HARVEY MILK ARCHIVES—SCOTT SMITH COLLECTION
1919-1995
(bulk 1973-1985)
Collection number: GLC 35
The James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center
San Francisco Public Library
2003
Harvey Milk Archives—Scott Smith Collection GLC 35
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
p. 3-4
Biography
p. 4
Scope and Content
p. 5
Series Descriptiosn
p. 6-8
Container Listing
p. 9-29
Series 1:
Harvey Milk Personal Papers, 1919-1978
p. 10-11
Series 2:
Harvey Milk Political Papers, 1973-1978
p. 12-20
Series 2a: Campaign Files, 1973-1978
p. 12
Series 2b: Supervisor Correspondence, 1977-1978
p. 12
Series 2c: Supervisor Issue Files, 1977-1978
p. 13-20
Series 2d: Speeches and Writings, 1973-1978
p. 20
Series 3:
Scott Smith Papers, 1978-1995
p. 21
Series 4:
Harvey Milk Archives, 1978-1985
p. 21-22
Series 5:
Photographs, Slides and Negatives, 1930-1995
p. 23-26
Series 6:
Clippings and Ephemera, 1969-1981
p. 28-29
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INTRODUCTION
Provenance
The Harvey Milk Archives—Scott Smith Collection was donated to The San Francisco
Public Library by Elva Smith in 1996.
Access
The collection is open for research and available in the San Francisco History Center on the
6th Floor of the Main Library. The hours are: Tues.-Thurs. 10a.m.-6 p.m., Fri. 12 noon-6
p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun. 12 noon-5 p.m.
Series 5: Photographs, slides and negatives are available during the San Francisco
Historical Photograph Collection’s open desk hours: Tues. 1-5 pm., Thurs. 1-5 pm., Sat.
10 am.-12 noon, 1-5 pm.
Collection Number
GLC 35
Size
24.5 cubic feet
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts should be addressed to
City Archivist, San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin
Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Processed by
Timothy T. Wilson, August 2003; finding aid updated June 2005
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harvey Milk Archives—Scott Smith Collection (GLC 35), The
James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco,
CA.
Related Collection(s)
Harvey Milk-Susan Davis Alch Correspondence (GLC 19)
Harvey Milk-Joseph Campbell Correspondence (GLC 20)
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Randy Shilts Papers (GLC 43). Mayor of Castro Street series.
Double Play collection (San Francisco History Center, SFPL)
Dan Nicoletta Photographs Collections (GLC 40)
Conservation Note
During processing, the entire collection was refoldered and re-housed in acid-free folders
and boxes. All metal fasteners were removed and replaced with plastic clips where
necessary.
BIOGRAPHY
Harvey Bernard Milk was born on May 22,1930, in Woodmere, New York. His parents
were Minerva Karns and William Milk. His older brother was Robert Milk. Harvey graduated
from the New York State Teachers College at Albany in 1951. He was in the U.S. Navy until
1955. He then worked briefly in New York on Wall Street and eventually became involved with
the Tom O’Horgan shows Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. He moved out to San Francisco in
the early 1970s.
Harvey’s political aspirations began with his unsuccessful campaigns for the San
Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1973 and 1975. Mayor George Moscone appointed Milk to
the city’s Board of Permit Appeals in 1976 though he had to resign from that position in the
same year when he announced his candidacy for the California State Assembly. He lost the
Assembly race as well. He was elected to the Board of Supervisors in November 1977. On
January 9, 1978, Milk was sworn into office.
While in office, he cosponsored a gay rights ordinance, and was interested in the creation
of a gay community center. His Supervisor issue files cover a wide variety of topics from the
Briggs Initiative (Proposition 6) and divestment from South Africa to San Francisco parking
facilities and the much-publicized Dog Litter law. Milk’s life was cut short when Dan White
assassinated him on November 27, 1978.
There are several biographical works about Milk. Most notable is The Mayor of Castro
Street by Randy Shilts. The documentary The Times of Harvey Milk by Robert Epstein and
Richard Schmeichen is also an excellent resource. Double Play by Mike Weiss recounts the
killings of Milk and Moscone and includes transcripts of police documents. All of these books
and videotapes are available in the San Francisco Public Library. The archival research for
Double Play is also available at the San Francisco History Center of the San Francisco Public
Library.
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SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection is a mixture of the personal papers of Harvey Milk and Scott Smith, the
political papers of Harvey Milk, and the collection of the Harvey Milk Archives and Harvey
Milk Estate. As Smith was the head of the Milk Archives and also Milk’s executor, the latter
materials have been organized into one series. The political papers and photographs series are the
best documented portions of the collection. The political papers include drafts of speeches and
writings, as well as the flyers and other ephemera which a campaign produces. There is
unfortunately not much on Milk’s early life though there are a few documents on his mother.
