Collections
Large collection of scrapbooks, photos, documentation, and memorabilia from the long career of local LGBTQ activist.
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Small collection of photos from a Project 21 event.
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Photos and other memorabilia from donor’s domestic life.
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Scrapbook documenting activism in Springfield, Missouri.
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Newspaper clippings, original artwork, t-shirts.
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The Jim Wanser Collection covers in depth the forming of the UMKC LGBT Initiative and its development into the LGBT Office, as well as the founding of the Kansas City Chapter of GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Documents include Advisory Board minutes, drafts, programs, correspondence, outreach, and educational resources, spanning from 1992 to 2013. Series are broken into two main areas: the LGBT Office (first ten series) and GLAAD (last series).
The Joelouis Mattox Collection was donated to the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America in 2020 by David Jackson at the request of Joelouis Mattox. The collection contains materials for a novel by Mattox titled “Gemini Lover From Bernstine Alley”, specifically manuscript files and two scrapbooks that Mattox compiled of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and a bound version of the novel. The majority of materials date from approximately 1964-1981. All files and scrapbooks have been kept in their original order and retained the original file names that Mattox gave them, with the exception of the biographical information. Mattox was a longtime historian of Kansas City’s Black community.
This collection is not yet processed.
The John Long Collection was a gift from John Long in February 2010, and includes additional issues of Camp Magazine, along with further materials donated by Long in 2012. The heart of the collection is a nearly complete run of Camp Magazine from June 2004-June 2011, along with other local and regional periodicals and publications. Also contained are various documents and items related to LGBT Organizations and Events in the Kansas City area, including Programs, Flyers and Posters, Photographs, and Press Information.
Jon Barnett donated his papers in August 2017. The collection is comprised of personal and professional documents related to his life as an activist. The collection is separated into personal documents, documents related to the HRP, and photographs. Materials include correspondence, publications, various writings, artifacts, and notes.
The Joy Cabe Collection was donated by Dianna Kehlman, executor of Cabe’s estate, in January 2019. The collection consists of meeting minutes, event planning notes, receipts, 501(c)(3) incorporation paperwork, bylaws, and other materials related to the Lavender Ladies organization, as well as Joy Cabe’s personal event badges, buttons, bags, and other items generally related to women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. Emphasis is on Lavender Ladies documents from 2006 to 2011.