Guide to the Thomas Kraemer Speech and Blog
2006

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Kraemer, Thomas Fredrick
Title: Thomas Kraemer Speech and Blog
Dates: 2006 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 0.08 cubic foot (1 box)
Collection Number: MSS Kraemer
Summary: Oregon State University alumnus Thomas Kraemer helped to found the Gay Peoples Alliance, the first officially recognized gay student group at OSU, in 1976. The Thomas Kraemer Speech and Blog contains a presentation Kraemer made for Queer History Month in 2006 on the history of gay student groups at OSU from 1976 to 2006.
Repository: Oregon State University Libraries
University Archives

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2165
Email: archives@oregonstate.edu
Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives

Languages: Materials in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Thomas Kraemer earned BS (1977) and MS (1978) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University. With other students, he founded the Gay Peoples Alliance in 1976, the first officially recognized gay student group at Oregon State University.

Content Description

The Thomas Kraemer Speech and Blog consists of a bound copy of a presentation made at Oregon State University for Queer History Month by alumnus Thomas Kraemer on the history of gay student groups at OSU from 1976 to 2006. Included with the speech are photocopied entries from an online blog maintained by Kraemer in which he writes about other gay OSU alumni, media stories about the campus climate for gays and lesbians at OSU, Oregon laws regulating sexual practices, the American medical community's view of homosexuality, and the controversy surrounding a 1976 story about homosexuality that appeared in the Corvallis Gazette-Times newspaper. A compact disc containing an electronic copy of the speech and blog are included in the collection.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation :  

Thomas Kraemer Speech and Blog, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Related Materials :  

See also the Associated Students of Oregon State University (ASOSU) Records. This collection is a component of the Oregon Multicultural Archives.


Subjects

  • Corporate Names :
  • Gay Peoples Alliance (Oregon State University)
  • Oregon State University--Students.
  • Subject Terms :
  • Gay college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Form or Genre Terms :
  • Blogs.
  • Speeches.

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