With the exception of the photographs, the bulk of the collection documents Milk’s life on the
West Coast.
ARRANGEMENT NOTE
The material is been arranged into six series: Harvey Milk’s personal papers, Harvey
Milk’s political papers, Scott Smith’s personal papers, materials relating to the Harvey Milk
Archives and his estate, photographic materials, and clippings and ephemera. Most series are
arranged alphabetically by folder title, and materials are filed chronologically within each folder;
the photographic series is organized by slide program when possible, and by folder title in all
other cases.
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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
SERIES 1:
HARVEY MILK PERSONAL PAPERS, 1919-1978.
3 cubic feet
Arranged by format and then alphabetically by folder title.
This series contains personal correspondence including letters to Scott Smith and Milk’s
family members. There are photocopies of several documents such as Milk’s birth certificate, his
naval discharge and his mother's military discharge. There is also a sampling of financial
information on Castro Camera. Condolence letters to Milk after his lover Jack Lira’s suicide, and
to the Milk family and friends after Milk’s assassination appear in this series. Of particular note
is the similarity of the Lira condolence letters sent to Milk by members of the People’s Temple.
SERIES 2:
HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978.
7 cubic feet
a. Campaign Papers, 1973-1978 (2 cubic feet) organized chronologically, this series
contains flyers, newspaper clippings and financial papers relating to Milk’s three campaigns for
San Francisco supervisor, and his campaign for an Assembly seat. The only successful campaign
was for Supervisor in 1977. These materials are filed chronologically. Copies of legal papers
filed against other candidates regarding ballot irregularities are included in this series.
b. Supervisor Correspondence, 1977-1978 (1.5 cubic feet) organized chronologically,
this series contains constituent correspondence referring to issues before the Board. There are
two groups of letters relating to his sexuality, either in support or not of his lifestyle. The
majority of this series is organized chronologically, though there are a few files that were
collected by topic or issue.
c. Supervisor Issues Files, 1977-1978 (3.5 cubic feet) organized alphabetically, this
series contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and draft legislation relating to issues
brought before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Of special interest are the Briggs
Initiative/Proposition 6, Gay Rights Ordinance, and Gay Community Center files.
d. Speeches and Writings, 1973-1978 (.25 cubic feet) organized alphabetically, this
series contains draft speeches and writings relating to issues Milk considered important. The
“Hope” and the “Neighborhoods” speeches are among those in draft form. Drafts and copies of
Milk’s column for the Bay Area Reporter and the Sentinel are also included in the writings.
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SCOTT SMITH PAPERS, 1978-1995
1 cubic foot
Arranged by sub-series and then within that alphabetically by title.
This series contains personal correspondence, financial papers including Smith’s business
files for Thomas Cook travel agency, and legal materials regarding Smith’s arrest for drug
possession. In addition there are copies of legal documents for several suits filed by Smith: one
to recover Milk’s personal effects, one to receive the death benefit due to a surviving partner, and
one against Dan White. Other Smith materials can be found in Milk’s correspondence, Castro
Camera, and in the Milk Archives series. This series also contains copies of a petition to keep
Dan White imprisoned when his parole hearing came up.
SERIES 4:
HARVEY MILK ARCHIVES, 1978-1985.
3 cubic feet
Arranged by alphabetically by folder title.
This series contains files relating to the Harvey Milk Archives, a non-profit organization
headed by Scott Smith that cared for and exhibited items from Milk’s estate. Smith’s position as
executor for the estate and curator for the Archives meant that often this material was
intermingled. Correspondence relating to permission to access and to publish Milk’s archives has
been removed to the library’s legal files. Copies of those publications are included in this series.
Of interest are a number of proposed memorials for Milk. Since the Harvey Milk Archives
oversaw the production of the Castro Street Fair (CSF) and Harvey Milk’s annual Birthday
Party, minutes and other organizational documents for CSF appear in this series.
SERIES 5:
PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES & NEGATIVES, 1930-1985.
7 cubic feet
Arranged by three subseries according to format: photographic prints and negatives,
scrapbooks, and slide programs. As there is no master index to this series, it is worthwhile to look
within each section for a given subject. Some of the notable photographers represented in the
collection are Dan Nicoletta, Tom Eure, and Crawford Barton.
