Gay Officers Action League (GOAL)

Object Details

Collection Collector: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection Donor: Becker, John M.; Gay Officers Action League. GOAL; Heritage of Pride (HOP)
Collection Creator: Hirsch, Leonard; Guest, Barbara; Barna, Joseph T.; Guest, Michael E.
Collection Donor: Rohrbaugh, Richard
Collection Creator: Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019
Collection Donor: Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)

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Collection Citation: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Collection Rights: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scope and Contents: This series contains correspondence, ephemera, news letters, HIV and AIDS information, programs, flyers, photographs and publications related to the Gay Officers Action League. This series also includes with its correspondence hate mail received by the GOAL and material related to a harassment incident that took place during the Pride march of 1990 in New York City. This series also contains a portrait of Sargeant Charles H. Cochrane, Jr. (1943-2008) founder of GOAL, painted by Chris Morano. The portrait was presented to Cochrane's family at the naming of Charles H. Cochrane Way, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York in 2016. The Cochrane family then donated it to GOAL who donated it to the Archives Center.

Collection Restrictions: The collection is open for research use. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.