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Greetings!
Summer is on its way, bringing with it some exciting new changes here at ONE. The Board of Directors are thrilled to announce that the non-profit arm of ONE, which was founded in 1952, has a brand new name: the ONE Archives Foundation! For more information about the history and role of the Foundation moving forward, check out the lead story below.
In the next few weeks, we have many dynamic programs coming your way, including Marie Hřeg Meets Klara Lidén which continues on view until June 28, 2014 at ONE's main location and EZTV: Video Transfer, an exhibition and screening series exploring the history of EZTV, a pioneering video space founded in West Hollywood in 1979. EZTV continues on view until June 1, 2014 at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum. We are also excited to announce several collections that are now fully processed and available for researchers. These include photographs from "underground celebrity" Miles Everritt, and the Christopher Street West Association.
As summer kicks in, take a break from the heat and come enjoy the many historic treasures we have to offer here at ONE. There is a little something for everyone!
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ONE's Historic 60 Year Legacy Continues With a Brand New Name! |
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Jim Kepner (left) and W. Dorr Legg standing outside the ONE Incorporated offices on Venice Blvd. Undated. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
Drum roll please...
The Board of Directors of the oldest LGBTQ non-profit organization in the United States is excited to announce their new name: the ONE Archives Foundation. As a 501(c)3 non-profit, the ONE Archives Foundation collects, preserves, and protects LGBTQ history, art, and culture in collaboration with ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries, the largest collection of LGBTQ materials in the world.
Celebrating over 60 years of preserving LGBTQ history
The ONE Archives Foundation has a long and rich history that began in 1952 when a group of Mattachine Society members in Los Angeles who were eager to take a more activist stance on "homophile" issues met to discuss creating a magazine for homosexuals. Don Slater, W. Dorr Legg, and Jim Kepner formed ONE Inc. that same year, which went on to become the most accomplished gay and lesbian rights organization of the 1950s. In January 1953, they published the first issue of ONE Magazine, which would become the first widely distributed publication for homosexuals in the United States. ONE Magazine covers from April 1955, and July 1964. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
ONE Inc. was the first to establish a public LGBTQ research library (1953), provide social services to the LGBTQ community (1953), host conferences on LGBTQ rights (1955), teach classes in LGBT studies (1956), and publish a LGBTQ scholarly journal (1958). Throughout this period, Kepner continued to acquire his collection of LGBTQ materials, which began in 1942 with the purchase of Radclyffe Hall's book The Well of Loneliness.  Noted psychologist Dr. Evelyn Hooker speaks at ONE Incorporated. April 2, 1978. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
In 1971, Kepner's collection, then housed in his West Hollywood apartment, became the Western Gay Archives. In 1979, when a board of directors was created, it became the National Gay Archives. In 1984, as its scope expanded, the collection became the International Gay & Lesbian Archives (IGLA) and in 1994, ONE Inc. merged with the IGLA to become the largest LGBT archives in the world. Today ONE Inc. continues its over 60 year legacy as the ONE Archives Foundation. The collections at ONE officially became part of the USC Libraries in 2010 and are now called the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries. The ONE Archives Foundation works to preserve the past and ensure the future of LGBTQ histories for generations to come
To provide access to and greater public awareness of the collections at ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, the ONE Archives Foundation presents and supports programs, exhibitions, and educational initiatives to share the LGBTQ experience with diverse communities worldwide.  "Dear ONE" at the LA Times Festival of Books
Youth at the GSA Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy where ONE presented a workshop on LGBTQ history
Not only is the ONE Archives Foundation a fundraising arm for the collections at ONE, but our initiatives provide vital structural and programming support, ensuring that the collections are housed appropriately, new collections are found and preserved, scholars are encouraged to use the collections through fellowships or stipends, and interns are encouraged to start their careers in archiving at ONE.
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Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose, 1995. Photograph by Michel Delsol. Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose Collection. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
ONE Archives at the USC Libraries is excited to announce the recent donation of material by performance artist Sheree Rose. The Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose Collection at ONE Archives chronicles the work of Rose and Flanagan, together two of the most influential performance artists of 1980s and 90s, as well as extensive materials related to their life together and individual bodies of work.