The photographic prints section is arranged chronologically. Personal and Milk family
photographs appear at the beginning, followed by political campaign prints, and then images
taken and collected by Harvey Milk and Scott Smith. Images of Milk’s boyfriends are under the
heading “Lover” and are arranged chronologically within the “personal” section. The names for
his boyfriends also appear on the folder titles. The “images collected by Harvey and Scott”
subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title and includes a variety of subjects, from Castro
Street fairs to science fiction magazine covers, and from Gay Games II to the dedication of
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Harvey Milk plaza.
The scrapbooks and slide programs are organized by number with titles to describe the
subjects covered. The scrapbooks cover such varied subjects as Korea, the 1976 Assembly
campaign, and a cabaret show. Most of the slides had been arranged into programs with subjects
covering vacations, attractive men, and theater productions such as Hair or Jesus Christ
Superstar. Loose slides were organized by subject; some of these are sexually explicit.
The photographs, slides and negatives are made available during the San
FranciscoHistorical Photograph Collection’s open desk hours: Tues. 1-5 pm., Thurs. 1-5 pm.,
Sat. 10 am.-12 noon, 1-5 pm.
SERIES 6:
CLIPPINGS & EPHEMERA, 1969-1990
4 cubic feet
Arranged by format.
This series includes newspaper clippings, campaign buttons and buttons for Harvey Milk
High School, blank Board of Supervisors stationary, a medal to Milk, a rubber stamp from his
Supervisor office, and a “Harvey Milk Supervisor” T-shirt. The newspaper clippings are
arranged chronologically.
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CONTAINER LISTING
SERIES 1:
HARVEY MILK PERSONAL PAPERS, 1930-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 1
Address Book (contains birthdates)
Barbagelata, John. Quotes concerning gay people, 1975
BAGL (Bay Area Gay Liberation), 1976
Briarpatch, 1975
California Committee for Equal Rights, 1975
Castro Camera. Business cards
Castro Camera. Danny [Nicoletta] hours and expenditures, n.d.
Castro Camera. Financial, 1975- 1976
Citizens for Representative Government, n.d.
Committee of 100, 1975
Community Guild, n.d.
Condolences regarding Jack Lira’s suicide, 1978
Phone call log and arrangements
A-P (14 folders)
Peoples Temple (Jonestown, Guyana)
R-Z (5 folders)
Box 2
Condolences regarding Harvey Milk’s death, 1978
A-Z (5 folders)
Coors, 1974
Correspondence, 1971-1976
Leasure, Jim
McKinley, J. Galen
Smith, Joseph Scott
Democratic Caucus, 1974
Finances. Bank Statements and bank book, 1973
Finances. Tax Returns, 1974-1977 (4 folders)
Friends of San Francisco Deputies and Inmates, 1974
Gay Coalition. Open letter to the Gay Community re: SF Police Dept., 1975
“Hair” an Albano-Waite Tarot Deck Illustration
Harry S Truman Democratic Club, 1975
Fred Harris for President Committee, 1975
[Inner City]. “Street Dreams: the Inner City Musical” by Eve Merriam and Helen
Miller, n.d.
“Inner City” Partnership, 1972
Karns, Minerva Eleanor (mother). US Navy honorable discharge, 1920
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SERIES 1:
HARVEY MILK PERSONAL PAPERS, 1930-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 2
Lease, 1971
Legal. Milk vs. Joseph L. Alioto regarding SF Police Strike, 1975 (2 folders)
Legal. Milk vs. March Fong Eu regarding Sexual Offenses Initiative Statute, 1976
Legal. Milk vs. Anna Soltes regarding auto accident, 1976
“Lenny” Screenplay by Julian Barry. Revised draft. Marvin Worth Productions,
1970
Library, 1975
Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Upper Market Street, 1974-1975
Castro Village Association
Mental Health, 1975
Pacific Ballet, n.d.
