PRIDE! of the Community

PRIDE! Of the Community: Documenting LGBTQ History in the Triad is the first large-scale initiative to document the LGBTQ+ history of the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point) area of North Carolina, through community scanning days and other outreach activities. The project includes items from multiple collections, some of them held by UNC Greensboro and partner institutions, and some contributed by community organizations and individuals. PRIDE! Of the Community was originally funded by a Common Heritage grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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: Advertisements in North Carolina LGBTQ+ Publications; This LGBTQ+ Publications collections contains issues of newspapers and magazines including The Front Page, Community Connections, Etc,, Cruise, and others, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s. The digital advertisements project presents advertisements for local LGBTQ+ businesses pulled from these publications Businesses featured include bars, bookstores, restaurants, community groups, and other accommodations and services.

: Beth Ann Koelsch Collection; Photographs documenting the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

: David Gwynn Collection; David Gwynn (b.1964) is a librarian and faculty member at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This collections contains material documenting commercial architecture, family members, and LGBTQ+ life.

: Dirk Robertson Collection; Scrapbooks documenting Triad LGBTQ+ organizations and events, digitized as part of the PRIDE! Of the Community project.

: Ellen Gerber Papers; Ellen "Lennie" Gerber is a North Carolina attorney and activist who with Pearl Berlin, her partner of 52 years, was a plaintiff in the landmark 2014 gay marriage case Gerber et al. v. Cooper.

: Frank Benedetti-Gary Trowbridge Collection; Items documenting LGBTQ+ life and organizations in the Triad.

: Gary Palmer Collection; Gary Palmer is a Greensboro resident and activist.

: Guilford Green Foundation Archives; Photographs and other documents relating to Guilford Green Foundation, donated as part of the PRIDE! Of the Community project.

: Jeff Rainey Collection; Items documentinng LGBTQ+ life in Greensboro, N.C., with a focus on nightclubs.

: Jennifer N. Mintz Collections; Items documenting LGBTQ+ life and organizations in the Triad.

: Joel T. Cudworth(a/k/a Marilyn Rivers) Collection; Joel T. Cudworth is a female impersonator who has worked under the name Marilyn Rivers since 1976, and has been named both Miss Greenboro and Miss North Carolina.

: Marnie Thompson Papers; Marnie Thompson is a North Carolina activist.

: Mitch and Peggy Matthews Papers; Mitch and Peggy Matthews are North Carolina residents who have worked extensively with PFLAG.

: Office of Multicultural Affairs / Office of Intercultural Engagement Records; The Office of Multicultural Affairs contributes to the University's academic mission in providing student-centered programs that promote awareness of and respect for cultural diversity and offer opportunities to provoke thought and expand cross-cultural and inter-cultural knowledge. The Office changed its name in 2015 to Office of Intercultural Engagement to better reflect the office as a collaborative, inclusive, and engaged department. This record group consists of annual reports (1982-1983 and 1988-1990), newsletters (1979-2005), and an archive of the department's website (2015).

: Out at the Movies Collection; Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Out at the Movies, donated by the company as part of the Pride of the Community project. Most are born-digital items.

: PRIDE! Records; The Gay Student Union was created at UNC Greensboro in 1979 as an organization for LGBTQ+ students. The name of the organization has changed multiple times since then. This collection contains records documenting the work of this organization.

: PRIDE! of the Community Oral History Collection; PRIDE! of the Community is an ongoing project documenting LGBTQ+ history in the Triad. The oral history collection consists primarily of oral histories recorded fore the project, but several relevant items from other collections have been included in the digital collection as well.

: Sata Prescott Collection; Sata Prescott is a librarian and a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This collection deals primarily with his life as a member of the LGBTQ+ community in Greensboro and other areas of North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.