Collection

United States Mission Collection

Span Dates: 1962-2002
Bulk Dates:
Volume: .4 Linear Feet

Description

Correspondence, financial documents, flyers, notes, meeting minutes, articles, legal documents, press releases, pamphlets, essays, and other material documenting activities of the United States Mission of Los Angeles' gay and lesbian community, 1962-2002. The U.S. Mission was a non-sectarian religious organization founded in 1962 by Rev. Robert Humphries to provide social services to homeless residents of downtown Los Angeles; and, beginning in the late-1960s, advocating for gay and lesbian rights and social services.

Hist/Bio Note

The United States Mission was a non-sectarian religious organization founded in 1962 by Rev. Robert Humphries to provide social services to homeless residents of downtown Los Angeles. Branches of the Mission were also established in cities in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. Beginning in the late-1960s the US Mission advocated for gay rights and social services in Southern California (and elsewhere).

Finding Aid

An online finding aid is available.
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rv0p8t/entire_text/

Location

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California 909 West Adams Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90007
https://one.usc.edu

Tags

California | Clergy Activist | Los Angeles | Gay Liberation Movement