GayBarchives = Gay + Bar + Archives
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LGBTQ+ Archival Links:
INTERNATIONAL:
AUSTRALIA:
CANADA:
CENTRAL/ EASTERN EUROPE:
ENGLAND/ U.K./GB:
FRANCE:
HUNGARY:
NEW ZEALAND:
SOUTH AFRICA:
SWITZERLAND:
UNITED STATES:
National LGBTQ Resources
Library of Congress
Society of American Archivists LAGAR
Stonewall National Museum & Archives
US - Rural
JD Doyle's Queer Music Heritage Website
USC
OutHistory - Jonathan Ned Katz
Gay Bar Archives [Queer/LGBTQIA+ Safe Spaces]
OUTWORDS Los Angeles
Digital Transgender Archives
US Digital Public Library Association
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The Committee on LGBT History
National Park Service [2016]
Queer Comics Database
National Center for Lesbian Rights
UNITED STATES:
GAY ARCHIVES BY STATE
ALABAMA:
ARIZONA:
- Arizona Queer Archives
- Hip Historian Blog
- Arizona LGBT History Project
- Hip Historian Videos
- Arizona State University BJ Bud Collection
ARKANSAS:
CALIFORNIA:
- [Central Coast] SLO Queer History Archive
- LA UCLA LGBTQ Archives
- Los Angeles - Outwords Archives
- Los Angeles Queer Maps Project
- Los Angeles - Lavender Effect
- Los Angeles - Mazer Lesbian Archives
- SF SF Gay History
- SF GLBT Historical Society
- SF James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Archives
- SF Jack Curtis Dubowsky's Submerged Queer Spaces
- SD San Diego Lambda Archives
- San Diego Gay Bar History
- Northridge- California State University Bullough Collection
- One National Archives [USC]
- CSU Fullerton Queer Studies Resources
- SF Bay Area Reporter Digital Archives
COLORADO:
CONNECTICUT:
DELAWARE:
FLORIDA:
- USF LGBTQ Collections
- USF LGBTQ + Research Collections
- Gulfport Public Library LGBTQ Resources
- Stonewall Museum Website [Ft Lauderdale]
- Stonewall NMA Website [Ft Lauderdale]
- UCF GLBTQ History
- LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida
- GayBarchives Florida Bar Tribute
GEORGIA:
- The Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project
- GSU LGBT Digital Collections
- Emory University LGBTQ Collections
- Gay Atlanta Flashback
- Touching Up Our Roots GA LGBTQ Story Project
- Atlanta LGBTQ History Project
- Auburn Ave. Library African American Lesbian and Gay Print Culture Collection
- GayBarchives Atlanta Gay Bar Tribute
- Atlanta Gay Publications
HAWAII:
ILLINOIS:
INDIANA:
IOWA:
KANSAS:
KENTUCKY:
MAINE:
MASSACHUSETTS:
- The History Project
- The Boston Phoenix Archives
- Northeastern University LGBTQIA+ Archives
- Bear History Project
- Amherst College Library and Marshall Bloom Collection
- U Mass - Amherst LGBTQ Special Collections
- Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Sexual Minorities Archives/New Alexandria Lesbian Library
MINNESOTA:
- U of MN Library Tretter Collection - GLBT Studies
- MN Historical Society - MNopedia LGBTQIA+ Resources
- Over the Rainbow: Queer and Trans History in Minnesota
MISSISSIPPI:
MISSOURI:
MONTANA:
NEBRASKA:
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
NEW JERSEY:
NEW MEXICO:
NEW YORK:
- Gay Center Archives
- Greenwich Village Historic Preservation
- OutHistory
- NYC Trans Oral History
- Fordham University Archives & Digital Collections
- The CENTER Archives
- OUTWEEK Internet Archives
- Lesbian Herstory Archives
- NYC LGBT Sites
- Fire Island Pines Historical Society website
- Buffalo [NY] Bar History
- CUNY LGBT Gender & Sexuality Studies
NORTH CAROLINA:
OHIO:
PENNSYLVANIA:
- William Way LGBT Community Center [Phila]
- Philadelphia LGBT Mapping Project
- Pittsburgh Queer History Project
- Lafayette College Queer Archives Project
- Lehigh Valley LGBT Community Archive
- Philadelphia Area LGBT Collections Survey
SOUTH CAROLINA:
TENNESSEE:
TEXAS:
VERMONT:
VIRGINIA:
WASHINGTON/ PACIFIC NORTHWEST:
WASHINGTON DC:
WISCONSIN:
ADDITIONAL QUEER RESOURCES:
U.S. Mapping Gay Guides:
U.S. LGBT T Shirt Archives:
U.S. Gay & Lesbian Review:
Leather Archives & Museum
Legal Resources NY
Religious Resources
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
LGBTQ Video Game Archive
Queer Digital History Project
glbtq encyclopedia project
Jim Burroway Digital Archives
GayBarchives Oral History Videos
Did we miss an archive featuring
information, photos and ephemera from
our colorful gay and lesbian past?
Let us know and we'll add it!
GayBarchives: Exploring Gay History One Bar at a Time!
The list above includes academic archival projects compiled by federal, state and local governmental entities as well as private institutions and individuals. We endeavor to include any and all such resources as possible, particularly those focusing on the history of the gay, lesbian, transgender, queer, 2SLGBTQ+ and non-binary communities.
If you are aware of any websites or projects documenting gay or LGBT history that we have not included, please let us know.
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To go directly to the specific storefront for each collection of designs, click on the state name listed below. State names that are underlined have their own collection due to the large number of designs available. Each listing contains some historical information regarding that bar, and there are links at the end of most listings directing you to additional information.
All other states are collectively grouped in one storefront until the number of designs for those states increases. *Wyoming has no listings at this time. Our goal is to build the World's Largest Archive of the Logos and Stories of Gay Bars from Our Past. *There are currently no listings for Wyoming.
LISTINGS BY STATE:
CLICK ON THE STATE NAME TO VIEW THE COLLECTION FOR THAT STATE
Alabama: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Alaska: 3 bars so far. More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Arkansas: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Idaho: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Iowa: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Kansas: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Kentucky: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Mississippi: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
New Hampshire: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
New Mexico: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
North Dakota: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Oklahoma: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Rhode Island: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
South Dakota: ONLY ONE LISTING. Please contact us with your suggestions.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR NEW TEXAS PAGE [coming soon]
*Wyoming: NO LISTINGS YET. No known gay bars ever existed here.
INTERNATIONAL LISTINGS:
This page was designed to help you navigate the multitude of options available for
research into the history of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The list of queer archives is updated regularly as I discover more archival projects. If you are aware of a gay history project or resource that is not listed,
please contact me so that it can be added.
Another look into our gay history through the lens of our gay bars gone by.
GayBarchives is a combination of the words Gay, Bar and Archives.
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GayBarchives = Gay + Bar + Archives
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We are building the World's Largest Archives documenting the logos and stories of the gay establishments that were so important to the growth and evolution of LGBTQ rights and freedoms.
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