Archive Collection CHE - Tyneside Campaign for Homosexual Equality (Tyneside CHE) Archive

Identity area

Reference code

CHE

Title

Tyneside Campaign for Homosexual Equality (Tyneside CHE) Archive

Date(s)

  • 1960 - 1999 (Creation)

Level of description

Archive Collection

Extent and medium

48 Box(es)

Context area

Name of creator

(1964-)

Administrative history

The Campaign for Homosexual Equality is a voluntary organisation, founded in 1964 by Allan Horsfall and others as the North Western Committee for Homosexual Law Reform. It played a key part in the campaigns leading up to the decriminalisation of male ... Read more

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University to Newcastle University Libraries in 2016. The collection was originally gifted to the Sociology unit by Chris Perriam, a former member of Newcastle University staff.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Administration, correspondence, research and campaign materials produced by the Tyneside Campaign for Homosexual Equality, and associated material relating to lesbian and gay politics from the 1970s to the 1990s, including newspaper cuttings, campaign ... Read more

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

Original filing order of the CHE has been retained. The archive is largely ordered by topic, with a small administrative file ordered roughly chronologically.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open with some restrictions (researcher interview may be required)

Conditions governing reproduction

UK copyright law applies

Language of material

  • English

Notes area

Note

Preferred citation: Tyneside Campaign for Homosexual Equality (Tyneside CHE) Archive, CHE, held at Special Collections Newcastle University Library.

Access points

Description control area

Description identifier

gb186-che

Archivist's note

This EAD description created 9/7/2018.