reli­gious tolerance from 1960 to today. 137 were contacted, 80 were surveyed and 15 record collections were placed in permanent repositories.  Details can be found in the 2012 DHP Final Report.

Link: http://www.gayalliance. org/images/stories/shoulders/DHP/2012_dhp_final.pdf

The Out Alliance Archives now totaling 130 cubic feet of organizational and programming materials are housed at Cornell University.  You can access the Finding Aide for this material at Link:  http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07560.html

Recently the Out Alliance has placed 20 cu ft of archival material at the Rochester Public

Library Archives.  This material represents collections from local activists, agencies and

organizations.   Descriptions and Finding Aides for these collections detailing content and

location can be found at http://www.rainbowdialogues.com/2018archives/

 

ORAL HISTORY INITIATIVE

The Oral Histories Initiative, audio and video tape, cap­tures the stories, struggles and achievements of our gay pioneers and allies. The 102+ oral histories are the foun­dation of the 90 minute Documentary on the History of the Rochester LGBT community. Oral histories will continue to be collected as history is created. These are available on line at:

     Rochester, New York Voices of LGBT History

https://digitalcollections.lib.rochester.edu/ur/rochester-new-york-voices-lgbt-history-project

 

SHOULDERS TO STAND ON DOCUMENTARY

The 90 Minute Documentary Film: Shoulders to Stand On celebrates the brave men and women who had the courage to step out of the closet, allowing their voices to be heard, in the tradition of a city whose history is firmly grounded in freedom and equality for all. The finished documentary was marketed to film festivals and PBS Television stations around the nation for presentation/broadcast. The documentary will be offered to community centers, schools, corporations and other social organiza­tions to be utilized as an educational tool with a website resource component.

To view the trailer:  www.gayalliance.org

To purchase:  https://www.trailblz.info/gayalliance/EventComplete.aspx?eventid=174

 

WRITING ROCHESTER’S LGBTQ HISTORY

Writing and Publishing the History of the Rochester LGBT Community. Successful completion of the Roots Chronol­ogy, the Documentation Project and the Oral Histories Initiative provides the necessary tools for research to write and publish the history of the Rochester LGBT Community in an organized, efficient, inclusive, and thorough manner. Check back at www.shoulderstostandon.org for updates.  The Shoulders To Stand On column in the EC will provide the material for this compendium volume.

 

GAY ROCHEST EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE/EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

In conjunction with the archival and documentation project A website has been launched to engage the community in conversa­tions about Rochester’s LGBT history. The website offers information about the project, promotes opportunities to get involved in the program, and, most importantly, it allows people to submit their stories and/or materials that represent their own LGBT history. The redesigned website along with the STSO Blog has been transformed into an educational/resource/media toolkit that will provide educators, researchers, and the general public resources for the 19 chapters of the documentary.  It provides information, study guides and other resources for churches, corporate diversity programs, and educators looking to include LGBT studies into their curriculums.

Included in the Educational Resource Guide; a brief description of each chapter; a vocabulary list of terms, names, places; an outline of topics by chapter with resource links; links to Empty Closet issues and articles; links to oral histories with access to audio and video tapes; links to archived materials at Cornell University, Archives at University of Rochester, Leather Archives in Chicago, and the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

            STSO Educational Resource Guide  http://shoulderstostandonblog.org/Home/?page_id=266

 

PUBLIC LIBRARY INITIATIVE

Provides free screenings of the documentary film, “Shoulders to Stand On” in Monroe County Library   and the Pioneer Library Systems of NY.  The mission of this Initiative is to raise awareness, increase visibility, and inform the general public about an underserved and undocumented population in our community. By building upon the longstanding natural alliances with the local library system, the STSO Public Library Initiative will connect diverse sections of the general population, broaden our geographic reach, and strengthen partnerships between urban and suburban public libraries in the Monroe County and Pioneer Library Systems and hopefully with the Out Alliance of the Genesee Valley.  for the next 2 years, as a part of this initiative libraries have the opportunity to display the Forging Alliance Exhibit which documents the 40+ year history of the Out Alliance of the Genesee Valley, and some of  the AIDS posters from the 6,200 AIDS posters from 124 countries in 68 languages and dialects, donated to the University’s Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation by retired physician Dr. Edward C. Atwater, M.D., ’50, an emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

 

ANTHONY MASCIOLI RAINBOW DIALOGUES

The Shoulders to Stand On Program of the Out Alliance in partnership with the Rochester Public Library, Friends and foundation of the Rochester Public Library, The College At Brockport, WXXI, and ImageOut has begun a yearly initiative – The Anthony Mascioli Rainbow Dialogues.

