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MSS 0461. Colorado Springs Pride Center Records, 1987-2012

Pikes Peak Library District, Pikes Peak Library District




August 29, 2016

http://www.ppld.org


Collection Summary

Title Colorado Springs Pride Center Records
Dates (Inclusive) 1987-2012
Creator Colorado Springs Pride Center
Abstract The Colorado Springs Pride Center was one of the oldest LGBT community centers in the United States. The collection dates from 1987-2012 and includes Organizational Records, Printed Material, Scrapbooks, Media, and Photographs.
Repository Number MSS 0461
Quantity 4 c.f.
Repository Pikes Peak Library DistrictPikes Peak Library District 20 North Cascade Ave. Colorado Springs, CO USA
Language of the Material English

Biography / History

The Colorado Springs Pride Center was founded in 1978 and was one of the oldest LGBT community centers in the United States. For 37 years the Pride Center offered assistance, advocacy, and support programs for people across the Pikes Peak region. More than 8,400 people contacted the non-profit organization in 2014 seeking help and advice. The Colorado Springs Pride Center closed in January 2015.

Sources:

“Colorado Springs LGBT center closes after nearly 40 years,” Colorado Springs Gazette, January 13, 2015

“Local nonprofit ends 37-year legacy as resource and voice for the LGBT community,” lgbtweekly, January 12, 2015

Scope and Content

The Colorado Springs Pride Center Records date from 1989-2012 and includes five series: Organizational Records, Printed Material, Scrapbooks, Media, and Photographs.

The Organizational Records series includes three subseries: Correspondence, Business Documents, and Subject Files. Correspondence dates from 1992-2012 and consists of handwritten notes, emails, and cards. The Business Documents date from 1994-2005. Material in this subseries includes events, by-laws, election information, and a membership form. Subject Files covers topics including Amendment 2, AIDS, Hate Crimes, Boycotts, and Same Sex Marriage.

Printed Material consists of four subseries: Articles, Newsletters and Magazines, News Releases, and Clippings. The Articles subseries ranges from 1992-2011 and largely covers the topic of marriage. Newsletters and Magazines contains material from organizations including Equality Colorado, the Pikes Peak Gay Community Center, and the Colorado Progressive Coalition. News Releases date from 1993-1996 and Clippings range from 1990-2012. Both subseries cover local and national issues.

There are two Scrapbooks ranging from 1992-2007.

Media contains DVDs and CD-ROMs. There are four DVDs in the first subseries; three are undated and one is from March 2010. Topics include Amendment 2, Ryan Acker, and a 20/20 episode on transgender children. There is one undated CD-ROM about affirmative action in this series.

The Photographs are unprocessed and are located in the Photo Archives.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public.

Use/Re-use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

Administrative Information

Custodial History

The Colorado Springs Pride Center donated these materials to Inside Out Youth Services when they closed in 2015. Inside Out Youth Services in turn donated the materials to PPLD.

Preferred Citation

Colorado Springs Pride Center Records, 1987-2012. MSS 0461. Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated by Inside Out Youth Services in June 2016.

Processing Information

Archivist's Notes: This collection was processed by Heather Jordan in August 2016.

Accruals

Accruals expected.

Related Material

Citizens Project Records, MSS 0307

Colors of Courage: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Life in Colorado Springs by Rebekah Shardy, 306.760978 C719

Gay Politics vs. Colorado and America: The Inside Story of Amendment 2 by Stephen Bransford, 324.409788 B821G

Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival Records, MSS 0342

Index Terms

CD-ROMs

Civil rights - Colorado - Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs Pride Center

