This exhibit was written and designed by Megan MacGregor, instruction and outreach librarians at the University of Southern Maine, with the help of the people and collections listed below.
Special thanks to the following people, without whom this exhibit would not have been possible.
Susie Bock, Coordinator of Special Collections at the University of Southern Maine, Director of the Sampson Center.
Jill Piekut Roy, Special Collections librarian at the University of Southern Maine.
Jo Ann Bianchi, Library Specialist in Special Collections at the University of Southern Maine.
Mary Holt, Digital Projects Manager at University of Southern Maine.
Paul Fuller, Digital Projects Associate at University of Southern Maine.
Matthew Revitt, Special Collections and Maine Shared Collection Librarian at the University of Maine.
Dr. Wendy Chapkis, Professor of Sociology and Women & Gender Studies, founder of Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project.
The Maine Historical Society
carol a savoie (lowercase intentional) for being the first one to break the silence.
Steve Bull, for all his work on this project, and for his work in helping found the Wilde-Stein Club.
All the Maine LGBTQIA+ Elders who lived through these times. Thank you for holding onto your history and giving it to archives and special collections so we have a record. Your actions have made all the difference.
If you are interested in donating to the LGBTQ+ Collection, Jean byers Sampson Center for Diversity Maine, please reach out using the form on their website, or through the phone or email address listed on the website. https://usm.maine.edu/special-collections/about-us/contact-us/
Sources:
Archival and Special Collections:
Bangor Daily News Photo Collection, Bangor Public Library Special Collections. https://bangorpubliclibrary.org/genealogy-local-history/special-collections/
Fortuna, Henderson, Prizer Collection (LG-MS0111), LGBTQ+ Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity Maine, USM Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/lgbt_finding_aids/46
Karen Bye Papers (LG-MS0107), LGBTQ+ Collection, Jean byers Sampson Center for Diversity Maine, USM Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/lgbt_finding_aids/48
The Maine Campus Archives, Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus/
Steven G. Bull Papers (LG-MS0079) LGBTQ+ Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity Maine, USM Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/lgbt_finding_aids/50
Sturgis Haskins Papers (LG-MS0007) LGBTQ+ Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity Maine, USM Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/lgbt_finding_aids/7/
University of Maine Publications, Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/umaine_publications/
University of Maine Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Collection, Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/social_justice/
USM Lesbian and Gay Oral History Project, LGBTQ+ Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity Maine, USM Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/usmlgoh/
Querying the Past: LTBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection, LGBTQ+ Collection, Jean byers Sampson Center for Diversity Maine, USM Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/querying_ohproject/
Secondary Sources
Cohen, Steven F. and Gallagher, James E. “Gay Movements and Legal Change: Some aspects of the Dynamics of a Social Problem,” Social Problems, Oct. 1978, vol.32, no. 1, pp. 72-86.
Eskridge, William N. 2008. Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003. New York: Viking.
Painter, George. “The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers; The History of Sodomy Laws in the United, Maine,” Sodomy Laws, 1991-2001. https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/maine.htm
Stein, Marc. “Students, Sodomy, and the State: LGBT Campus Struggles in the 1970s.” Law & Social Inquiry 48, no. 2 (2023): 531–60. doi:10.1017/lsi.2022.6.