List of LGBTQ Archival Items in the PRCA - Newark Public Library

List of LGBTQ Archival Items in the PRCA

Compiled by Kristyn Scorsone, Archival Assistant

Updated by Michelle Ametekpor, Archival Intern

Amilkar Vélez-López – Papers Box 7 Folder 9: "The Puerto Rican Lesbian and the Puerto Rican Community" by Hilda A. Hidalgo and Elia Hidalgo Christensen (1976) Efrain E. Blasini – Papers Box 13: The Adventures of Bleach Man (Adults Only) – Pamphlet on AIDS Prevention (1988) Eliu Rivera – Papers OV_SZ 2: Photograph: Puerto Rican Day Parade – People marching holding a PACO- Latin Adolescents Understanding Grown Up Health (L.A.U.G.H.) HIV Prevention Program banner (undated) Hilda A. Hidalgo, PhD – Papers Box 6 Folder 2: Miscellaneous Poems for Hilda (c. 1983) Box 6 Folder 6: "High Mass for Daughters of Bilitis" Joke Pamphlet (1987) Box 6 Folder 9: Beyond Heterosexism Conference Pamphlet (1992) Box 6 Folder 17: Clippings (1969-1986, undated) ● "People Aren't Stereotypes" OV_SZ 2: VHS Tape ● The Naked Civil Servant (1975); ● SF Lesbian & Gay Political Activity (1991); ● Family Values: Lesbians help with AIDS (1988). OV_SZ 2: VHS Tape ● N.A.S.W. – Annual Planning Meeting Chicago, IL (1985) OV_SZ 3: VHS Tape – AIDS Auction (undated) OV_SZ 4: Buttons ● Two purple Statue of Liberties holding hands on a white background. (undated) ● Anti-homophobia button – Red strike through black text. (undated) ● "Warning! Schools Spread Sexism" (undated) ● "The Future is Female" (undated) ● "The New Right is the Old Wrong // NOW - NJ - Lesbian Rights Task Force" (undated) OV_SZ 5: Buttons ● "Coming Out // Wages For Housework" (undated) ● "Women Have Natural Rhythm" (undated) ● "Equal Partnership in Marriage" (undated) ● "God Created Women in Her Own Image" (undated) ● "Support Gay Teachers" (1980s) ● "Orgullo // Respeto" (undated) ● "United Nations // 1975 // International Women's Year" (1975) ● "I Deserve: Love // To Be Trusted // Sexual Pleasure // Friendship // Happiness // Freedom // Respect" (undated) ● "Encourage //Lesbianism" (undated) ● "Fat Can Be Beautiful" (undated) ● "Peace on Earth… Good Will Toward Women" (undated) ● "International Woman's Day '82 // March 6, 1982" (1982) ● "Women Who Seek To Be Equal to Men Lack Ambition" (undated) ● "[Equality] Florida Council" (1997) ● "Hands Off // Private Property" (undated) ● "How Dare You Presume I'd Rather Be Thin" (undated) ● "Heterosexism Can Be Cured!" (undated) ● "Lesbiana y Contenta" (1980) ● "[Pink Triangle] // Silencio=Muerte" (1989) ● "Marimacha ¿Y Qué?" (undated) o Slogan coined by Latina Lesbian Feminist Activist Yolanda Retter Vargas, who was a board member of Connexxus Center in Los Angeles, CA (see Box 2, Folder 3 for an address H. Hidalgo gave at Connexxus). [Translation: Dyke. What of it?] ● "Sin Duda" (undated) Note: This collection was cited in Hilda A. Hidalgo: PhD, Puerto Rican, Latina, Lesbian, Feminist, New Jerseyan by Elizabeth Parker (2014) and Queer Newark: Stories of Resistance, Love, and Community edited by Whitney Strub (2024) Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey – Records Series: BE PROUD Boxes 1 – 5 Administration This group includes many materials used by the administrators of Be Proud. There are various permission slips and workshop trainers' outlines. These materials were used to prepare individuals with the issue of HIV/AIDS in order to conduct meetings and workshops when required to do so. Evaluations This groups has evaluations and summaries from the workshops that Be Proud, Be Responsible had at Suydam Street Reformed Church, Edison job corp. and Redshaw School. The group has pre and post tests from the various workshops. Meetings This group is a paper trail of monthly reports from various organizations which includes a sub-series of agendas. The meetings are throughout the years of 1996 and 1997. Programs This group contains registration forms, permission slips, pre and post tests, evaluations and summaries from programs that were initiated in different schools such as Woodrow Wilson and in different groups such as the Youth Corp. There are also training materials from the Hyacinth project in connection with Be Proud, Be Responsible P.O.W! Many of the programs are focused on keeping the community informed about the dangers that HIV/AIDS poses to them as individuals and the community at large. Publications This group has publications that pertain to HIV/AIDS. There are booklets, statistics and prevention work done on the subject. There are also various manuals to aid in teaching how to prevent yourself from contracting the disease. Registration This group has intake forms from the Be Proud, Be Responsible project P.O.W! The intake forms are from the different organizations in which used the program such as the Suydam Street Reformed Church and Edison job corporation. Workshops Within this group, there are HIV/AIDS fact sheets as well as more summaries and evaluations pertaining to specific workshops at Highland Park High School. It also has the introduction to the HIV/AIDS presentation that is done. Jose Delgado – Papers Box 4 Folder 20: HIV/AIDS Task Force (2000) Marcos Leiderman – Papers Subject Files: Publications - Spanish-Language Health Communication Teaching Aids: A List of Printed Materials and Their Sources (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) (1972) Maxine Lisboa – Papers Box 4 Folder 13: AIDS Hits Puerto Ricans Hardest Concludes Report (CLIPPPING) (1992) Box 13 Folder 1: Connections Between Communication and Community: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Residential Support Facility for Latinos with HIV/AIDS (2005) Olga Jiménez Wagenheim, Ph.D. – Papers: Vinyl Collection Nostalgia, album by Lucecita Latino Oral History Collections Activist Voices ● Hilda A. Hidalgo, PhD oral history, parts 1 & 2 Latino Life Stories ● Sister Deborah Humphreys oral history o Topic: HIV/AIDs Services, pages 18, 19, 24, 25 Click here to download PDF