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Sergio J. Campos
Sergio J. Campos ‘00, a member of Raza, leads students in a vigil on the steps of Memorial Church in solidarity with the UFW.
ACT UP Protestor with Smoke
An ACT UP protester waves smoke at a protest outside Harvard Medical School.
Harvard Medical School ACT UP Protest
A plume of smoke emerges from a crowd at a Harvard Medical School protest.
Students at 1993 March for Equal Rights
Leon Lai and Patrick R. O’Malley ’92 attend the 1993 “March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation”
International AIDS Conference Activists
Three activists yell at the International AIDS conference.
Silence = Death
Leo L. Lai ’91 stands in front of a Silence = Death Poster poster at an ACT UP protest in Cambridge.
International AIDS Conference 1990
At the 1990 International AIDS conference in San Francisco, a group of activists, including Aldyn J. B. McKean ’70, hold hands.
AIDS Conference Activists with Posters
At the International AIDS conference, two activists whistle while marching down the street, holding homemade posters.
Free University Archives
A poster created by the Free University organizers to promote their event — the first dance publicly intended for all sexualities in the Boston area.
Rebellion of 1818
In the Rebellion of 1818, Harvard's most famous food fight took place resulted in the expulsion of all 80 members of the Sophomore class.
East End of the Foyer
The aftermath of the fire is visible just inside the entrance to the Cocoanut Grove nightclub.
The Point of Origin
The Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire started in the northwest corner of the Melody Lounge.
Melody Lounge
A view of the Melody Lounge, located in the basement of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub.
Broken Furniture
Broken tables and chairs are piled up at the west end of Cocoanut Grove's main dining room. The furniture previously was located around the outer edges of the dance floor in the center of the room.
Harvard Wives
President of Harvard Dames, Patricia I. Seldner (Mrs. MacElliot Seldner), admires a flower arrangement done by another Dames member (Mrs. Fukiko Shinohara).
Timothy M. "Cage" Hall
Timothy M. “Cage” Hall ’94 was an editor and founder of HQ, and managed the publishing side of the magazine.
Jonathan L. Handel
Jonathan L. Handel '82 was an editor of Lavender Portfolio, a 1980s Harvard queer publication.
Peninsula Cover
Dropped on the doorstep of every undergraduate in 1991, Peninsula's "Homosexuality" issue prompted student protests and faculty members publicly coming out.
Roger J. Landry
Roger J. Landry '92 was one of the founders of Peninsula, the conservative student publication whose 1991 "Homosexuality" issue sparked campus controversy.
William “Tate” Dougherty
William “Tate” Dougherty ’94 was an editor and founder of HQ, a 1990s queer publication, and designed the cover of its first issue.
Sandy F. Smith, Jr.
Sandy F. Smith, Jr. ’82 was an editor of Lavender Portfolio, a 1980s Harvard queer publication.
Radio - Thank You
A thank you note sent to Women's Radio for their International Women's Day broadcast.
Henry Louis Gates
Professor Gates arrived at Harvard in 1991 and revitalized the African and African-American Studies program at Harvard.