This collection consisted of papers from Tucson resident, Brian
Bateman. These include workshops and administrative documents from the Arizona Human
Rights Fund, newspaper articles and clippings spanning from 1983 to 2004, information
and ephemera on the Jim Toevs congressional campaign in 1991, materials from the Be True
to Yourself Film Campaign in 1991, and a report on diversity and queer presence at the U
of A (circa 1990). This collection is part of the Arizona Queer Archives (AQA), a
community focused archive through the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of
Arizona. It was transferred to Special Collections in 2020.
Collection Number:
MS 758
Language:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
These papers were compiled by Brain Bateman, who has been a donor and member of numerous
LGBTQ organizations. This collection contains is information and ephemera on Jim Toevs.
Toevs is an openly gay man who ran for Arizona's 5th congressional district, and lost to
republican incumbant Jim Kolbe.
Scope and Content Note
This collection is comprised of papers collected by Brian Bateman related to the Arizona
Human Rights Fund (AHRH), an organization dedicated to protecting LGBTQ people in
Arizona. In addition, this collection has materials describing a queer film campaign
from 1991 titled Be True To Yourself, and a photocopied slide show on Arizona Queer
Archive' Community Box Project. This collection is part of the Arizona Queer Archives
(AQA), a community focused archive through the Institute for LGBT Studies at the
University of Arizona. It was transferred to Special Collections in 2020.
Organization
This collection is organized alphabetically by topic.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from theowner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
or she is an owner of copyright.
Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Toevs, Jim
Corporate Name(s)
Arizona Human Rights Fund
Arizona Queer Archives. Institute of LGBT
Studies. University of Arizona
