STONEWALL NATIONAL MUSEUM & ARCHIVES
Additional Resources
SNMA is only one of the many LGBTQ archives around the country. Check out these other organizations.
ACT UP Oral History Project
New York, NY
Focus: ACT UP/HIV & AIDS
Holdings: Interviews, video clips
Addiction Center
Focus: Addiction and recovery
Holdings: Rehabilitation resources
AIDS Education Posters
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Focus: HIV & AIDS
Holdings: Posters
All Connect
Fort Mill, SC
Focus: LGBTQ+ youth
Holdings: Advocacy resources: educational, community, online counceling
Archives of Lesbian Oral Testimony
Focus: Same-sex and same-gender loving women
Holdings: Oral Histories
Archives lesbiennes du Québec
Montréal, Quebéc, Canada
Focus: Lesbian archive in Quebéc and Canada
Holdings: Archive collections
The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives
Holdings: 3,500 linear feet, 23,900 library items
Bicycle Health:
Focus: Treatment provider for opioid dependence
BI/PAN Library
Focus: Bi+ people, and media focused on Bi+ characters and issues
Holdings: Media
Butch.org
Focus: Personal blog of filmmaker, collector and queer historian Jenni Olson since 1995
Holdings: Films, Queer Photo Archive, Writings
Black Lesbian Archives
Focus: Black Lesbians
Holdings: Articles, Posters, flyers, Mixtapes, Videos, Photos, Audio, Publication, Poetry
The Center
New York, NY
Focus: New York City
Holdings: Papers, serials, archival materials
Cherry Grove Archives Collection
Fire Island, NY
Chris Gonzalez Library and Archives
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
Focus: Indianapolis and the Midwest
Holdings: 7,000 titles
The Dallas Way
University of North Texas
Dallas, TX
Focus: LGBTQ history of Dallas TX
Holdings: Oral histories, papers, archival materials
The Madeline Davis LGBTQ Archive of Western New York
Western New York State & Southern Ontario
Buffalo, NY
Holdings: 50+ Organizational records, manuscripts, archival materials
Digital Transgender Archive
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Focus: Transgender individuals internationally
Holdings: 8,200 items
Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section of the Society of American Archivists
Professional organization for archivists working with LGBTQ collections.
Elemy
An innovative, tech-forward provider of in-home and online applied behavior analysis to help children on the autism spectrum meet their unique needs, including gender identity, including research about gender identity, dysphoria, and diversity in neurodivergent individuals.
Fales Library Special Collections
New York University
New York, NY
Focus: LGBTQ life in NYC
Gay and Lesbian Archives of Pacific Northwest
Portland, OR
Focus: Portland and the Pacific Northwest
Holdings: Papers, books, oral histories
The Gay Ohio History Initiative (GOHI)
An initiative of the Ohio History Connection
Gerber/Hart Library and Archive
Focus: Chicago and Midwest
Holdings: books, periodicals, archives, and artifacts
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, CA
Focus: San Francisco Bay Area
Holdings: 3,500 linear feet of manuscript collections, photographs, periodicals, ephemera, artifacts, and textiles
Gulf Coast Archive and Museum
Houston, TX
Focus: Coastal areas of Texas
Gulfport Public Library
Gulfport, FL
Focus: Educational, social and recreational opportunities
Historical Society of Missouri
Saint Louis, MO
Focus: LGBTQ serials
Holdings: 5 boxes
Human Sexuality Collections
Cornell University Libraries
Ithaca, NY
Focus: US gay and lesbian community and pornography
I’m From Driftwood
Focus: LGBT Story Archive
Holdings: Videos
Invisible Histories Project
Birmingham, AL
Focus: Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia
James Hormel LGBTQIA Center
San Francisco, CA
Holdings: books, magazines, audiovisual materials, archives, photographs
Jenni Olson Queer Film Collection at Harvard Film Archive
Cambridge, MA
Holdings: Prints, negatives, digital masters, and production and distribution documentation, film and video material documenting LGBT film history
LAMBDA Archives of San Diego
San Diego, CA
Focus: San Diego
Holdings: oral histories, archival materials
The Lavender Effect
Leather Archives and Museum
Chicago, IL
Focus: leather, fetish, kink
Lehigh Valley LGBT Community Archive
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Allentown, PA
Archives are held in partnership with Muhlenberg College
Focus: History of the LGBTQ community of the Lehigh Valley, in Eastern PA
Holdings: papers from activists, organizations, individuals, publications, and oral histories collections
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Brooklyn, NY
Focus: Lesbians and their communities
Holdings: 11,000 titles, 1,500 subject files
Leslie-Lohman Museum
New York, NY
Focus: LGBTQ visual art
Holdings 20,000 objects
LGBT Center of Central PA History Project
Focus: Central Pennsylvania
Holdings: Oral history project and archival collection
LGBTQ History Digital Collaboratory
University of Toronto, Canada
Holdings: Oral Histories
LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library
Holdings: Transgender Oral History Project of Iowa, LGBT Oral Histories of Central Iowa
LGBT Religious Archives Network
Making Gay History
June L. Mazer Lesbian Collection
West Hollywood, CA
Focus: Lesbian and feminist history; California
Holdings: 2,300 titles
Madison LGBTQ+ Archive
Madison, WI
Focus: Dane County, Wisconsin area – Archives are held in partnership with University of Wisconsin – Madison Archives
Holdings: 500 linear feet of manuscript collections, photographs, video, periodicals, ephemera, artifacts, and textiles. Related LGBTQ+ Oral History Project with over 80 local oral histories.
Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
South Hadley, MA
Focus: Mount Holyoke College community
Holdings: LGBTQ Alum Oral History Project and other collections
The National AIDS Memorial
San Francisco, CA
Focus: AIDS and fear, silence, discrimination, stigma
Holdings: All 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience
National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame
Chicago, IL
Focus: LGBTQ athletes
Northwest Lesbian Gay Museum Project
Seattle, WA
Focus: Seattle and Pacific Northwest
Holdings: Oral histories and papers
Novu Resume
Focus: Finding a job after rehab
One National Gay & Lesbian Archives
USC Library
Los Angeles, CA
Focus: LGBTQ history
Holdings: Over 2 million items
Outspoken: Oral History from LGBTQ Pioneers
Las Vegas, Nevada
Focus: Oral Histories
Outspoken Films
LGBT Documentaries
Out Alliance Library & Archives
Rochester, NY
Focus: Rochester LGBTQ+ community, Upstate NY, feminist materials
Holdings: 10,000 circulating books, DVDs; rare, pulp, magazines, newspapers
Re-housing primary source materials in other local archives. Yearly archival event with community partners.
Outwards Archives
Los Angeles, CA
Focus: Recorded oral histories
Quatrefoil Library
Minneapolis, MN
Holdings: LGBTQ Library + Community Center
Holdings: 30,000 books, DVDs, periodicals, the majority of them circulating.
Queer Zine Archive Project
Focus: Queer zines
Rainbow History Project
Washington, DC
Focus: History, arts, and culture relevant to sexually diverse communities in Greater Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
Holdings: 1,400 DC-focused items including oral histories
Rehab Spot
Focus: Treatment for substance abuse and addiction
River Campus Libraries Rare Books and Special Collections AIDS Education Posters
Rochester, New York
Focus: HIV/AIDS
The Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria
Transgender Media Portal
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON
Focus: Audiovisual media by trans, Two Spirit, nonbinary, intersex, and gender-nonconforming creators
Holdings: 1500+ records
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies
University of Minnesota Libraries
Minneapolis, MN
Focus: Upper Midwest, US, and International archival materials and rare books
Holdings: 3,500 linear feet of material
Tucson LGBTQ Museum
Tucson, AZ
Focus: LGBTQ community in Tucson
Holdings: Oral histories, papers and serials
UAA/APU Consortium Library
Anchorage, Alaska
Focus: LGBTQ Alaska
Holdings: Papers, Newsletters, Flyers
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Focus: Texas LGBTQ community; Happy Foundation archives
Holdings: 2,000 records
Visual AIDS
Focus: HIV & AIDS
William Way LGBT Community Center
Philadelphia, PA
Focus: LGBTQ history of Philadelphia metropolitan area
Holdings: 1,000 linear feet of material
Awards, Reviews and Other Literary Resources
Lambda Literary Foundation
Publishes reviews of LGBTQ books every month on their website and offers awards annually each spring.
Rainbow
Founded in 1970, Rainbow is the LGBTQ round table of the American Library Association. In addition to providing connections between professionals in the field, each year they offer the Stonewall Book Awards.
The American Library Association also publishes suggested bibliographies of titles of relevance to additional segments of the LGBTQ population.
Guidelines for an LGBTQ friendly library
Additional ALA LGBTQ resources
Other LGBTQ Community Resources
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
Focus: Umbrella organization for LGBT Community Centers
Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Nursing Home Abuse Center
Focus: Advocating for LGBTQ Elderly
Chestnut Hill, MA
Out for America
Focus: Elevating LGBTQ Elected Officials
Washington, DC
Sunshine Behavioral Health
Focus: Substance Abuse Addiction and Recovery
Transgender Community and Substance Abuse Guide
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Supporters
Stonewall is grateful to the following funders for their support of our operations and programs.
Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Board of County Commissioners of Broward County, Florida, As recommended by the Broward Cultural Council.