Gay, Lesbian, Bixexual and Transgender Collections: Individuals
The Yale Puppeteers: Harry Burnett,
Forman Brown and Roddy Brandon.
Dan Bessie collection, box 1.
Bashert, Lisa Marshall
- Lisa Marshall Bashert Papers, 1971-2004
- 5 linear ft.
Lesbian feminist witch from Ypsilanti, Michigan. She was involved in various causes and local organizations, especially relating to gay-lesbian activism in Michigan. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a life-partner of Beth Bashert.
The Bashert collection consists almost entirely of her journals which are a combination of diaries, musings and other personal reflections about such topics as her sexuality, her personal relationship, and her involvement in feminist, lesbian, and pagan organizations.
Restricted access
Bashert, Beth
- Beth Bashert Papers, 1988-2003
- 1 linear ft.
Local activist, identified with gay-lesbian issues in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Outspoken advocate for civil rights. As a campaign organizer, she has impacted local elections in Ypsilanti and other Michigan cities.
Organizational materials and topical files pertaining to her political and advocacy activities in Ypsilanti and at the state level.
Bessie, Dan
- Dan Bessie collection, 1910s-1990s
- 0.8 linear ft.and 1 oversize folder; Photographs: 0.1 linear ft.; Posters: 1 oversize folder.
Collected materials relating to his uncle Leo Burnett, an advertising executive, and to his uncle Harry Burnett, who with Forman Brown and Roddy Brandon were the three openly gay partners forming the Yale Puppeteers and who operated the Turnabout Theater in Hollywood.
Published material relating to Leo Burnett and his agency; diary with scattered entries of Forman Brown, 1985-1989; miscellanea regarding the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theater.
Photographs relating to the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theater; include photo of Albert Einstein holding a puppet with his likeness; also portrait of Forman G. Brown and snapshots of childhood activities, ca. 1907, of Harry and Leo Burnett family of Ann Arbor and Saint Johns, Mich.
Brown, Forman G.
- Forman G. Brown scrapbook, 1918-1920
- 1 scrapbook.
Student at the University of Michigan, later song-writer and one of the three Yale Puppeteers.
Scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, and other memorabilia relating to student life. Some clippings of the University of Michigan Puppeteers.
Contemporary History Project (The New Left in Ann Arbor, Mich.)
- Contemporary History Project (The New Left in Ann Arbor, Mich.) transcripts of oral interviews, 1978-1979
- 1 linear ft.
Interviews with individuals involved with the political and social protests of the 1950s and 1960s, in Ann Arbor, Michigan; include discussion of civil rights demonstrations, draft resistance and other opposition to the Vietnam War, feminism and the equal rights movement, alternative lifestyles, gay rights, the drug culture, student rights, and the influence of rock and roll music.
Interviews discussing gay rights include the following:
Degrieck, Jerry (interview 44)
Oglesby, Beth (interview 19)
Raulet, Nail (interview 27)
Rubin, Gayle (interview 22)
Wechster, Nancy (interview 13)
Finding aid in library.Restricted access.
Covey, Craig
- Craig Covey Papers, 1987-2001
- 0.3 linear ft.
Gay rights activist of Ferndale, Michigan.
Files relating to his involvement with AIDS prevention and gay rights; include minutes of the board and other materials of the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project, 1988-2001; files accumulated from his work with the Michigan Organization for Human Rights; and miscellanea relating to his campaign for Ferndale City Council in 1995.
James Dressel was a Republican member
of the Michigan House of Representatives
who sponsored gay rights legislation.
James Dressel Papers, box 1.
Dressel, James K.
- James K. Dressel Papers, ca 1952-1992
- 0.2 linear ft., 1 outsize v. and 1 outsize folder.
Resident of Grand Haven and Holland, Mich.; U.S. Air Force pilot in Vietnam; Republican member of the Mich. House of Representatives, 1979-1984; advocate of civil rights protection for gays, sponsor of gay rights legislation.
Biographical and campaign material, scattered correspondence, and photographs relating to Dressel's career; also scrapbook compiled by Mary Lodge and R. Cole Bouck relating to his career.
Duty, Charles L.
- Charles L. Duty Papers, 1997-2000
- .75 linear ft.
