The
Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives®© aka Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives®© are part of Arizona's first 1967 Gay Lesbian Bisexual
Transgenger Queer archives
effort that began collecting, preserving, and archiving Arizona's
LGBTQ+ Gay Lesbian Queer History in 1967 while often
experiencing harassment, danger, threats & physical harm.
The
focus of the Phoenix LGBTQIA+
Archives and its mission is soley the collection,
preservation, and digital vitual access of historical related Arizona LGBTQIA+ photographs,
manuscripts, event posters, LGBTQIA+ related publications, journals & diaries,
documentaries, audio
tapes, Super 8 & 35mm Films, Micro Film, VHS-Beta-CD-DVD recordings of events,
audio sound recordings, interviews, art works, LGBTQIA+ Events T-Shirts & Memorabiia along with other LGBTQIA+ Gay
Lesbian items for
inclusion into the permanent
Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives®©
for their preservation and access for current and future
generations.
Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives®©
Welcomes The Donation Of Your Original or Digitzed
Photographic, Poster, Publication, VHS & DVD movies, And Other LGBTQ+ Items
Donate Your
LGBTQIA+ Historical Items
& Collections
Now
Help Save Phoenix LGBTQIA+ History!
Include
Your Return Address For Postage-Shipping Reimbursement To:
Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives
Security Screening Center
STE 101, UNIT 5161
Tucson Arizona 85703
All Items Pass Through Federally Monitored
Security Screening Inspection Processes
About
The Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual+ Archives are Arizona’s original
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual+ (LGBTQIA+)
archives collections of the original archiving effort began in 1967
later to be renamed the Arizona LGBTQ+ Museum/Archives.
As a community-state-multi
state focused
archives founded as a physical and digital archives the
Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives uses and pulls the concept of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgendered, Queer, Intersex, Asexual +
into the thousands of artifacts, exhibits, items, and records being
collected, preserved, and made digitally available to the world. The
Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives all-volunteer
archivists work closely with many diverse LGBTQIA+ communities
throughout Arizona, the United States, and around the world
developing archives that are for, by, and about LGBTQIA+ History it
represents. A comprehensive archives that fully encompases the
many people, organizations, events, and contributions that so
many have made.
Mission
Statement
The Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives of the
Arizona LGBTQ+ Museum work
with many heterogeneous
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex [LGBTQIA+],
Gender Non-Conforming, and Two Spirit Communities throughout
Arizona, around the United States,
and in other countries of the
world identifying, preserving, and protecting the many records,
manuscripts, papers, photographs and ephemera of LGBTQIA+ History
that document
the distinct histories of these communities.
The Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives
Mission:
Collecting and maintaining the many individual stories, papers,
photographs, videos,
oral histories, home movies, artwork,
clothing items,
and other distinct various forms of
historical records reflecting many hundreds of years
of combined
generations insights and knowledges.
Areas of collecting
interest are specified below in a separate Collection Development
Policy
to collect and maintain these historical items and
records of enduring historical significance
to current and
future organizations, community groups, safe spaces,
including
identified organizational efforts supporting LGBTQIA+ lives
throughout Arizona.
The Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives recognizes
that the LGBTQIA+ communities are diverse
and heterogeneous and
hold complicated, contradictory, as well as complementary histories
that can all come together here as valid everyday knowledges and
truths.
The Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives works to engage with
many communities, organizations,
and individuals to collect,
preserve, and share these many histories and memories.
The Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Archives Collection Policy
The Phoenix Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex
Asexual LGBTQIA+ Archives of the now Arizona LGBTQ+ Museum since
its original 1967
beginning been aquiring-collecting the many items and exhibits materials that are
forever relevant to
LGBTQIA+ individuals, groups, and
organizations involved supporting LGBTQIA+ lives.
Items collected
include tens of thousands of stories, papers, records, manuscrpits,
publications, ephemera, original photographs, home movies, event
posters, government records, videos, digital and many other
materials,
including but not limited to artifacts, such as art,
crafts, and apparel.
As one of the worlds major stewards of
LGBTQIA+ histories,
the Phoenix LGBTQIA+ Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual Archives
works to preserve the
history of the events and people between the 1700's and 2020's
and beyond for
current and future generations.
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