Alan Klein Papers
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Abstract
The Alan Klein Papers represent Klein's, a New York based public relations consultant and long-time gay activist, collection of materials that chronicle the Gay-rights movement. The collection includes correspondence, flyers, periodicals, press clippings, T-shirts and other materials which focus on the activities of Act Up (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), and Queer Nation, among others.
Biographical Note:
Alan Klein, a New York based public relations consultant, has been a long-time gay activist and was recently the Communications Director at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). He collected these materials which chronicle the gay-rights struggle through the 1980's and early 1990's.
Arrangement
Folders are arranged alphabetically.
The files are grouped into six series.
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- Series I: Act Up
- Series II: Queer Nation
- Series III: AIDS
- Series IV: General Files
- Series V: Periodicals
- Series VI: T-Shirts
Scope and Content Note
The Alan Klein Papers are a part of the Downtown Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library is the primary special collections division of the NYU Libraries, housing nearly 200,000 volumes of English and American literature from 1700 to the present. Strengths of the collection include the development of the English and American novel, with an emphasis on the Gothic and the Victorian novel, and the post-1975 Downtown New York scene.
The Alan Klein Papers are a diverse collection of materials, including correspondence, fact sheets, flyers, healthcare reports, minutes, periodicals, press clippings, T-shirts and other materials, which collectively document the activities of Act Up (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and Queer Nation, as well as the social and political issues central to their causes. Throughout the processing of these papers, Klein's original folder groupings and titles were maintained as much as possible. These folders were then filed alphabetically under the series titles Act Up, Queer Nation, AIDS, and General Files based on the content of their materials.
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Access Restrictions
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Use Restrictions
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Alan Klein Papers; MSS 118 ; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections , New York University Libraries.
Provenance
The Alan Klein Papers were purchased in 2001 from Bolerium Books.
Separated Material
There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials but that have been physically separated or removed.
