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Alan Klein Papers

Call Number

MSS.118

Date

ca. 1980-1995, inclusive

Creator

Klein, Alan

Extent

4.5 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The Alan Klein Papers represent Klein's, a New York based public relations consultant and long-time gay activist, collection of materials that chronicle the Gay-rights movement. The collection includes correspondence, flyers, periodicals, press clippings, T-shirts and other materials which focus on the activities of Act Up (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), and Queer Nation, among others.

Biographical Note:

Alan Klein, a New York based public relations consultant, has been a long-time gay activist and was recently the Communications Director at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). He collected these materials which chronicle the gay-rights struggle through the 1980's and early 1990's.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically.

The files are grouped into six series.

Missing Title

  1. Series I: Act Up
  2. Series II: Queer Nation
  3. Series III: AIDS
  4. Series IV: General Files
  5. Series V: Periodicals
  6. Series VI: T-Shirts

Scope and Content Note

The Alan Klein Papers are a part of the Downtown Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library is the primary special collections division of the NYU Libraries, housing nearly 200,000 volumes of English and American literature from 1700 to the present. Strengths of the collection include the development of the English and American novel, with an emphasis on the Gothic and the Victorian novel, and the post-1975 Downtown New York scene.

The Alan Klein Papers are a diverse collection of materials, including correspondence, fact sheets, flyers, healthcare reports, minutes, periodicals, press clippings, T-shirts and other materials, which collectively document the activities of Act Up (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and Queer Nation, as well as the social and political issues central to their causes. Throughout the processing of these papers, Klein's original folder groupings and titles were maintained as much as possible. These folders were then filed alphabetically under the series titles Act Up, Queer Nation, AIDS, and General Files based on the content of their materials.

Access Restrictions

Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Use Restrictions

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); Alan Klein Papers; MSS 118 ; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections , New York University Libraries.

Provenance

The Alan Klein Papers were purchased in 2001 from Bolerium Books.

Separated Material

There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials but that have been physically separated or removed.

Collection processed by

Processed by: Matt Moore, 2001.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 17:10:56 -0400.
Language: Description is in English.

Edition of this Guide

This version was derived from Klein FindingAid.doc

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012