Pride Foundation, 1974
Prisoner’s Visitors, 1975
Reed, Robert Eugene. Will, 1977
San Francisco Tomorrow, 1975
Senate Bill 39, 1973-1976
S.I.R. (Society for Individual Rights), 1975
Tunbridge in San Francisco, 1974
USS Kittiwake (ship)
Vital Records. [photocopies of birth records, graduation and discharge
certificates, transcripts], 1930-1974
SERIES 2: HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Box 3
Series 2a: CAMPAIGN FILES
1973 Supervisor Campaign
Flyers
Nomination Papers and Sponsor Certificates
Finances. Income and expenses
Voter information handbook, Nov. 6, 1973
1975 Supervisor Campaign
Finances, contributions (5 folders)
Flyers, promotion
Voter information handbook
Election results
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SERIES 2:
HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 4
Box 5
Box 6
Box 6
1976 Assembly Campaign. 16th District
Candidate statement
Endorsements, supporters
Flyers, promotional literature
Finances (10 folders)
Legal. Suit against Art Agnos regarding campaign literature / voters
handbook
“Milk Forum” Bay Area Reporter columns
Press releases
Voters Pamphlet
1977 Supervisor Campaign
Flyers, promotional literature
Finances (2 folders)
Press releases
Voter Handbook
Series 2b: SUPERVISOR CORRESPONDENCE
Victory Congratulations, 1977-1978 [regarding election]
General Correspondence, 1977-September 1978 (13 folders)
Pines, Burt, 1978
Wahl, John Eshleman, 1978
Genera1 Correspondence, October-December 1978 (5 folders)
Hate Mail, 1977-1978
Invitations, 1978
Series 2c: SUPERVISOR ISSUE FILES
A.B.A.G. (Association of Bay Area Governors), 1978
Forester, Chuck
Agnos, Art (re: AB1302 a bill which concerned gay job rights)
Airport [San Francisco], 1978
Azevedo, Joseph
Rose-Azevedo, Joseph
San Mateo County
Alcoholism, 1977-1978
Pride Foundation
Smith, Russell D.
Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation
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SERIES 2:
HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 6
Series 2c: SUPERVISOR ISSUE FILES
Animal Control, 1978
Appointment Book, 1978
Art Commission, 1977-1978
Arts
Brown, Willie L., Jr.
Burton, John L.
Assessor, 1978
Bakke [Decision], 1978
Affirmative Action
April 29th Coalition
Bicentennial Grants, 1978
Bicycles, 1978
Board of Permit Appeals, 1978
Board [of Supervisors] Procedures, 1977-1978
Books [Man & Man, Woman & Woman], 1978
Boggan, E. Carrington
Ollie [Mae Bozarth]...Mental Health, 1978
National Committee on Patients’ Rights
Briggs Initiative, 1977-1978 (4 folders)
Briggs Initiative / United Fund, 1978
Budget, 1978
Airport
Buena Vista Park, 1978
Cable Cars, 1978
Canada, 1978
C.E.T.A. (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act), 1977-1978
Bustamante, Bob
Elton, Eunice
-See also Manpower Planning Council
Centro de Cambio, 1978
Charter Reform, 1978
CHEER (Center for Homosexual Education, Evaluation and Research), 19771978
Child Care, 1978
Child Discrimination, 1978 [housing]
Chinese American Democratic Club, 1978
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SERIES 2:
HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 7
Series 2c: SUPERVISOR ISSUE FILES
City Attorney, 1978
Civil Service Commission, 1978
Coastal Commission, 1978
North Central Coast Regional Commission
Commission on the Aging, 1978
Commission on the Status of Women, 1978
Community Development, 1977-1978
Consumer Issues, 1978
Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1978
County Supervisors Association of California, 1978
Ralph K. Davies Medical Center, 1975-1978 (2 folders)
Buena Vista Neighborhood Association
Franklin Hospital
Mint Hill/Haight-Fillmore Neighborhood Association
Democratic Party, [1978?]
Department of City Planning, 1978
District Attorney, 1978 (regarding anti-gay violence)
Freitas, Joseph, Jr.
Dog Litter, 1978
Duboce Triangle, 1978
Apana, Karen
Proposition U
Duncan Street, 1978
Wolfe, Burton
Dymally, Mervyn M., 1978
Democratic Minority Coalition
Economics, 1978
Electro Shock Treatment, 1978
Employment License Fee Tax, 1978
Eu, March Fong, 1977-1978
Los Angeles Police Department
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1978
Fire Department (San Francisco), 1978
Bath House Fire Safety
Gay Advisory Task Force
Fresno, 1978
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SERIES 2:
HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 7
Series 2c: SUPERVISOR ISSUE FILES
Gambling, 1977-1978
Gay Community Center, 1978
Gay Democratic Center, 1978
Gay Rights, 1977-1978 (2 folders)
Gay Rights Ordinance, 1978
Giants, 1978
Golden Gate Gay Liberation House, Inc., 1978
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 1978
Burton, John
Marina Boulevard Railroad Tracks
Great Highway, 1978
Haight-Fillmore Neighborhood, 1978
Rivaldo, Jim
Hastings College of the Law, University of California, 1978
Anderson, Marvin J.
Hetch Hetchy Water and Power System, 1978
Housing Authority, 1978
Brooks, Harold B., Jr.