DVDs

Homosexuality - United States

LGBT Community Centers - Colorado - Colorado Springs

Sexual minorities - Colorado - Pikes Peak Region

Series I 
Organizational Records 

A 
Correspondence 

Description Container

Correspondence  undated
box 1 folder 1

Correspondence  1989-1990
box 1 folder 2

Correspondence  1992
box 1 folder 3

Correspondence  1993
box 1 folder 4

Correspondence  2003
box 1 folder 5

Correspondence  2004
box 1 folder 6

Correspondence  2006
box 1 folder 7

Correspondence  2008
box 1 folder 8

Correspondence  2012
box 1 folder 9

B 
Business Documents 

Description Container

Events  undated, 1994, 2006-2010
box 1 folder 10

Membership form  undated
box 1 folder 11

Outreach, Palmer Park  undated
box 1 folder 12

By-laws  undated, 1985
box 1 folder 13

Poll information  1993
box 1 folder 14

City election  1999
box 1 folder 15

Collaborations  2005
box 1 folder 16

C 
Subject Files 

Description Container

AIDS  1987
box 1 folder 17

AIDS (1 of 3)  1991-1997
box 1 folder 18

AIDS (2 of 3)  1991-1997
box 1 folder 19

AIDS (3 of 3)  1991-1997
box 1 folder 20

Amendment 2 (1 of 4)  1991-1995
box 1 folder 21

Amendment 2 (2 of 4)  1991-1995
box 1 folder 22

Amendment 2 (3 of 4)  1991-1995
box 1 folder 23

Amendment 2 (4 of 4)  1991-1995
box 1 folder 24

Amendment 2, court cases (1 of 5)  1993-1994
box 2 folder 1

Amendment 2, court cases (2 of 5)  1993-1994
box 2 folder 2

Amendment 2, court cases (3 of 5)  1993-1994
box 2 folder 3

Amendment 2, court cases (4 of 5)  1993-1994
box 2 folder 4

Amendment 2, court cases (5 of 5)  1993-1994
box 2 folder 5

Armistead Maupin  undated
box 2 folder 6

Boycott  1993, 1996
box 2 folder 7

Colorado for Family Values  undated
box 2 folder 8

Don't Ask Don't Tell  1995
box 2 folder 9

Ex-gay  1996
box 2 folder 10

Freedom to marry (1 of 2)  2003-2006
box 2 folder 11

Freedom to marry (2 of 2)  2003-2006
box 2 folder 12

GLBTQ history  1982-1988
box 2 folder 13

Hate crimes  1994-1996
box 2 folder 14

Lavender Film Festival  2009-2010
box 2 folder 15

Legal cases  1993-1996
box 2 folder 16

Local and national news (1 of 3)  2006
box 3 folder 1

Local and national news (2 of 3)  2006
box 3 folder 2

Local and national news (3 of 3)  2006
box 3 folder 3

Marriage equality  2003-2005
box 3 folder 4

Miscellaneous  1995
box 3 folder 5

Montana  1994
box 3 folder 6

Nebraska  1993
box 3 folder 7

Non-violence  1991, 1994
box 3 folder 8

Oregon  1990, 1996
box 3 folder 9

Patriots  1994-1995
box 3 folder 10

Pink Triangles  1996
box 3 folder 11

Same sex marriage (1 of 4)  1992-1997
box 3 folder 12

Same sex marriage (2 of 4)  1992-1997
box 3 folder 13

Same sex marriage (3 of 4)  1992-1997
box 3 folder 14

Same sex marriage (4 of 4)  1992-1997
box 3 folder 15

Same sex marriage (1 of 2)  2006-2007
box 3 folder 16

Same sex marriage (2 of 2)  2006-2007
box 3 folder 17

Ted Haggard  2006
box 4 folder 1

Transgendered  1993-1996
box 4 folder 2

Series II 
Printed Material 

A 
Articles 

Description Container

Carole Jenny, Thomas A. Roesler, Kimberly L. Poyer, "Are Children at Risk for Sexual Abuse by Homsexuals?"  undated
box 4 folder 3

Mark E. Pietrzyk, "Gay Marriage and the 'Slippery Slope' Argument"  undated
box 4 folder 4

J. Michael Solano, "Gay Marriage I: A Legal Perspective"  undated
box 4 folder 5

Donna Minkowitz, "Recruit, Recruit, Recruit!" The Advocate  undated
box 4 folder 6

James D. Wilson, "Gays Under Fire," Newsweek  1992
box 4 folder 7

Katie Brown, "Lesbian Weddings"  1992
box 4 folder 8

Jane Goldman, "Women of the Quilt"  1992
box 4 folder 9

Raymond Recchi, "My Neighbor's God: Ruminations on Religious Freedom in America," Libert  1994
box 4 folder 10

Evan Wolfson, "Winning and Keeping Equal Marriage Rights: What Will Follow Victory in Baehr v. Lewin?"  1996
box 4 folder 11

Amy L. Stone, "How th eRight Pre-empted Equality"  2011
box 4 folder 12

B 
Newsletters & Magazines 

Description Container

Active for Justice, Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission  1999-2000
box 4 folder 13

Activist News, Equality Colorado  1997-1998
box 4 folder 14

The Advocate  October 1997, August 2009
box 4 folder 15

The "Beeson" Report, The Report  1994
box 4 folder 16

Circles  1997
box 4 folder 17

Colorado Christian News, Christian Communication and News Network  1998-1999
box 4 folder 18

Colorado Women News  1992
box 4 folder 19

Community Vision, The Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center  1992
box 4 folder 20

Community Vision, The Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center  1993
box 4 folder 21

Community Vision, The Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center  1994
box 4 folder 22

Community Vision, The Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center  2001
box 4 folder 23

Community Vision, The Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center  2002-2003
box 4 folder 24

