Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
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The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies is a collection of LGBT historical materials housed in the Special Collections and Rare Books section of the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is located underground in the Elmer L. Andersen special collections facilities on the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus. The Tretter Collection houses over 40,000 items, making it one of the largest GLBT history collections in the United States.[1] The collection is international in scope and is varied in media.
Although books are the core of the collection (including a large holding of gay pulp fiction), substantial sections include textiles, glassware, film, music, art works, and three-dimensional objects such as statuary, event buttons, and furniture. The collection includes unpublished manuscripts, vertical files, and periodicals in approximately 56 languages.[2][3] Much of the material is from people and organizations in the United States during the last third of the twentieth century.
Among the significant archival holdings are:
- items from the Magnus Hirschfeld estate
- archives of the national Log Cabin Republicans
- records of the Daughters of Bilitis
- Mattachine Society records
- page proofs and layouts for six works by Andy Warhol
- archives of the National Education Association GLBT Caucus
- the personal papers of:
The collection was started by Jean-Nickolaus Tretter, a Minnesota-born archivist in the 1950s, and later donated to the University of Minnesota Libraries.
Selected items from the collection and timelines are frequently assembled and displayed worldwide. Recent displays have been at the Motor City Pride in Michigan in 2007 and 2009, and the first Moscow, Russia Pride Festival in May, 2006.
In 2005, the collection started its official newsletter, "The Tretter Letter." [4]
In 2006, The Tretter Collection, the University of Minnesota Libraries, and the Quatrefoil Library presented the first GLBT ALMS (Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections) Conference in Minneapolis, MN. [5][6][7]
[6]References
- ^ Birkey, Andy. "Tretter Collection Celebrates 10 Years of Preserving LGBT Community". The Column. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Log Cabin Will House Its Archival Material at the University of Minnesota's Tretter Collection". Georgia Log Cabin. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Lavender Legacies Guide: United States: Minnesota". Society of American Archivists. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts" (PDF). University of Minnesota Libraries. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ "GLBT ALMS 2006 Conference Program". GLBT ALMS 2006 Conference Program. 2006.
- ^ a b Cook, Elizabeth (2006-05-24). "Anderson Library Hosts International GLBT Materials Archiving Conference". Minnesota Daily. Minnesota Daily. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ Keim, Adam (2008). "Chapter 7 : In conclusion". History of Quatrefoil Library. Golden Valley, MN: Friends of the Bill of Rights Foundation. pp. 104–105. ISBN 9780966882827.
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