Sexuality Libraries, Archives, and Collections - US
Many of these sites have searchable catalogs. Several use their own
thesauri. Go do your research now
Institute
for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality - IASHS - no searchable catalog, but
this is an incredible set of late-20th century and contemporary materials in multiple
media.
The Kinsey Institute for
Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Click on the 'Library Catalog'
link to search their catalog.
Center for Sex Research - at CSUN
Cal State University Northridge
Vern and Bonnie
Bullough Collection on Human Sexuality an important collection housed at Cal
State University Northridge. Part of their special collections.
Human
Sexuality Collection at Cornell University Library. Seeded by
the Mariposa Foundation collection, they now collect numerous documents on a
variety of aspects of sexuality and homosexuality. Brenda Marsten is the
librarian there.
SIECUS Mary S.
Calderone Library No online catalog, but good information and links.
Amy Levine is the librarian there.
New
York Public Library has one of the larger public collections focused on
human sexuality. They also have this site, Gay and Lesbian Studies - A Research Guide
Leather Archives &
Museum
After putting ads in Leather publications for a while, they've gathered
and cataloged all kinds of leather stuff. Worth a visit in Chicago,
very close to what the Wet Spot has in mind.
Planned
Parenthood There was once a link directly to the Katherine Dexter McCormick Library
of Planned Parenthood. This is a library for
reference and research in family planning, population, sexual health, and
sexuality education. This link goes directly to the Planned Parenthood website,
which has plenty of info in itself.
Pacific Northwest Library for Sex-Positive Culture -
With the help of its excellent staff and volunteers, I founded this library at
The Wet Spot, Seattle's Sex-Positive Community Center. Now it's being carried on
by wonderful folks. I can't wait to visit again and see what they've done with
it.
Sexuality Libraries, Archives, and Collections - Non-US
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for
Sexology This is the one put together by Prof. Dr. Erwin Haeberle, historian
and scholar. Great database and links, including full text of the
Encyclopedia of Sexuality and other interesting documents.
Wellcome Library
for the History and Understanding of Medicine Great online catalog and image
library. This organization is doing some really interesting and relevant work.
NISSO Netherlands Institute for
Social Sexological Research. This institution has long educated
students, the media, and their institutes constituency on sexual
matters. Site is in Dutch.
EDOA European Database on AIDS and HIV
Infection. Peter de Wit worked on the multilingual thesaurus used to index
AIDS collections. Amazing.
Homodok-Lesbian Archives
Amsterdam is the Amsterdam branch of the International Gay and Lesbian
Information Centre and Archive Foundation. Jack van der Wal is the archivist
there. I visited them Spring 2000. Site in Dutch and English.
Trimbos-Institut Netherlands
Institute of Mental Health and Addiction. Has a large component about
sexuality, including a large collection of audio-visual materials. Online
database. Mostly in Dutch.
GLBT Libraries and Archives - US
ONE Institute
International Gay & Lesbian Archives In Los Angeles. This organization and
library is really coming together, with a building by USC.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender
Historical Society of Northern California or, the Center for the Study
of Sexual Diversity.
Northwest
Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project - working on putting together a
museum in the Pacific Northwest United States.
Gay and Lesbian Archive of the Pacific Northwest
- link broken as of October 2005. Maybe it'll reappear somewhere else.
James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian
Center at the San Francisco Public Library; headed by Jim van Buskirk.
Gerber Hart Library - established,
large, lesbigay library in Chicago
National Transgender Library and
Archives - a repository for books, journals, magazines, newspapers,
newsletters, postcards, films, personal papers, ephemera, and other transgender
material. Now a part of Gender.org.
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
- Toronto, Canada. Friendly and interesting site, with great essays on
archival principles and how their collections fit. Check out the great
"mandate."
Lists/Directories of GLBT/Queer libraries and resources
There are SO many more GLBT libraries and collections than ones oriented towards sexuality. There are other aspects to GLBT history and culture than sexual, but most libraries include a sexual component. I can't link to every LBGT library, there are simply too many. The links below gather these together in a much better way than I can.
Society
of American Archivists' Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable - directory of
LBGT archives. This is a definitive, cooperative directory that looks like
the real thing. Great work. How do I join?
Central Connecticut University, G.W. Henry Foundation their LONG
list
of gay and lesbian newsletters and periodicals. The site in general is
quite interesting, with a history of where the collection came from,
etc.
Other
gay and lesbian Websites; including a list of libraries and archives.
ALA GLBT resources, American Library Association's list of internet
resources by topic.
Beginning
Library Research on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies from Stanford
University.
Periodicals Indexes
Our Own Voices : Lesbian and Gay Periodicals 1890s-2000s by the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. More than 7,000 lesbian and gay periodicals, from all over the world; the largest resource of its kind in the world.
Other Libraries & such of Interest
American Nudist Research
Library
In beautiful Kissimmee, Florida; a clothing-optional
library. I'd love to visit this; a few photos of their site look enticing.
The link stopped working a while ago; if anybody knows where it went please let
me know!
Sexual Freedom
League Records - Archival record for the holdings at the Bancroft Library at
Berkeley, CA. A gift of Jefferson F. Poland in around 1970. Search for
"sexual freedom league" for the finding aid for this collection.