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