Scope and Contents The LGBTQ+ vertical files collection is an artificial collection that contains approximately 13 linear feet of material collected over a span of 5 decades by Michigan State University Special Collections staff. The collection includes a wide range of ephemera that was originally used as reference consultation material for many years. These materials include event flyers, programs, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, and other documentation of local, regional, and national LGBTQ+...

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The Maida Tilchen papers consist of approximately 1.5 linear feet of material dating from 1973 to 2021. The collection consists of correspondence, unpublished essays, journal entries, published articles, concert ephemera, interviews with musicians, recordings of women’s music and other performances. Audio recordings will be transferred to a digital format for user access.

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The collection contains roughly 265 pieces of ephemera and writings representing historical intersections of LGBTQ+ activism in the United States. These materials include event flyers, programs, meeting minutes, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, letters, articles, zines, buttons, and bumper stickers.