The Rainbow Dialogues is a series of community building conversations demonstrating how LGBTQ history and archival documents from the past are relevant for people today.  The Dialogues will reference and contextualize LGBTQ life in Rochester against the backdrop of local and national social justice issues.

For more information:     http://www.rainbowdialogues.com/

                                                             Or

                                           https://www.facebook.com/RainbowDialogue/

 

LGBTQ Historic Walking Tour

The 1st LGBTQ Historic took place at ROC Pride 2017.  Entitled Resistance in the ‘70’s: Have we Come Full Circle, the tour is designed to visit the historical sights that represent for the  Rochester LGBTQ significant landmarks in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality.  The tours engender a sense of pride in our past accomplishments, a sense of re-dedication to the struggle, and a sense of hope in future social, political, and economic success.

                                                               

STSO and ImageOut Archival Film Series

The Shoulders to Stand On Program of the Out Alliance in partnership with ImageOut will present films screened or shown in past imageOut Film festivals.  We will begin the first unofficial film festival at Pink Flamingos and Purple Hearts and the first 3 years of ImageOut – 1993, 1994, 1995.  The series will take place the 2nd Wednesday of every other month beginning in January of each year.  Making out history and culture visible through film will help educate our community and bring renewed hope that the “closet” is bein

33 Youth GAGV Box 1.docx

Records Inventory

Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, Rochester, New York

 

GAGV Youth Box 1: This box includes a book and binders with documents related to the GAGV Youth Program including mission statements, fliers, policies, minutes, agendas, articles, and forms.  Original organization has been preserved with materials organized in binders by subject.  Additional related youth program materials can be found in GAGV-OR-Box 1.  Inventory created February 13, 2017.

 

Book

Karnes, Frances A. and Suzanne M. Bean. Leadership for Students: A guide for young leaders. Prufrock Press Inc., 2010. [This book is from the Penfield High School Library Media Center]

 

GAGV Youth Program Adult Volunteer Manual Binder

Gay Alliance youth Program Mission Statement

Adult volunteer training materials

Procedures

Volunteer station information

 

GSA Resource Directory Binder

Fliers

By-laws (East High School Gay-Straight Alliance)

GLSEN Terminology List

Queer, Transgender Terminology

LGBT-Inclusive materials

Guide for Parents

Information on starting a gay-straight alliance

Trans resources

Legal information

School policies

Scholarship application

Information for teachers

Information for straight allies

 

Miscellaneous GAGV Youth Information Binder

Mission of the GAGV Youth Group

Guidelines

Emergency services

Resource listings

Fliers for special events

Youth group and GSA forms

Youth website information

 

Volunteer Binder

Volunteer applications (blank and completed)

Volunteer time sheets

Correspondence

Volunteer agreement forms

GAGV mission statements

 

Youth Advisory Council Binder

Youth Advisory Council applications (blank and completed)

Minutes

Agendas

Youth Program Binder

Youth Program Mission Statement

Issues/resolutions

Key research findings

National LGBT Youth Program spreadsheet

2009 GLSEN School Climate Survey

School Climate in New York Research Brief

Suicide risk and prevention for LGBT youth

Risk factors of GLB adolescents (article)

United Way Blue Print for Change

40developmental assets for adolescents

Youth-adult partnership materials

National LGBT Youth Program information

 

32 Whitey LeBlanc Series VII.doc

Series VII: Wilfred (Whitey) LeBlanc,

1974-1980

Scope and Contents

This series consists of materials collected by Wilfred (Whitey)

LeBlanc, former President of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee

Valley. The materials date between 1977 and 1980. The

materials consist of correspondence, budgets, expense reports,

and flyers for the annual Gay Alliance picnics. The materials

document the planning and expenses for the annual picnics

and the increased attendance from the first picnic to 1980.

