Dallas Gay News, Issue 85, Friday, April 20, 1984 (open access)

Dallas Gay News, Issue 85, Friday, April 20, 1984

Weekly newspaper containing news, events, and advertisements of interest to the gay community of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. This issue features a photograph of Phil Johnson on the cover, advertising the Gay Archives at the Community Center on Cedar Springs in Dallas.
Date: April 20, 1984
Creator: The Oak Lawn Voice
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to Phil Johnson - October 4, 1994] (open access)

[Letter to Phil Johnson - October 4, 1994]

Letter from the Foundation for Human Understanding (AIDS Resource Center) to Phil Johnson announcing the opening of the Phil Johnson Archives and Research Library at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center.
Date: October 4, 1994
Creator: Schield, Jamie; Estes, Karen & Thomas, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Phil Johnson to Circle of Friends board members] (open access)

[Letter from Phil Johnson to Circle of Friends board members]

Letter from Phil Johnson on Circle of Friends letterhead, written to board members. It includes a brief description and history of the organization and a proposed change to the organizational documents to change the title from "By-Laws" to "Bi-Laws."
Date: [1965..1974]
Creator: Johnson, Phil
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Pamphlet: Let Us Build a Cathedral] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Let Us Build a Cathedral]

Brochure for a campaign to build a new Cathedral of Hope church.
Date: [1996..1998]
Creator: Cathedral of Hope
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Members of the Dallas Gay Alliance]

Portrait of members and friends of the Dallas Gay Alliance posing together in front of a gray studio backdrop. Identified from left to right: (front row) Bill Nelson, Linda Mitchell, and Terry Tebedo; (back row) Joe Desmond, Keith Snow, Ken Flanagan, Tony Anthony, William Waybourn, and Craig Spaulding.
Date: [1983..1987]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Campaign Advertisement for Bill Nelson] (open access)

[Campaign Advertisement for Bill Nelson]

Campaign brochure for Bill Nelson when he ran for City Council in Dallas. The text gives an overview about Nelson's view on several issues including zoning, crime, neighborhood code enforcement, and the homeless.
Date: [1985..1987]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from William Waybourn and Dallas Gay Alliance] (open access)

[Letter from William Waybourn and Dallas Gay Alliance]

Letter from William Waybourn to members of the Dallas Gay Alliance responding to critical remarks made by Don Baker.
Date: May 5, 1988
Creator: Dallas Gay Alliance
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Phil Johnson Press Release - April 23, 1984] (open access)

[Phil Johnson Press Release - April 23, 1984]

Press release announcing items that will be on display at the Community Center Gay Research Library. It specifically mentions the Lambda symbol acquired from the Gay Activists Alliance in New York.
Date: April 23, 1984
Creator: Johnson, Phil
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Protest Against Judge Jack Hampton]

Photograph of a group of people on a street corner, holding signs at a Judge Jack Hampton protest in 1994. Employees and volunteers of the AIDS Resource Center are part of the protest. The protesters include Karen Estes, Jamie Schield, Craig Hess, Deb Elder and Charles Domingues. A parking lot and Luby's Cafeteria are visible in the background.
Date: 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[John Thomas and Rev. Michael Piazza]

Photograph of John Thomas (left), the first Executive Director of the AIDS Resource Center, and Rev. Michael Piazza (right), inside a room at the Cathedral of Hope. Thomas is seated and looking up at Piazza who is standing next to him; awhite board and pictures are on the wall behind them.
Date: [1996..1998]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Channel, Volume 2, Number 3, May 37, 1973 (open access)

The Channel, Volume 2, Number 3, May 37, 1973

Monthly newsletter of the Metropolitan Community Church of Dallas containing "news of the community, past, present and future, along with articles of spiritual uplift."
Date: May 27, 1973
Creator: Metropolitan Community Church of Dallas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
United for Equal Rights (open access)

United for Equal Rights

Brochure for the Dallas Gay Political Caucus discussing the organization's goals, leading office positions for the Caucus, and information about human rights abuses that affect the gay community. There is also a slip included to apply for membership or to make a charitable contribution.
Date: 1977~
Creator: Dallas Gay Political Caucus
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Product list for DBC Alternatives medications] (open access)

[Product list for DBC Alternatives medications]

List of alternative medicines offered by the Dallas Buyer's Club for those living with HIV/AIDS.
Date: [1991..1992]
Creator: Dallas Buyer's Club
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: High profile: William Waybourn] (open access)

[Clipping: High profile: William Waybourn]

A copy of a Dallas Morning News clipping about William Waybourn, who was a well-known political organizer in Dallas for the Dallas Gay Alliance - the article documents Waybourn's story of his career.
Date: April 4, 1993
Creator: Harris, Joyce Saenz
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Handwritten message to Don Baker] (open access)

[Handwritten message to Don Baker]

A fax cover sheet and an attached message from Mike Stewart to Don Baker containing information about what the Dallas Gay Alliance had accomplished.
Date: September 14, 2002
Creator: Stewart, Mike
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[John Thomas emails] (open access)

[John Thomas emails]

A series of emails between John Thomas and members of his friend circle as he was passing away in 1998.
Date: 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Craig Spaulding to Jean, December 1991] (open access)

[Letter from Craig Spaulding to Jean, December 1991]

A letter from Craig Spaulding to Jean about his life in a end-of-the-year letter.
Date: December 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Personal reflections on Dallas LGBTQIA+ community] (open access)

[Personal reflections on Dallas LGBTQIA+ community]

A typed document detailing an individual's personal reflections on the progress of the Dallas LGBTQIA+ community over the period of around eleven years.
Date: March 22, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[A war cry from the trenches: Gay Texas are fighting for their lives] (open access)

[A war cry from the trenches: Gay Texas are fighting for their lives]

A typed document which calls Dallas LGBTQIA+ community members to political action.
Date: [1991..1998]
Creator: Thomas, John
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Dallas Morning News letters to the editor] (open access)

[Dallas Morning News letters to the editor]

A letter to the Dallas Morning News editors from John Thomas, a typed, recurring column called "It crossed my desk and mind".
Date: [1991..1998]
Creator: Thomas, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Hugh B. Callaway to Representative Glen Maxey, c/o Mr. Timothy L. Brown, August 25, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Hugh B. Callaway to Representative Glen Maxey, c/o Mr. Timothy L. Brown, August 25, 1993]

A letter from Hugh B. Callaway, sent to Representative Glen Maxey in the care of Maxey's legislative assistant, Timothy L. Brown. Callaway thanks Maxey for his assistance in getting attention to a hate crime which had occurred to Callaway and one of Callaway's friends.
Date: August 25, 1993
Creator: Callaway, Hugh B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Perot says he opposes gay bias] (open access)

[Clipping: Perot says he opposes gay bias]

A Dallas Morning News clipping on Ross Perot making a statement on the LGBTQIA+ community and discrimination during his presidential campaign.
Date: July 9, 1992
Creator: Jackson, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Alternate delegate lauds talk of gays] (open access)

[Clipping: Alternate delegate lauds talk of gays]

Photocopy of a Dallas Morning News clipping about Marty Keller, a gay Republican politician at a Republican National Convention.
Date: August 21, 1992
Creator: Reifenberg, Anne
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Gay leaders give mixed reviews of Clinton] (open access)

[Clipping: Gay leaders give mixed reviews of Clinton]

An Austin American-Statesman newspaper clipping about local LGBTQIA+ voters discussing how they feel about Bill Clinton's new policies against the LGBTQIA+ military community while acknowledging that the LGBTQIA+ community exists.
Date: July 20, 1993
Creator: Smith, Rhonda M.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library