Building Equality hat
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Project files, correspondence, financial and administrative records, subject files, press clippings, photographs, and miscellany that, taken together, provide a broad overview of the American movement for lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual rights starting in 1980. HRC(F)'s lobbying, voter mobilization efforts, and grassroots organizing throughout the United States are well documented, as are its education and outreach efforts and the work of its various units that have served as think tanks: the Human Rights and Health Fund, The Triangle Institute (TTI), and the HRC Foundation. Also included in the collection are some records of the Gay Rights National Lobby, the Right To Privacy Foundation, and the Fairness Fund.
Dates
- 1975-2015.
Creator
- From the Collection: Human Rights Campaign (U.S.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Fairness Fund (Organization)
- From the Collection: Gay Rights National Lobby (U. S.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Human Rights and Health Fund (Organization)
- From the Collection: Right To Privacy Foundation (Organization)
- From the Collection: Triangle Institute (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:
HRC records will be restricted until 5 years after creation, except for publications, which can be made available immediately upon creation, and other exceptions as noted below.
Access Restrictions:
Executive Director and administration correspondence and Board of Directors files will be restricted for a number of years still to be determined.
Access Restrictions:
Files marked "confidential," "confidential draft," or "staff only," will be restricted for 10 years after presumed creation unless otherwise noted.
Access Restrictions:
Financial information such as payment and donation amounts will be restricted for 25 years after such transactions occurred.
Access Restrictions:
Materials submitted to HRC under the assumption that they will be anonymous will be restricted until such time that names and addresses have been redacted to protect the privacy promised by HRC.
Access Restrictions:
Blueprints for existing HRC facilities will be restricted to permission of HRC.
Access Restrictions:
See finding aid for a listing of date restrictions by box.
Extent
110 cubic feet.
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu