Checklist of the Exhibition

1969: The Year of Gay Liberation
The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Stokes Gallery (Third Floor)
June 1–June 30, 2009

Section 1. The Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis
Section 2. Stonewall
Section 3. Gay News
Section 4. Gay Liberation Front (GLF)
Section 5. Radicalesbians
Section 6. Street Transvestites Action Resistance (STAR)
Section 7. Gay Activists Alliance (GAA)
Section 8. Christopher Street Liberation Day 1970

Section 1. The Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis

Mattachine Society of New York. "Homosexuals Are Different . . ." Poster, 1960s.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Mattachine Society of New York Records.

Mattachine Society of New York. “Penalties for Sex Offenses in the United States — 1964.” 2 pages. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Mattachine Society of New York Records.

Mattachine Society of New York and the Daughters of Bilitis. Annual Reminder Day Committee. Second Annual Reminder Announcement, 1966. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Mattachine Society of New York Records.

Mattachine Society of New York. Announcement for the 1965 ECHO Conference, “The Homosexual in the Great Society.” Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Mattachine Society of New York Records.

Mattachine Society of New York. 1965 ECHO Conference schedule. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Mattachine Society of New York Records.

Kay Tobin Lahusen, left, speaking to Jack Nichols at the 1965 ECHO Conference. Color photograph by an unknown photographer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Jack Nichols Papers.

Barbara Gittings. Handwritten notes, 1990s, on a copy of a photograph taken at the 1965 ECHO Conference.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Martin B. Duberman Papers.

Mattachine Society of New York. “New York Police Promise to End Entrapment,” 1966. Press release.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Mattachine Society of New York Records.

Mattachine Society of New York. “Homosexuals Challenge SLA [State Liquor Authority],” 1966. Press release.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Mattachine Society of New York Records.

Daughters of Bilitis. The Ladder, vol. 13, nos. 7 and 8 (April–May 1969). Magazine.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Daughters of Bilitis. The Ladder, vol. 13, nos. 9 and 10 (June–July 1969). Magazine.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Daughters of Bilitis. The Ladder, vol. 13, nos. 11 and 12 (August–September 1969). Magazine.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Daughters of Bilitis. The Ladder, vol. 14, nos. 1 and 2 (October–November 1969). Magazine.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Section 2. Stonewall

Mixed crowd outside the Stonewall Inn, 1969. Photograph by Fred McDarrah.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Tommy Lanigan Schmidt. "Mother Stonewall and the Golden Rats," 1992. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Martin B. Duberman Papers.

Stonewall Inn, 1969. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582252

Mattachine Society of New York. "Where Were You During the Christopher Street Riots," 1969. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Mattachine Society of New York Records.

Section 3. Gay News

GAY, vol. 1, no. 10 (April 13, 1970). Newspaper.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Gay Power, vol. 1, no. 1 (1969). Newspaper.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Gay Power, vol. 1, no. 2 (1969). Newspaper.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Gay Power, vol. 1, no. 6 (1969). Newspaper.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Gay Power, vol. 1, no. 13 (1969). Newspaper.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Section 4. Gay Liberation Front (GLF)

Gay Liberation Front members marching on Times Square, Fall 1969. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582230

Gay Liberation Front. “Time: Up Against the Wall,” 1969. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Suzanne Bevier. “Gay Liberation Front,” 1970. Poster.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Gay Liberation Front. “All Women’s Dance,” 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Gay Liberation Front. GLF News, no. 11 (1970). Newsletter.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Gay Liberation Front. Draft platform of Gay Liberation Front, July 11, 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Protestor at Weinstein Hall demonstration for the rights of gay people on the New York University campus, 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582262

Martha Shelley at the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, 1969. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1621157

Gay Liberation Front. Come Out!, vol. 1, no. 1 (November 14, 1969). Newspaper. Pictured at top, left to right: Mike Boyle, Dan Smith, Michael Brown, unidentified, Earl Galvin, Suzanne Bevier, Lois Hart, Mark Giles, Pete Wilson, unidentified.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Section 5. Radicalesbians

Lavender Menace action; Rita Mae Brown at right, 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582299

Lavender Menace members holding signs reading “The Women's Movement Is a Lesbian Plot,” May 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582301

"Ida," a member of the Gay Liberation Front and the Lavender Menace, 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582182

Radicalesbians. “The Woman Identified Woman,” 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Radicalesbians and Come Out! “Smash Phallic Tyranny” by Sue Katz, 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Radicalesbians and Come Out! Flyer with poems, 1970.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Section 6. Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)

Sylvia Rivera and Arthur Bell at a gay liberation demonstration, New York University, 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582224

Marsha P. Johnson handing out flyers in support of gay students at NYU, 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582220

Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR). “Street Transvestites Action Revolutionarys,” 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) [here called Street Transvestites for Gay Power]. “Gay Power: When Do We Want It? Or Do We?,” 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Section 7. Gay Activists Alliance (GAA)

Gay Activists Alliance. "Lambda," 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Gay Activists Alliance Records.

Gay Activists Alliance. Snake Pit protest flyer, 1970.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Arthur Bell Papers.

Gay Activists Alliance. Activity log, 1970. Document.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Arthur Bell Papers.

Gay Activists Alliance. Constitution and bylaws of the Gay Activists Alliance, July 30, 1970. Document.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Arthur Bell Papers.

Jim Owles. Draft of letter to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1970. Typescript.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Gay Activists Alliance Records.

Gay Activists Alliance protest and sit-in at the New York State Republican Headquarters, 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Arthur Bell. “My Favorite Zap,” 1971. Typescript with hand emendations.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Gay Activists Alliance Records.

GAY, vol. 1, no. 21 (June 29, 1970).
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Section 8. Christopher Street Liberation Day 1970

Craig Rodwell and Mei-Mei Sanford at the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, 1969. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582162

Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee. Invitation to Christopher Street Liberation Day March, 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee. Gay Pride Week flyer, 1970.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee. “C.S.L.D. Invites You to ... Gay Parade,” 1970s. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Michael Brown, coordinator, for the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee. Application for Gay Parade permit, 1970. Document.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Craig Rodwell Papers.

Permit for “Gay Be-In (Happening),” 1970. Document.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Craig Rodwell Papers.

Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee. Welcome flyer for Christopher Street Liberation Day March, 1970.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Craig Rodwell Papers.

Official poster from New York’s First Gay and Lesbian Pride March, 1970.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, 1970. Photographs by Robert Wilkinson.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

GAY, vol. 1, no. 24 (July 20, 1970). Newspaper.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, International Gay Information Center Archives.

Gay Activists Alliance. “Gay In,” 1970. Flyer.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Arthur Bell Papers.

Gay “Be-In,” Sheep Meadow, Central Park, New York City, 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582244

Child holding poster “But Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry One?,” 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582304

Donna Gottschalk holding poster “I am your worst fear / I am your best fantasy,” 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582144

Reproductions

Gay Liberation Front meeting at Washington Square Methodist Church, New York City, 1970. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1582240

Gay Liberation Front members picketing Time, Inc., 1969. Photograph by Diana Davies.
The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Diana Davies Papers.
Digital ID: 1581955