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History under one roof.(Brief Article)

Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

Publication Date: 19-JUN-01

Author: GALLAGHER, JOHN
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COPYRIGHT 2001 Liberation Publications, Inc.

The One Institute and Archives is the largest gay and lesbian collection in the world

In 1942, Jim Kepner bought a copy of The Well of Loneliness, the lesbian novel by Radclyffe Hall. It was the beginning of a lifelong passion for collecting by the gay activist. On May 6 that passion, along with similar contributions from hundreds of other people, was celebrated with the official opening of the One Institute and Archives in a 12,000-square-foot building in Los Angeles donated by the University of Southern California. The collection constitutes the largest gay and lesbian archives in the world.

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