Newsletters, Documents, and Other Primary Sources

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Below is a collection of sources used as documentation to support the History of the Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club Exhibit. Special thanks to the GLBT Historical Society of Northern California for preserving the Alice Reports Newsletters below.

• Video News Coverage of Democratic National Convention, 1972
• Alice Reports December, 1972, pgs 1-2 (National Election + Purpose of Alice Club Formation)
• Alice Reports December, 1972, pgs 3-4 (Club Formation Logistics + Alice involvement in National election)
• Alice Reports January, 1973 (California Democratic Convention)
• Alice Reports May, 1975, Page 1 (Teamster Local 888 Letter in support of gay rights)
• Alice Reports May, 1975, Pgs 2-3 (Background Union & Gay Collaboration + Alice Organizing Logistics)
• Alice Reports June, 1975, Cover(Victory on Consensual Sex Law)
• Alice Reports June, 1975, Pgs 2-3(Background Consensual Sex Law Fight + Moscone for Mayor)
• Alice Reports July, 1975, Pgs 1-2(Origins of Briggs Initiative)
• Alice Reports July, 1975, Pg 4(Origins of Briggs Initiative)
• Alice Reports July, 1975, Pg 7(Origins of Briggs Initiative)
• Alice Reports April, 1976 (Jane Fonda speaks at Alice)
• Video News Coverage of Democratic National Convention, 1976
• Video News Coverage of gay protesters outside Democratic National Convention, 1976
• Alice Reports July, 1976 (Alice delegates report on the 1976 Democratic Convention)
• "Inside Story" Video News Retrospective of Anita Bryant
• Alice Reports May, 1977 (Alice helps organize fight in Dade County Florida)
• Alice Reports July, 1977 (Pride Parade - Willie Brown, Art Agnos, Carol Ruth Silver)
• Alice Reports December, 1977 (Mayor Moscone makes several public commitments to the community)
• Alice Reports January, 1978 (Alice grows to 300 members)
• Alice Reports December, 1978 (Death of Harvey Milk, recounting his life and impact on politics)
• Alice Reports June, 1979 (Recounting the Dan White trial and local upheaval)
• Alice Reports September, 1979 (Alice endorses Supervisor Britt)
• Alice Reports August, 1980, pg 1 (Democratic National Convention - 1st Adoption of "Gay Plank")
• Alice Reports August, 1980, pg 2 (Democratic National Convention + Carter, Reagan on Gay issues)
• Alice Reports August, 1981, pg 1 (Police and Sheriff's Issues discussed)
• Alice Reports August, 1981, pg 2 (Sheriff's Issues continued & 1st National Gay Rights Bill Introduced)
• Alice Reports August, 1982 ("National Association of Gay and Lesbian Democratic Clubs" Founded)
• Alice Reports August, 1982 (Gender divisions discussed)
• Alice Reports April, 1983 (Feinstein recall fight & "Demand Cash to Fight AIDS Crisis")
• Alice Reports July, 1983 (Senator Cranston hires lesbian + tension over CA Magazine story on AIDS)
• Alice Reports January, 1985(Looking back at 1984 and impact of AIDS on morale of the club)
• Alice Reports April, 1986 (Alice confronts KQED over defamatory story on man with AIDS)
• Alice Reports May, 1987 (Nancy Pelosi seeks Alice Endorsement in race for Congress against Harry Britt)
• Alice Reports November, 1987 pgs 1 & 4 (Alice Reports Interview with Presidential Candidate Al Gore)
• Alice Reports November, 1987 pgs 5 (Pelosi's work on "lesbian, gay and AIDS issues")
• Alice Reports March, 1988 (Alice supports lesbian Roberta Achtenberg in race for Assembly)
• Alice Reports August, 1988 (Alice delegates report on 1988 Democratic National Convention)
• Alice Reports November, 1989 (Story on LIFE Lobby, California's first major LGBT lobbying organization)
• Alice Reports January, 1990 (Pam David, first out lesbian to serve on San Francisco Mayor's staff)
• Alice Reports January, 1990 (Story on Donna Hitchens, first lesbian elected to Superior Court Judge)
• Alice Reports November, 1990 (Jim Foster, founder of Alice & Society for Individual Rights, dies of AIDS)
• Alice Reports January, 1991(Former Alice President Robert Cramer dies of AIDS)
• Alice Reports January, 1991

Recent History: Alice Reports Online Editions from March, 2004 to Present

• Alice Reports March, 2004
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