Arizona Queer Archives. Institute of LGBT Studies. University of Arizona;
Joseph, Miranda;
Wittig, Monique;
Seckinger, Beverly;
Kennedy, Elizabeth Lapovsky;
Stryker, Susan
Collection Name:
Institute of LGBT Studies
Inclusive Dates:
1993-2015
Physical Description:
4 linear feet
Abstract:
This collection contains administrative materials on the
founding of Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies at the University of Arizona beginning in
1993. The collection also includes the events and programming that the Committee for
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies put on from 1993 through 2015. In 2007, the Committee
was formally re-established as the Institute for LGBT Studies, and in 2023 was
re-established as the UA LGBTQ+ Institute. 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 827
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
This collection was donated by Jamie A. Lee and contains information on the founding
of the LGBTQ+ Institute, formerly known as first the Committee for
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies, and later the Institute for LGBT Studies. The
Committee was founded by Miranda Joseph, a former University of Arizona professor,
and Beverly Seckinger, a current University of Arizona professor. The Committee for
L/G/B Studies was aimed at establishing the University of Arizona's first department
focused on LGBT issues. The founders of the Committee organized campus-wide to
establish the department, studying departments that existed at other universities,
and working with faculty and staff to garner support.
Scope and Content Note
This collection includes grant applications, meeting notes and correspondences, and
official notes and records from the founding of what is now the Institute for LGBT
Studies. Also included are administrative and planning records from significant
events sponsored by or hosted by LGB Studies on campus and in Tucson, including
Lesbian Looks, the Mexican Masculinities Conference, Sex & Scholarship
Symposium, and the Sex, Race & Globalization Series. 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. This series includes papers on the organizing that happened by
University of Arizona professors and community members to develop an LGBT Studies
department, administrative files and both written and email correspondence, and
grants for the department. This subseries includes annual reports, executive
committee founding documents, budgets, and correspondence related to the founding of
LGBT Studies. This subseries includes research on other LGBT Studies departments and
curriculum development for courses for the department. This subseries includes
grants specific to the department's founding and sustainability. This series
includes programs put on by and hosted by the LGBT Studies Department from
1993-2015. Programming materials includes information on the Activist Collaboration
Project, Diversity Action Council, Lesbian Looks Movie & Film night, Mexican
Masculinities Conference, miscellaneous programming, the Sex & Scholarship
Symposium, and Sex, Race & Globalization Symposiums. This subseries includes
administrative files on the event This subseries includes administrative files on
Diversity Action Council as well as notes from their LGB Studies Speaker Series.
This subseries includes administrative materials and publicity on Lesbian Looks Film
& Video series. This subseries includes administrative and publicity materials,
as well as grants related to the conference. This subseries includes condensed files
and publicity from events put on by the department and Institute. This subseries
includes administrative materials and grants materials from the event. This
subseries includes administrative materials, grant applications and materials,
publicity and presenter papers from the event.
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
Subject(s)
Gay liberation movement -- Arizona
LGBTQ people
Lesbians
Sexual minorities -- Civil rights -- Arizona --
Tucson
Institute of LGBT Studies (MS 827). Special Collections, University of Arizona
Libraries
Processing History
Processed by Jules Baldino in 2023. 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.
This series includes papers on the organizing that happened by University of
Arizona professors and community members to develop an LGBT Studies
department, administrative files and both written and email correspondence,
and grants for the department.
This series includes programs put on by and hosted by the LGBT Studies
Department from 1993-2015. Programming materials includes information on the
Activist Collaboration Project, Diversity Action Council, Lesbian Looks
Movie & Film night, Mexican Masculinities Conference, miscellaneous
programming, the Sex & Scholarship Symposium, and Sex, Race &
Globalization Symposiums.
