UNO Queer and Trans Services Records
Content Description
The records of the Queer and Trans Services (formerly Gender and Sexual Orientation) student agency include posters and fliers, handmade signs for protests or rallies, training and orientation material, office files, photos, and other material. Some of the handmade signs were made and used in response to an itinerant evangelical preacher who frequently visits campus and espouses his beliefs that include condemnation and hate outside of the Milo Bail Student Center. The collection documents the agency’s organization as part of UNO Student Government as well as its activities and the activities of other campus and Omaha-area LGBTQIA groups.
New material added 2016-01-22: The binder contains material created and collected by the GSO and Women’s Resource Center Student Agencies. The binder is particularly notable for including a document from the 1970s about the initial organization of the Women’s Resource Center.
New material added 2016-03-28: Five signs created by members of GSO to use in cheering on other students during the 2015 UNO Homecoming Battleship competition. The signs read: "We're here and we're queer," "Let the gaymes begin," "GSO," and "Get wet and have fun!!" One of the signs does not include text and features an outline of an actual student's head and arm along with the symbols for male, female, and intersex or transgender. The signs were constructed on white poster board using markers, glitter, feathers, and other applique.
Dates
- 1977-2015
Creator
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Queer and Trans Services Student Agency (Creator, Organization)
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Women's Resource Center Student Agency (Creator, Organization)
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Student Government (Creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Nebraska Public Records Statutes (Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 84-712 through 84-712.09), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Nebraska Omaha assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, Archives & Special Collections will provide information about copyright owners and related information. Securing permission to publish or use material is the responsibility of the researcher. Note that unless specifically transferred to the University of Nebraska at Omaha, any applicable copyrights may be held by another individual or entity. Further information about copyright policy is available at http://libguides.unomaha.edu/library_policies.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 document box; 1 oversize folder of signs)
9.1 Megabytes (37 electronic files)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection has not yet been arranged and described.
Custodial History
In October 2015, GSO was cleaning out their office before moving due to renovation in the Milo Bail Student Center. The student office manager contacted Archives and Special Collections and delivered the material. Electronic records were shared with Archives and Special Collections via a shared UNO Box folder. GSO staff continued the organization and review of electronic records at the time of sharing.
New material added 2016-01-22: Binder transferred to Archives and Special Collections by Jessi Hitchins, Director of Gender and Sexuality Resource Center.
New material added 2016-03-28: 5 signs transferred to Archives and Special Collections by student office manager.
Accruals
It is anticipated that QTS will transfer new materials to the University Archives on an ongoing basis.
Separated Materials
Portions of this accession have been transferred into the University Archives File Cabinet Collection and the University Archives Poster Collection.
- Open-air preaching -- Nebraska -- Omaha Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Queer Omaha Archives Subject Source: Local sources
- Sexual minorities -- Nebraska -- Omaha Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- Nebraska -- Omaha Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- manuals (instructional materials) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- posters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- records (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- signs (declatory or advertising artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Source
- Hitchins, Jessi (Donor, Person)
- Title
- UNO Queer and Trans Services Records
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- 5th edition
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections Repository
Archives & Special Collections
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.
Omaha Nebraska 68182-0237 United States
402-554-6046
unoasc@unomaha.edu
