Yale University Library

Overview

Repository: Manuscripts and Archives
Sterling Memorial Library
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New Haven, CT 06520
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Call Number: RU 1097
Creator: Wipfler, Anna
Title: Anna Wipfler senior essay and interviews documenting lesbian and gay student activism at Yale
Dates: 2008-2009
Physical Description: 0.75 linear foot (38 boxes) and 1904.64 megabytes
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Summary: The papers consist of Anna Wipfler's (Yale 2009) senior essay, "The Making of 'the Gay Ivy': A History of Lesbian and Gay Student Organizing at Yale, 1969-1987" and her interviews with lesbian and gay Yale alumni.
Note: Forms part of Yale Record Group 49 (YRG 49), Papers and projects on Yale.
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Administrative Information

Provenance

Gift of Anna Wipfler, 2009.

Information about Access

Access to the papers is partially restricted. See inventory for details.

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Ownership & Copyright

Unless otherwise stated in the Collection Contents, copyright has been transferred to Yale University for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Cite As

Anna Wipfler Senior Essay and Interviews Documenting Lesbian and Gay Student Activism at Yale (RU 1097). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Information about the Creator(s)

Anna Wipfler graduated with a B.A. from Yale College in 2009. Her senior essay research focused on gay and lesbian student activism at Yale College in the 1970s and 1980s.

Description of the Papers

The papers consist of Anna Wipfler's senior essay, "The Making of 'the Gay Ivy': A History of Lesbian and Gay Student Organizing at Yale, 1969-1987" and her oral history interviews with lesbian and gay Yale alumni. The papers document gay and lesbian student life and activism at Yale and in New Haven, Connecticut. Student organizations including the Gay Alliance at Yale, the YaLesbians, the Gay and Lesbian Coop, and the Yale Women's Center are well documented in the interviews.

Arrangement

The records are arranged by format; interviews are arranged alphabetically by last name of interviewee.