Special Collections Research Center
Mattachine Society of Washington D.C. records
MS 00410
/repositories/2/resources/9941
2 Linear Feet
6 Full legal size Hollinger boxes and 2 oversize folders
1942-2020
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Charles Francis
Arrangement
The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. collection is arranged into three series: I. Correspondence, II. General Papers, III. Newspaper Clippings & posters. The collection is arranged alphabetically within each series and chronologically by date within the folders.
Preferred Citation
Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Content Description
Collection contains correspondence and organization documents related to the everyday activities of the Mattachine Society of Washington D.C. The Mattachine Society is an Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender, queer (LGBTQ) organization that seeks to conduct original archival research and educational outreach that focuses on LGBTQ legal, political, and policy history.
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
LGBT activism
LGBT History Month
Gay and lesbian studies
Gay and lesbian studies--United States--History
Gay rights
Gay rights--United States--History--20th century
Accession 2025.002: Correspondence, general papers and newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/6507871942-2020Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202671954-2015Correspondence to and from Lester C. Hunt & Loretta Lynch/repositories/2/archival_objects/620270201511Correspondence to and from E. Julber & W. Lambert/repositories/2/archival_objects/620271195412One Inc. Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202721954-201413General Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202681942-2020501(C)3 Approval/repositories/2/archival_objects/620273201314America's Promise of Reconciliation and Redemption U.S. Precedents of Official Acknowledgement & Apology/repositories/2/archival_objects/620274201515Amicus Brief in Obergefell v. Hodges (1 of 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/620275201516Amicus Brief in Obergefell v. Hodges (2 of 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/620276201517Arthur Vandenberg Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202771951-201218CA State Senator Pete Knight/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202781996-200419Charitable Solicitation Act Hearing and Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202791963-2017110Conversion Shock Therapy/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202801969111Copy of USCSC Chair Macy Letter/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202811966112"Cured" film - Library of Congress/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202822020113Denial of Pride Foundation's 501(c)3 Application/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202831974114Discrimination Against the Employment of Homosexuals/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202841963115Dr. Jerry Davison's 16mm Film on Conversion Therapy (2 USB)/repositories/2/archival_objects/620285116Employment Suitability Files (1 of 5)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202861970-1974117Employment Suitability Files (2 of 5)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202871962-1981118Employment Suitability Files (3 of 5)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202881970-1972219Employment Suitability Files (4 of 5)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202891967-1969220Employment Suitability Files (5 of 5)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202901962-1966221Ex-Gay Survivor Conference Magazine/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202912007222Farrall Instruments Behavior Modification and Teaching Devices/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202921973223FBI Investigation into Jon Castle aka Markanick/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202931952224FBI Investigations into Mattachine Society and One/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202941954-2014225Federal Employment of Homosexual American Citizens/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202951965226Gay Girls Riding Club (G.G.R.C) films/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202962017227Government Responses to Mattachine Society/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202971962-1967228Harper's Magazine/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202982014229History of USCSC Suitability Evaluation Program/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202991964230Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203001963-1964231Homosexuality: The Shattered Image/repositories/2/archival_objects/620301232Internal FBI Memos RE: Sex Deviates in Government Service/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203031950-1953333Investigation into David Axelrod/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203041951-1963334Investigations into E. Bocock, C. Borglin, M. Bloom, and S. Fraiser/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203051944-1973335Legal Advisory Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203061962-2015336Love In Action General Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203072005-2016337Love In Action Briefing Notes for Cong. Steve Cohen Chief of Staff Marilyn Dillihay/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203082005-2017338Love In Action - Garrard Conley's Workbook Excerpts/repositories/2/archival_objects/620309339Love In Action - John Smid Interview/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203102017340Love In Action - John Smid Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/620311341Love In Action - Research #3/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203121997-2017342Love In Action Steps Out Program Class Manual/repositories/2/archival_objects/620319443Mattachine - Background/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203202015444Mattachine News Stories/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203211987445National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) Research/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203221953-2017446National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) Pacific Resion Riverside LA Civil Case CD/repositories/2/archival_objects/620323447New York Times Article and Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203242014448Norman Mailer and One/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203251954-1955449Obergefell Animus Brief "Animus Amicus"/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203262015450Office of Personnel Management Apology/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203272015-2017451One Inc. Excerpts/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203281958-1963452One Inc. Minutes and Institute Reports/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203291954-1958453People Magazine/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203302015454OPM Apology to Franklin Kameny/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203312009455QED - Mattachine Articles "Archive Activism" "Vergangenheitsbewaltigung"/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203322017456Ray Cohn Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203331962457Retrospectives on One v. Olesen/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203411958-2014558St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203421958-2018559St. Elizabeth's - Research & Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203431942-2018560The Ladder: A Lesbian Review/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203441966561Thomas H. Tattersall Project & Research (I)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203451983562Thomas H. Tattersall Project & Research (II)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203461955563The Telling Proof of Animus - Arthur Vandenberg Jr./repositories/2/archival_objects/6203471953-2011564The Pernicious Myth of Conversion Therapy: How Love In Action Perpetrated a Fraud on America/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203482018565U.S. Civil Service Commission (USCSC) Re: Employment Ban /repositories/2/archival_objects/6203491950-2014566USCSC and Gay Americans: The Persecution, the Public Defamation Chronology by Charles Francis/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203502013667USCSC Internal Memos on Suitability/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203511964-2013668USCSC Investigation into Edwin M. Corbin/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203521973669USCSC Investigation into Robert K. Marshall/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203531954670USCSC Investigation into Warren D. Cheney/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203541953671USCSC Suitability and Conducting Special Interviews/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203551962-1968672USPS and One Inc./repositories/2/archival_objects/6203561954673USPS Investigations into LGBTQ Organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203571923-2013674USPS, Marcus Garvey, and the New Negro World/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203581925-1944675USPS - Research and FOIAs Postal Services/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203592013676Willi Vincenz CDs/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203601968-1970677William & Mary Mattachine Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203612014678Willis Carto (1 of 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203621958-1962679Willis Carto (2 of 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203631958-1962680Newspapers Clippings & Poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/6202691999-2018Peterson Toscano Poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/620364Small Collections Oversize Box 1181Newspaper Clippings (Spotlight, Blade, & Washington City paper)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6203651999-2018Small collections oversize box 1882Accession 2025.165 General papers, newsletters, and journals/repositories/2/archival_objects/650788General papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/650839