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Preferred Citation
Jon Gilbert Fox collection, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Jon Gilbert Fox
Processing Information
The collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions and acquisitions to the collection.
Biographical / Historical
Jon Gilbert Fox, class of 1972 at William and Mary, is a freelance photographer at Jon Gilbert Fox Photography. A significant portion of his work details 20th century LGBTQ+ activism in Washington D.C.
Content Description
The Jon Gilbert Fox collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, theater posters, essays, and ephemera relating to LGBTQ+ history, events and political activism.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
- Demonstrations
- Gay and lesbian dance parties
- Gay and lesbian studies
- Gay college students
- Gay men -- Sexual behavior -- United States
- Gay men's writings
- Gay rights--United States--History--20th century
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Students and Alumni
- Lesbian activists
- Marches
- Pins
- Political activists -- United States
- Slides (photographs)
- Theater
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
Container List
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1
Boys in the Band, play1970
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2
Gay Activist Alliance2005
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3
H.R. 3685 Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 20072007
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 4
Mattachine Gay Survival KitUndated
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5
A Case Study of a Homosexual Group at the College of William & Mary1969
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 6
Degrees of Broken Silence: Dartmouth Man Gay Men and Women 1935-19911991
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 7
Homophobia, the Bible, the Army and the Church by William Sloane CoffinUndated
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 8
The Homosexual: What is It? by Jon Fox1968
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 9
Out of the Closet; A Gay Manifesto by Allen1971
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 10
Sexuality and Homosexuality Some Thoughts by Warner R. TraynhamUndated
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
The Daily Rag1973
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Event PostersUndated
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Gay World Gay Pride1972
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Magazines1994
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Report by Committee on Standards of Official Conduct1982
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
Secret Love Publication Images1986
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
Shirt Catalogue1993
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
March on Washington Slides1992
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
Photograph Slide Prints for Archive of American LGBTQ Political and Legal History Event in D.C.Undated
- Textiles Small Collections Oversize Textile Box 1 Artifact: 2023.254.A1
The Lesbian & Gay March on Washington t-shirt1993
- Textiles Small Collections Oversize Textile Box 1 Artifact: 2023.254.A2
Terrence McNally TUBS, t-shirtUndated
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
PinsCirca 1993
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
StickersUndated