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LGBT Studies

Guide to Resources for the study of LGBT History at Washington and Jefferson College

Primary Sources

Primary Source: First Hand, from the time the event took place

Eg. Notes, Letters, Photos, Interviews, Newspapers, Art, Film

Secondary Source: Second Hand, an analysis of events

Eg. Books, Editorials or Analysis in Newspapers, Web pages, Biographies, Dissertations, Documentary Films.

 

In cultural studies secondary sources are published materials such as books, journals and newspapers, press releases, and authoritative web sites. Secondary sources are generally collected by libraries and are inventoried in catalogs such as the Library Catalog. Catalog content may be limited to simple citations (directing you a physical object such as a book) or it may be fully integrated with digital content such as databases or full-text journals.

Primary sources are artworks and unpublished materials such as letters and memos, draft documents, internal reports, technical drawings, and other forms of direct documentation (moving images, sound recordings, transcripts, photographs). Primary source materials are generally collected by archives and inventoried in finding aids. 

To discover archival collections, consult ArchiveGrid, a database of primary-source collection finding aids. Archival collections and finding aids are also readily discoverable through Google searches.

Source: MoMA Library 

 

Online Archives

 

Digital Collections

 

Archived Publications & Ephemera

 

Oral Histories

 

A curated list of artists in institutional archives and artists own archives independent from institutions. Keep checking back as this list is added to. Contact the Archivist with any suggested additions.

 

Artists Archives in Institutions

USA

African American Performance Art Archive

Carnegie Museum of Art

Met Libraries and Research

MoMA Learning 

Whitney Archives

LGBT Artists Archives

Yale Centre for British Art

Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art

Sotheby's Institute of Art

Greer Lankton Collection

 

UK

Tate Britain

Whitechapel Gallery Archive

Barry Flanagan Archive