Tretter Collection Information Files
Scope and Content
The Tretter Collection Information Files provides background information about organizations, people, places, events and concepts associated with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender identity, culture and history.
The files are not intended to be comprehensive examinations of the topics. The collection is assembled from various secondary resources: news clippings, press releases, flyers, magazine, journals and news articles, newsletters, programming guides, conference programs, reproduced correspondence, miscellaneous publicity, photographs and biographical sketches. Most materials in the collection are contained in single folders; however, there are somewhat larger topical portions of the collection -- 2 to 173 folders in size -- that contain primary sources and provide a more extensive view of the topic area. These portions are indentified by number of folders, date ranges, and individual scope notes.
Individual folders within groups generally do not have dates or date ranges.
Dates
- 1938-present
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material primarily in English. Some publications in French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
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).
Extent
70 Linear Feet
Abstract
The information files contain miscellaneous documentation about people, places, events and ideas relating to local, national and international GLBT history and culture.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in six groupings: People, Places, Organizations, Publications, Subjects and History Day Projects.
Processing Information
The collection has been processed in multiple accessions. Most recent processing efforts completed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society by Kimberly Arleth, Tyler Gardner, and Jordan Burrell.
- AIDS Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bisexuality Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gay men Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gay rights -- Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gay rodeos Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- HIV/AIDS awareness Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- LGBT - pride parades Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lesbian feminism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lesbians. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transgender people Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Tretter Collection Information Files
- Date
- September 2013, Updated April 2023
- 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
