Lex Watson papers relating to the gay rights movement and AIDS organisations, 1968-2001
Lex Watson papers relating to the gay rights movement and AIDS organisations, 1968-2001
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Date
1968-2001
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10553
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Physical Description
Contents
2.56 metres of textual material (16 boxes)
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright – life of author(s) plus 70 years
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Paper collected by academic and gay rights activist Alexander 'Lex' Watson between 1968 and 2001, being records from groups Watson was associated with and other groups espousing gay and lesbian rights and equality through politics, media representation, law reform, and HIV/AIDS activism, research and awareness.
BOX 1
ACT Homosexual Law R...
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Full title
Lex Watson papers relating to the gay rights movement and AIDS organisations, 1968-2001
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
Description source
Contents list adapted from inventory supplied by donor.
Object History
Since Lex Watson’s death in 2014 his archive has been kept and sorted/arranged by archivist, friend and fellow activist Robert French. The donation of this archive to the SLNSW has been authorised by Nicholas Dundas, nephew and Executor for the Estate of Alexander Watson.
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by Robert French in 2019
Administrative / Biographical history
Alexander “Lex” Watson was born in Perth, WA, in 1943. He began teaching politics at the University of Sydney in 1964. He was a founding member of the Campaign Against Moral Persecution (CAMP) formed in Sydney in 1970, which was Australia’s first openly gay advocacy organisation. From the early 1970s Watson was a regular contributor to the Sydney S...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 10553
Record Identifier
9WZW4yGY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZW4yGY
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Reference code
9641497
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