Council Chronicle, Colorado Business Council  1999
box 4 folder 25

Equal Times, Equality Colorado  1994
box 4 folder 26

Equal Times, Equality Colorado  1995
box 4 folder 27

Equal Times, Equality Colorado  1996
box 4 folder 28

Equal Times, Equality Colorado  1997
box 4 folder 29

Equal Times, Equality Colorado  1998
box 4 folder 30

Equal Times, Equality Colorado  1999
box 4 folder 31

Focus on the Family  1999
box 5 folder 1

Freedom Watch, Citizens Project  1998-1999
box 5 folder 2

Freedom Watch, Citizens Project  2000, 2007
box 5 folder 3

Fusion, S-CAP  1999
box 5 folder 4

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1982
box 5 folder 5

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1984-1985
box 5 folder 6

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1986
box 5 folder 7

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1987
box 5 folder 8

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1988
box 5 folder 9

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1989
box 5 folder 10

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1990
box 5 folder 11

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1991
box 5 folder 12

Gayspeak, Pikes Peak Gay Community Center  1992
box 5 folder 13

Ground Zero News  1993
box 5 folder 14

Ground Zero News (1 of 2)  1994
box 5 folder 15

Ground Zero News (2 of 2)  1994
box 5 folder 16

Ground Zero News  1995
box 5 folder 17

Ground Zero News  1996
box 5 folder 18

Ground Zero News  1997
box 5 folder 19

High Country News  2003
box 5 folder 20

Inside/Out News, Colorado Springs Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Youth Community  1999-2000
box 5 folder 21

Lambda Book Report  March/April 1993
box 5 folder 22

Lambda Book Report  January-June 1995
box 5 folder 23

Lambda Book Report  July-October 1995
box 5 folder 24

Lambda Book Report  August, October 1996
box 5 folder 25

Lambda Report  1993
box 6 folder 1

Lambda Report  1994
box 6 folder 2

Lambda Report  1995
box 6 folder 3

Lambda Report  1996
box 6 folder 4

The Lever, Palmer High School  October 1996
box 6 folder 5

LinC  1995-1996
box 6 folder 6

Miscellaneous (1 of 2)  1995-1999
box 6 folder 7

Miscellaneous (2 of 2)  1995-1999
box 6 folder 8

The Quarterly, National Association of Black and White Men Together  Fall 2006
box 6 folder 9

New Phazes  1996-1999
box 6 folder 10

ONE Magazine, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives  Summer 2006, Spring 2007
box 6 folder 11

OUT!  1995
box 6 folder 12

PFLAG  1999, 2016
box 6 folder 13

Praise Tribune, Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church  1999-2000
box 6 folder 14

Progressive Action, Colorado Progressive Coalition  1999
box 6 folder 15

The Pueblo Percentage  1999-2000
box 6 folder 16

The Report  1993
box 6 folder 17

Resolute! Regional Publication of the PWA Coalition Colorado  1999
box 6 folder 18

Respect, GLSEN  Winter 2003
box 6 folder 19

The Source  1985
box 6 folder 20

The Source  1986
box 6 folder 21

International Virginia Wolf Society  undated
box 6 folder 22

Weird Sisters  1999-2000
box 6 folder 23

What's Happening at S-CAP  1999
box 6 folder 24

C 
News Releases 

Description Container

News releases  1993
box 7 folder 1

News releases  1994
box 7 folder 2

News releases  1995
box 7 folder 3

News releases (1 of 2)  1996
box 7 folder 4

News releases (2 of 2)  1996
box 7 folder 5

D 
Clippings 

Description Container

Clippings  undated
box 7 folder 6

Clippings  1990
box 7 folder 7

Clippings  1991
box 7 folder 8

Clippings  1992
box 7 folder 9

Clippings  1993
box 7 folder 10

Clippings  1996
box 7 folder 11

Clippings  1997
box 7 folder 12

Clippings  1998
box 7 folder 13

Clippings  1999
box 7 folder 14

Clippings  2003
box 7 folder 15

Clippings (1 of 2)  2004
box 7 folder 16

Clippings (2 of 2)  2004
box 7 folder 17

Clippings  2005
box 7 folder 18

Clippings  2006
box 7 folder 19

Clippings  2007
box 7 folder 20

Clippings  2008
box 7 folder 21

Clippings  2009
box 7 folder 22

Clippings  2010
box 7 folder 23

Clippings (1 of 2)  2011
box 7 folder 24

Clippings (2 of 2)  2011
box 7 folder 25

Clippings  2012
box 7 folder 26

Series III 
Scrapbooks 

Description Container

Scrapbook, flowered  1998-2007
box 8 folder 1

Scrapbook, green  1992-2000
box 8 folder 2

Series IV 
Media 

A 
DVDs 

Description Container

The Amendment 2 Years, televised newscasts  undated
box 9 folder 1

20/20, My Secret Self, on transgender children, hosted by Barbara Walders  April 27, 2007
box 9 folder 2

Ryan Acker, 4 clips  undated
box 9 folder 3

Pride Center Awards Ball  March 20, 2010
box 9 folder 4

B 
CD-ROMS 

Description Container

Affirmative Action Advocacy  undated
box 9 folder 1

Series V 
Photographs 

Description Container

Please see Photo Archives 

box 9 folder 1
 
 
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