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Houston ARCH (Houston Area Rainbow Collective History) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 569
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

The Houston ARCH Collection, includes DVDs of oral history interviews, written and electronic transcriptions of the interviews, and research materials including newsclippings related to the interviews and the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Houston, Texas.

Dates

  • 1981 - 2020

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

The majority of oral histories in this collection have been digitized and access copies are available online in Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.rice.edu/special-collections/houston-and-texas-history/houston-area-rainbow-collective-history-arch-oral-histories

Unedited versions of the oral histories on video or complete transcripts are also available for most of the oral histories via nearline access. Please contact woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Houston ARCH (Houston Area Rainbow Collective History) Collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Historical note

The organization whose sponsorship led to the formation of this collection is Houston ARCH, Houston Area Rainbow Collective History, a seven-member consortium formed to preserve the LGBT past and to improve intellectual access to materials collected by the constituent member organizations and institutions.

The items in this collection are the result of a particular community research project, the work of Rice University students earning credit for the course SWGS 201, “Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies.” Students taking the course from 2007 through 2015 were required to select interviewees from a list of hundreds of Houstonians who have made contributions to the LGBT community and volunteered to be interviewed. Each group of students spent a month researching their chosen individuals. When background reports were completed, they conducted interviews with these subjects and subsequently prepared written transcripts of the interviews.

Extent

1.75 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

54.8 Gigabytes (Nearline access: MS0569aip_001 - MS0569aip_052)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains oral history interviews documenting the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Houston, Texas. It contains DVDs of the interviews, written and electronic transcripts, and research materials and bibliographies used for the project.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the Woodson Research Center by Rice University's Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality in 2010-2014. More accruals are expected.

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Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Houston ARCH (Houston Area Rainbow Collective History) Collection, 1981-2020
Status
Completed
Author
Mary Tobin and Trevor McNally
Date
2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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Physical Address: 6100 Main, Houston, Texas 77005-1827
Mailing Address: MS-44, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892