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BEACH, Rupert, fl 1970-1972, gay activist


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 HCA/Beach

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: BEACH, Rupert, fl 1970-1972, gay activist

Date(s): 1970-1972

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Beach | Rupert | fl 1970-1972 | gay activist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Robert Beach was a member of the Gay Liberation Front which held its first meeting on 13 October 1970 at the London School of Economics. It was the beginning of a three year period of great activity, with demonstrations, debates, street theatre, and the establishment of a new gay press. Although GLF began in London, local groups rapidly grew up.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers collected by Rupert Beach relating to the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), including GLF manifestos and statements of principles; GLF diaries and events leaflets; GLF leaflets, discussion papers, posters and press cuttings; material relating to GLF special interest groups, namely the Education, Propaganda and Research group, the Gay Liberation Youth and Education Group, the Counter Psychiatry Group and the GLF Action Group; incomplete set of Come Together; material relating to the GLF campaign against Everything you always wanted to know about sex (W H Allen, London and New York, 1970) by David Robert Reuben, [1971]; tickets, leaflets and posters for GLF events and discos; GLF stickers and badges; newsletters and notices of Camden Gay Liberation Front.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in sections as outlined in the Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Apply to Archivist for copyright details.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Full handlist available.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Given by Rupert Beach in two accessions in Apr 2000.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The Hall-Carpenter Archives at the British Library of Political and Economic Science also contain the papers of the Gay Liberation Front, and the papers of John Chesterman relating to the GLF.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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: Oct 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bisexuality | Sexuality
Gay liberation movement | Liberation movements | Political movements
Homosexuality | Sexuality
Lesbian and gay youth | Youth | Adolescence | Age groups | Age distribution
Lesbian, gay and bisexual campaigning groups | Groups
Lesbian, gay and bisexual rights | Civil and political rights | Human rights
Lesbianism | Sexuality

Personal names
Beach | Rupert | fl 1970-1972 | gay activist

Corporate names
Camden Gay Liberation Front
Gay Liberation Front

Places