Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1910 - 2019
- Majority of material found within 1960 - 2019
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Boxes 43, 58, 59, 82, 89, 96, 99, 107, 114, 152 (audiovisual material): Use of originals is restricted. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Existence and Location of Copies
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
July 2021 acquisition: Gift of Mary Quinn, Lisa Quinn Harrison, and Moshe Quinn, 2021.
Arrangement
Material within this collection has been organized by acquisition reflecting the fact that the collection has been acquired in increments over time. Researchers should note that material within each acquisition overlaps with or relates to material found in other acquisitions. For example, correspondence and writings can be found in most of the thirteen groupings. In order to locate all relevant material within this collection, researchers will need to consult each acquisition described in the Collection Contents section.
Researchers should also note that similar material can be arranged differently in each acquisition, depending on how the material was organized when it was received by the library.
Extent
241.26 Linear Feet (294 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
D. Michael Quinn (1944-2021)
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing at or around the time of acquisition, including rehousing and minimal organization. Additional processing was carried out in 2011. Various acquisitions associated with the collection have not been merged and organized as a whole. Each acquisition is described separately in the contents list below, titled according to month and year of acquisition.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Former call numbers: Uncat WA MS 98, Uncat WA MS 119, Uncat WA MS 155, Uncat WA MS 229, Uncat WA MS 236, Uncat WA MS 244, Uncat MSS 758, Uncat MSS 936, Uncat MSS 1046
- Audiotapes
- Audiovisual materials
- Bigamy
- Born digital
- Christian gays
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Color slides
- Electronic documents
- Gay couples -- Religious life
- Historians -- United States
- Historians -- United States -- Archives
- Homophobia -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Homosexuality
- LGBTQ resource
- Mormon Church
- Mormon gays
- Mormons
- Photographic prints
- Polygamy
- Quinn, D. Michael, 1944-
- Religion and politics
- Sex role -- United States
- United States -- Religious life and customs
- Utah -- History
- Videotapes
- Title
- Guide to the D. Michael Quinn Papers
- Author
- by Lisa Conathan
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- August 2021: Updated with July 2021 Acquisition.
- February 2021: Updated with January 2021 Acquisition.
- 2019-05-02: Updated by Beinecke staff in order to add recent acquisition.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.