Biographical Note

Wilfred (Whitey) LeBlanc moved to Rochester, New York

from New York City in 1965. LeBlanc was active in the Gay

Liberation Front on the University of Rochester campus,

and was instrumental in forming the Gay Alliance of the

Genesee Valley. LeBlanc served as the first president of the

Gay Alliance from July 1973 to January 1974. In March

1974, LeBlanc was selected as the chairperson of the Finance

Committee.

Conditions Governing Access:

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this

series.

Conditions Governing Use:

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is held by the Rochester Public Library. Copyright

of the papers may be held by the authors’, or authors’ heirs or

assigns. Researchers must obtain written permission of the

holder[s] of copyright and the Rochester Public Library before

publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most

papers may be copied in accordance with the library’s usual

procedures unless otherwise specified.

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Bibliography

“Whitie LeBlanc New Finance Chairperson.” The Empty

Closet 37, March 1974.

Title/Description Instances

GAGV picnic, 1977 box 1 folder 39

Picnic, 1978 box 1 folder 40

Picnic, 1979 box 1 folder 41

Picnic expenses, 1980 box 1 folder 42

Toga party, Undated box 1 folder 43

30 2017-021 Anne Tischer & Bess Watts Collect

Guide to the Anne Tischer and Bess Watts
Collection on Marriage Equality 2017.021
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on January 17, 2018.
English
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Rochester Area Task Force on AIDS
Records Inventory
Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, Rochester, New York
Finding aid created by A. Kiesl, July 2016
All records relate to Rochester Area Task Force on AIDS (RATFA) events, history, and
financials. These three boxes of records came into holding at Trillium from Finger Lakes Health
Systems Agency in 2013.
RATFA Box 1 Framed
and rolled paper awards, plaques, and official announcements
presented to RATFA.
● New York State Department of Health Outstanding Service Award for Rochester Area
Task Force, 2001 (plaque)
● World AIDS Day Proclamation with City of Rochester seal, 1988 (framed)
● World AIDS Day Proclamation with seal of Monroe County Executive, 1992 (framed)
● Monroe County Legislature Certificate of Recognition for Rochester Area Task Force on
AIDS, 1996 (framed)
● World AIDS Day Proclamation from Rochester Office of the Mayor, 1999 (framed)
● Certificate of Appreciation to RATFA from AIDS Rochester, Inc. 1994 (framed)
● Rays of Hope Conference Proclamation with City of Rochester seal, 1998 (framed)
● 10year
service commendation to RATFA with City of Rochester seal, 1994 (framed)
● Rays of Hope Conference Welcome Proclamation with City of Rochester seal, 1997
(framed)
● Plan for HIV/AIDS client cohort study, about 1994 (folder)
● Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency (FLHSA) work plan, 20002001
(folder)
● FLHSA overview for 20012002
(folder)
● FLHSA work plan, 20022003
(folder)
● World AIDS Day Proclamation Certificate from NYS Governor’s office, 2007 (paper
matted certificate)
● State of New York Legislative Resolution to declare HIV/AIDS public health emergency
in minority communities with seal of NYS Assembly, 2001 (paper mat)
● Commendation to RATFA from NYS Assembly, 1994 (framed)
RATFA Box 2 RATFA
records pertaining to tax and financial documentation.
*On loan to Evelyn Bailey: Local AIDS history (folder), 20 years of AIDS (folder)
● RATFA Admin, 19912004
(large red expanding folder)
Contains:
● Checking (Manila folder)
● Cert. Of inc. taxes (Manila folder)
● Tax exempt forms (Manila folder)
● Bylaws (Manila folder)
● Misc. (Manila folder)
● IRS (Manila folder)
● Year end planning (Manila folder)
● Work plan (Manila folder)
● New York State (Manila folder)
● Roster (Manila folder)
● AIDS institute network contract (Manila folder)
● M&t bank info (Manila folder)
● RATFA bank statements (Manila folder)
● 2010 taxesRATFA
(Manila folder)
● 2009 taxes (Manila folder)
● 2008 RATFA taxes financials (Manila folder)
● RATFA 2005 financials taxes (Manila folder)
● RATFA as tax issues (Manila folder)
● Taxes annual financial reports 19972003
(Manila folder)
● RATFA 2012 cash receipts (Manila folder)
● RATFA 2012 cash disbursements (Manila folder)
● 2011 taxesRATFA
(Manila folder)
● RATFA 2011 cash disbursements (Manila folder)
● From pats open files by window 9/16/10 LC
(Manila folder)
● RATFA 2010 disbursements (Manila folder)
● Meeting expense 2010 (Manila folder)
● Sign language 2010 (Manila folder)
● Reimbursables 2010 (Manila folder)
● Wegmans invoice 2010 (Manila folder)
● 2009 RATFA disbursements (Manila folder)
● HRI paid invoices (Manila folder)
● 2008 RATFA disbursements (Manila folder)
● 2008 invoices (Manila folder)
● RATFA city contracts (Large brown expanding folder)
Contains:
● AIDS city grant voucher Jan March 2007 (Manila folder)
● RATFA city 030298 August December 06 (Manila folder)
● City grant RATFA 20062007
(Manila folder)
● RATFA City 06 (Manila folder)
● RATFA City contract 0506
vouchers (Manila folder)
● RATFACity
of Rochester (Manila folder)
RATFA Box 3 Unidentified
pictures dating from about 19932007.
● 2 Kodak preservation disc CDs
● World AIDS Day proclamation from Office of NYS Governor Pataki, 2006 (rolled paper)
● Plastic Rubbermaid container with 17 photo envelopes containing photos and negatives
and small number of loose photos
● 1 3.5in
disk of photos, Kodak
● 34 envelopes (some from companies, other personal) of photos and negatives
● Small number of loose photographs and one photo Christmas card

