Diana Travis papers
Scope and Contents Note
The bulk of the collection documents the Better Homos and Gardens events, but also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles.
Dates
- Creation: 1971 - 2016
Creator
- Travis, Diana (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Biographical Note
Diana Travis is a local Charlotte activist and a member of the Charlotte LGBTQ community. She graduated from Myers Park High School and New England Conservatory. When Travis lived in Boston during the 1960s, she was president of the first lesbian civil rights organization, a chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis.
Travis has been with her wife, Mary Ann Mueller, for over 30 years.
Since 2000 Travis has owned an environmentally-friendly goose control business, which utilizes border collies. She has received the Don King Community Service Award and been a musician-in-residence at Belmont Abbey College in a woodwind quintet. Travis plays the banjo, writes, plays tennis and fly fishes.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Diana Travis is a local Charlotte activist and a member of the Charlotte LGBTQ community. The bulk of the collection documents the Better Homos and Gardens events, but also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into a single folder title series.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donation from Diana Travis, 2017.
Note
Forms part of the King-Henry-Brockington LGBTQ+ Archive.
Processing Information
Collection inventoried by Nikki Lynn Thomas. No additional processing anticipated at this time.
Source
- Travis, Diana (Person)
- Title
- Diana Travis papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States
spec-coll@uncc.edu