Gay activist from Ypsilanti, Michigan, who helped lead the fight for Ypsilanti's anti-discrimination ordinance.
Correspondence and agenda and meeting minutes of Ypsilanti city council and other city agencies at which anti-discrimination ordinance was debated; newspaper clippings; and papers of Citizens for Community, a lesbian-gay-bisexual activist group.
Edwards, Billie Louise
- Billie Louise Edwards Papers, 1981-1993
- 1.5 linear ft.
Feminist, activist, lesbian, motorcyclist, co-parent, Metropolitan Community Church preacher, and clinical psychologist. Also co-director of the University of Michigan Lesbian-Gay Male Programs Office (LGMPO) from 1987 to 1993.
Educational materials and writings, training materials and correspondence from the LGMPO, audio cassettes from her ministry, and a photographic portrait.
Ellis, Ruth
- Ruth Ellis Papers, 1899-2000
- 3 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder.
African American lesbian.
Biographical information, awards and citations, articles and clippings about her. Portraits of Ellis and family members; photographs of family events, friends and acquaintances, and everyday activities; photograph of Ellis at printing press.
Heaton, Paul C.
- Paul C. Heaton Papers, 1997-2001
- 1 linear ft.
Co-chair of the Ypsilanti Campaign for Equality and the Traverse City Campaign Against Discrimination, organizations fighting for gay rights in reference to human rights ordinances in their respective cities.
Correspondence, political documents, flyers and published articles documenting the efforts of these two organizations. Also general information about the campaigns in Ypsilanti and Traverse City.
Kolb, Chris
- Chris Kolb Papers, 1997-2006
- 1 linear ft.
Democratic State Representative for the Michigan House of Representatives representing the 53rd district (Ann Arbor and Pittsfield Township), from January 2001 to January 2007.
Legislative files mainly relating to gay issues, including gay marriage and hate crime legislation.
Russell, Kathleen
- Kathleen Russell Papers, 1997-2006
- 0.75 linear ft.
Member of the faculty at Eastern Michigan University; active member of the Ypsilanti Campaign for Equality, an organization formed in support of a non-discrimination ordinance.
Files relating to the Ypsilanti Campaign for Equality and to her work with the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender community at Eastern Michigan University; also CD-ROM of the EMU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Resource Center web site; videotapes relating to the non-discrimination ordinance.
Serra, Rudy
- Rudy Serra Papers, 1991-2002
- 1 linear ft.
Ferndale, Michigan attorney, later judge with the 36th District Court in Detroit.
Files pertaining to his involvement in the revision of Ferndale city ordinances to include a person's sexual orientation for civil rights protection; files relating to a Ypsilanti, Michigan ballot proposal that would have nullified previously enacted city ordinances protecting civil rights of gays and lesbians, 2002; also videotape (VHS) of Serra's presentation at a council meeting.
Sivil, Daniel R.
- Daniel R. Sivil Papers, 1940-1993
- 0.5 linear ft.
Active in the gay and lesbian civil rights and advocacy movement of the 1980s. Founding member of the Michigan Organization for Human Rights and president of the Association of Suburban People, a gay-lesbian organization devoted to social and political activity.
Files relating to organizational and advocacy efforts; correspondence with Henry Messer and other activists; and photographs.
Toy, James W.
- James W. Toy Papers, 1963-1995
- 20.3 linear ft., ca. 50 photographs and 1 oversize folder.
Activist on behalf of gay-lesbian rights, founder and co-head of the Human Sexuality Office of the University of Michigan.
Personal papers.
Records of the university office (originally named Human Sexuality Office, then Lesbian-Gay Male Programs Office, and later Lesbian-Gay Male-Bisexual Programs Office) where he worked for twenty-three years.
Photographs of gay pride and other gay rights demonstrations in Ann Arbor, Michigan; also informal photos of Toy.
Tsang, Daniel
- Daniel Tsang papers, 1970-1978
- 2 linear ft.
Student at the University of Michigan, member of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO). Supporter of gay rights and gay life at the University of Michigan.
Topical files, printed material, and flyers largely concerning the organization and strike of the GEO in 1975; also papers relating to affirmative action and problems of homosexual University students, including the movement to include sexual preference in the non discrimination clauses of the GEO contract.
Finding aid in the library.