29 Rev Walt Szymanski Series XI

Series XI: Rev. Walter Szymanski, 1974-1995

Scope and Contents

This series consists of papers written by Reverend Walter

Szymanski, an openly gay priest. The materials date between

1974 and 1993. The materials consist of articles written by

Szymanski.

Biographical Note

The Rev. Walter Szymanski was ordained to the priesthood

by Bishop Robert Spears in the Diocese of Rochester on June

24, 1973. He was named the first Canon for Gay and Lesbian

Ministries in Rochester in the 1970’s. Szymanski was a

Chaplain for the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, involved

in jail ministry, and a counselor at the Catholic Family Center.

He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as a

doctorate in Divinity with a specialization in Psychotherapy.

Originally from Pittsburgh, he lived, served the church

and worked as a pastoral therapist in the Rochester, NY,

area for many years. When he returned to Pittsburgh, he

enrolled at CCAC to complete a certificate in drug and alcohol

counseling. He is now retired from Greenbriar Treatment

Center, where he worked as an addiction psychotherapist.

Walt currently serves as a member of the clergy at Calvary

Episcopal Church in Shadyside. He is active in the religious

community as well as in the secular community on a variety of

social justice issues. Walt was recently elected to the board of

the Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute. He is a founding member of

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the gay and lesbian movement within the national Episcopal

Church.

Conditions Governing Access:

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this

series.

Conditions Governing Use:

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is held by the Rochester Public Library. Copyright

of the papers may be held by the authors’, or authors’ heirs or

assigns. Researchers must obtain written permission of the

holder[s] of copyright and the Rochester Public Library before

publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most

papers may be copied in accordance with the library’s usual

procedures unless otherwise specified.

Bibliography

“Alumni Class Notes.” Community College of Allegheny

County AlumNetNews 6, no. 1 (2011) : 10.

“Our Parish Life.” Calvary Episcopal Church

program, June 23, 2013. Accessed December

21, 2017. https://calvaryextra.weebly.com/

uploads/2/2/4/3/22431036/062313bulletin.pdf.

Title/Description Instances

Archival materials, 1974-1993 box 2 folder 12

27 Tim Sally Series X

Series X: Tim Sally, 1978-1985

Scope and Contents

This series documents the activities of Tim Sally, Rochester,

New York based LBGTQ activist. The majority of the

material is related to Sally’s campaign efforts to elect Tim

  1. Mains as a Rochester City Council member and includes

newspaper articles, correspondence, speeches, campaign

materials, and correspondence. Other topics include pamphlets

and flyers for gay rights organizations and projects such as,

churches position on the LGBTQ community, HIV/AIDS, and

a pamplet for teens thinking about coming out to their parents.

Biographical Note

Born and raised in Rochester, Tim Sally was active in the

1970’s and 1980’s with Dignity-Integrity, and was a cofounding

member of PFLAG/Rochester and AIDS/ Rochester.

In 1983 he moved to San Francisco to work for AIDS

organizations and since 1985, under the pseudonym of Tim

Hammond, he has researched circumcision customs and

advocated for protecting children’s genital autonomy. He

conducted two groundbreaking surveys of long-term harm

to men from infant circumcision, co-founded the National

Organization of Restoring Men, and produced ‘Whose Body,

Whose Rights? (a PBS documentary on circumcision), and cofounded

the Children’s Health and Human Rights Partnership

of Canada, as well as an activist group in Palm Springs,

California, where he now lives.

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Tim Hammond is a grassroots human rights activist who has

been involved in numerous social change movements. As a

teenager conscientiously opposed to fighting in Vietnam, he

wrote copious letters to Congress urging an immediate end to

the war.

Tim has been committed to Congressional passage of the

U.S. Peace Tax Fund Bill, which would re-direct the military

portion of one’s taxes (currently 50% of every dollar spent by

the U.S. government) toward life-sustaining human services.

He was active in raising public consciousness about women’s

rights and the need for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

In 1987 Tim was among hundreds of men and women arrested

on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to protest its decision

to uphold states’ rights to legislate private sexual behavior

among consenting adults in their own home (a decision the

Court ultimately reversed in 2003).He was a member of the

Children’s Rights Network of Amnesty International/USA

and a member of the National Organization on Male Sexual

Victimization (now MaleSurvivor.org).

1976-1983 – Member of Dignity-Integrity/Rochester,

New York, a ministry to local Catholic and Episcopal

gays, lesbians, their families and friends. He served in

various volunteer capacities ranging from administrative

assistant, newsletter editor, fundraiser, hotline volunteer,

and special events coordinator.

1981 – Co-founding member of PFLAG (Parents and

Friends of Lesbians and Gays).

1982 – Organizer of the first annual Day of Remembrance

of gay/lesbian victims of the Holocaust.

1983 – Co-founder of AIDS Rochester.

1983 – Recipient of the Vinnie Cup, awarded annually

by the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley for

outstanding service to the Rochester (NY) lesbian and

gay community.

1983 – Founding task force member of CREATE: Justice,

a project of the Presbytery of the Genesee Valley to

promote social justice issues affecting lesbians and gay

men.

1984-1987 – Administrative Assistant of the AIDS Health

Project, an agency of the University of California/San

Francisco providing psychosocial support to those with

AIDS and at-risk of infection.

1989 – Co-founded the National Organization of

Restoring Men (NORM), an international network of

groups offering moral and technical support to men

seeking foreskin restoration.

1992 – Founder of the National Organization to Halt the

Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males (NOHARMM),

a non-violent, educational and direct-action network of

men working together to end routine infant circumcision

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through a model of education and empowerment of other

men.

1993 – Survey

Coordinator of Awakenings: A

Preliminary Poll of Circumcised Men, an ongoing

grassroots investigation of the long-term adverse

physical, sexual and psychological outcomes to men of

infant circumcision.

1995 – Produced Whose Body, Whose Rights? A PBS

documentary.

1999 – Author, A Preliminary Poll of Men Circumcised

in Infancy or Childhood. British Journal of Urology

International (83, Suppl. 1) January 1999, pp. 85-92.

2012 – Co-founded the Children’s Health and Human

Rights Partnership of Canada with Kira Antinuk, BsN,

Christopher Guest, M.D. and David Saving. CHHRP is

Canada’s first non-profit organization to deal exclusively

with genital cutting of male, female and intersex children.

2015 – Presented findings from the 2011 Global Survey

of Circumcision Harm (GSCH) at the Symposium on

Genital Autonomy: Myths and Multiple Standards in

Frankfurt, Germany.

2016 – Discussed the findings from the 2011 Global

Survey of Circumcision Harm (GSCH) as a guest of

Stefan Molyneux on his popular YouTube channel.

2016 – Presented findings from the 2011 Global Survey

of Circumcision Harm (GSCH) at the International

Conference on Men’s Issues in London, England.

2017 – Lead author, Long-term adverse outcomes from

neonatal circumcision reported in a survey of 1,008 men:

An overview of health and human rights implications.

International Journal of Human Rights March 2017,

21(02), pp. 189-218.

Conditions Governing Access:

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this

series.

