Yale Bulletin and Calendar

December 1, 2006|Volume 35, Number 12|Two-Week Issue

Exhibit chronicles gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender history

A new exhibit highlighting the Yale Library's holdings on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture and history is currently on display in Sterling Memorial Library.

Titled "These Stories Too Shall Be Told," the exhibit was organized by the Manuscripts and Archives department and will be on view through Feb. 28. It features materials from collections that document a person's entire life, as well as single items recording events, political philosophies, cultural milieu and lifestyles.

Among the items on view are the correspondence of Annie Beecher Scoville and Elizabeth Page Harris, each documenting their intimate relationships with other women; the diaries of Albert Dodd, Edward Chase Sheffield, John William Sterling and Donald Crossley Vining that detail their personal lives while students at Yale; and the papers of activists David Mixner and Candida Scott Piel, which provide insight into the gay rights movement and AIDS epidemic. In addition, mass circulation and small press publications chronicle the development of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. The exhibit also features work by noted photographer Bruce Cratsley as well as photographs documenting Fire Island's Cherry Grove festival, which celebrates gay and lesbian pride.

The Sterling Memorial Library is located at 120 High St. The library is restricted to persons with current Yale or library-issued identification cards Sunday through Friday after 6 p.m. For library hours, visit www.library.yale.edu/hours.

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