Summary:
The Gay Community News series documents the publishing of the newspaper. Subseries A documents the management, research, production, and distribution of the Gay Community News. The managing editor's notebooks contain notes on editions and board and membership meetings between 1982 and 1986. The subseries also includes are article proposals and correspondence about published articles. Advertising records include contracts for ads and correspondence regarding exchanging ads with other publications. Reports from the Ingram Corporation, one of the national distributors used by the Gay Community News, break down the distribution and sales. Subject files form the largest section of this subseries, spanning 1970-1996. They concern topics researched for Gay Community News articles and include notes, publications, interviews, and correspondence. This subseries also contains policies and proposals, outside endorsements and articles about the Gay Community News, and information relating to subscriptions.
Subseries B contains Gay Community News issues between 1973 and 1999. The collection is almost complete, with only a scattered few issues missing. Researchers should be aware that there are errors in the numbering of the paper that do not constitute missing issues.
Dates
- Creation: 1970-2003 (bulk 1980-1990)
Creator
- From the Collection: Bromfield Street Educational Foundation (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access:
Personnel records (box 3, folder 25; and box 5, folders 38 and 44) are restricted for 75 years from their date of creation.
Extent
From the Collection: 23.8 cubic feet (44 containers, 3 flat file folders)
Language
From the Collection: English
Arrangement:
Organized into 2 subseries: A) Publishing Files and B) Gay Community News
Physical Description
10.3 cubic ft.
Status
Currently unavailable. Offsite for digitization.
Repository Details
Part of the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Repository