Resources
Resources
Additional resources for more information about ALOT, similar collections and projects, and how to conduct oral history and archival research.
More About ALOT
- About the founding of ALOT: “Hidden from Historians: Preserving Lesbian Oral History in Canada,” Archivaria 68 (Fall 2009): 247-270
- ALOT 2011 survey results: possible uses visitors might make of an online archive of lesbian oral testimony.
- Elise Chenier, "Reclaiming the Lesbian Archives." Oral History Review (2016) 43 (1): 170-182.
ALOT Collaborations
LGBTQ Archives, Collections, & Historical Projects
Canada
- The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives
- Mary Anne McEwen Collection, VIVO Media Arts Centre
- The Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Library
- The Pride Library, Western University
- Queerstory: an app that uses archival materials to explore Toronto's queer history from various locations in the city
- The Quebec Gay Archives
United States
- Digital Public Library of America: includes several hundred items tagged "lesbian"
- GLBT Archival Collections, San Francisco Public Library
- GLBT Historical Society Archives & Museum
- Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest
- ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, University of Southern California Libraries
- June Mazer Lesbian Archives
- Lavender Legacies, the Society of American Archivists: a guide to primary sources of LGBT materials held by repositories in North America
- The Lesbian Herstory Archives
- Lesbians and Bisexual Women Subject Access, Sophia Smith Collection and Smith College Archives
- The LGBT Religious Archives Network
- Lambda Archives, San Diego
- Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, Chicago
International
- Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand
- Internationaal Homo/Lesbisch Informatiecentrum en Archief (IHLIA), Netherlands. IHLIA hosts the largest LGBT collection in Europe.
- Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives
- The Lesbian Archive at the Glasgow Women's Library
- LGBT History at Bishopsgate Institute Library
- LAGNA Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive
- GALA Gay and Lesbian Memory In Action, South Africa.
LGBTQ Oral History Collections & Projects
- ACT UP Oral History Project
- Country Queers
- Documenting Lesbian Lives
- HerStories: A Digital Collection, The Lesbian Herstory Archives
- Kentucky Equality Federation StoryCorps Collection
- Leather Archives & Museum Oral History Exhibit
- Lesbians and Gays in The Mountains Oral History Project, Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
- The LGBT Religious Archives Network's Oral Histories
- Mobile Homecoming
- ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives audio holdings, University of Sourthern California Libraries: includes voices of LGBTQ pioneers
- OutHistory's Oral Histories
- Queer Appalachia Oral History Collection, Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
- The Queer Story Archive
- Revelations, a theatrical presentation based on oral testimonies of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender West Virginians
- Speak Out London
- Trans Oral History Project
- The OUTWORDS Archive
- Sinister Wisdom's Oral Herstorians Collection and SW93: Southern Lesbian-Feminist Herstory Supplement
Conducting Oral History
- Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University
- Columbia Centre for Oral History, Columbia University Libraries: includes a 2009 bibliography of books and articles about oral history
- Oral History Association
- Oral History in a Digital Age
- Baylor University Institute for Oral History: Introduction to Oral History
Conducting Archival Research
- SFU Archives & Records Management Glossary of Archival Terms
- Purdue OWL Guide to Archival Research
- See ALOT's Access & Use page for information about citing materials on this website.