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ONE Archives

https://one.usc.edu/

The ONE Archives was founded by Jim Kepner by collecting LGBTQ documents and books. ONE Archives has over two million archival items including periodicals, books, film, video and audio recordings, photographs, artworks, organizational records, and personal papers. In 2010 Kepner moved ONE Archives to current location in the University of Southern California. ONE Archives is the oldest LGBTQ organization in the United States.

Mission

It is the mission of ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries to collect, preserve, and make accessible LGBTQ historical materials while promoting new scholarship on and public awareness of queer histories.

The ONE Archives got grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and generous support of ONE Archives’ donors. ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives staff are community of researchers, activists, students, interns who have continued to support the collections.

In Spring of 2010, ONE Archives got a tremendous boost with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the ONE Archives Founders and Pioneers Cataloging Project

ONE Archives has survived a number of major changes over 60 years since it was founded. It was a publisher, a social service organization, and a research and educational institute. The ONE Archives was the target of major thefts, FBI investigations, and U.S. Postal Service confiscations.

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries

Contact:

Phone: 213.821.2771

Email: askone@usc.edu

ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

909 West Adams Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90007

Hours:

Tuesday–Friday: 10am-6pm

Saturday: 10am-5pm

Closed Sunday & Monday

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