Press Release
History
The
Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives®©
are a continuing effort of early Arizona
Gay Lesbian Bisexual
Transgender Queer +
archives
collections.
Those early efforts began collecting, preserving,
saving, securing,
storing, and archiving Arizona's
Gay Lesbian Bisexual, Transgender, Queer + History
when often harassment, danger, threats &
physical violence were routinely encountered.
The
focus of the Arizona LGBTQ+
Archives and its mission is the collection,
preservation, and digital virtual access of historical related Arizona LGBTQIA+ photographs,
manuscripts, event posters, various Arizona and other LGBTQIA+ related publications,
journals & diaries,
documentaries, audio
tapes, Super 8 & 35mm Films, Micro Film,
VHS-Beta-CD-DVD recordings of events, audio sound recordings, interviews,
original art works, LGBTQIA+ Events T-Shirts & Memorabilia along with other
LGBTQIA+ items for
inclusion into the permanent
Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives®©
for their preservation
and access for current and future
generations.
Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives®©
Welcomes Donations Of Your Original or Digitzed
Photographic,
Poster, Publication, VHS & DVD movies, And Other LGBTQIA+ Items
Donate Your
LGBTQIA+ Historical Items
& Collections
Now
Help Save Arizona's LGBTQIA+ History!
Include
Your Return Address
For Postage-Shipping Reimbursement To:
Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives
Security Screening Center
Box 5161
Tucson Arizona 85703
All Items Pass Through Federally Monitored
Security Screening Inspection Processes
About
The Arizona LGBTQ+ Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual+ Archives collections
are
security secured and maintained under national archives preservation
standards.
As a community-state-multi
state focused
archives
founded as a physical and digital archives
the
Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives uses and pulls the concept of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgendered, Queer, Intersex, Asexual +
into the thousands of artifacts, exhibits, items, and records being
collected,
preserved, and made digitally available to the world.
The Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives all-volunteer
archivists work closely
with many diverse LGBTQIA+ communities
throughout Arizona, the United States,
and around the world
developing archives that are for,
by, and about LGBTQIA+ History it
represents.
A comprehensive archives that fully encompases the
many people,
organizations, events, and contributions that so
many have made.
Mission
Statement
The Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives of the
Arizona LGBTQ+ Museum work
with many heterogeneous
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex [LGBTQIA+],
Gender Non-Conforming, and Two Spirit Communities throughout
Arizona, around the United States,
and in other countries of the
world identifying, preserving, and protecting the many records,
manuscripts, papers, photographs and ephemera of LGBTQIA+ History
that document
the distinct histories of these communities.
The Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives
Mission:
Collecting and maintaining the many individual stories, papers,
photographs, videos,
oral histories, home movies, artwork,
clothing items,
and other distinct various forms of
historical records reflecting many hundreds of years
of combined
generations insights and knowledges.
Areas of collecting
interest are specified below in a separate Collection Development
Policy
to collect and maintain these historical items and
records of enduring historical significance
to current and
future organizations, community groups, safe spaces,
including
identified organizational efforts supporting LGBTQIA+ lives
throughout Arizona.
The Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives recognizes
that the LGBTQIA+ communities are diverse
and heterogeneous and
hold complicated, contradictory, as well as complementary histories
that can all come together here as valid everyday knowledges and
truths.
The Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives works to engage with
many communities, organizations,
and individuals to collect,
preserve, and share these many histories and memories.
The Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives Collection Policy
The Arizona Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex
Asexual LGBTQIA+ Archives
aquires and collects the many items and exhibits materials that are
forever relevant to
LGBTQIA+ individuals, groups, and
organizations involved supporting LGBTQIA+ lives.
Items collected
include tens of thousands of stories, papers, records, manuscripts,
publications, ephemera, original photographs, home movies, event
posters,
government records, videos, digital and many other
materials,
including but not limited to artifacts, such as art,
crafts, and apparel.
As one of the worlds stewards of
LGBTQIA+ histories,
the Arizona LGBTQIA+ Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual Archives
works to preserve the
history of the events and people between the 1700s and 2020s
and beyond for
current and future generations.
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