https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/1461/archive/files/5b7a0bd0d6ea8b7814678c4a57c4ab82.pdf?Expires=1779926400&Signature=dXMs4ibKjb6Wj45H6t5sM4WF8FPDXV1DXuxrDSo7lmEtKAGJdxuR4K2c2rljiz3Gv1sW-Whp49-i2-Aug1DOq%7EmQOxr%7EGJ%7EO4yLS3dtt40qzSKfQQEVcVUmuElHs7G29EJQcMU%7E8gmN8NMa1oAWQUeqfgVgj2xy1otLuOGgKbKB6urwH-ulHoW7SsutdEmjKDW3fbrKi-uNvcInKe1H9cLnQ8JNdASaWxb1nBr4v5laSN7CWQYlzjetolpsYf%7EO1yDAI41Iu7C-EdDsHJKfyMOHmzUoI6Uho8KoYHxtRMeVPgok4j-bP5%7Ew5sApx8AQMXr-E-04HZazzBKGiLcDyxg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 41eac5a51a9d74abe652b0b5ee493898 PDF Text Text Archives and Records Finding Aid COLLECTION NUMBER: TITLE: Coll.38 Community Guides and Yellow Pages Collection COLLECTION SUMMARY Creator: Title: Extent: Date Span: Repository: Various (see HISTORICAL ABSTRACT) Community Guides and Yellow Pages Collection 2 Hollinger boxes 1974-2010 (and ongoing) The History Project, Archives and Records Department Finding aid prepared for The History Project, Archives and Records Department by Andrew Elder, January 2009. SUBJECT TERMS Subject Names: Mary Kennedy KP Media Gay Community News Odysseus Enterprises, Inc. Ben “Bernie” Sirota Fierce Enterprises, Inc. Subject Topics: Transgender community – Directories. Bisexual community – Directories. Lesbians – Directories. Gay men – Directories. Queer community – Directories. Yellow Pages. New England – Directories. Boston – Directories. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Terms of Use/Copyright: Unrestricted, though some items in the collection are copyrighted by individuals and/or organizations outside The History Project. Contact The History Project for further information: 1 �29 Stanhope Street Boston, MA 02116 617.266.7733 info@historyproject.org www.historyproject.org HISTORICAL ABSTRACT Since 1974, various groups have published guides for Boston and New England’s queer communities. These guides include information about area activities, lodging, vacation spots, entertainment venues, bars, health care organizations, a variety of nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and social justice organizations. In 1974, the Boston newspaper Gay Community News (GCN) published the first such guide for the Boston area, focusing specifically on activities, organizations, and services in Boston and Cambridge. From 1975 to 1977, GCN published guides for activities, organizations, and services throughout New England. In 1981, area publisher Mary Kennedy and others began producing the publication that would later become The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Communities’ Pink Pages (With All of New England). Like the GCN guides, the Pink Pages began by focusing on information pertaining to the Boston area, and later expanded to represent New England. A number of different guides to activities, organizations, and services have had brief publishing runs in Boston and New England, including DIRECTORY/New England and Private Lives. Also, since 1993, various groups have published Boston area Yellow Page directories for the queer community. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection contains a complete run of the GCN-produced guides, and a near-complete run of Pink Pages. Guides produced by other groups are not complete. DESCRIPTION OF SERIES The arrangement of this collection divides guides into 7 different series, based on the groups that produced/published them: Series I contains guides produced by Gay Community News from 1974 to 1977. The two subseries identify this guide’s name change from the 1974 to the 1975 editions. Series II contains the guide produced by DIRECTORY/New England in 1981. Other guides were likely produced by this group. Series III contains community guides from 1981 to 2009, produced and published by Mary Kennedy and others. This publication changes names frequently. Currently, the publication is produced by KP Media and is called The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Communities’ Pink Pages (With All of New England). There are 8 2 �subseries in this series, as there were 8 different names attached to this publication from 1981 to 2009. Series IV contains the 1987 publication of Odysseus: An Accommodations & Travel Guide for the Gay Community (USA/International. This is the 3rd edition of Odysseus, and the only edition included in this collection. This publication serves the United States, as well as an international audience. Series V contains 1 issue, from 1990, of Private Lives: Serving the Greater Northeastern Area. This is volume 5, number 1 of this publication. Series VI contains