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Nombre y localización del repositorio
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Colección
Título
Kevin M. Bailey Collection
Fecha(s)
- 1976-1990 (Creación)
Extensión
1 box
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Kevin Bailey started out as a Chemistry major at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in the mid-1980s. He was elected secretary of Gay Student Services (GSS) in 1984 and later became the organization’s historian and archivist. In the late 1980s, Kevin took some time off from school to work and travel, returning to complete his MIS degree in 1993. After the 1976 GSS lawsuit for campus recognition bounced through the courts and the District Court’s pro-TAMU decision was overturned, the case in August 1984 was bound for the Supreme Court. In the wake of the Appeals Court’s decision to overturn the District Court’s ruling, Bailey, and newly elected GSS president, Marco Roberts, mobilized a publicity campaign for the organization. GSS had grown and matured by the mid-eighties with most of its founding members graduated. Internal tensions and personality conflicts were rife in the GSS during this time.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
This collection covers A&M Gay Student Services (GSS), Gayline, GSS Roommate Locator Service, and campus attitudes toward homosexuality and the LGBT community at the university before and after A&M officially recognized GSS as a campus organization.
Some material dates back to 1976, while other documents go as late as 1990. The bulk of the contents are from 1983-1986, being the period when the GSS lawsuit for recognition was ongoing to when litigation ended in July 1985, giving GSS official recognition. Media coverage over the issue of gay and lesbian students at A&M heated up in the fall of 1984 as GSS awaited a new court ruling. Most of the collection is local, given its subject, but also included are regional LGBT news and national entertainment news regarding LGBT persons.
Sistema de arreglo
The majority of this collection is organized thematically.
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
Acceso físico
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
Acceso técnico
Condiciones
Idiomas del material
- inglés
Escritura(s) de los documentos
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
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Fuentes
Nota del archivista
Finding Aid Authors: Hillary Anderson, Fall 2014.
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Texas A & M University (Materia)