LGBTQ Studies Research Guide: Primary Source Collections

Part III: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries contains over 5,000 monographs which examine patterns of fertility and sexual practice, prostitution, religion and sexuality, the medical and legal construction of sexualities, the rise of sexology, and more. Part IV: International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture includes manuscripts, periodicals and other ephemera, dating from the 1820s, with the bulk of the material between 1970–2016.

Primary sources documenting the changing representations of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. Offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the men’s movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.

Provides access to the backfiles of many of the most influential, long-running periodicals devoted to LGBT interests, including The Advocate, Gay News, and The Pink Paper. This collection offers primary source insights into myriad aspects of LGBT history and culture, from the 1950s to recent times.
Dates Covered: 1954-2015.

Provides access to primary materials through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made. This collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.
Dates Covered: 1840-Present

Database focusing on the history of women in social movements in the U.S.
Dates Covered: 1600-2000.

Independent Voices is a digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
Access note: Freely available to the public.