Browse Collections (21 total)

Selection of materials digitized from the History Project's collections as part of the Queer Resistance, Queer Joy exhibition.

The story of marriage equality in Massachusetts is often shared through a legal perspective: the Goodridge v. Department of Public Health case, the…

A collection of 12 oral histories conducted by Brian Halligan with DJ's in Boston's music scene

Through oral histories, 21 women share their stories of growing up, coming out, and joining the Boston chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), the…

See Daughters of Bilitis Collection GuideThe Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) was a lesbian organization founded in 1955 in San Francisco by Del Martin and…

#QueerArchivesAtHome is a crowdsourced digital archives of pictures, videos, and stories; a space where we in the LGBTQ community can come…

This collection was originally titled the Robert John Quinn AIDS Memorial Books, by the compiler Robert John Quinn. As The History Project began…

This digitized material is from Series I of The Charles Shivley Collection.

Our collection descriptions—also known as finding aids—can be found below. The following collections have not yet been digitized, but can be viewed…

The Boston Pride Collection consists of papers (some originals and some photocopies), photographs, and ephemera from 1970 to the present related to…

George Chapin Scott was born August 1916 in Heath, Massachusetts, the only child to Myria F. Chapin and John H. Scott. He first contacted The History…

The History Project wants to hear and share your story. The histories of Boston and Massachusetts' LGBTQ communities is constantly evolving, and is…

Gay Community News began in 1973 as a local newsletter featuring a calendar of events for the GLBT community in Boston and New England. Its news…

Boston's Other Voice was an LGBTQ-themed radio magazine that ran from February 1981 to November 1989. The show was created by Don Latulippe, public…

This collection includes digitized copies of the Alliance of Massachusetts Asian Lesbians and Gay Men and Boston Asian Gay Men and Lesbians…

The History Project, founded in 1980, is the largest organization committed to collecting, preserving, and making available the story of New England’s…

Gay Community News was a weekly journal published in Boston from 1973 to 1992 by the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation. It was an important…

See Coll. 37 Collection GuideBoston’s gay subculture developed in tandem with Prohibition, where speakeasies became natural gathering places for gay…