GLBT Historical Society Archives: Rescuing Our American History

FAIN: ZPA-283659-22

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society (San Francisco, CA 94103-1708)
Kelsi Evans (Project Director: May 2021 to March 2024)
Isaac Fellman (Co Project Director: August 2022 to March 2024)

The creation of an archivist position and retention of the Director of Archives and the Reference Archivist at the GLBT Historical Society to process a backlog of archival donations and to make new acquisitions and existing collections of LGBTQ history publicly accessible through digitization. 

The GLBT Historical Society seeks NEH funding to support three archives staff positions. This staff will work to accession and process the backlog of archival donations that accumulated during COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders, which made onsite donations and subsequent accessioning and processing impossible. Further, they will ensure that new material is made available to both onsite and remote researchers. This project will ensure that LGBTQ historical material is properly preserved and made accessible to the public.