Summary Information

Title: The United Records
Inclusive Dates: 1977-1981

Creator:

• The United (Madison, Wis.)

Call Number: Mss 569

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Records of a gay rights group organized in May 1978 as Madison Gay Men and Lesbians United (or The United) in response to attacks on Madison, Wisconsin's equal opportunities ordinance and its protection of the civil rights of minorities, including homosexuals. Although there are some organizational records, such as minutes of meetings, correspondence, press releases, and form letters, the collection primarily consists of clippings from Madison and national papers. These are most useful as they document the Madison gay community's political organizing against Madison ministers Richard Pritchard and Wayne Dillabaugh, who led the fight against the equal opportunities ordinance; reactions to Anita Bryant's anti-gay rights campaign, and to the movies Cruising and Windows; and national gay rights and organizing in general.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00569

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