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POWER, Lisa (1954-): gay activist


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 HCA/POWER

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: POWER, Lisa (1954-): gay activist

Date(s): 1970s-2000s

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 12 boxes

Name of creator(s): Power | Lisa | b 1954 | gay activist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No further information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Lisa Power's papers relating to her role as activist for lesbian and gay rights, and in HIV and sexual health matters, 1970s-2000. Included are papers relating to organisations such as the Gay Liberation Front, the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) and Stonewall. The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs and press cuttings.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Brief box list available from Archives staff.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Lisa Power in 2007

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database by Anna Towlson.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
AIDS | Venereal diseases | Infectious diseases | Diseases | Pathology
Gender minorities | Disadvantaged groups
HIV | Viruses | Microorganisms | Bacteriology | Microbiology
Social groups x Social class

Personal names
Power | Lisa | b 1954 | gay activist

Corporate names
Gay Liberation Front
International Lesbian and Gay organisation
Stonewall

Places