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Interview with Betsy Salkind and Helene Lantry about their comedy show "Terrorist Bridesmaids," 1989 September 3
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on September 3, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Betsy Salkind and Helene Lantry about their four women comedy show, "Terrorist Bridesmaids." The show is scheduled to run at Club Cafe. The…
Interview with Joe Sadowski about The Canadian Tribute to Human Rights, 1989 September 10
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on September 10, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Joe Sadowski about The Canadian Tribute to Human Rights. Sadowski is the executive director of the first Canadian monument to human rights…
Interview with Rhonda Lenair on her particular type of scientific healing, 1989 September 17
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on September 17, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Rhonda Lenair about healing. Lenair describes herself as a scientist who works with three separate elements in the body: bio-electrical,…
Interview with John Stasio, Body Work Therapist and healer, 1989 September 24
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on September 24, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Body Work Therapist John Stasio. Stickel describes Stasio as a spiritual healer, noting that he will host a workshop on gay male spirituality…
Interview with Grace Sterling Stowell*, BAGLY Adult Adviser, 1989 October 15
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on October 15, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY, Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth) Adult Adviser Grace Sterling Stowell*. The interview focuses on…
Coll. 002: David Scondras Collection Finding Aid
David Scondras was born on January 5, 1946 in Lowell, Massachusetts to first generation Greek- American parents, George and Dorothy. After graduating with honors from Lowell High School, David attended Harvard University where he received his…
Coll. 004: AIDS Ephemera Collection Finding Aid
The AIDS Ephemera Collection consists of materials gathered over time by various members of The History Project, including board member Elizabeth Bouvier. Designed to the eyecatching advertisements for AIDS awareness events, these items were given…
Coll. 005: March on Washington / Gay and Lesbian Defense Committee Collection Finding Aid
The materials in this collection – compiled by Boston-based activist Sarah Holmes – document the work of several national and local (to Boston, Massachusetts) lesbian and gay rights groups from 1977 to 1993, with the bulk of the materials pertaining…
Coll. 007: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Collection Finding Aid
The variety of materials in this collection speak to the long tradition of activism around the rights and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in Massachusetts, and attest to changing societal attitudes both across the state…
Coll. 009: Homophile Union of Boston (HUB) Papers Finding Aid
The Homophile Union of Boston grew out of the Boston chapter of the Mattachine Society and was founded in late 1969 or early 1970. The organization’s leadership was male, but there were also women members. The purpose of HUB was to provide a space…
Coll. 010: Student Homophile League Collection Finding Aid
The Student Homophile League was a self-described “service group organizing social and political action for the college age community” and was active between 1969 and 1980. First organized by MIT student Stan Tillotson in 1969, the organization…
Coll. 011: Boston Daughters of Bilitis Collection and Focus/Maiden Voyage Publication Finding Aid
The Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) was a lesbian organization founded in 1955 in San Francisco by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon for the purpose of self-knowledge and self-acceptance, public education, involvement in research, and lobbying to change the…
Coll. 020: Albert Wakefield and Marshall Belmaine Papers Finding Aid
The collection chronicles the lives of Albert Wakefield and Marshall Belmaine from the 1950’s to the 1990’s. There is military information about the service records of both men. Al Wakefield served in Vietnam and was decorated for service. Military…
Coll. 021: Robert P. Wheatly Collection Finding Aid
Rev. Robert P. Wheatly, b. 1919 d. October 31, 2002, was a Gay Unitarian Universalist Minister and social justice pioneer who lived and worked in Massachusetts from 1949 until his death in 2002. He moved to the Boston area to attend Harvard Divinity…
Coll. 022: The History Project's Marriage Collection Finding Aid
The finding aid is a document containing detailed information about this specific collection within The History Project archives. You can use the finding aid to determine whether information within this collection that has not be digitized is…
Coll. 023: Know Thy Neighbor Collection Finding Aid
The finding aid is a document containing detailed information about this specific collection within The History Project archives. You can use the finding aid to determine whether information within this collection that has not be digitized is…
Coll. 024: Lowell High GSA Collection FInding Aid
The finding aid is a document containing detailed information about this specific collection within The History Project archives. You can use the finding aid to determine whether information within this collection that has not be digitized is…
Coll. 025: Beantown Bowling League Collection Finding Aid
The Beantown Bowling League began in 1986 and is still in existence today. The documents in the collection cover their early years as an organization from 1987-1992 and show the wide array of tournaments the group participated in, in addition to…
Coll. 026: Howard Berman Collection Finding Aid
The finding aid is a document containing detailed information about this specific collection within The History Project archives. You can use the finding aid to determine whether information within this collection that has not be digitized is…
Coll. 027: Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry Papers Finding Aid
Historically in Massachusetts, and in other states, attempts by same-sex couples to apply for and receive marriage licenses were met with refusals by public officials to grant a license to same-sex couples.
As a response to those attempts a…
As a response to those attempts a…
Coll. 028: Project 10 East Collection Finding Aid
The finding aid is a document containing detailed information about this specific collection within The History Project archives. You can use the finding aid to determine whether information within this collection that has not be digitized is…
Coll. 030: Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Collection Finding Aid
The Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth (GCGLY) was created by executive order on February 10, 1992 by Governor William Weld, in an effort to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth community. The Commission was…
Coll. 032: Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) Collection Finding Aid
The finding aid is a document containing detailed information about this specific collection within The History Project archives. You can use the finding aid to determine whether information within this collection that has not be digitized is…
Coll. 034 The History Project's T-Shirt Collection Finding Aid
The finding aid is a document containing detailed information about this specific collection within The History Project archives. You can use the finding aid to determine whether information within this collection that has not be digitized is…
Coll. 044: AIDS Action Committee Collection
The collection consists of publications, promotional material for events, and other documents relating to AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. The bulk of the collection consists of the publications, which include a pair of early newsletters from…
Coll. 048: Dorchester Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) Collection
The collection consists of one record carton with materials consisting of GALA Newsletters and flyers. The collection is ongoing as Dorchester GALA is still in existence.
