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)
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 document box; 1 oversize folder of signs)
9.1 Megabytes (37 electronic files)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
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
Separated Materials
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Open-air preaching -- Nebraska -- Omaha Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- 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
- manuals (instructional materials) 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
Creator
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Queer and Trans Services Student Agency (Creator, Organization)
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Student Agency of Gender & Sexual Orientation (Creator, Organization)
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Women's Resource Center Student Agency (Creator, Organization)
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Student Government (Creator, Organization)
Source
- University of Nebraska at Omaha. Student Agency of Gender & Sexual Orientation (Donor, Organization)
- 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
