Right to Privacy Political Action Committee records

Collection

Identifier: Coll 281

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Right to Privacy Political Action Committee records that were compiled by John E. Baker, a member of the organization's board. The records include board meeting notes and minutes; lists of campaign contributors; materials related to the organization's Lucille Hart fundraising dinners; reports; ephemera; and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1983-1991

Creator

Right to Privacy (Organization) (Organization)
Baker, John E., 1946- (Compiler, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative history

The Right to Privacy Political Action Committee was a lesbian and gay organization formed in 1982 in Portland, Oregon, by members of Portland Town Council, which flourished in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Among the founders was John E. Baker, who served as the board chair. In a press release dated July 8, 1987, the organization stated, "Right to Privacy, the state's eighth largest political action committee, supports candidates on the basis of their positions on the following key issues: civil rights for lesbians and gay men, a woman's right to choose abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment, and public policy related to the AIDS crisis." The group actively raised money in support of candidates; sponsored the annual Lucille Hart fundraising dinner; and also held a garden party leading up that event.

Extent

0.9 Cubic Feet (2 document cases)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Records of a lesbian and gay political action organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and active in fundraising in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Materials were collected by John E. Baker, who served as chair of the organization's board.

Custodial History

The materials were collected by John E. Baker, who donated them to the Oregon Historical Society Research Library via the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The bulk of the collection was acquired in December 2000 (Lib. Acc. 24346); additional materials were the gift of John E. Baker, January 2008 (Lib. Acc. 26423).

Related Materials

Related materials at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library include additional records of the Right to Privacy Political Action Committee, which are part of Mss 2988-3, the Campaign for a Hate Free Oregon records; and an oral history interview with John E. Baker, SR 11481, which is available online in OHS Digital Collections, https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sr-11481-oral-history-interview-with-john-e-baker.

Separated Materials

Some materials in this collection were separated from Coll 256, the Portland Town Council records, Oregon Historical Society Research Library, during processing of those records.