The cover of a pamphlet about Union College's Fourth Annual AIDS Awareness Week at Union College, held in November of 1990. Retrieved from the AIDS Committee Records (RG05-041). Courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, Schaffer Library, Union College.
A pamphlet entitled "AIDS Does Not Discriminate" that was designed to educate people that regardless of their demographics, including race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class, they were at risk of contracting HIV. Retrieved from the AIDS Committee Records (RG05-041). Courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, Schaffer Library, Union College.
A color photograph of what appears to be a large group of people surrounding the AIDS Memorial Quilt. There is no caption, date, or other identifying information contained on the back of the photograph, so its context is largely unknown.
A black and white photograph of two white men who are sitting on a bed, holding hands, and staring solemnly into the camera. There is no caption or date provided on the back of the photograph, so its context is largely unknown.
Excerpts retrieved from a Concordiensis article entitled "Construction Workers and Students" (page 4). Courtesy of Union College. Highlights mine for emphasis.
A group photograph of members of the Mattachine Society. From left to right: Harry Hay (above), Konrad Stevens, Dale Jennings, Rudi Gernreich, Stan Witt, Bob Hull, and Chuck Rowland. Taken by James Gruber. Courtesy of Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay (documentary, dir. Eric Slade, 2002, 56 minutes).
A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson handing out fliers, with other protestors featured in the background. Taken by Diana Davies. Courtesy of the New York Public Library.
A photograph of a group of people celebrating outside of the boarded-up Stonewall Inn following the uprising. Taken by Fred W. McDarrah. Courtesy of the Village Voice.
The cover page of the August 1958 edition of the ONE Magazine (1953-1969). Created by One, Inc., one of the earliest gay rights organizations in the United States, founded in 1952. Courtesy of the Homosexual Information Center, Los Angeles.
The cover of the October 1957 edition of The Ladder (1956-1972), the first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States. Created by the Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., San Francisco. Courtesy of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, Periodicals, Newsletters, and Zines Collection, Brooklyn.
A printed, pocket-sized student handbook produced in September 1965 for members of the Union College Class of 1969. Retrieved from the Vertical File (SCA-1025). Courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, Schaffer Library, Union College.
This piece was designed to match male Union students with female students from other colleges and universities, as well as other Union towns. It groups the men by their fraternity affiliation, or lack thereof. Courtesy of New York State Historic Newspapers.
A photograph of twenty performers on stage during a courtroom scene from Trial By Jury. The female characters - four bridesmaids and a bride - are portrayed by male students in drag. Retrieved from the Picture File (SCA-1026). Courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, Schaffer Library, Union College.
A photograph of the cast of A Bold Stroke for a Wife. This show marked an official change in Mountebanks policy: from there on out, women from the college and surrounding community would take on the female roles in Mountebanks performances.
A photograph of six performers on stage during a scene from Hamlet. The two female characters (Gertrude and Ophelia) are portrayed by male Union students in drag. The back of the photograph lists out the names of who played which character featured in the photograph. Retrieved from the Picture File (SCA-1026). Courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, Schaffer Library, Union College.
A photograph of thirteen pride-themed pins. Retrieved from the Union College Artifact Collection (SCA-1096). Courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, Schaffer Library, Union College.
