Title: Kathleen Nichols and Barbara Constans Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1975-1979

Creators:

• Nichols, Kathleen
• Constans, Barbara

Call Number: Mss 72

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers compiled by Nichols and Constans concerning gay rights and gay activism in Madison, Wisconsin and nationally. Included are partial records of the Madison Committee for Gay Rights, for which Nichols served as coordinator, such as correspondence, statements and platform proposals; a questionnaire, responses, and list of endorsed candidates for a local 1978 election; and a few financial records of the associated Gay Activists Alliance. Both Nichols and Constans were on the staff of MCGR's newsletter, “The Gay Endeavor,” which published only one issue. There are partial records present from both the national and local committees which promoted the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, October 14, 1979. Other local gay rights organizations are also represented by fragmentary files of newsletters, leaflets, and press releases; these include Gay Renaissance of Madison and Lesbian Communication Collective (publisher of “We Got It” newsletter). Newsclippings are primarily from Madison newspapers, and concern local human and gay rights activities, as well as threats to gay rights and homosexuals.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00072

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

Acquisition Information

Presented by Kathleen Nichols and Barbara Constans, Madison, Wisconsin, 1980. Accession Number: M80-42

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, October 1981.

Box   1 Folder   1	Gay Activists Alliance (MCGR) - Checking Account Records, February 1976-January 1978
Box   1 Folder   2	“The Gay Endeavor,” mid-March 1978
Box   1 Folder   3	Gay Renaissance of Madison - Newsletters, Press Release, Other Papers, 1977-1978
Box   1 Folder   4	Gay Rights of Spring II Papers, March 3-8, 1979
Box   1 Folder   5	The International Stud, a Play by Harvey Fiersten, 1978
	Madison Committee for Gay Rights
Box   1 Folder   6	Candidate Surveys and Endorsements, 1978
Box   1 Folder   7	Correspondence and Memoranda, 1977-1979
Box   1 Folder   8	Financial Records, 1977-1978
Box   1 Folder   9	Statements and Platform Proposals, 1977-1978
Box   1 Folder   10	Madison Committee for the National March - Records, 1979
Box   1 Folder   11	Miscellany and Leaflets, 1978-1979
Box   1 Folder   12	National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, October 14, 1979
Box   1 Folder   13	Newsclippings, 1978-1979
Box   1 Folder   14	“We Got It” Newsletter, 1975-1976