the premier issue of the 1993 Boston Community Yellow Pages. This publication may have gone on to have more issues. The 1993 edition is the only one included in this collection. Series VII contains the premier issue, from 1994, of Boston’s Gay Yellow Pages. This publication may have gone on to have more issues. SERIES AND PUBLICATION LIST Box 1 Series I: Gay Community News Guides, 1974-1977 Subseries A: The Gay Cruise-Aider: An Annotated Guide to Businesses and Services for the Gay Community in Boston & Cambridge Reprinted from Gay Community News, 1974 (1 copy) Subseries B: A Gay Person’s Guide to New England First Edition, 1975 (3 copies) Second Edition, 1976 (5 copies) 1977 Supplement (2 copies) Series II: DIRECTORY/New England Guides, 1981 Spring, 1981 edition (1 copy) Series III: Bisexual, Community Guides (various names, later becomes the Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Communities’ PINK PAGES), 1981-2009 (and ongoing) Subseries A: Lesbian & Gay Community Guide to New England, 1981 [Volume 1, Number 1], 1981 (1 copy) Subseries B: Gay & Lesbian Community Guide to New England, 1982 [Volume 2, Number 1], 1982 (1 copy) Subseries C: New England Community Guide for Gay Males & Lesbians 3 �[Volume 3, Number 1], 1983 (1 copy) Volume 4, Number 1, 1984 (1 copy) Volume 5, Number 1, 1985 (3 copies) Subseries D: New England Community Guide for Gay Men & Lesbians (Volume and issue numbering is discontinued) 1986 (1 copy) 1987 (1 copy) 1988 (1 copy) 1989 (1 copy) 1991 (2 copies) 1992 (3 copies) 1993, with 1993-1994 supplement (2 copies) Subseries E: New England [and] East Coast Community Guide for Gay Men & Lesbians (including the introduction of Pink Pages) 1994 (2 copies) Subseries F: New England, East Coast Community Guide’s PINK PAGES for Gay Men, Lesbians, & Bisexuals 1995 (3 copies) Box 2 1996 1997 1997 1998 (3 copies) (3 copies) Pride Map and Supplement (5 copies) (1 copy) Subseries G: New England, East Coast Community Guide’s PINK PAGES for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered Community 1999 (1 copy) Subseries H: New England’s Community Pink Pages for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Community 2002-2003 2004-2005 2005-2006 2007-2008 (1 (1 (1 (1 copy) copy) copy) copy) Subseries I: The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Communities’ Pink Pages (With All of New England) 2008-2009 (2 copies) Suseries J: Pink Pages 2009-2010 With All of New England for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered Community 4 �2009-2010 (2 copies) Series IV: Odysseus ‘87: An Accommodations & Travel Guide for the Gay Community (USA/International), 1987 3rd Edition, 1987 (1 copy) Series V: Private Lives: Serving the Greater Northeastern Area, 1990 Volume 5, Issue 1, June 1990 (1 copy) Series VI: 1993 Boston Community Yellow Pages, 1993 Volume 1 (Premier Edition), 1993 (1 copy) Series VII: Boston’s Gay Yellow Pages, 1994 Premier Edition, 1994 (2 copies) 5 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Coll. 038: <em>Community Guides</em> and <em>Yellow Pages</em> Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1974-2010 Description An account of the resource Since 1974, various groups have published guides for Boston and New England’s queer communities. These guides include information about area activities, lodging, vacation spots, entertainment venues, bars, health care organizations, a variety of nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and social justice organizations. In 1974, the Boston newspaper Gay Community News (GCN) published the first such guide for the Boston area, focusing specifically on activities, organizations, and services in Boston and Cambridge. From 1975 to 1977, GCN published guides for activities, organizations, and services throughout New England. In 1981, area publisher Mary Kennedy and others began producing the publication that would later become The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Communities’ Pink Pages (With All of New England). Like the GCN guides, the Pink Pages began by focusing on information pertaining to the Boston area, and later expanded to represent New England. A number of different guides to activities, organizations, and services have had brief publishing runs in Boston and New England, including DIRECTORY/New England and Private Lives. Also, since 1993, various groups have published Boston area Yellow Page directories for the queer community. This collection contains a complete run of the GCN-produced guides, and a near-complete run of Pink Pages. Guides produced by other groups are not complete.