Houston ARCH (Houston Area Rainbow Collective History) Collection
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
- Creation: 1981 - 2020
Creator
- Houston Area Rainbow Collective (Organization)
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:
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
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.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- 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
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu