Orlando Fernandez, In Front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington: Bayard Rustin and Cleveland Robinson, August 7, 1963, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. 

Orlando Fernandez, In Front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington: Bayard Rustin and Cleveland Robinson, August 7, 1963, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. 

Quaker Oats advertising trade card, circa 1900, Victorian Trade Cards Collection, Miami University Libraries Digital Collections. Wikimedia Commons.

Quaker Oats advertising trade card, circa 1900, Victorian Trade Cards Collection, Miami University Libraries Digital Collections. Wikimedia Commons.

Rankin, Lynn. “Signs Posted on Front of Lesbian Coffeehouse.” July 25, 1974. George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection. Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.

Rankin, Lynn. “Signs Posted on Front of Lesbian Coffeehouse.” July 25, 1974. George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection. Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.

"Notice to Homosexual Quakers" by the Committee of Concern, Friends Journal, February 1, 1972, 102.

"Notice to Homosexual Quakers" by the Committee of Concern, Friends Journal, February 1, 1972, 102.

Bradford, Jim. “Towards a Quaker View of Homosexuality.” Friends Journal, vol. 17, no. 8, 15 April 1971.

Bradford, Jim. “Towards a Quaker View of Homosexuality.” Friends Journal, vol. 17, no. 8, 15 April 1971.

Photograph of Jim Osgood, in the beret, with Henry Wiemhoff next to him, at the first demonstration by Chicago Gay Liberation, a group Wiemhoff cofounded, at Grant Park, Chicago, April 15, 1970. Courtesy of Margaret Olin.

Photograph of Jim Osgood, in the beret, with Henry Wiemhoff next to him, at the first demonstration by Chicago Gay Liberation, a group Wiemhoff cofounded, at Grant Park, Chicago, April 15, 1970. Courtesy of Margaret Olin.

Cover of the Mattachine Review, July 1963, featuring a reprint of Towards a Quaker View of Sex.

Cover of the Mattachine Review, July 1963, featuring a reprint of Towards a Quaker View of Sex.

Kenneth Barnes et al., Towards a Quaker View of Sex, revised edition (Friends Home Service Committee, 1964).

Kenneth Barnes et al., Towards a Quaker View of Sex, revised edition (Friends Home Service Committee, 1964).

Photograph of Anna Bidder, circa 1960-1969. Courtesy of Lucy Cavendish College Archives, Box LP3/2/7.

Photograph of Anna Bidder, circa 1960-1969. Courtesy of Lucy Cavendish College Archives, Box LP3/2/7.

Photograph of Bayard Rustin at an anti-war protest in Philadelphia, 1950. Courtesy of Gamble Brothers and the Estate of Bayard Rustin.

Photograph of Bayard Rustin at an anti-war protest in Philadelphia, 1950. Courtesy of Gamble Brothers and the Estate of Bayard Rustin.

"Letter from Edwin J. Lukas, Executive Director of the Society for the Prevention of Crime," March 2, 1948. Courtesy of SC 192, Box 44, Folder 2, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

"Letter from Edwin J. Lukas, Executive Director of the Society for the Prevention of Crime," March 2, 1948. Courtesy of SC 192, Box 44, Folder 2, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore…

"Report of Examination" - Quaker Emergency Service Committee. Courtesy of SC 192, Box 44, Folder 1, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

"Report of Examination" - Quaker Emergency Service Committee. Courtesy of SC 192, Box 44, Folder 1, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Portrait photograph of Josiah Marvel, n.d.. Courtesy of SC 220-222, Box 51, Folder 1, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Portrait photograph of Josiah Marvel, n.d.. Courtesy of SC 220-222, Box 51, Folder 1, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Staff list of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, 1946. Courtesy of SC 192, Box 44, Folder 1, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Staff list of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, 1946. Courtesy of SC 192, Box 44, Folder 1, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Announcement of the formation of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, 1945. Courtesy of SC 192, Box 44, Folder 1, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Announcement of the formation of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, 1945. Courtesy of SC 192, Box 44, Folder 1, Quaker Emergency Service Records, ca. 1941-1948, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Map of Quaker populations around the globe from the Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1977.

Map of Quaker populations around the globe from the Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1977.

Photograph of Quakers at the March on Washington for Gay Rights, 25 April 1993. Courtesy of American Friends Service Committee Archives, April 1993.

Photograph of Quakers at the March on Washington for Gay Rights, 1993. Courtesy of American Friends Service Committee Archives, 25 April 1993.

Newsletter 10: September 2026

J. Robert Jacobson to Howard Hoddick, 3 June 1959, Richard Schlegel Papers, photocopy sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

J. Robert Jacobson to Howard Hoddick, 3 June 1959, Richard Schlegel Papers, photocopy sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Frank Kameny to Raymond L. Bell, 30 June 1972, Richard Schlegel Papers, photocopy sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Frank Kameny to Raymond L. Bell, 30 June 1972, Richard Schlegel Papers, photocopy sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.