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Brian R. McNaught papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7590

Abstract

The Brian R. McNaught collection documents McNaught's career as a sexuality activist, a church activist, writer, and sensitivity trainer. Topics include the controversy of gays in the Catholic Church, AIDS training and awareness, homophobia in the workplace, and gay rights. McNaught's works, books and videos include A Disturbed Peace, On Being Gay, Gay Issues in the Workplace, Growing Up Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia in the Workplace, and Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do?.

Dates

  • circa 1970-1994.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Brian McNaught was born January 28, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. He was educated in the Catholic schools, and at Marquette University, from which he graduated in 1970 with a degree in journalism.

McNaught's varied political and social activism includes his being a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, protesting discrimination in the Catholic Church by going on a three week hunger strike, and serving as a spokesperson for gay and lesbian rights, especially as they pertain to the Catholic Church.

He has had careers as a newspaper columnist, writer, political appointee, gay activist, sexuality and AIDS educator, and corporate sensitivity trainer. McNaught has given numerous lectures and workshops at universities and corporations to help people gain a better understanding of gay and lesbian issues in the academic environment and the workplace.

McNaught served for two years, 1982-1984, as Boston Mayor Kevin White's liaison to the gay and lesbian community, the first full-time position of its kind. During this time, he worked with the mayor to write and implement the Boston Project, whose goal was to improve life for the city's gay and lesbian citizens. The project invited gay people to testify before city panels about how they were being treated. McNaught also established the first city government task force on AIDS in Boston in 1983.

As a newspaper columnist, McNaught wrote for several gay and Catholic publications, including the Michigan Catholic, the Blade, the Metro Gay Times, and Alive! magazine, as well as writing guest columns for several other publications. McNaught has also written books and produced videos. He has published On Being Gay, both as a book and video, and A Disturbed Peace, Gay Issues in the Workplace, Growing up Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia in the Workplace, and Now that I'm Out, What do I do?

Extent

21.8 cubic feet.

Additional Description

SERIES LIST

Series I. Personal Records

Box 1 (folders 1-12), 23 Series II. Writings

Boxes 1 (folders 13-29), 2, 19, 23 Series III. Speaking Engagements and Workshops

Boxes 3-5 (folders 1-36), 23 Series IV. Catholic and Unitarian Universalist

Boxes 5 (folders 37-end), 6, 23 Series V. Boston

Boxes 6 (folders 26-30), 7 Series VI. Subject Files

Boxes 8-12, 23 Series VII. Correspondence

Boxes 13-16, 23-24 Series VIII. Support Documents

Boxes 17-20, 23 Series IX. Visual Materials and Ephemera

Boxes 21-22, 23 Series X. Audio and Video Materials

Box 22

PROVENANCE

Brian McNaught gave the first materials in this collection to the Cornell University Library in January 1995.

RELATED MATERIAL

Publications removed from collection 7590 and cataloged as individual books and serials in the Human Sexuality Collection are listed at the end of this guide under Separated Materials.

Separated Materials

SEPARATED MATERIALS

Publications Removed From Collection 7590 - To Be Cataloged As Individual Books And Serials In The Human Sexuality Collection:

  1. McNaught, Brian. On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith and Love, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1988 (dust jacket)
  2. McNaught, Brian. On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith and Love, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1988 (paperback)
  3. McNaught, Brian. Gay Issues in the Workplace, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1993 (dust jacket)
  4. McNaught, Brian. A Disturbed Peace: Selected Writings of An Irish Catholic Homosexual, Washington, D.C., Dignity, Inc., 1981 (paperback)
  5. McNaught, Brian. Which Side Are We On? Christian Commitment for the '80s, Oakland, Inter-Religious Task Force for Social Analysis, 1979 (paperback)
  6. A Bodybuilding Course (David Carter) Stallion Enterprises
  7. Adolescent Sexuality, Fall/Winter 1974(Vol.3 No.3)
  8. America Living With AIDS (Report on the National Commission on Acquired, 1991
  9. Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Aware, January 1975(Vol.1 No.2)
  10. Campaign, 1978(No.26,No.3 2)
  11. Capitol Hill (The Newsletter of the Gay Rights National Lobby), (Vol.1 No.3)
  12. Christianity and Crisis, May 30/June l3, 1977(Vol.37 No.9/10)
  13. Clinical Child Psychology, Summer 1980(Vol.9 No.2)
  14. Dignity International, September/ October 1979
  15. Dignity National Newsletter, February 1979(Vol.10 No.2)
  16. Empathy, 1990/91(Vol. 2. No.2)
  17. Fight the Right Action Kit (NGLTF), 1993
  18. Gay Literature, Winter 1976(No. 5)
  19. Gay News, April 26, 1984(No. 18)
  20. Gays in Library Land, 1990
  21. Gays on the Hill, No v/ Dec 1978(Vol.3. No.2)
  22. Growing Up Gay: A Youth Liberation Pamphlet, September 1976
  23. Homosexuality and Social Justice (Report of the Task Force on Gay/Lesbian Issues), July 1982
  24. Integrity Forum. (Gay Episcopalians), 1979(Vol.5, No.2, Vol.6 No.l)
  25. Journal is Current Social Issues, Spring 1978(Vol.15. No.l)
  26. Keeping Posted, November 1986(Vol.23 No.2)
  27. M2M: The New Catalog for Men, Fall 1994
  28. Mandate, July 1976, July 1987(Vol2 No.15, Vol. 13 No.7)
  29. More Light (Presbyterian), May/June 1979(No.36)
  30. National Directory of Facilities and Services for Lesbian and Gay Alcoholics (The National Association of Lesbian and Gay Alcoholism Professionals), 1987
  31. National Institute of Mental Health Task Force on Homosexuality: Final Report and Background Papers, 1972
  32. New England Community Guide for Gays and Lesbians, 1982, 1983
  33. New Zealand Gay News, Sept/Oct 1976(No. 9)
  34. One in 10 (A profile of Alaska's Lesbian & Gay Community), 1986
  35. POZ, April/May 1994(Vol.1 No.l)
  36. Report on the Commission on Personal Privacy (Regular and Executive Summary), December 1982
  37. RFD, Fall 1976(No. 9)
  38. SEICUS, July 1978(Vol.6 No.6)
  39. Shocking Gray, 1992
  40. The Gay Coloring Book Queerball Products, 1980
  41. The Humanist, March/ April 1978(Vol.28 No.2)
  42. The Washington Monthly, December 1970(Vol.2 No.10)
  43. Wilde Side: New England's Gay Guide, September 1, 1976(Vol.1, No.7)
  44. Fag Rag, Winter 1975(No.11)
  45. Gay News, December 3, 1976, September 4-11, 1981(Vol.1 No.2, Vol 5 No. 23)
  46. Gay Life (Midwest Gay Newsleader), June 2, 1978(Vol 3 No. 38)
  47. Gazette, Aug27-Sept2, 1981
  48. GPU News, January 1979, August 1979(Vol. 8 No. 4, Vol 8 No. 11)
  49. The Guide to Gay New England, March 15 to April 4
  50. Hit Parade, 1978
  51. Long Beach Gays, March 1981
  52. Metro Gay News, April 1978(Vol.3, No.4)
  53. Gay Philadelphia News, November 1977, April 15, 1978, May 1978, July 1978, August 15, 1978, September 1978, Oct 1978, February 1979, February 15, 1978(Vol 2 No. 2, Vol 2 No. 8, vol 2 No 10, Vol. 2 No 12, Vol. 3 No. 1, Vol 3 No 5)
  54. National NOW Times (National Organization for Women), March 1982(Vol 15, No. 2)
  55. Playguy, 1976(Vol 1 No.3)
  56. Playgirl, (Vol 1)
  57. Trader Dick and Friends Pull Out, August 13, 1975
  58. The Blade (Washington DC), April 1976 November 1977 April 1978(Vol 7 No. 4 Vol 8 No. 11 Vol. 9 No. 4)
  59. The Body Politic, February 1978
  60. The Boston Phoenix, March 28, 1978
  61. Contact (Gay Newspaper and Guide), December 25, 1974 Feb 5, 1975 March 19, 1975 (Issue 8-10)
  62. Esplande, Sept 11, 1976 Sept 15, 1976 Sept 22, 1976 Sept 29, 1976 October 6, 1976 Oct 13, 1976 Oct 20, 1976 Sept 23, 1977

Physical Description

Correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings, resumes, manuscripts, notes, reports, pamphlets, journals, books, ephemera, audiotapes, videotapes.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Brian R. McNaught, P. McCray, M.E. Warren, Melissa Kuypers, Brenda Marston
Date completed:
December 1994
EAD encoding:
Mireille Lee, May 2000Sarah Keen, Ezra Corral, July 2008
Last modified:
Marcie Farwell, November 2018

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Brian R. McNaught, P. McCray, M.E. Warren, Melissa Kuypers, Brenda Marston
Date
May 2000
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

https://rare.library.cornell.edu/
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)

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