Conditions Governing Use:

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is held by the Rochester Public Library. Copyright

of the papers may be held by the authors’, or authors’ heirs or

assigns. Researchers must obtain written permission of the

holder[s] of copyright and the Rochester Public Library before

publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most

papers may be copied in accordance with the library’s usual

procedures unless otherwise specified.

Guide to the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley Collection 2017.028

– Page 20-

Bibliography

Hammond, Tim. “Tim Hammond.” Global Survey of

Circumcision Harm. Accessed December 21, 2017. http://

www.circumcisionharm.org/hammond%20cv.htm.

Jordan, Susan. “On Circumcision: The First of Two Interviews

with Intactivist Tim Sally.” The Empty Closet 505, October

2016.

Title/Description Instances

Campaign materials for Tim O. Mains for Rochester City Council,

1985

box 2 folder 8

Documents, 1983-1984 box 2 folder 9

News clippings on Tim O. Mains Council run and other gay rights

issues, 1985

box 2 folder 10

Pamphlets for gay rights organizations/projects, 1978-1984 box 2 folder 11

26 Rochester Custom Leathers

Rochester Custom Leathers and T-shirts

GAGV Records Surveyed, 1/31/2014, Box DCL002, DCL   combined with DCL 3

Box Title: “DCL002”

Contact:
GAGV

Types of Records:
Rochester Custom Leather Awards and Plaques

Scope: 1991 – 1998

Contents in Original Order:

Loose:
South Avenue Recreation Softball trophy, 1995
RCL, Paul Froehlich, Mr. Ohio Valley Leather plaque, 1998
RCL, ABATE plaque, 1996
RCL, Men’s Outreach Project, AIDS Rochester plaque, 1995
RCL, Rochester Rangers plaque, 1996
Utica Tri’s MC Participation plaque, 1991
Western Leather Weekend, Rochester Rams plaque, 1991
RCL, Larry Gazzilli MUNYL plaque, 1996
RCL photo
RCL, Paul Froehlich, Mr. Ohio Valley Leather Photo, 1998
RCL, Utica Tri’s MC plaque, 1998
RCL, American Brotherhood Weekend plaque, 1997
RCL, Centuar MC plaque, 1998

Folder RCL (Misc):
Photos
Newspaper review
Bumpersticker
Centaur MC Placard, 1996
City Newspaper Of Award, 1995
GAGV Bid From the Heart Thank You, 1994
Community Health Network, Mr. Safer Thank You, 1993
Centaur MC Certificate, 1997
Pantheon of Leather Award, 1997
Ottawa Knights, Mr. Leather Ottawa Hull Thank You, 1995
Ottawa Knights, Mr. Leather Ottawa Hull certificate, 1996
Ottawa Knights, Mr. Leather Ottawa Hull certificate, 1993
Community Health Network, Bowling Thank You, 1994
Utica Tri’s MC Thank You, 1993
AIDS Rochester Thank You, 1997
Utica Tri’s MC Thank You, 1995
Hartford Colts certificate, 1991
Ottawa Knights, Mr. Leather Ottawa Hull Thank You, 1994
United Cerebral Palsy Thank You, 1993
Community Health Network solicitation for donation, 1994
Community Health Network Thank You, 1993
Open Arms Metropolitan Community Church Thank You, 1993
UR Names Project, AIDS Memorial Quilt, Thank You, 1994
AIDS Rochester, Thank You, 1993
International S/M Leather Fetish Celebration Thank You, 1994
Ottawa Knights, Mr. Leather Ottawa Hull Thank You, 1995
PFLAG Thank You, 1994
Bijou Video Award, date unknown
Rochester Rangers certificate, 1997
Arc of Monroe County Thank You, 1995
West Irondequoit School Dist. Thank You, 1994
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAGV Records Surveyed, 2/14/2014, Box DCL003,  Combined with DCL 2

Box Title: “DCL003”

Contact:
GAGV

Types of Records:
GAGV T-Shirts

Scope: 2007?

Contents in Original Order:

Loose:
One Body Take Care T-Shirt and Postcard
GAGAV Youth “I Have The Right” T-Shirt (Lilac – 3)
GAGV Youth T-Shirt 2007
Day of Silence T-Shirt (Black – 2)
Day of Silence T-Shirt (Red)