Sheree Rose and Bob Flanagan (1952-1996) are most known for their intensive bodily performances that explored love, sex, pleasure, sadism, masochism, and Flanagan's long-term battle with cystic fibrosis. Jennifer Doyle, Professor of English at UC Riverside, explains Rose and Flanagan's relationship to queer sexuality and performance practice on Artbound:
Sheree Rose come out as a feminist in the 1970s - she had been married with children and realized that being a housewife wasn't for her. She divorced and began to counsel single mothers on education and economic independence. While getting a masters degree, she participated in feminist reading groups and found herself in dialogue with women who saw lesbianism as a sexual expression of a feminist politics. Some of the women she talked to saw men as "the enemy." Rose wondered, however, if there was a different way of practicing heterosexuality.
To read more about this collection click here.
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Just Processed: the Miles Everitt and Christopher Street West Association Collections
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Newly available collections are constantly popping up at ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, and researchers can now access thousands of historic records and photographs from previously untouched collections.
Latina lesbians and their supporters march in an early 1980s Pride parade.
ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
The Christopher Street West Association Collection
The Christopher Street West Association (CSW) was formed in 1970 to organize a parade to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots. The concept of a celebratory parade, championing the right to march, and naming of the association were the result of a collaborative effort by community leaders Reverend Bob Humphries, Morris Kight, and Reverend Troy Perry. The collection includes photographs, slides, clippings, analysis of media coverage, fliers, videocassettes, resolutions, and other material documenting every parade and festival from 1970 to 2010. 
Miles Everitt. Proof Sheet, 1972. Gelatin silver print. Miles Everitt Photographs. ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
Miles Everitt Collection
An "underground celebrity," Miles Everitt became known for his photography of nude African American men often against a black background. Everitt was born in 1912 in Oregon and later moved to Los Angeles between 1920 and 1930. After serving in World War 2, he began photographing African-American male models and learned to develop his own film and slides to avoid the censorship and confiscation of works by film developers. The bulk of Everitt's collection dates from the early 1960s to the late 1980s. Everitt deeded his collection to ONE Archives upon his death in 1994, and the collection includes thousands of photographic prints, negatives, slides, and related documents representing 30 years of his work.
To read more about these new collections, click here.
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Please support the many activities at ONE in your philanthropy. Show us your love with a gift to preserve the past and ensure the future of LGBTQ histories. DONATE NOW |
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Judith Bennett and Cynthia Herrup recently donated a portion of their library to ONE. Along with the first editions of early lesbian literature, Bennett donated several periodicals including the lesbian-feminist comic book Dynamite Damsels. 
ONE would like to extend a big thank you to Peter Sykes and the Hollywood Spa for their donation of blueprints, fliers, posters, and signs. One of L.A.'s oldest gay bathhouses, Hollywood Spa recently closed its doors. For over 40 years the location served as a major destination for gay men who had few other places to meet one another. The spa had 100 private rooms, a DJ, a steam room and jacuzzi, and "adult video" lounge, a gym, and a cafe.
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Continuing at
ONE Archives and
the ONE Gallery
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 Marie Hřeg Meets Klara Lidén
February 21 - June 28, 2014
ONE Archives
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
ONE Archives presents the Norwegian artist run platform FRANK, directed by Liv Bugge and Sille Storihle, and the exhibition Marie Hřeg Meets Klara Lidén.
Find more information here.
EZTV: Video Transfer March 15 - June 1, 2014
ONE Gallery
626 North Robertson Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
ONE Archives presents EZTV: Video Transfer at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum, an exhibition and screening series exploring the history of EZTV, a pioneering video space founded in West Hollywood in 1979. Find more information here. |
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Video Free Earth
Friday May 16, 2014, 8pm
Human Resources LA
410 Cottage Home
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Admission is free.
Suggested $5 donation.
In conjunction with EZTV: Video Transfer, ONE Archives and Human Resources Los Angeles present a video screening on the D.C.-based video collective Video Free Earth.
Find more information here.  ONE Night: EZTV, LA ACM SIGGRAPH, and Digital Art in West Hollywood
Saturday May 31, 2014, 8pm
West Hollywood Park
647 N San Vicente Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Admission is free
Join us for an evening of performance and large-scale digital projections in conjunction with the exhibition EZTV: Video Transfer. ONE Night will showcase historical digital projections alongside contemporary work and performances. More information here.
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