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Hall–Carpenter Archives
The Hall–Carpenter Archives (HCA), founded in 1982, are the largest source for the study of gay activism in Britain, following the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957. The archives are named after the authors Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943) and Edward Carpenter (1844–1929). They are housed at the London School of Economics, at Bishopsgate Institute#Bishopsgate Library, Bishopsgate Library – (press cuttings), and in the British Library Sound Archive, British Library (Sound Archive) (oral history tapes). Projects These projects in partnership with the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive. *1967 and All That; The Sexual Offences Act and the Gay Community :* To produce a touring exhibition throughout 2007 to raise awareness of gay history and the significance of the 1967 Act. :* Provide access to previously inaccessible historical material by cataloguing archives of the Homosexual Law Reform Society, the Albany Trust, the Campaign fo ...
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