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LGBT Community Center of New Orleans records

 Collection
Identifier: LaRC-1072

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the correspondence, executive board material, financial records, activity logs, and membership lists of the LGBT Community Center of New Orleans (formerly known as the Lesbian and Gay Community Center of New Orleans). The LGBT community center is a social, political, and support center for New Orleans' queer population which also has extended support to New Orleans' other minority populations.

Dates

  • 1992-2011

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Biographical / Historical

The New Orleans LGBT Community Center (formerly the New Orleans Lesbian and Gay Community Center) opened on December 12th, 1992 in the French Quarter. Operated almost exclusively by a small board of directors and a local volunteer base, the center offered social and cultural support to the gender and sexual minorities of the greater New Orleans area, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, religious views, economic status, physical ability, gender identification, or sexual orientation. The Center has offered numerous services, including an anonymous mailing list, phone and walk-in reception, and various networking groups, and it has organized many events, including Pride marches, film festivals, and galas. The staff of the LGBT Community Center also wrote and circulated a regular periodical called The Center Line.

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The collection consists of 6 boxes, divided into six separate series. The collection is 3 linear feet.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the LGBT Community Center of New Orleans. Date acquired: 03/09/2012.

Related Materials

Other collections donated by the LGBT Community Center include the Louisiana Lesbian and Gay Political Action Caucus (Manuscripts Collection 1073) and Skip Ward papers (Manuscripts Collection 1074).

Processing Information

Collection processed by intern Lauren Kwiatkowski in 2012. Finding aid released by Eira Tansey.

Author
Lauren Kwiatkowski
Date
07/03/2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Tulane University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Jones Hall Room 202
6801 Freret Street
New Orleans 70118 US