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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Allen Young papers

Dates:
1975 - 1987

Bulk Dates:
1977 - 1979

Collection number:
Coll2008-004

Creator:
Young, Allen, 1941-

Collection Size:
3 archive boxes + 3 archive cartons + 2 oversize flat boxes
(6.2 linear feet).

Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007

Abstract:
Manuscripts, survey responses, correspondence, galley proofs, notes, and miscellaneous typescripts created and collected by writer, journalist and activist Allen Young. The bulk of the collection consists of materials relating to the gay male portion of The Gay Report: Lesbians and Gay Men Speak Out About Sexual Experiences & Lifestyles (1979), the first comprehensive survey of the homosexual community, which Young co-authored with writer Karla Jay. The collection also includes materials relating to the article, "The Gay Report on Sexually Transmitted Diseases," published in the American Journal of Public Health (1981), on which Young collaborated with Karla Jay, Don Barrett and William W. Darrow.

Languages:
Languages represented in the collection: English

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