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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- Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection
- Biographical / Historical
- Meryl Hooker (1971--) was President of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi Alliance at The George Washington University from 1992 – 1995 and helped coordinate the student activities for the 1993 March on Washington. In spring 1994, she was a volunteer with Stonewall 25 in New York. She was the recipient of the 1995 Baer Award for Individual Excellence by the George Washington University Office of Student Life. From 1996 – 1997, she worked as the Event Coordinator at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. In the late 1990's she worked at Lammas Women's Books and More, produced some of the early DC drag king shows with Puss 'N Boots Productions, and helped to build community through the True Spirit conferences (1998 – 2003). She was an activist, organizer, performer, and amateur historian of the queer community in Washington, DC until 2023.
- Date
- 1989-1996, undated
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.1146, Series 28
- Type
- Archival materials
- 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
- Materials collected by Meryl Hooker in a variety of activities as an activist, organizer, performer, and amateur historian. The material contains programs and ephemera from Pride celebrations, the 1993 March on Washington, and other events. There are also materials from Hooker's thesis centering on The Furies a Washington DC woman's collective of twelve young lesbians the early 1970s. These include interviews with the remainging Furies and a copy of Hooker's thesis.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1689956700822-1689956714879-0
