Local Collections
- UCLA Library Special CollectionsSpecial Collections holds many archival materials, including papers on Evelyn Hooker, Gertrude Stein, Paul Monette, Michael Nava, Morris Kight, Christopher Isherwood, John Rechy, Terri de la Pena, Deborah McCormick, Robert Stoller, and more. Records include materials from the Mazer Lesbian Archives, Lesbian Love Records, Lesbian Catholics Together, and more.
- Online Archive of California (OAC) This link opens in a new windowFinding aids for primary source collections in all UC campuses and other contributing institutions, including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California.
- UCLA Center for Oral History ResearchUCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research, located in Young Research Library.
- UCLA Library Special Collections: University ArchivesFinding aids for UCLA University Archives, including administrative files for the LGBT Center (1974-2011), LGBT Studies, and student activism.
- UCLA Library Digital Collections This link opens in a new windowRare and unique digital materials developed by the UCLA Library to support education, research, service, and creative expression, including the AIDS Poster Collection, the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive and more.
- UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library (CSRC)CSRC houses a number of useful books and archival materials focused on the Chicana and Chicano experience. Collections include VIVA, Lesbian and Gay Latino Artists (1970-2000).
- Outfest UCLA Legacy Project (UCLA Film & Television Archive)In 2005, UCLA Film & Television Archive partnered with Outfest (founded at UCLA in 1982) to create the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project for LGBTQ Moving Image Preservation. It is the largest publicly accessible collection of LGBTQ films in the world. Some of the Legacy Project film holdings and public program recordings are available on the Archive's YouTube channel.
- Mazer Archive at UCLADigital records and finding aids for June L. Mazer Archives housed at the UCLA Library.
- June L. Mazer Lesbian ArchivesLocated in West Hollywood, the Mazer collection is the only archive on the West Coast "dedicated exclusively to preserving lesbian history."
- ONE National Gay and Lesbian ArchivesLarge USC-affiliated research collection covering LGBTQ history.
- Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and GenderLocated at CSUN, the Bullough research collection documents the history of human sexuality, including prostitution, cross dressing, homosexuality, abortion, laws relating to sexual behavior, and sex education.
- LAMBDA Archives of San Diego"The mission of the Lambda Archives of San Diego is to collect, preserve, and teach the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in the San Diego and Northern Baja California region. Although most of the collections date to post-1970, there are original materials dating back to the 1930s."
Find Additional Collections
- ArchiveGrid This link opens in a new windowSearches finding aids for historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in libraries, museums, and archives around the world. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
- Digital Transgender Archive This link opens in a new windowInternational open access online hub focused on accessibility of transgender history. DTA is a collaboration among more than twenty institutions, including digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.
- LGBT Museums and ArchivesAn incomplete list of major repositories listed on Wikipedia.
- Invisible Histories ProjectAn archive "designed to be a connection between Queer communities and local repositories for the preservation of the history of LGBTQ life throughout the American South."