D.C. Front Runners records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, correspondence, announcements, flyers, race results, membership records, and financial records documenting the D.C. Front Runners organization between 1981 and 2003. It also contains newsletters documenting other Front Runners organizations in cities in the United States and abroad.
Dates
- 1981-2003
Conditions Governing Access
This 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 / Historical
The D.C. Front Runners in a running, walking, and social club for Washington, D.C.'s LGBT community. It was founded in 1981 and is one of dozens of Front Runners clubs in the United States and abroad. The first Front Runners organization was formed in San Francisco in 1978, as a running club with a name inspired by Patricia Nell Warren's novel The Front Runner. The D.C. Front Runners organizes weekly walks and runs, sponsors local running events, and sends runners to local and national races.
Extent
6.5 Linear Feet (12 document boxes and one flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains photographs, correspondence, announcements, flyers, race results, membership records, and financial records documenting the D.C. Front Runners organization between 1981 and 2003. The D.C. Front Runners in a running, walking, and social club for Washington, D.C.'s LGBT community. It was founded in 1981 and is one of dozens of Front Runners clubs in the United States and abroad. The first Front Runners organization was formed in San Francisco in 1978, as a running club with a name inspired by Patricia Nell Warren's novel The Front Runner. The D.C. Front Runners organizes weekly walks and runs, sponsors local running events, and sends runners to local and national races.
Arrangement
Organized into five series: Newsletters; Events; Membership; Financial; and Photographs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of D.C. Front Runners, 2013 (2013.022)
- Cross-country running Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- D.C. Front Runners
- International Front Runners
- Lesbian and gay experience Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the D.C. Front Runners records, 1981-2003
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
