Lesbian and gay archives

Completed Hall-Carpenter Archives project: 1967 & All That

Online catalogue

• The following link takes you to a list of collections held at LSE Archives relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history: Archives catalogue.
• Click on any name on that list to show the collection-level description for those papers (such as biographical or administrative information, and the scope of the papers).
• Some collections are catalogued to item-level on the Archives catalogue. For a full list of these see Completed Catalogues.

Hall-Carpenter Archives

The Hall-Carpenter Archives (HCA) are Britain's major resource for the study of lesbian and gay activism in the UK since the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957. There are three main sections to HCA:

1. Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide. They include (reference codes to the documents are in brackets):

• Albany Trust, including the records of the Homosexual Law Reform Society (HCA/Albany Trust)
• Campaign for Homosexual Equality (HCA/CHE)
• Gay Activists Alliance (HCA/GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE)
• Gay Liberation Front (HCA/GLF)
• Antony Grey (HCA/GREY)
• Joint Council for Gay Teenagers (HCA/JCGT)
• Kenric (HCA/KENRIC)
• Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (HCA/GCM)
• Lisa Power (HCA/POWER)
• Peter Tatchell (HCA/TATCHELL)
• Ian Townson (HCA/TOWNSON)

See the Archives catalogue for details.

2. Gay, lesbian and bisexual newspapers and magazines, 1954-, collected from the UK and the rest of the world, particularly the USA. They include:

• Capital Gay
• Gay News
• Gay Times
• Lunch

The journals have been fully listed: see the Archives catalogue.

3. Ephemera, 1953- (HCA/EPHEMERA). This series contains small deposits relating to gay life and culture from various individuals and organisations.

For information about the history of the Hall-Carpenter Archive, and links to the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (at Middlesex University) and the Oral History Project (at the National Sound Archive) see Hall-Carpenter Archives.

Hall-Carpenter Archives leaflet (PDF): To view this PDF file you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is already installed on many computers. However, if you do not have it, you may download it for free from the Adobe website.

Michael James papers

The papers of Michael James, 1941-, gay activist (MICHAEL JAMES PAPERS), include documents relating to the London Gay Liberation Front, Body Positive, and the Gay Switchboard. See the Archives catalogue for details.

Mary McIntosh Papers

The papers of Dr Mary McIntosh, 1936-, sociologist (MCINTOSH), mainly relate to gay and feminist politics. See the Archives catalogue for full details, including descriptions of individual files.

Other Papers

Relevant material can also be found amongst our general holdings and can be traced via the Archives catalogue e.g.

• Lena Jeger, 1915-, Baroness Jeger, journalist and politician (JEGER)
• Peter Shore, 1924-2001, politician (SHORE)

Further information

• Guide to holdings
• Rare books
• Library subject guides
• Other archival resources
• Contact LSE Archives: Document@lse.ac.uk

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