@article{885764,
      note = {Date range of documents: 1956-1987.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/885764},
      title = {Imperial courts collection.},
      abstract = {The materials in the Imperial Courts Collection comprise  one of sixteen collections of records from the ONE National  Gay and Lesbian Archives, the world's largest repository of  LGBTQ materials. These files document the lives of LGBTQ  individuals from 1940 to 2012, the organizations they  founded, the discrimination they faced, and the devastation  of the AIDS crisis. Most of the items concern individuals  or groups from California. The Imperial Courts originated  in San Francisco in 1965 as gay community social and  fundraising events with a camp Imperial theme. Covering the  period from 1973 to 1994, the materials in this collection  include photographs and negatives, flyers, organizational  correspondence, court lists, polling sheets, clippings,  notes, manuscripts, annual reports, and ephemera. This  collection is vital for anyone researching the many facets  of LGBTQ life in California and the United States in the  second half of the twentieth century.},
      recid = {885764},
      pages = {1 online resource (27 manuscripts, 12 photographs) :},
}