LGBTQ+ people
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Aleshia Brevard Collection
Merle Franklin LGBTQ T-Shirt Collection
Eli Givens Social Activism Collection
James R. Hawk and Robert Anthony Teal Collection
This small collection is comprised of objects and photographs assembled by James R. Hawk and Robert Anthony Teal from their participation in the March on Washington on April 25, 1993. On that day hundreds of thousands of gay and lesbian Americans and their supporters rallied in the capital to celebrate the right to be homosexual and to demand freedom from discrimination.
Tina Louise Hummer Papers
The Tina Louise Hummer Papers contain 19 scrapbooks that document drag performance and pageantry across the Southern and Midwestern United States from the 1970s to the 2000s. Drag performer Tina Louise created and maintained these scrapbooks throughout her career, which began in Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1970s.
The 19 scrapbooks are arranged in chronological order in Paige boxes.
MAT Trotter LGBTQ T-Shirt Collection
The MAT Trotter LGBTQ T-Shirt Collection contains shirts from gay pride events and AIDS fundraisers, mostly from the Nashville, Tennessee area.
Michael McAlister LGBTQ Ephemera Collection
Charlotte Frances McLeod Collection
The Charlotte Frances McLeod Collection, spanning 1954-55, consists of items related to the life of transgender woman Charlotte Frances McLeod (February 26, 1925 - September 16, 2007), who was born in Nashville and became the second North American to undergo gender reassignment surgery in Denmark.
Middle Tennessee LGBTQ Collection
The Middle Tennessee LGBTQ Collection, 1977-2023, consists of artifacts, paper documents, publications, and photographs collected at local events or purchased by Sarah Calise, LGBTQ historian and founder of Nashville Queer History, or items purchased by Vanderbilt Special Collections and University Archives.
Nashville Lambda Communications Collection
The Nashville Lambda Communications Collection, 1985-1998, consists mostly of audiovisual materials produced and/or distributed by the organization on a public access channel in Nashville, Tennessee.
George Marion O’Donnell Papers
The George Marion O'Donnell Papers, 1870-1983, consist of the writings, correspondence, and other materials of writer George Marion O'Donnell, 1914-1962.
Jerry Peek and Joe Heatherly Digital Papers
RFD Magazine Collection
The RFD Magazine Collection is an incomplete archive of the journal with our first issue being Spring 1975 and our most recent being Winter 2016. The collection is arranged chronologically into five series: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
Ron Sanford Papers
Photographs, costumes, hair wigs, documents, and other three-dimensional artifacts related to Ron Sanford's career and personal life involved with drag queen productions and pageants as well as living as an openly gay man in Nashville and other areas of the country.
Jackie Shane Memorabilia and Fan Works Collection
Southern LGBTQ Periodicals Collection
The Southern LGBTQ Periodicals Collection, 1977-1991, consists of newspapers, magazines and other regularly published titles in the Southern United States or periodicals featuring prominent stories of Southern places.
"The Tender Lovin' Country Sound of Wilma Burgess" (Decca Records), June 1968
About this Site
This site contains collection guides, or finding aids, to the archival collections held by Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives, the History of Medicine Collection, and the Scarritt Bennett Center. Finding aids describe the context, arrangement, and structure of archival materials, allowing users to identify and request materials relevant to their research.
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