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Archive activism : a memoir of a "uniquely nasty" journey / Charles Francis.

"Archive Activism is a memoir of activism rooted in a new way to converse with history by rescuing it. Archive activists discover documents and other important materials often classified, "gone missing," or sealed that somehow escaped the fireplace or shredder. It is an approach to LG...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Francis, Charles C., 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Francis, Charles C., > 1951- > Political activity.
Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. > History.
Mattachine Society of Washington
Archivists > United States > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Sexual minorities > Archives > Political aspects > United States.
Homophobia > United States.
Archivists
Homophobia
Political activists
Political participation
United States
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Uniquely Nasty?
  • Big D and Me
  • TVTV to USC
  • Chase Manhattan Rockefeller
  • Kings Can Never Be Wrong
  • Teach It Flat or Teach It Round
  • The Governor Meets with the Gays
  • Kameny's Attic
  • Archive Activism: Recovering LGBTQ History
  • Lilli Vincenz, Leibenkuntzler
  • "Negroes," "Agitators," and "Racial Perverts"
  • Counsel for the "Preverts" vs. Waco's John Dowdy
  • Presidential Libraries: Theirs or Ours?
  • Ex-Ex in Paris
  • Asylum Seekers
  • A Queer American Spy Story
  • International Inspirations
  • Remember
  • In Buffalo Bill's Cody: Traveling While Gay
  • At Hoover's Grave
  • "What Day's Today?"
  • The Unclassified Principles of Archive Activism.

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