Hunters Point
Housing Speculation, 1978
Human Rights Advocates, 1978
Human Rights Commission. 12th Annual Report, Jan. 1977-Jan. 1978
In Memoriams, 1978
International Hotel, 1978
Jarvis-Gann [Tax] Initiative, 1978
Job Discrimination, 1978
Job Requests and Resumes, 1978
KGO-TV, 1978 [re: smear campaign against Milk]
KPOO, 1978
Labor, 1977-1978
Library, 1978
Jarvis-Gann
San Francisco Public Library
Loitering Law, 1978
Box 8
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HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 8
Series 2c: SUPERVISOR ISSUE FILES
Manpower Planning Council, 1978
Bustamante, Bob
CETA/MOET
Marijuana 1978
Peron, Dennis
Silver, Carol Ruth
Market Street, [1978] [Re: closing Market Street to traffic]
Mayor’s Office, 1978
Mental Health, 1978
Josette Mondanaro Case, 1977-1978
Child Sexual Abuse
MUNI, 1978
MUNI. Certificate of Appreciation, 1978
Neighborhood Associations, 1978
Neighborhood Economic Development (Mayor’s Office of), 1978
Nepon, Gary, 1977-1978
Newspaper Racks and News Vending Shelters, 1975,1978
911 Emergency Service, 1978
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, 1977
Jones, Rev. Jim
Jones, Marceline
Performing Arts Center, 1975-1978 (3 folders)
Eureka/Noe Valley Artist Coalition
Pride Foundation
Saltzman, Andrea
Western Addition Project Area Committee
Physicians for Human Rights, 1977-1978
Barnaby, William H.
Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights
Kessler, David
Playland, 1978
Sutro Heights Park
Preferential Parking, 1978
Residential Parking Permits
Transexuals
Presidio, 1978 (re: US Government closing)
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HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 8
Series 2c: SUPERVISOR ISSUE FILES
Press Relations, 1978
Prison, 1978
Prowler, David, 1978
Purchasing Department, 1978
Recall File, 1978
Jarvis-Gann
Rent Control, 1978
Roll Call Items-Harvey, 1978
Roll Call Items-Mayors Letters, 1978
S 1437 [Senate Bill], 1978
San Franciscans for a Cleaner City, 1977-1978
San Francisco General Hospital, 1978
San Francisco State University, 1978
CHEER (Center for Homosexual Education, Evaluation &Research)
Scavengers (Solid Waste/Garbage Disposal), 1978
Schools, 1977-1978
Senior Citizens, 1978
Sheriffs Department, 1978
South Africa, 1978
South of Market, 1978
Street Artists, 1978
Street Fairs, 1978
Strybing Arboretum Society of Golden Gate Park, 1978
Survival House, 1974-1978
Agnos, Art
Golden Gate Gay Liberation House
Mendelsohn, Robert H.
Mitchell, F.E. “Mitch”
Tax Collector, 1978
Taxes, 1958-1978
Taxicab Licenses, 1972, 1977-1978
Telephone Directory for City & County of San Francisco, 1978
Texas [Gay Conference (5th: Dallas: 1978)
Tow Car Association, Inc. [re: City Contract #135]
Transportation, 1978
Transportation Commission, 1978
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HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 9
Series 2c: SUPERVISOR ISSUE FILES
United Nations Plaza, 1978
United States Congress, 1977-1978
United Way of the Bay Area, 1978
Hardman, Paul
Kronenberg, Ann
Migden, Carole
Pacific Center for Human Growth
Pride Foundation
Roscoe, Will
University of Washington-Forum, 1978
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Schwartz, Pepper
Vida Foundation, 1978
Violence [Anti-Gay], 1978
Taylor, Clark L., Jr.
Volunteers, 1978
Voter Registration, 1978
Voucher Systems, 1978
School vouchers
Walden House, 1978
War Memorial / Opera House, 1978
Wastewater Management, 1978
Water Department, 1978
West Bay Health Systems Agency, 1978
White Panthers, 1978
Women, 1978
E.R.A.[Equal Rights Amendment]
Gay Action
Women’s Building
Yerba Buena Center, 1978
Zoning, 1978
Zoo, 1976, 1978
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SERIES 2:
HARVEY MILK POLITICAL PAPERS, 1973-1978
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 9
Series 2d: SPEECHES & WRITINGS
Address to Joint International Longshoremen & Warehousemen’s Union of San
Francisco, and to the Lafayette Club, 1973
A City of Neighborhoods, 1978
I Have High Hopes for the Future of Our Cities, n.d.
[Proposition 6 / John Briggs Debate. Notes and Clippings], 1978
Reactionary Beer [re: Coors boycott], 1977
Victimless crimes, 1974
You’ve Got to Have Hope, 1977
Writings, 1973-1974, n.d.
