Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Tom and Tom Collection
Date(s)
- 1972-2000; Undated (Creation)
Extent
2 boxes
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection covers the GLBT community at Texas A&M University (TAMU), Brazos Valley, Texas, and US, from 1972 to 1990 (and one item from 2000). This time period includes the Gay Student Services’ (GSS) 1976 lawsuit to be recognized by TAMU and the subsequent litigation that ended in 1985 with GSS gaining official campus recognition. Local GLBT publications from the Brazos Valley from before and after GSS’ recognition are included. The National March for Gay/Lesbian Rights in Washington, D.C. in October 1979 is covered in this collection at the state and national levels. The collection also includes news coverage of the gay rights movement from around Texas and the US.
System of arrangement
The majority of this collection is organized alphabetically by the type and title of each document.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Physical access
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
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Notes element
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Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Hillary Anderson, June-July 2014.
Archivist's note
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