The 1918 Pandemic in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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• Unfortunately, history has set the record a little too straight — National Coming Out Day
  This poster created by the Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council celebrates prominent cultural figures that were openly non-heterosexual for National Coming Out Day in 1988. The poster features James Baldwin, Walt Whitman, Bessie Smith, Virgina Woolf, and others.
• Florence Hutchings; about age 12.
  Copy Neg: 1981. Loaned by Shirley Sargent for copying. Florence, who went by Flo, Floy, or Flora, was the daughter of James and Elvira Hutchings, early pioneers in Yosemite's tourist industry. She grew up exploring what would be Yosemite National Park and was often considered a tomboy. She was also close with a number of early influencers of Yosemite National Park, including John Muir. Flo died at age 17 when she was struck by falling debris while hiking up the Ledge Trail to Glacier Point. Park visitors can still visit her grave in the Yosemite Cemetery just east of Yosemite Falls. ("Hutchings Women", NPS.gov)
• Woman in Yosemite Park
• NPS Individuals, Francis Downs, Supt.'s Secretary.
• Lucy Telles next to Gov. Richardson of California at 1926 Indian Field Days, Yosemite Valley. Others unidentified.
• Carl Russell on left and Leanna Tom (Agnes Castro's mother) on the right. 2nd best single basket, 2nd prize - $35.00.
• Women on horses during Indian Field Days
• The Queen - "White Fawn" [Hazel Hogan at 1929 Yosemite Indian Field Days, standing next to an announcement car supplied for the event by Standard Oil, September 1929].
• Enid Michael, NPS ranger naturalist at Yosemite National Park dancing with bear.
  Enid Michael was a NPS ranger-naturalist at Yosemite from 1921-1942. Among other things, she worked on a wildflower garden representing the park's life zones.
• Kitty Tatch and friend on overhanging rock, Yosemite National Park
• NPS employee Clare Hodges on horseback in Yosemite National Park.
• NPS Individuals, VIP Betsy Bradley in maternity smock she made for uniform wear.
• Three women in bathing suits tobogganing on a snowfield, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, ca. 1925.
  Text on verso of image: "Summer tobagganing in Upper Paradise Valley, Rainier National Park. "
• Staged toboggan accident involving three women in bathing suits, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, ca. 1925.
  Shows Mount Rainier in the background. Text on verso of image: "An unforseen incident concluding in a summertime tobaggan slide in Paradise Valley, Rainier National Park"
• Five mountaineers, two women and three men, seated on top of Pinnacle Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, ca. 1925.
  Mount Rainier appears in the background. Text on verso of image: "A small party of climbers at the top of Pinnacle Peak, Rainier National Park. People visiting the glaciers are outfitted by the guides with calked shoes, alpen stocks, and other suitable equipment."
• Five women dressed in tunics and scarves dancing around Fairy Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, ca.1931.
  Mount Rainier is in the background. Text on verso of image: "Alpine nymphs at the edge of Fairy Lake, Rainier National Park."
• Four mountaineers, two women and two men, on the Nisqually Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, ca. 1925.
  The climbers have alpenstocks, ropes and ice axes. Text on verso of image: "The Nisqually Glacier, flowing slowly down the mountainside, forms one of the principal attractions to visitors in Rainier National Park. Daily trips are made by the guides to this location."
• Citizen Science Coordinator
  Citizen Science Coordinator, Caitlin Kenney, a Student Conservation Association (SCA) intern, poses with an amphibian in the backcountry (Golden Lakes) of Mount Rainier National Park.
• Archaeologist
  Park archaeologist, Emma, sifts through soil at Ohanapecosh Campground.
• Trail Crew
  Trail work at Paradise.
• The Gay Liberator: No. 33, December 1973 - January 1974
  In this edition, the authors discuss affrimative action programs, but argue that they neglect LGBTQ people. Another piece highlights LGBTQ prison organizing, and another highlights the tax disadvantages that come when gay marragies are not recognizied.
• Detroit Gay Liberator, No. 6, December 1970
  This edition of the Detroit Gay Liberator highlight the refusal of the Michignan Diocese of the Episocopal Church to hear from representative of the Detroit Gay Liberation Front at its Convention. In another piece, the author accuses a local Black Panther Party affiliate of sexism and homophobia.
• The Detroit Liberator, No. 1, April 1970
  The first issue of The Detroit Gay Liberator, discussing the creation of the publication, and adivce to protestor on what to do if arrested.
• The Gay Liberator
  The "Detroit Liberator", as it was originally known, was launched in 1970 by the Detroit Gay Liberation Front, 9 months after Stonewall. Following the dissolution of the Detroit GLF in early 1971, the publication relaunched that September rebranded as "The Gay Liberator" and created by Pansy Press, an independent gay media collective. The publication discussed LGBTQ+ discrimination by courts, police, laws, employers, and landlords, highlighted resources for for LGBTQ+ people in Michigan, and featured poetry and art. Upon the publication's sixth anniversary in April, 1976, the publication released its final edition amid declining written contributions and support.
• NPS employee leading children on a tour in Joshua Tree National Park.