SERIES 3:
SCOTT SMITH PAPERS, 1978-1995
Box 10
CORRESPONDENCE, 1980-1995 (3 folders)
Adams, Jane Meredith. “The Castro 1988”
Ammiano, Tom
[Cory], Guy
Frutchey, Chuck
Gordon, Jim
Robinson, Frank
Shilts, Randy
Wilson, Carl
SUBJECT FILES
Medical. AIDS Testing, n.d.
Medical. San Francisco Lung Health Study, 1989-1994
Travel Accounts, A-W (21 folders)
LEGAL PAPERS
Death Benefit to Scott Smith on Death of Harvey Milk.
Workers’Compensation Appeals Board, 1978-1983
Smith vs. Dan White, 1980-1983 (3 folders)
White, Dan. Petition, 1979? Or 1982? (6 folders)
White, Dan. Parole, 1983
1984 July 12. Criminal History Record of Scott Smith
1984-1985 State of California vs. Scott Smith (13 folders)
1985 September 26. S.F. Adult Probation Dept.
1987 September 22. S.F. Adult Probation Dept.
Box 11
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HARVEY MILK ARCHIVES & ESTATE, 1978-1985
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 12
CORRESPONDENCE
Alfred, Randy
Foss, Karen
Mail received 1984
Box 13
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SUBJECT FILES
A.B.1
AIDS
Alice B. Toklas Gay Democratic Club
Art in the Park, 1982
Castro Street Fair (8 folders)
Congressional Cemetery
Death Benefit Check [Photocopy] from State of CA to Joseph Scott Smith,
1983
Democratic National Committee convention.
Finances. Estate of Harvey Milk, 1980-1983
Finances.Funeral [of Harvey Milk]. 1978
Gay Academic Union
Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California
Gay Athletic Games, 1982
Gay Health Crisis, 1982
Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club
Harvey Milk Film Project / [Times of Harvey Milk]
The Harvey Milk Institute
Inner City Company. Pay envelopes for Joe [Scott] Smith
“The Mayor of Castro Street” (12 folders)
Book Proposal
Book Reviews, 1982
Editorial notes by Scott Smith.
Draft screenplays, movie treatments and correspondence
Memorials.
Candlelight March and Memorial
Harvey Milk Birthday Party
Harvey Milk Memorial Design competition
Harvey Milk Plaza. Includes plaque rubbing
Harvey Milk Recreational Arts Center
Milk/Moscone Memorial
Mural
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SERIES 4:
HARVEY MILK ARCHIVES & ESTATE, 1978-1985
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 13
SUBJECT FILES
Memorials (continued).
Resolutions passed in memory of Milk
Rivaldo, Jim and Dick Pabich. “Learning from Harvey Milk”
Tree planted in Israel
Wong, Mike. “Reminiscences” [of Harvey Milk]
Opera. “Harvey Milk: an opera in 2 acts” by Stewart Wallace and Michael Korie
Pornography
San Francisco Public Library
Shilts, Randy
Smutchey Christmas Card
Smutchey Love Coupons
Violence, Anti-Gay
White Night Riot. Police issues report.
Box 14
PUBLICATIONS
Harvey Milk Archives Newsletter. v. 1 (1); v. 1 (3). 1983
Harvey Milk Archives Newsletter. v. 1 (2-4). 1983. Includes paste-up.
Hinckle, Warren. Gayslayer: the story of how Dan White killed Harvey Milk and
George Moscone and got away with murder. 1986. Copy of published
book and blueline proofs for photos.
Hinckle, Warren. “The Ten Days that Shook San Francisco.” Nov. 6,1988
“Image” section of San Francisco Examiner.
Journal of the West, v.27 (2). Includes “Harvey Milk: You Have to Give Them
Hope” by Karen Foss. Apr. 1988.
Rivaldo, Jim and Dick Pabich. “Learning From Harvey Milk” [photocopy]
“A Simple Matter of Justice: the April 25,1993 March on Washington for
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights: a photographic narrative” by Doug
Emerson. Inscribed by Emerson to Scott Smith.
Harvey Milk Archives—Scott Smith Collection GLC 35
Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
SERIES 5:
PHOTOGRAPHS, SCRAPBOOKS & SLIDES, 1930-1985
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 15
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
p. 21
HARVEY MILK PERSONAL
HM Family 1930-1942 (includes parents, brother Robert)
HM Navy 1953-1954
HM 1954-1978
Lovers 1950-1978 (3 folders: John Harvey, Joe Campbell, Scott Smith, Jack Lira)
-See also oversized photos.
