https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/1461/archive/files/6cc57e05a956a6cf35ca0fa4514ad92b.pdf?Expires=1792627200&Signature=ZAzsh7opwFe3MIC7dYn6wMoxIfpn2YxIq0gQa6701aqM8Sox4NtiyUw4Lr3txZa1Ts78wIvV2irDdQHbfnue4r8fLMgTYnFlwY1hYvThGwxG7ldd0RgBikycD8OvoHRUIzztvwwrpqOC9viIIIDVrQXYkoxB3ml48X40DdhFH5ez4Bo7OXDC37eC6UGpXWrxNSUroGrwGybE77GZhqonYbf31z45bIZ7HIUhXEbFoTOs6c8J6e6uNbE14v4FSYOGLw9qfCa2Ud1OBbSOAx92yUgXJTYGNa%7Egi4Ak-i-aHQwnA9wgsVECK%7Eb%7ETCa9PqneRHm0SAS-aEI6HWYZrA9%7EDA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM cd2fd0ae796dea08f633faff2ce83641 PDF Text Text Archives and Research Finding Aid Collection Number: Title: Coll. 21 Robert Wheatly Collection COLLECTION SUMMARY Creator(s): Title: Extent: Date Span: Location: Robert Wheatly The Collection of Robert Wheatly 5 linear feet c. 1968-2002 The History Project, Archives and Records Department Finding aid prepared for The History Project, Archives and Research Department by Sage L. Moses under the supervision of William Holden. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 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 attended Harvard Divinity School. He lived in Cambridge until his death and was active in several positions in the Unitarian Universalist Church, LGBT groups, specifically in Boston and 3 Cambridge and also groups related to aging and affordable housing groups. In 1998-2000 Rev. Wheatly had contacted THP concerning disposition of his collection of materials and papers related to LGBT issues. At his death, his partner, Kenneth J. English arranged with The History Project to receive his papers. Throughout his tenure as director of the Unitarian Universalist (U.U.) Office of Gay Concerns, he traveled extensively throughout North America to attend conferences and workshops, and speaking engagements associated with LGBT and church issues. Wheatly’s first church position was as an ordained minister in the Disciples of Christ where he worked at a church in Gainsville, Florida from 1942-1943. Following that position, he served in the Air Force from 1943-1946 stationed in Alaska. After World War II he returned to Florida and earned a B.A. degree from Stetson College. At this time, he became a Unitarian and served in U.U. churches. Wheatly served U.U. churches in Westboro, Lawrence and Manchester, N.H. He also attended Crane School of Religion at Tufts and graduated in 1968, prepared for the ministry in the U.U. churches. Wheatly also worked in credit management and personnel at Beth Isreal Deaconess and Children’s Hospital and coordinator of services for the Cambridge Committee of Elders and executive director of the Cambridge Council on Aging. In 1977, he was appointed Director of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Office of Gay Concerns (which was re-named during his tenure as the Office of Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Concerns, currently the �Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Ministries or LGBTQ Ministries). Wheatly retired from that position in 1987. During his career, Wheatly traveled extensively to Unitarian Universalist conferences and churches presenting the case for new understandings, attitudes, rights and services for gay people. He lobbied at the State House in Boston, took part in the Annual Boston Gay Pride Parade, and gave leadership to Gay Pride Worship Services. He also compiled A Planning Guide for a Same Sex Holy Union Ceremony, published by his office in 1987. He officiated at same-sex holy unions throughout his career. Wheatly was known for his humor, once speaking on Groundhogs and Fairies for Groundhog Day. Wheatly was a founding member in 1987 of Prime Timers, a group of older gay men, now a worldwide organization with thousands of members. Upon his death, he was survived by his life’s partner of 45 years, Kenneth J. English, who died in 2006. SUBJECT TERMS Organization Names: Am Tikva Bay Windows Advisory Board Briggs Initiative – California Boston Gay Religious Coalition Boston Institute for Gay Studies Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance Boston Pride Cambridge Lavender Alliance Campaign to End Homophobia Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Committee on Civil Liberties and Sexual Freedom Dignity Family Protection Act Gay and Lesbian