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The Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (ALGA) is a non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex LGBTI Australians.〔http://www.alga.org.au〕 The Archives was established as an initiative of the 4th National Homosexual Conference, Sydney, August 1978, drawing on the previous work of founding President Graham Carbery.〔(Pre-history of the Australian Gay Archives ) Accessed: 31 March 2015.〕 Since its establishment the collection has grown to over 150,000 items (450 shelf metres), constituting the largest and most significant collection of material relating to LGBT Australians and the largest collection of LGBT material in Australia, and the most prominent research centre for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans * and intersex history in Australia.〔("Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives Inc" ) ''Australian Society of Archivists Inc''. Accessed: 7 December 2009.〕 ==Collection== ALGA's collection includes a broad range of library, archive, museum and gallery material, including personal papers and organisational records, periodicals, books, posters, photographs, audio-visual (betamax, VHS, 8mm film, DVD etc.), sound recordings (oral history, radio programs, conference speeches events etc.), newspaper clippings, theses, articles and pamphlets, ephemera (e.g. flyers, circulars, invitations, cards, calendars etc.), badges, T-shirts, banners, objects, born digital objects etc.〔 The collection is strongest in holdings relating to the early gay liberation movement in Australian onwards (i.e. 1970-); however, the collection also includes earlier treasures such as a book of love poetry between two men from World War 1 and Monte Punshon's scrapbooks from the 1920s-1930s.〔("Lesbian and gay archive emerges for anniversary" ) ''The Age'', 23 August 2008. Accessed: 7 December 2009.〕 ALGA has also built up extensive collections relating to key aspects of LGBTI life in Australia, in particular pride festivals such as Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Midsumma and Feast Festival, as well as HIV/AIDS and the various state AIDS action and support organisations, and lesser known aspects such as queer Christian organisations and queer sporting organisations and events. ALGA also holds the largest collection of non-Australian LGBTI material in Australia, including material from the United States, England, Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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