Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League Records (TCGSL)
Scope and Content
The Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League (TCGSL) Records, 1977-2006, consist of publications, communications, administrative documents, photographs, artifacts, apparel and audiovisual materials. Of note are materials documenting charity games played between TCGSL teams and the Minneapolis Police Department.
Dates
- Creation: 1977-2006
Creator
- Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.
Restrictions on Use
Please contact staff regarding copyright status of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Biographical Sketch or Historical Note
The first gay softball team in Minneapolis was formed by patrons of the Saloon Bar in 1979. After defeating the Minneapolis Police Department “Blue” team, the Saloon team received extensive media coverage and subsequently became one of the founding teams of the Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League (TCGSL). Officially founded in January 1980 by four teams representing the Saloon, the Gay 90’s, GAMMA, and Grand Finale, the objective of TCGSL was to provide the opportunity for members to participate in a softball league free of discrimination.
Bill Muldoon and Dick Hoffman served as the league’s first co-commissioners. TCGSL became the seventh member of the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association (NAGAAA). TCGSL grew to seven teams by its second year and began publishing a weekly newsletter. TCGSL had 38 teams by 2012. Teams have been active participants in national tournaments, including the Gay World Series.
Extent
20 boxes (25 linear feet)
Abstract
The Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League (TCGSL) Records includes publications, communications, administrative documents, photographs, artifacts, apparel and audiovisual materials related to the organization.
Arrangement
The TCGSL Records, 1977-2006, are maintained in original order and arranged in nine series:
- Administrative Documents, 1983-1994.
- Communications, 1982-1991.
- Publications, 1977-2006.
- Dick Hoffman Memorial Materials, 1994.
- Ray Kush Papers, 1983-circa 1993.
- Visual Materials, 1979-1994.
- Audiovisual Materials, 1981-1994.
- Artifacts, 1979-1986.
- Apparel, 1979-1991.
Source of acquisition
This collection was donated in a single accession.
Subject
- Hoffman, Richard K., 1944-1994 (Person)
- Kush, Ray (Person)
- Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League (Organization)
- North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association (NAGAAA) (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League Records (TCGSL), 1977-2006.
- Author
- Andrea Hoff and Teresa Tjepkes
- Date
- July 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Jean Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies Collecting Area