Speakers Bureau GAY GA – Georgia GAYLA (U.U Gay and Lesbian Association) Gay Rights Legislation – Massachusetts GLISTEN Greater Boston Lesbian and Gay Interfaith Coalition (GBLGIC) RELATED COLLECTIONS #02 #07 #39 #52 #73 #75 – – – – – – David Scondras LGBT Youth Gay Legislation Boston Prime Timers Joyce Crowder Boston LGBTQ Religious Groups Homophile Community Health Service Human Rights Charitable Foundation Integrity Kinsey Report Men Against a Sexist Society NGLTF - National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce National Association for Lesbian and Gay Gerontology New England Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans Prime Timers Project 10 Project 10 East Seacoast Gays Speaker’s Bureau SpeakOUT The Boston Coalition for GLBT Youth Tri-City Defense Unitarian Universalist Association (U.U.A.) Unitarian Universalist Gay Caucus Unitarian Universalist Office of Gay Concerns �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: 29 Stanhope Street Boston, MA 02116 617.266.7733 info@historyproject.org www.historyproject.org SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection totals 5 boxes of Wheatly’s papers relating to LGBTQ ministry. Many of these documents pertain to his role as Director of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Office of Gay Concerns (later changed to the Office of Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Concerns, currently the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Ministries or LGBTQ Ministries). Other papers and correspondence were donated by Kenneth J. English and the History Project to Andover Newton Library at Harvard Divinity School. In It has been attempted to retain Wheatly’s original folders of papers, particularly those related to memorial services, sermons, and research topics. In one case Wheatly officiated at both the holy union and the funerals of a couple and papers related to these individuals have been kept together. Wheatly preached a sermon entitled, “On Being Homosexual,” at a number of churches in the United States throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s. These are foldered by location. The collection includes several brochures and clippings on sexuality as related to theology and/or religious institutions. FOLDER LIST Series I. Work and Ministry Box 1 Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder 1: Correspondence 2: Aging 3: Washington, DC. March, 1987 4: Homophobia 5: 1970-1980s Gay Manifestos 6: A Theology for Gays. Good Samaritan and the Gays. 7: Harvey Milk Memorial, 1978 8: Violence Against L/G 9: National Interfaith LGBT Materials 10: Washington March, c. mid-1980s 11: Kinsey Scale & Joseph Barth Sermon, 1948 12: Falwell Harvard Speech 9/20/1984 13: Humanism – Colleague’s Sermon’s & Brochures 14: Kim Crawford Harvie, Arlington Street Church 15: Foster Care 16 (a & b): Bi-Sexual 17: Psychiatry/Psychology �Folder 18: Florida – 1989, 1990, & 1993 Folder 19: Lesbian & Gay Youth Folder 20: Lesbian and Gay Marriage – Includes three photos and UUA outline for same-sex weddings Folder 21: Human Rights in England Folder 22: Memorial Service for Clark Allen Richardson, Rev. Douglas Warren Sears Presiding Folder 23: Gay Parenting Folder 24: Atlanta 6/10-11/1976, Anita Bryant Folder 25: Pornography/Obscenity Folder 26: Promiscuity Folder 27: Family Protection Act Folder 28: AIDS Folder 29: Counseling/Councilors Folder 30: “A Crisis of Conscience: Homosexuals and the Church.” The Detroit News. 3/23/1986 Folder 31: The Castro/AIDS, The New Yorker Folder 32: Anita Bryant, Tri-city Response 1977-1978 Folder 33: Alcoholism Folder 34: Hardwick Case, 1986 Folder 35: Above Ground Records Folder 36: TV Evangelists Folder 37: The South & Southern Baptists Folder 38: Marco Vassi Folder 39: Barney Frank & Elaine Noble Folder 40: St. Patrick’s Parade/Gay Controversy, 1992 Folder 41: Tallahassee, FL. 1980 Series I. Work and Ministry (continued) Box 2 Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder 42: Washington State, 1978 43 (a & b): Harvard / Youth 1968-1969 44: Health Care & Homophile Community Health Service 45 (a & b): Gay Legislation, 1987-1988 46: Sex, Sex Role, Sexuality – includes 1942 Planned Parenthood manual 47: Publications 48: (a, b & c): Clippings 49: Publications – Episcopal / Catholic 50: Publications – Seventh Day Adventist 51: Publications – Presbyterian / Methodist 52 (a & b): Publications –Theology, Christianity, GLBTQ Publications 53 (a & b): Theology, Christianity & Sexuality Clippings 54: Notes Unknown 55: Articles on Robert Wheatly Series II. Unitarian Universalist BOX 3 Folder 1 (a & b): Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Folder 2: UUA. Houston & Dallas, TX. C. 1981 Folder 3: Briggs Initiative California – includes photo of UUA protest �Folder 4: Unitarian Universalist Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns UUGLC (previously Office of Gay Concerns UUGC) Folder 5: Norfolk, VA Folder 6: Northeast Folder 7: UUA Board Homophobia Workshop Folder 8: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship – St. Lawrence District Meeting. 1979. Folder 9: Unitarian Universalists for Gay & Lesbian Concerns (UUGLC), Houston, TX. 1985 Folder 10: UULGC. Dallas, 1990 Folder 11: UUA Retirement/Dismissal (also contains excerpts from Navais, Gene. Abuses of the Clergy) Folder 12: UULG Clergy Conference 3/1984 Folder 13: UULGC Co-ord. Committee Folder 14: UUA Sharing in Growth Folder 15: UU Gay Caucus, 1976 Folder 16: Unitarian Universalists for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns Folder 17: Boston Unitarian Universalist Gays and Lesbians (BUUGL) Folder 18: UU Publications Series III. Organizations and Conferences BOX 4 Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder 1: The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Speakers Bureau of Bostons 2 (a & b): Prime Timers 3: Gayla 1990/Ferry Beach 4: Bagly 5: Human Rights Charitable Conference 5: Bay Windows Advisory Committee 7: Greater Boston Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance 8: Boston Institute Gay Studies, Inc. 9: Glisten Conference, 1992 10: Campaign to End Homophobia – Cooper Thompson 11: A Workshop on Prejudice, Materials & Trainings 12: Committee for Civil Liberties and Social Freedom. Boston, MA 13: Gay Ga/Gala 1990’s 14: Mobile AIDS Resource Team 15: Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (CLUM) 16: Greater Boston Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Interfaith Coalition (GBLGBIC) various years 1991/92 17: Greater Boston Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Interfaith Coalition (GBLGBIC) 1994/1996 18: Gay Seminarians Conferences 19: Am Tikva 20: Cambridge Lavender Alliance 21: L/G Gerontology Conference, 1980. 22: National Association for Lesbian/Gay Gerontology – Contains St. Priapus Church, San Francisco, December Newsletter. 23: Economic Justice and Churches Meeting of 1st Church Committee. 1/5/1970. 24: AIDS, Medford Conference �Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder 25: Bi-sexuality Conference, 1989 26: Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day, Harvard University 27: Fenway Lesbian and Gay Alliance 28 (a & b): The Healthy Boston Coalition for LGBT Youth 29: New England LGBT Veterans 30: Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus 31: Concern, Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile 32: Council on Religion and the Homosexual 33: Paul Shanley & Exodus Center 34: Interfaith AIDS Ministry 35: Project 10 36: Urban Ministries Convocation, 10/21-24/1985 37: Domestic Violence Theology and the Church, Episcopal Divinity School. 10/25-26/1985. 38: The Bi-Monthly, Bi-Sexual Center 39: Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Veterans Series IV. Writing and Sermons BOX 5 Folder 1: “On Being Homosexual.” – Houston, TX.11/3-5/78 Folder 2: “On Being Homosexual.” – Somerville, NJ. 1979 Folder 3: “On Being Homosexual.” 5/20-21/1978. “In Praise of an Old Man Named Alliston.” 2/12/1978. Albany, NY Folder 4: “On Being Homosexual.” – St. Lawrence District Meeting, 1979 Folder 5: “On Being Homosexual.” – Cleveland, OH. 11/4/1979 Folder 6: “On Being Homosexual.” – Jackson, FL Folder 7: “On Being Homosexual.” – Iowa City, IA 3/2/1980 Folder 8: “On Being Homosexual.” – Leominster, MA. 1982 Folder 9: “On Being Homosexual.” – Northborough, MA. UUA. 4/26/1981 Folder 10: “On Being Homosexual.” – Concord, NH. 12/7/1980 Folder 11: “On Being Homosexual.” – Columbus, OH. 5/11/1980 Folder 12: “On Being Homosexual.” – Chicago, IL. 3/17/1989 Folder 13: “On Being Homosexual.” – Brewster, MA. 7/31/1983 Folder 14: “On Being Homosexual.” – Raleigh, NC. 4/25/1982 Folder 15: “On Being Homosexual.” & Aging – Deland, FL 2/13/1983 Folder 16: “On Being Homosexual; On Having Homophobia.” Mobile, AL. 6/23/1985 Folder 17: “Gay, Going on Gray.” Norfolk, VA Folder 18: “Gay, Gray and ???” North Shore G & L Alliance, 5/26/1981 Folder 19: “On Being Hip on Religion.” Westboro, MA. 3/2/1969 Folder 20: “Homosexuals an Unseen Minority.” – Racine, WI Folder 21: Sermons, Roxbury, MA. 1982-87 Folder 22: “What Happened to the Rainbow?” Boston, MA. 4/19/1977 Folder 23: Address to the Joint Judiciary Committee. Freedom to Mary Collection. 