Empire State Pride Agenda records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 7630

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Subject files, publicity items, programs for fund raising and political events, news and flyers on gay and lesbian issues; also, minutes (1991-1994), chronological files on Pride Agenda's activities, posters, t-shirts, stickers, and other ephemera relating to fund raising and political events. Also includes large numbers of audio visual materials such as DVDs, CD, and videos as well as the files of Joe Tarver consisting of photographs, news clippings and event files.

Dates

1990-2013.

Creator

Empire State Pride Agenda (Organization)
Dadey, Richard D. (Person)
Piel, Candida Scott. (Person)
Post, Libby. (Person)
Parrish, Lisa. (Person)
D'Alessio, Mark. (Person)
FAIRPAC (Organization)
New York State Gay and Lesbian Lobby (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Incorporated in 1990 as the result of a merger between two statewide organizations: the New York State Lesbian and Gay Lobby based in Albany, and FAIRPAC based in New York City. The Empire State Pride Agenda is a political organization that lobbies the New York State government for legal protection and equal rights for lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals. Libby Post and Mark D'Alessio were the Pride Agenda's first co-chairs of the Board, and Richard D. Dadey, Jr., the first executive director (following Lisa Parrish as acting executive director for three months). The new organization was more successful at fundraising.

Maintaining offices both in Albany and New York City, the first issue the Pride Agenda tackled was the creation of a New York City council district drawn in a way that included enough gay and lesbian supportive voters to make the election of a lesbian or gay city councilperson a possibility. This was achieved in 1991.

The Pride Agenda adopts legislative agendas each year and has lobbied on the state level for a bias-related violence bill, a civil rights bill, and a domestic partnership bill. The organization endorses pro-gay candidates for local and state office, and remains active in New York City politics. In July 1998, New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani signed into law legislation recognizing domestic partners in New York City.

Extent

75.2 cubic feet. (74 cubic feet.)

5 mapcase folders. (5 mapcase folders.)

Additional Description

Abstract

SERIES LIST

Series I. Internal Files Box 1-2, 4-5

Alpha files Pride Agenda Organizational and Board Files

Series II. Subject Files Boxes 1, 5-6

New York State Civil Rights Bill, 1994-1996 Senate Bills 1993

Series III. Media Relations and Communications Boxes 3, 14-23; Mapcase folders 1-3

News Clippings Flyers and Event Materials Slides and Photographs Memorabilia

Series IV. Audio Visual and Digital Media Boxes 7-13

Videos DVDs CDs Other Media

Separated Materials

Publications removed from the collection and cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

Separated Publications

Pitman, Gayle. This Day in June, 2014
Wahls, Zach. My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family, 2012

Physical Description

Manuscripts, graphics, news clippings, photographs, ephemera and audio visual materials.

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:: Cheryl Beredo
Date completed:: April 2000
EAD encoding:: Peter Martinez, June 2001
Date modified:: Kristen Reichenbach, August 2018