Collections
The David Helton Collection was donated to the LaBudde Special Collections in March of 2013. This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings about and photographs of the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on October 11, 1987 and the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation on April 25, 1993. The photos are of Kansas City participants and others in both marches. The newspaper clippings date from 1987 and feature coverage of the March and other associated activities. Included is a special edition of The Gay News-Telegraph detailing Missourians experience of the 1987 March, and a broadside advocating for an alternative view of the source of the AIDS epidemic.
The David Jackson Collection was gifted in Spring 2010 to LaBudde Special Collections by Jackson. The collection dates from 1996 to 2007, and focuses primarily on the work of the Kansas City-based Norman Institute (later the National Institute for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Education), founded by Dr. Terry L. Norman, author of Just Tell the Truth: Questions Families Ask When Gay Married Men Come Out (1998). The Institute dealt with issues related to gender orientation, with a mission “to add momentum to the shift in global consciousness toward societal acceptance of orientational diversity”. To achieve this mission, the Institute identified and disseminated factual information about gender orientation and concerned itself with “the healing of individuals and families struggling with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender issues”. The Institute published an online magazine, authenticity.org, which was edited by David Jackson. The collection contains materials related to the work of the Institute and of Dr. Norman, particularly with regard to his writings. It also includes printed versions of the online publications, as well as a number of local LGBT publications that featured and/or advertised the work of Dr. Norman and the Institute.
The David Wayne Reed Collection consists primarily of material related to Late Night Theater Productions: scripts, production notes, programs, promotional materials, and photographs document the first ten years of the theater troupe. The collection also contains items from post-Late Night Theater productions including Mother Trucker 2: Ride On, Help Yourself, and a performance series curated by Reed for La Esquina Gallery. Additional creative work is represented by a book of short stories published in 2013 and a set of health survey posters designed by Reed.
This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to Davina Anne Gabriel and the transgender and LGBT communities both locally, nationally, and internationally. The collection includes various published journals, magazines, and promotional items that are LGBT-specifically transgender-focused.
The DeDe DeVille Collection consists of a wide range of local Kansas City-area periodicals, many of which feature Ms. DeVille in some form or fashion. The remainder of Ms. DeVille’s collection, which includes costumes and props, are housed at the Kansas City Museum.
The Dianna Kuhlman Collection was gifted to the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) in January of 2019 by Dianna Kuhlman herself. The collection covers the scope of her activities with several organizations, predominantly Lavender Ladies, the Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) and the Creating Change Conference and also contains a large series of administrative documents that outline Kuhlman’s personal research and non-profit work.
The Diane Constantin Collection was a gift of Diane Constantin in October 2010. Contained within the collection are scrapbook sheets with programs, flyers, and ticket stubs reflecting a long-time interest in the LGBT music scene in Kansas City, MO, in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also features a variety of periodicals relating to women’s rights issues, LGBT rights issues, and music. A few more newspaper and magazine articles, programs, catalogues and ticket stubs are present, along with a small collection of memorabilia, featuring a wide array of buttons and pins, and a card game centered around the biographical information of historically important women.
This collection consists of newsletters, brochures, meeting schedules, personal notes, photographs and merchandise from Men of All Colors Together (MACT)-Kansas City from 1980-2020
Correspondence, documentation, and photos from the founders of Womontown.