John Altieri papers
Health – Civic, Political, Communirty Studies
Paper Files – Sheets
HIV/AIDS reference and resources for Rochester community; news and scientific journal coverage of HIV/AIDS; project information on MSM Project; t-shirts from various events and organizations; other reference on gay community; 1973-2007 HIV/AIDS reference and resources for Rochester community; HIV/AIDS reference and resources from organizations outside of Rochester; poster and programs from various events and organizations; other reference on gay community; 1984–2014
Anti-Violence Programs – Gay Alliance –
Health – Civic, Political, Communirty Studies
Paper Files – Sheets
This is an advocacy program of the Gay Alliance to provide support for LGBTQ victims of domestic violence, spousal abuse, harassment in the workplace, and violent assaults.
The anti-Violence Program archives consists of planning sessions for educational workshops on domestic violence, advocacy strategies, logs of hot.
Backstreets Photo Collection
Gender and Sexuality
Photographic Prints – Color – Polaroids
111 photographs depicting a range of drag performers who appeared at
Backstreets, a popular venue in the 1980s.
Pam Barres Collection, 1991-1998 –
Gender and Sexuality
Paper Volumes
1) Transgender newsletters from groups outside of Rochester
Journal of the Boulton & Park Society issues, The EON Accord, issues
Paper Files
2) Same-Sex Couple Adoption in Monroe County, New York, 1993-1996
Pat Cloonan Collection
Civic, Political, Communirty Studies
Paper Volumes
1) Let Freedom Ring,
2) gay games and
Paper File – sheets
3) gay rights papers
Sue Cowell Collection –
Health – Civic, Political, Communirty Studies
Electronic Digital – Files – sheets – leaves
Sue Cowell was a mover and shaker. Her curriculum vitae reads as a
Who’s Who in Rochester. Beginning as a nurse practitioner at U of R she
worked to open the first AIDS Clinic at St. Mary’s, founded AIDs Rochester,
served on the Rochester Area Task Force On AIDS. She was a political
activist who organized and ran Tim Mains’ first and subsequent campaigns,
worked on Louise Slaughter’s Campaign, was a delegate to the 1996 and 2000
Democratic conventions, founding member of ESPA in Upstate NY, and served
as president of the Gay Alliance Board and as Executive Director.
Crossdresser/Transvestite Newsletters
Gender and Sexuality, Communications and Linguistics, Humanities Education,
Cultural Studies
Paper Volumes
10 years of Newsletters from the Crossdresser Rochester Community
David Emert and Jon Templin Collection
Cultural Studies
Paper Files
Ephemera
1) Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus programs and posters
2) ImageOut festival Programs,
3) pin Collection, Names Project booklet,
4) Pink Flamingos and Purple Hearts Conference Program
Empty Closet Photograph Collection
Communication and Linguistics, Humanities Education, Cultural Studies,
Civic, Political, Community Studies
Photographic Prints – B&W
3386 paper newspaper photographs from the years 1974 – 2004 from the archives
of the Empty Closet (EC), published by the Gay Alliance since 1974:
Green Thursday Tapes 1972 – 1974 Radio program on WCMF –
Communication and Linguistics, Humanities Education
Sound Discs
Bruce Jewel hosted Lesbian Nation and Green Thursday – midnight – 1pm
The first radio program on a commercial station in the United States geared
exclusively to the LGBT community.
Joan Guiffre Collection, 1977-2000
Gender and Sexuality, Literary Humanities
Paper Volumes
Video Cassete and Discs
1) Black Rose Productions – plays on LGBT issues – cultural
2) Lesbian business, GAGV, and gay community organization materials
3) “Women’s Year Conference in Houston, 1977” –
sociology – women’s studies
Helping People With AIDS – HPA
Health Civic, Political, community Studies
Paper Files
Meeting Agendas and minutes
Grass roots organization to raise money for PWAs, AIDS Rochester, and CHN
Kevin Indovino –
Gender and Sexuality, Humanities education, Cultural Studies, Health
Civic, Political, Community Studies
Paper Files and Volumes
AIDS Remembrance Garden Collection, 1990-2004
Portfolio 1 – AIDS Remembrance Garden oversized planning drawings and layout;
additional oversized ephemera; c. 1992-1999
Box – AIDS Remembrance Garden administrative information, legal/tax documents,
Book of Life information, correspondence, programs, news clippings, drawings,
photographs, and related ephemera; c. 1990-2004
- Kasprzyk AKA Nancy Ann Howes Collection
Gender and Sexuality,
Paper Files, Volumes
Photographic Scrapbooks and Binders
1) Rochester CD (Crossdresser) Network
Scrapbooks, accessories, pictures of women
Paper Volumes
2) 10 years of Newsletters
Lambda Amateur Radio Club
Communication and Linguistics, Humanities education, Cultural Studies
Paper Files
The Lambda Amateur Radio Club (LARC,) established in 1984, was the first international organization for GLBT amateur radio operators. The Lambda Amateur Radio Club (LARC) is an international, non-profit organization of amateur radio operators (hams), short wave radio listeners, and persons interested in amateur radio,electronics and computers most of whom are members of sexual minorities.
Magazine Serial collections –
All Themes
Paper Volumes
Advocate
Out etc
Anthony Mascioli Collection – at Brockport
Literary Humanities, Cultural Studies
Paper Files
Anthony Mascioli was born in Rochester, NY and moved to New York City and
with his cousin Robert DeBenedictus opened the Wall Street Sauna and the
West Side Sauna. His entrepreneurial spirit encouraged and supported many
people to reach for the stars and to never give up.
