CONFERENCE OF GAY/LESBIAN ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Conference of Gay/Lesbian Elected and Appointed Officials, Candidates, Prospective Candidates, and Campaign Workers (3rd : 1987 : Minneapolis, Minn.), creator.
Title:Conference records.
Dates:1987.
Abstract:Records and audio-taped proceedings from a nonpartisan conference focusing on the mutual concerns and experiences of lesbian and gay elected and appointed officials, candidates, potential candidates, and campaign workers.
Quantity:0.1 cubic feet (1 box), 1 master audio file: WAV (1.1 GB), and 1 user audio file: MP3 (226 MB).
Location:P2399

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Orientation materials, press releases, news clippings, notes, audio-taped proceedings, and other materials from a nonpartisan conference focusing on the mutual concerns and experiences of lesbian and gay elected and appointed officials, candidates, potential candidates, and campaign workers.


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Conference of Gay/Lesbian Elected and Appointed Officials, Candidates, Prospective Candidates, and Campaign Workers (3rd : 1987 : Minneapolis, Minn.) Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 15,584

Location of Master File:

Digital master of the audiocassettes are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.

The original audiocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into a single wav file.

Processing Information:

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Processed by: Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, June 2000

Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, May 16, 2023, and Aubrey Mullenix, March 2025.

Digital audio transferred from the master audiocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (May 2023).

Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 990017364700104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
P23991Orientation materials, press releases and news clippings, notes, and other materials, 1987.
Orientation materials, press releases and news clippings, notes, and other materials, 1987. Digital version
Location
InternetTaped proceedings, November 20-22, 1987. 1 master audio file (3 hours, 57 minutes): WAV (1.1 GB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (226 MB).
0:00:00-1:03:00 Tape 1
1:03:00-2:01:38 Tape 2
2:01:38-3:57:17 Tape 3, recording ends abruptly
Note: Low recording volume, difficult to hear all of the speakers.
Taped proceedings, November 22 to 22, 1987 Digital audio
Taped proceedings, tape 1 notes, November 20-22, 1987 Notes on container (tape 1)
Taped proceedings, tape 2 notes, November 20-22, 1987 Notes on container (tape 2)
Taped proceedings, tape 3 notes, November 20-22, 1987 Notes on container (tape 3)

Expand/CollapseRELATED MATERIALS

Additional records from the 3rd annual conference and from conferences held in previous and subsequent years may be found in the Brian J. Coyle papers, separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Homosexuality -- Law and legislation.
Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Gay liberation movement.
Gay rights.
Gay politicians -- Minnesota.
Gay politicians -- Great Britain.
Persons:
Coyle, Brian J., 1944-1991.
Places:
Minnesota -- Politics and government.
Document Types:
Sound recordings.

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