Brief Description: Memorial of Barbara Gittings (2007), contains a DVD recording of a Memorial Gathering Celebrating the Life of Barbara Gittings at the National Constitutional Center in Philadelphia, PA on April 28, 2007. Barbara Gittings (July 31, 1932 - February 18, 2007) was a prominent gay rights activist and the founder of the first ALA gay and lesbian caucus.
Held at:
The American Library Association Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: 217 333 0798
Fax: 217 244 2868
Email: ala-archives [at] library.illinois.edu
Record Series Number: 97/1/19
Created by: Gittings, Barbara (1932-2007)
Volume: 0.1 Cubic Feet
Acquired:
04/14/2008.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date
Biographical Note for Gittings, Barbara (1932-2007) : Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) was a prominent gay rights activist and the founder of the first ALA gay and lesbian caucus. From 1971 to 1986, Gittings acted as the coordinator of the American Library Association's Gay Task Force, creating gay bibliographies and topical reading lists [1].
Subject Index
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
Gay Liberation
Gittings, Barbara
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Related Materials:
The Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen Gay History Papers and Photographs, 1855-2009, can be found at the New York Public Library. For more information please see
http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6397.