Bisexual Organizing Project Records
Scope and Content
The Bisexual Organizing Project records include BECAUSE conference materials, Bisexual Organizing Project newsletters, reports, surveys, needs assessment, publications, and event flyers, brochures, and circulars. The collection also includes financial documents, grant related materials, administrative documents, and program records. The Bisexual Organizing Project collection’s emphasis is on the BECAUSE Conferences between 1999 and 2003.
Dates
- 1988-2009, undated
Creator
- Bisexual Organizing Project (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in 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).
Historical Note
The Bisexual Organizing Project is based in Minneapolis and offers community support, outreach, and education for the bi community. The Bisexual Organizing Project runs the BECAUSE conference, the Midwest conference on bisexuality, and the Twin Cities Bisexual Resource Center. Their programs included the Bi Cities!, the Bi Forum, the Bi Hotline, they participated in the Speaker bureau, and the Bi History Project.
Extent
3 boxes (2.71 linear feet)
Abstract
The Bisexual Organizing Project records include the administrative records and resource documents used by the Bisexual Organizing Project for the Bisexual Organizing Project.
Arrangement
This collection has been maintained in its original order and is listed by folder title.
Source of acquisition
The collection was donated in 2015 by the Bisexual Organizing Project.
Processing Information
The Bisexual Organizing Project records were processed by Jennifer Shaw as part of a project financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.
- Bisexual Organizing Project (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Bisexual men. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bisexual women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bisexuality Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minnesota Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Title
- Bisexual Organizing Project records, 1988-2009
- Author
- Jennifer Shaw
- Date
- February 2015
- 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