Research Catalog

Title

Dick Leitsch papers.

Author

Leitsch, Dick

Publication

1940s-2018.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Nichols, Jack
• Yeatts, Edward H., 1936-

Description

36.76 linear feet (84 boxes, 1 oversize folder); 4.3 gigabytes (1,027 computer files)

Summary

Dick Leitsch (1935-2018) was an American gay rights activist and author. Leitsch, who served as president of the Mattachine Society of New York from 1965 through 1971, is best known for organizing Mattachine's "Sip-in" protest of 1966. The Dick Leitsch papers, which date from the 1940s to 2018, reveal his activist efforts, writing career, and personal pursuits through journals, correspondence, manuscripts and published articles, research files, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

Subject

• McDarrah, Fred W., 1926-2007
• Midler, Bette
• Mattachine Society of New York
• 1900-1999
• Gay liberation movement > United States
• Gay men
• Homosexuality > United States > History > 20th century
• Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969
• Gay liberation
• Gay movement
• Lesbian liberation
• Lesbian movement
• LGBTQ+ social processes
• Sexual minorities
• Men
• LGBTQ+ people
• Homosexuality
• Monosexuality
• Sexual orientation
• Stonewall riots
• LGBTQ+ riots
• Gay liberation movement
• New York (State)
• United States

Genre/Form

• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Pamphlets.
• Sound recordings.
• History.

Access (note)

• Contact the Manuscripts and Archives division (manuscripts@nypl.org) with questions regarding access to audio and moving image materials.

Source (note)

• Donated by Dick Leitsch in 2018.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Language (note)

• The bulk of the material is in English. Some material is in German.

Call Number

MssCol 24575

OCLC

1395569196

Author

Leitsch, Dick, creator.

Title

Dick Leitsch papers.

Production

1940s-2018.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

computer

Type of Carrier

sheet

other

Restricted Access

Contact the Manuscripts and Archives division (manuscripts@nypl.org) with questions regarding access to audio and moving image materials.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Language

The bulk of the material is in English. Some material is in German.

Source

Donated by Dick Leitsch in 2018.

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Finding aid

Occupation

Authors.

Gay rights activists.

Journalists.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Nichols, Jack, contributor.

Yeatts, Edward H., 1936- contributor.

Research Call Number

MssCol 24575