Florida 1963 (snapshots HM & 2 others 00346A, 00573A, 00319A)
“Lenny” production, 1971
HM in Lenny T-shirt, 1974
Gay Freedom Day Parade 1974—Photos. By Guy Corey (contact sheets)
Tricycle Race
“Don’t Let it Happen Here”—HM in front of Castro Camera store, 1977
Gay Freedom Day/Castro Street Fair (color, bw, some mounted)
Castro Street Fair misc.
Drag queens on car (mounted, color)
McDonald’s Protest 1977
Harvey Milk leaning against Castro St. sign. Mounted. New Year’s Eve 1978,
Guy Corry.
San Francisco Gay Pride
Photos. Of Scott Smith by HM (prints by Dan Nicoletta)
Box 16
HARVEY MILK POLITICAL
1973. San Francisco Board of Supervisors campaign, Nov. 1973
1975. San Francisco Board of Supervisors campaign, Nov. 1975
1976 May 8. Harvey Milk for Assembly luncheon, Wharfside restaurant, SF
1976 June. Assembly campaign
1977. San Francisco Board of Supervisors campaign, Nov. 1977
Dec. 1977
1978. Inauguration Day, Jan. 9, 1978
1978. Milk-Lira “A Special Day” marquee, Jan. 9, 1978
1978 Supervisor
1978 Supervisor (3 folders various sizes)
Harvey w/politicos and celebrities
1978 Prop. 6 No on Briggs
[Harvey Milk in front of Castro St. collage]-signed to Scott Smith
Harvey Milk Archives—Scott Smith Collection GLC 35
Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
p. 22
SERIES 5:
PHOTOGRAPHS, SCRAPBOOKS & SLIDES, 1930-1985
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 17
PHOTOS BY HARVEY MILK AND SCOTT SMITH
Toe Sucking photo. (loose)
Photos by HM-Running Fence some mounted
“Mowgli” “The Jungle Book” directed by Tom O’Horgan. 4 8x10 color
Drawing “rendering” of HM by G. Pace
Photos by HM (2 folders includes friends and relatives wearing HM Supervisor
shirts in China & Cuba)
Galen McKinley (mounted shots)
Photos. By Harvey [misc. subjects]
Photos. By Harvey-Marriott
AFT-Rhinoceros [includes contact sheets with Karen Black, Gene Wilder]
Photos. By Scott Smith. Castro Street, 1977
Unidentified
Miscellaneous [cars parked outside of Davies Medical Center-across from
Duboce Park]
Photos. Harvey collected [misc. subjects, some mounted-most listed in index card
file]
Castro Camera displays [some mounted, most listed in index card file]
Negatives/Transparencies
Box 18
POST-NOVEMBER 1978 PHOTOGRAPHS
Castro Street Fair, 1980-Scott Smith, Dan Nicoletta
Galen McKinley’s goodbye at Golden Gate Bridge, April 21,1980
Gay [Games I] Olympics 1982. Protest
1984 Democratic Convention
Dan White Petition [Chuck Frutchey and others getting signatures] w/negs.
Dedication of Harvey Milk Plaza, Opening the Twelfth Annual Castro Street Fair,
Sept. 15,1985.
Gay Games II, 1986—Opening Ceremonies
Gay Games II, 1986—Closing Ceremonies and misc. other Calif. State House?
[1987? Scott Smith, Denton Smith?, Gas station, snow scene]
Castro Theater & Street. By Dan Nicoletta, 1990
Christmas Party, incl. Scott Smith, 1990
Milk Plaque Installation on Castro St., Dennis Peron, Scott Smith w/negs.
Harvey Milk Archives—Scott Smith Collection GLC 35
Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
p. 23
SERIES 5:
PHOTOGRAPHS, SCRAPBOOKS & SLIDES, 1930-1985
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 19
SCRAPBOOKS
#1 Scott Smith on the beach and in the park
#2 Korea? [many listed in index card file], Sep. 1958. Some dated Aug. 1965.
Some identified as U.S.S. Catfish Confidential. Some Sept. 1962 [Puerto
Rico?]
#3 Cabaret show of man in white face/ mime? Index pages refer to photos. in
other albums.
#4 HM snapshots in Milk t-shirt, in Inner City t-shirt, HM Jan. 1964 pretending to
be martyred on pointed iron fence, HM w 3 friends, dogs [Trick?] on the
beach [listed in card file index]
#5 1976 Gay Freedom Day Parade SF. Including Sylvester. [some listed in index
card file]
#6 HM in chefs outfit [AFT-Rhinoceros]
#7 [Boyfriends/lovers: John Harvey 1956 Disney, Jack ?, Rick ?, 2 men in drag]
#8 Jack Lira [at the zoo], sea lion, newspaper clipping re: HM7s election to Board
of Supervisors, with a pressed rose].