Norris “Bud” Minard –
Cultural Studies
Paper Files
Personal memories, memorabilia of gay community events, news clippings, correspondence, and notes. Bud supported the musical duo – Jason & DeMarco. Getting them to come to Rochester often. Jason and deMarco met in 2001 in Hollywood, California. Before launching their duo act, deMarco was a lead in the international touring company of the musical “California Dream Men” and Jason was a Christian artist in mainline traditional Gospel groups, and then as a solo artist touring mostly through Metropolitan Community Church, gay-accepting churches. The duo released their first album together, The Spirit of Christmas, in 2002 followed by 2003’s Songs for the Spirit. In 2004, they appeared on the cover of The Advocate magazine with their new album Spirit Pop.
Miss Gay Rochester Pageant Video Tapes
Gender and Sexuality
Video Cassette and Disc
30 videotapes documenting thirty years of “Miss Gay Rochester,” an annual pageant that for many years was a key social event within the community and which also document most of the region’s drag performers in the modern era.
Karen Monast collection –
Civic, Political, Community Studies
Paper Files
Ephemera
1993 March on Washington and marriage equality materials.
Clothing, pins, memorabilia, photographs of 1993 March on Washington; clothing,
pins, stickers, photographs on Marriage Equality New York and GAGV. Also three
books. c. 1990-2014
John Noble Collection
Gender and Sexuality, Civic, Political, Community Studies, Cultural Studies
Paper Files, Sheets, and Volumes
Documents the CETA controversy, Dignity-Integrity history, founding member of
The Empire Bears, a variety of gay newsletters, and a collection of periodicals
including the Advocate, Body Politic, New York Native, etc.
NYS Lesbian and Gay Lobby
Rochester Gay Task Force
Rochester Lesbian and Political Caucus
Serial collections – Gay community News (Boston), The Native (biweekly NYCity)
Pat & Karen to Kathleen Moleski – 19th century views of sexuality
Civic, Political, Community Studies
Paper Sheets and files
Sonnets to Duse and other poems, Black is … .Black Ain’t Biography of
Marion Piggs, The Black List, Boston Marriage and Cultural news, Rainbow
confusion’s The Out List, Queers in history, Notable Lesbians of All Color list
Tom Privitere Papers – Political
Humanities Education, Civic, Political, Community Studies
Paper Files and Sheets
Pride At Work, Domestic partnership papers, GLSEN, Rainbow Democrats, One
Nation Rally, Equality Leadership Conference, ESPA papers.
Kathie Reilly papers sociology – women’s studies
Gender and Sexuality, Civic, Political, Community Studies
Paper Files and Sheets
Photographic Prints
Topfree materials [legal documents, news articles, newspapers, newsletters, notes, photographs, handouts, flyers, other reference]; C.L.A.W. (Challenging Laws and Attitudes against Women) materials [brochures, letters, membership information, publicity, reference]; 1984-1991
Rochester Area Task Force On AIDS – Political – Health
Health, Cicic, Political, Community Studies
Paper Files and Sheets
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 records at Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency as well.
Rochester Custom Leathers
Communication and Linguistics
Ephemera
Began the multi-com internet connection for gay men. Chaz Antonelli, webmaster
Rainbow SAGE
Gender and Sexuality, Civic, Political, Community Studies, Cultural Studies
Paper Files and sheets
Photographic Prints – B&W and Color
SAGE Rochester, a program of the Gay Alliance, is a voice for Rochester’s older
gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer, and intersex adults.
SAGE Archives consit of scrapbooks, organizational records, event flyers
Tim Sally – Politics
Gender and Sexuality, Humanities Education, Cultural Studies
Civic, Political Community Studies,
Paper Volumes and Sheets
1) Campaign materials for Tim O. Mains,
2) Pamphlets for gay rights organizations and projects,
3) 1978-1984, AIDS proclamations, info and events 1983-1984,
4) Diversity and Inclusion papers 2008 :
Shoulders to Stand On – Documentary
All Humanity’s Themes
Paper Files and Sheets
Meeting Agendas and Minutes,
Fundraising Activities,
Filming dates
Interviewees
Rev. Walter Szymanski –
Humanities Education, Cultural Studies
Paper Files and Sheets
Correspondence to begin his ministry to members of the Episcopal and
Catholic churches who were aslso gay Dignity – Integrity Rochester related
Papers 1977 – 1983 Dignity/Integrity was chartered in 1975. The Rochester
Chapter of D/I Is the only chapter which is both Episcopal and Catholic.
Anne Tischer and Bess Watts – Social Science
Gender and Sexuality, Humaities Education, Civic, Political, Community Studies
Paper Files
Photographic Prints – Color
Marriage Equality Collection
Organization material for MENY, posters signs, pins, pictures, stickers
Gay rights issues and resources, 1984-2013 [4″ expandable folder, contains news
articles, publications, resource information, meeting minutes, annotations]; interior
folders include: chronological files, 2010-2013 Pride At Work papers, Family Portrait
Storytelling Project photos
Video collections –
All Humanity’s Themes
Video cassette and Disc
Gay Alliance – commercial and local documentary videos
Outlandish
ImageOut
Whitey LeBlanc –
Civic, Political, Community Studies Cultural Studies
Paper files and Sheets
Notes and planning information for GAGV Community Picnics in Monroe County,
- 1974-1980.
Youth Group – Gay Alliance
Civic, Political, Community Studies Cultural Studies
Paper files and Sheets
The Gay Alliance Youth Program is dedicated to empowering LGBTQ youths, ages
13-20, to reach their fullest potential by providing a safe environment in which to
explore their identity, learn important life skills and to develop and practice
leadership skills.
Youth program archives consist of Agendas and Minutes of their leadership team,
planning for events, such as the Day Of Silence and Coming Out Day.