5/17/2001 Folder 24: Christian Ministry to and with Homosexual Christian, United Church Christ. Holyoke, MA. 6/4/1983 Folder 25: “Gay Anxiety During the Holiday Season.” SeaCoast Gays. Portsmouth, NH 12/11/1988 �Folder 26: “On Groundhogs, Unicorns, and Other Mythic Creatures.” NOTE: CONTAINS PERSONAL HISTORY Folder 27: “Ceremony of Separation.” Arlington Street Church. July 30, 1986 Folder 28: “Human Rights in Our Denomination.” Winchester, MA. 1/21/1980 Folder 29: “Homosexuality and the Church.” The Gay Church. WOR TV, Broadway, New York, NY. 7/2/1982 Folder 30: Dignity/Unity, Worchester, MA. 1984/1986 Folder 31: “Strangers, Maybe – But Never Aliens.” Dignity, Boston, MA. 1/20/1985 Folder 32: “Facing Up to 10%.” West Newton, MA. 1986 Folder 33: “Homophobia (Still) Among Us?” Same-Sex Weddings Folder 34: Commitment Ceremony: Melvina Grace & Rollins Edwards, 5/25/1989 Folder 35: “The Church & Social Problems,” 1960’s Folder 36: “Ministerial Responsibility for Social Concerns” Folder 37: Christian Distortions Talk Folder 38: “Embracing the Stereotype,” on doing drag Folder 39: Boston Pride, 1996 Folder 40: Inadequacy of Individualism, 1970s Folder 41 (a & b): “The Church and Senator McCarthy,” 3/14/1954 Series V. Memorial Services BOX 5 Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder 1: Robert William McGill, Jr., 1989 2: Jacob Kachador Vartabedian, 1990 3: Arthur Leo Bailey, 1990 4: Samuel Boraks, 1990 5: Kevin Thibodeau & Thomas Henkaline, 1986-1990 6: Jane Chambers, 1983 7: Marion S. Latner, 1989 8: Melvina Grace (Adolpus Moses Grace), 1986 9: Curt Muller (Curtis A, Jr.), 1985 10: Dean N. McDowell, Jr. 1984 11: ‘Ed’ 12: Jeff Barmeyer 13: Burton Ross Pierce, 1986 14: Craig A. Miller 1986 15: William Thomas Rogers (Tommie/Monique), 1986 16: Thomas (Tommie) A. Conners, III at Sandy Latner’s home, 1988 17: Robert L. Donner, 1988 18: Joseph Farinella, 1988 19: Hiram Hunt Nickerson, 1987 20: David Tatum, 1988 21: Katharine E. Peirce, 1987 22: Mathilda Goldstone Moore, 1988 23: Edith Schaffer, 1986 24: John Cross, 1989 25: Mark Mosher DeWolfe, 1982 26: Marilyn A. (Mahoney) Drew, 1989 27: Douglas A. (Ian) Johnson, 1989 �Folder 28: Allyn Amundson, 1975. Includes full page article and chapbook Night Blooming, with poems and remembrances of Amundson Folder 29: Seth Steeves, 1987 Folder 30: Jerry Sawyer, 1985 Folder 31: Richard Evans Miller Folder 32: Charlie Howard, 1989 Folder 33: Russel Alan Koning, 1989 Series VI. Personal BOX 5 Folder 1: Photographs Folder 2: Travel Brochures � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Our collection descriptions—also known as <em>finding aids</em>—can be found below. 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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 School but did not finish the coursework. He lived in Cambridge until his death and was active in several positions in the Unitarian Universalist Church, LGBT groups, specifically in Boston and Cambridge and also groups related to aging and affordable housing groups.In 1998-2000 Rev. Wheatly had contacted THP concerning disposition of his collection of materials and papers related to LGBT issues. At his death, his partner, Kenneth J. English arranged with The History Project to receive his papers. Throughout his tenure as director of the Unitarian Universalist (U.U.) Office of Gay Concerns, he traveled extensively throughout North America to attend conferences and workshops, and speaking engagements associated with LGBT and church issues. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context THP-FA-021 Subject The topic of the resource Wheatly, Robert P. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Email info@historyproject.org for more information.