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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

From the Collection:

Files pertaining to research on the 1969 Stonewall Riot, in which the New York City Police Department and the gay community on Christopher Street came into violent conflict; includes Federal Bureau of Investigation files on the Gay Liberation Front and the Mattachine Society of New York acquired under the New York State Freedom of Information law; also correspondence with NYPD and FBI concerning the release of the papers. Also, correspondence to gay press re publicity for his project, single issues of papers mentioning it; and anonymous Christian literature addressed to Scherker and responses to the Stonewall project.

Dates

  • 1989.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

.7 cubic feet. (.7 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)