Coll. 051: Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition Collection
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) was formed in 2001. The organization focused initial efforts on adding a gender identity clause into the City of Boston’s non-discrimination ordinance in 2002. The group expanded to include a…
Coll. 057: Above and Beyond Collection
The collection consists of newspaper clippings and publications gathered during research for the Above + Beyond exhibit. Included are subject files relating to specific topics such as activism and minorities, which contain primarily newspaper…
Coll. 058: Fenway Community Health Collection
Fenway Community Health Center started in 1971 when a group of students and community activists started a weekly drop-in health clinic serving the diverse population of the Fenway neighborhood: gay men, the elderly, students, and low-income tenants.…
Coll. 063: Gender Crash Collection
The Gender Crash collection consists of one archival box (.5 linear feet). This box contains a series of folders centering on the monthly open mic Gender Crash, Butch Dyke Boy Productions, and the founder of both organizations, Gunner Scott. This…
Coll. 064: International Foundation for Gender Education Collection
The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), founded in 1987 in Massachusetts, is a leading advocate and educational organization for promoting the self- definition and free expression of individual gender identity. IFGE is not a support…
Gay Community Newsletter, 1973 June 17 (Vol 1, No. 1)
From this inaugural issue of Gay Community News (known at that time as the Gay Community Newsletter):
There has been a long-standing need in the Boston gay community for improved communication between the various gay organizations and the gay…
Gay Community News, 1973 July 5 (Vol 1, No. 2)
From this issue of Gay Community News:
This will be the last issue of GCN that will have the appearance of a PTA bulletin. To give you a more concise professional paper, next week we will be switching to offset printing. The paper will be then…
AIDS Action Committee members march in a parade
AIDS Action Committee members during a parade, with a banner and many balloons in Copley Square in Boston, MA.
Banner group of the Freedom Trail Band in Copley Plaza during Pride 1985
A man twirls a baton and marches in the 1985 Pride Parade in front of a banner for the Lesbian and Gay Freedom Trail Band.
Coll. 060: George Chapin Scott and Edward F. Bernier Collection (FINDING AID)
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 Project in 2000 to donate a large collection of local lesbian and gay newspapers, i.e. The Guide,…
Eddie Bernier in a towel on a pier or dock in Provincetown, Mass., circa 1950s
Edward (Eddie) Bernier, wearing a towel on his head and another wrapped around his body, sits on a table on a pier or dock in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Phil Baione and other men on a beach in Provincetown, Mass., circa 1952
A beach scene in Provincetown, Mass., in which Phil Baione sits on the shoulders of another and is seen throwing his hands up into the air. In the background of the photograph is a packed beach of onlookers and beach-goers.
Eddie Bernier and George Chapin Scott on the beach in Provincetown, circa 1950s
Edward (Eddie) Bernier (at left) and George Chapin Scott posing on the beach in bathing suits in Provincetown, Massachusetts. George has his arm around Eddie and Eddie is holding a towel and smiling.
A line of men posing on the beach in Provincetown, Mass., circa 1952
Six men in bathing suits stand arm-in-arm posing in a line on the beach in Provincetown, Mass. Another man kneels between them with his head poking out from between the middle men's hips.
Three men drinking on the beach in Provincetown, Mass., curca 1950s
Three men in bathing suits pose on the beach in Provincetown, Mass. Two of the men hold cans of the beer and another is smoking a cigarette. More men can be seen in the background.
Man in a boa on the beach in Provincetown, Mass., circa 1950s
A man in hat, sunglasses, and a feather boa lies on the beach in Provincetown, Mass.
A sleeping or posing man wearing feathers on the beach in Provincetown, Mass.
A man in a feather boa outfit lies on an inflated beach float, apparently sleeping or posing on a beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Man on Provincetown, Mass., beach with feathers in his hat, crica 1950s
Photograph of a man lying on the beach wearing shorts and a brimmed hat with feathers in it.
Eddie Bernier on a beach in Provincetown, Mass., wrapped in a towel, circa 1950s
Edward (Eddie) Bernier standing on the beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts, wearing what appears to be an outfit made out of towels.
A man wearing a hat and a home-made outfit or costume on the beach in Provincetown, Mass., circa 1950s
A man wearing a hat, sunglasses, and what appears to be a large puffy dress, stands next to an overturned beach umbrella in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Eddie Bernier and acquaintances in costumes in a Provincetown bar or restaurant, circa 1950s
Edward (Eddie) Bernier, center with white gloves, sitting at a table covered with beer bottles at a bar or restaurant in Provincetown, Massachusetts. At the table are three acquaintances, all posing for the camera. The four of them are dressed up,…
Ace of Spades Club postcard addressed to Eddie Bernier, 1958
A postcard addressed to Mr. Ed. Bernis (Edward Bernier) at his Cambridge, Massachusetts, address (175 Elm Street). The front of the postcard shows the interior of the Ace of Spades Club in Provincetown, Massachusetts, while the message on the card…
