Simon Elichko
Social Sciences & Data Librarian
Swarthmore College Libraries
selichk1@swarthmore.edu
Student appointment scheduler
Look at articles, photographs, newsletters, and other documents related to queer history, 1940-2000s. Includes materials from Lesbian Herstory Archives, New York Public Library, and others. Learn more about this Gale collection. (Swarthmore has parts I and II.)
Explore archival documents from the Kinsey Institute, issues of queer periodicals like Blacklines, En La Vida, Outlines, and other materials related to LGBTQ+ history. (Alexander Street)
Search for articles in LGBTQ+ newspapers and magazines from 1950s-present, as well as scholarly journals covering queer and trans topics. (To find PDFs, look for the Access Options link in EBSCO.)
Films from around the world focused a broad range of topics related to gender and sexuality. (Alexander Street)
Alternative press magazines and news from the 1950-1990s. Includes LGBTQ publications like ONE Magazine and Philadelphia Gay News (from 1976-1982 ; see later issues of PGN). Open-access from JSTOR.
Oral histories, videos, photographs, and other sources related to queer life. Main focus is the San Francisco Bay Area. (See Online Exhibitions and Primary Source Sets.)
Find digitized historical materials related to the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people, focusing on pre-2000 materials.
Gender.Network is another great resource for exploring trans history.
Explore digitized sources from the William Way Center's Wilcox Archives, including oral histories and videos. Focus is on Philadelphia area history. Learn more about the collection.
Find digitized sources from the Lesbian Herstory Archive's collection, including extensive spoken word and video, queer t-shirts, LHA newsletters, and photos.
Resources for exploring the history of early queer and trans communities online, particularly pre-2010.
Extensive collection of queer zines that have been scanned. Particularly strong for finding zines from pre-2010. QZAP's goal is to create a “living history” archive of past and present queer zines.