Collection

Durham, Lewis Oral History Interview

Span Dates: 1998
Bulk Dates:
Volume: Oral history interview #98-028

Description

This interview discusses religion, the homophile movement, Glide Memorial Church in the mid-1960s, and the formation of the Council on Religion and the Homosexual (CRH). The interview was conducted by Paul Gabriel.

Hist/Bio Note

Methodist minister Lewis E. Durham took the post of Glide Foundation program director in 1962. Durham oversaw the foundation’s transformation from a trust fund into a multidimensional social-service agency. Hiring talented young minsters, Glide Urban Center became one of the most active centers of radical religion in the country. Durham became the Dean of Students when the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality opened in 1974.

Finding Aid

A transcript of this oral history interview is at the following address.
https://www.glbthistory.org/research/oh/Durham_Lewis7-18-1998_web.pdf

Location

This oral history interview is housed at the GLBT Historical Society of Northern California in San Francisco.
https://www.glbthistory.org/

Tags

Methodist (UMC, United Methodist Church) | Durham, Lewis | Council on Religion and the Homosexual | Glide Memorial United Methodist Church | Gay Liberation Movement | California | San Francisco