Manuscripts/12. LGBTQA
Record Group Term
Identifier: Manuscripts/12
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John C. Graves papers
Collection
Identifier: M083
Overview
John C. Graves was an activist involved in the gay liberation movement in Boston in the 1970s. Graves was born in 1938 and raised in New York City. Between 1964 and 1974, he was a philosophy professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After coming out in 1972, he became actively involved in mental health, educational, and spiritual assistance programs for Boston's gay community. He was also active in student organizations and founded the Gay Academic Union of New England in 1974. In...
Dates:
1971-1996; Majority of material found within 1975-1980