#9 Assembly Campaign [1976]
#11 Assembly Campaign [1976]
#12 [misc. Castro St. collage, Photos. By HM of soapy windows, USS
Chanticleer, Bella Abzug & Marlo Thomas, HM & Scott Smith on Market St.
with friends, Scott Smith]
#13 Scott Smith, some nude, [Cf. Album #1], also Denton Smith?, HM
Supervisor T-shirts, Tricycle Race, Capitol, White House, Supreme Court?,
HM, SF Rooftops, Scott Smith coming out of men’s room
#14 [Korean War photos.]
#15 Soapy windows photo. By HM, Renaissance Fair, unid, Danny Nicoletta,
dogs on the beach, man in wet suit and others around sea lion, under the
boardwalk, surfers on the beach 1965. [many listed in index card file]
Box 20
Box 21
OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS
Korean War (album # 14)
Lovers 1962-78
Gay Freedom Day/Castro Street Fair
HM modeling for a photo. Student’s assignment, March 1975-shaving
1975 Supervisor Campaign. (Includes Alan Baird)
1976 Assembly Campaign
1977 Supervisor Campaign
1978 Supervisor
Photos. By Harvey Milk
Photos. By Scott Smith
Harvey Milk Archives—Scott Smith Collection GLC 35
Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
SERIES 5:
PHOTOGRAPHS, SCRAPBOOKS & SLIDES, 1930-1985
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 21
OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS (continued)
Photos. Harvey Milk Collected
Castro Camera Displays
Box 22
Index cards to Prints (by number)
Box 23
Box 24
Box 25
p. 24
SLIDE PROGRAMS
HMSC 001 Crawford Barton, IL
HMSC 002 Carlsbad ;Painted [Desert?]; Grand Canyon;Texas Indian
HMSC 003 Jesus Christ Superstar
HMSC 004 Puerto Rico 1966; Texas 1966 & 1969
HMSC 005 Galen’s trip
HMSC 007 Sgt. Pepper, Galen’s friends
HMSC 009 Harvey
HMSC 010 Galen—SF, LA; Trick; Hair
HMSC 011 1963 Central Park, Chinatown, Japan, Norfolk
HMSC 012 Galen’s trips: Miami, 2001
HMSC 013 Gay Parade 1976; Roller Skate Race 1976
*HMSC 014 Hei[?]
HMSC 015 Disney, 2001, Sally Rand
HMSC 016 California Coast
HMSC 017 John [Harvey?] in California ;Joe Campbell; Others
HMSC 018 Mexico 1967. Acapulco Pyramids
HMSC 019 Hari Krishna; Gay liberation 10/1972; Golden Gate Park; Ships;
Renaissance paintings
HMSC 020 Big Sur trip 4/1972
HMSC 021 Animals, Zoos, etc.
HMSC 022 Buns & People
HMSC 023 The Fence 9/1976 [Chrystos Fence]
HMSC 024 Zoo with Jack Lira
HMSC 025 Lenny, Cove
HMSC 026 Santa Cruz-Scott & Ric; Mongolia/Siberia; Gay Pride Parade 1975;
Tricycle Race 1975
HMSC 027 Longwood Gardens (Galen McKinley); Gould Estate-May 1964/1965
HMSC 028 San Juan Pt.1; Miami trip; beauty parade; Phil
HMSC 029 Renaissance Faire 1970/1972. Tom E[ure?]/Cone
HMSC 030 April-May 1972. SF-Sunset; Yosemite; Victorian; Scott; Watts
Tower.
Harvey Milk portraits. Some by John McDermott (5 pages of slides)
Harvey Milk Archives—Scott Smith Collection GLC 35
Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
SERIES 6:
CLIPPINGS AND EPHEMERA, 1969-1985
Container
Folder Title, Dates
Box 26
CLIPPINGS
1973-1974
1975
1976 January-May
1976 June-December
1977 January-June
1977 July-October
1977 November
1977 December
1978 January
1978 February
1978 March
1978 April
1978 May
1978 June
1978 July
1978 August
1978 September
1978 October
1978 November (2 folders)
1978 December (4 folders)
1979 January
1979 February
1979 March
1979 April
1979 May (5 folders)
1979 July-October
1979 November
1979 December
1980 January-December (2 folders)
1981
1982
1982-1983 (Death Benefit)
Box 27
Box 28
FLAT NEWSPAPERS 1978-1985
Box 29
EPHEMERA
Medal
Milk stamp pad
p. 25