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Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project Records, 1993-2008

16.5 linear feet — 5.9 MB (online)

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Organization founded in 1995 to encourage increased visibility and acceptance and appreciation of the lesbian/gay/bisexual and transgender community in Washtenaw County through education and political action. Materials received by the Bentley Historical Library in 2001 contain records primarily from the 1990s while materials received in 2013 are made up of records mostly from the 2000s. This organization's records contain meeting minutes, staff communications through email, and other documents relevant to the operation of the organization as well as how they carried out events and projects that aided the organization's purpose.

The Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project records came to the library in two accessions, in September 2001 and July 2013. The 2001 accession material (3.5 linear feet, Boxes 1-4) includes the earliest records in the WRAP record group and date from the period when the Ann Arbor/Washtenaw County chapter of the Michigan Campaign for Human Dignity was active in its opposition to the 1994 anti-gay ballot proposal. The bulk of the records in this accession, however, date from the period of 1995 to 2000 following the reorganization of MCHD-Washtenaw into the Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project. They reflect well the day-to-day workings of the organization, its publicity efforts and the various events it sponsored.

The 2001 accession material (3.5 linear feet) is divided into four series: Michigan Campaign for Human Dignity - Washtenaw County chapter, 1993-1995; Administrative; Education and Outreach; and Political Action. Much of the communication done within the organization was handled through e-mail. This included correspondence and minutes of board meetings. As a result, casual and tangential matters often became part of the official record. To conserve space while preserving the integrity of a train of thought or "conversation," the processing archivists decided to retain the final copy of a message as it usually also contained a long string of previous forwards and replies. Much of the material in the record group, particularly meeting minutes and correspondence, was recorded by Jim Toy, an active member of WRAP's board of directors and onetime secretary.

The 2013 accession material (16 linear feet, Boxes 5-17) contains mostly documents from the early 2000s. Material in the 2013 accession is divided into four series: Administrative, Events, Finance, and Projects. A large portion of the WRAP records in this accession are staff communications through email, particularly in the Administrative, and Events and Projects, series.

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Administrative

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The Administrative series includes correspondence between board members, meeting minutes and agendas, budget information, and other work performed by WRAP's leaders. Prevalent in the Administrative series are working files made up of agendas, minutes, and notes from meetings of the Board of Directors, as well as those of WRAP's various committees. The working files include all types of documents that contributed to the day-to-day running of this organization, ranging from an Executive Director evaluation to event flyers and staff emails. The Administrative series also includes many records from the Board of Directors, various committees, and forms used to conduct and facilitate work in the office and resource center. Researchers will find material received with the 2001 accession in Boxes 1-2; material received with the 2013 accession in Boxes 5-13.

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Projects

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The Projects (2 linear feet) series collection includes documents relating to various projects of WRAP staff members such as the Gill Foundation's Visibility Project and elements of an un-finished scrapbook. Of note in this series are 11 years of the WRAP-Up newsletter and records documenting the gay rights issues that arose in 2000 as a result of a Boy Scouts of America discriminatory policy, and the subsequent rise of a group called 'scouting for Equality' in Ann Arbor in response to this policy change.