128 20 2617 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/946be3242142c96e446a0d69396ed0da.JPG 21dffdfb1787b253d58be288531cbbba https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/eb526b8642ecc88d442d38a988c8d583.jpg 8834d10c01c98ebdd235d31fd408156c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kenneth Paul Harrington Description An account of the resource Kenneth Paul Harrington, 48, federal government employee, pictured with his partner, Frank Landry, who died a few years before the fire. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Johnny Townsend collection (picture) The Times-Picayune, July 18, 1973 (obit thanks) https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/53b5ccff05a5055510f753f8cf11cf73.jpg c60d6e8ccb479b3dad40652917d2c458 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Walls Hambrick Description An account of the resource James Walls Hambrick, 45, Navy veteran and successful businessman, died June 28, 1973, from burns sustained in the fire. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Times-Picayune, June 29, 1973. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/de14c0719d7a3d51d9827bd4822bfa48.jpg faad0ef7799850730d48b827a40d0597 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Glenn Richard “Dick” Green Description An account of the resource Glenn Richard “Dick” Green, 32, Navy Veteran and MCC member. Partner of Michael Scarborough who survived the fire with serious injuries. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tom Osborne Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gerald Hoyt Gordon Description An account of the resource Gerald Hoyt Gordon, 37, from Cornersville, Tennessee, Air Force veteran and shipping clerk. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Thomas Golding Description An account of the resource John Thomas Golding, 49, member of MCC Board of Elders, married to Jane Golding. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/08df3dc8743fa37fcd750f44bec2bc5e.JPG 368df3130c756bcc12ba5b2cf92be1fa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Horace “Skip” Getchell Description An account of the resource Horace “Skip” Getchell, 35, MCC member and freight dispatcher, partner to Bill Farrell. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Johnny Townsend collection https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/adf77bcd283a5e124247ad637b080d66.jpg a0bb6035dab3bae7da1f33d6d081eca5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource David Stuart Gary Description An account of the resource David Stuart Gary, 22, ragtime pianist who played at the Upstairs Lounge and the Marriott Hotel across the street, was friend of Bill Larson. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0dcb2620b05116502e32925295ded397.JPG 298ccae6a35a5e406b757a2dfaa2625c https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/313e8742362dddc0fdc827e9a162f3ad.JPG b35fa461f1c703419f155b2e9762f005 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Adam Roland Fontenot Description An account of the resource Adam Roland Fontenot, 32, linguist and partner of Douglas “Buddy" Rasmussen, Upstairs bartender who led several patrons to safety. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Johnny Townsend collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donald Walter Dunbar Description An account of the resource Donald Walter Dunbar, 21, from Tampa, Florida. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herbert Dean Cooley Description An account of the resource Herbert Dean Cooley, 32, Upstairs Lounge bartender and MCC member, one of the last victims to be identified. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/de9158832c7da2135255eee7a9f75520.JPG a608e01e8aa84f076c80ecac494e3bfd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Luther Boggs Description An account of the resource Luther Boggs, 47, computer programmer, died July 10, 1973, after treatment for third degree burns over 50% of his body. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived AP wirephoto https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0e239cb9ab41acd6119b851f25febab3.JPG 607d5faa94b3638b753c31ea52e4d4c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joe William “Bill” Bailey Description An account of the resource Joe William “Bill” Bailey, 29, waiter from Dadeville, Alabama and partner of Clarence Joseph McCloskey, Jr. (see below). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Johnny Townsend collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Guy Anderson Description An account of the resource Guy Anderson, friend of William Larson, visiting New Orleans from Illinois. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2a815d67cf8ba50bc848307d6e6cd76c.JPG 14fcec7887b3e4497391b4cdf6be8546 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reginald Eugene Adams, Jr. Description An account of the resource Reginald Eugene Adams, Jr., MCC member, former Jesuit scholastic, partner of Ricky Soleto. 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Title A name given to the resource Joseph Henry Adams Description An account of the resource Joseph Henry Adams, 51, partner of Sid Espinache. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b9bfd15d8b6b94b524e8441804cb18a3.jpg bd41a9397a90e73f95b503343f9b7e3d https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6f56b0c2292db4d29f3f88b56607bcf4.jpg f34219d133c91f0ea705a25a99b9b917 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Case Report of New Orleans Police Description An account of the resource The official General Case Report of the New Orleans Police Department is filed on August 30, two months after the fire. The report lists the names of 28 persons who died. Joe Adams and Reginald Adams are mistakenly identified as the same person. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New Orleans Department of Police, courtesy of Skylar Fein. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ce76ed77e57dd5d65be84480c3193347.jpg c0fc7ff923ee5d416e6a00e80633db86 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/4dcd6c8062a1a74e13c96bed966dcd53.jpg a1f4c06143af8bb74e9f2095673fa5ef https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/bbadd1459dc05894b117fdb9b54c0c1b.jpg 64cba1a828e622f45467e51e5106d116 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document MEMORIAL SERVICE Approximately four hundred persons attended a special memorial service on July 1 at the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco to honor the memory of our sister and brothers who were killed by fire in New Orleans. Among those who perished were the pastor and assistant pastor of M.C.C. New Orleans and many members of the congregation who had gathered after their Sunday service for the evening buffet supper at the Up Stairs Lounge. Joining the local M.C.C. congregation were: Sheriff Richard Hongisto, Assemblyman Willie Brown, Supervisor John Molinaro, Candidate Jack Morrison, and representatives for the Board of Supervisors, assemblymen, and congressmen, along with many leaders from within the homophile community and representatives from nearly all the homophile organizations. BENEFIT HELD FOR FIRE VICTIMS The first of two auctions was held on July 12 at the Waterhole No. 3 to raise funds to help with the expenses of those who have been hospitalized as a result of the New Orleans fire tragedy. Due to the generosity of the owners of the Waterhole, ROSE AND JESS, over a thousand dollars was raised that evening. Many a notable volunteered their services as auctioneers: J.J. VanDyke, Rose, Empress of Portland, The Fat Fairy, Bob Rosss, Kissy Dicky, Kate and H.L. Perry. WATCH OUT FOR THE SECOND AUCTION—AND BE THERE! The second auction will be at Big Town on the Sixth of August. For all those who have articles that they would like to donate for this event, the church office can be contacted for particulars. BLOOD DONATIONS NEEDED The existing M.C.C. account at the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank is completely depleted due to the transfer of all credits to the “New Orleans Fire Holocaust Victims.” To all those who are able to donate blood, there is still the need for more blood—both for transfer as needed and to build up the credit of our church here in San Francisco. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memorial Services in Other Cities Description An account of the resource Memorial service program in Los Angeles and in New York plus a report on the service in San Francisco along with information about auctions there being organized to raise funds and a blood drive. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived MCC historical files at the ONE Archives in Los Angeles; the San Francisco Report, August 1973 MCC San Francisco. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d8f9b8e7f36eba4eea42b66193a0fd68.jpg d1cef7da58bccb4ca8d568dbea0cb6b7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document San Francisco Metropolitan Community Church 1074-1076 Guerrero Street San Francisco, California 94110 Phone: (415) 285-0392 TO: All Members and Friends of MCC FROM: The Pastor RE: (a) Special Memorial Service Sunday, July 1, 7 PM (b) Special Congregational meeting, Sunday, July 8, 4 PM (c) Travel Plans for Atlanta General Conference, Labor Day weekend Dear Sisters and Brothers: It is my sad duty to inform you that a number of members of the New Orleans MCC perished in a fire at the “Upstairs”—a popular community bar. I am sure many of you have followed newspaper accounts of this tragedy. There is a strong possibility that the fire was deliberately set. The bar owners were friendly to the Church and served an inexpensive meal after church services which drew many of our members to the bar each Sunday. Among those who died in the fire were both the pastor and the assistant pastor of the church. Rev. Troy Perry immediately flew to New Orleans to confer with regional church and community leaders. Memorial services in which the whole community will join are planned at MCC Churches throughout the country this Sunday. In San Francisco, our regular evening service at 7 p.m. at the church will be dedicated to the victims of the fire. Representatives from most community organizations will attend. We know you will want to make a special effort to join us for this important service….. Yours in Christ, James E. Sandmire pastor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MCC San Francisco Pastor Responds Description An account of the resource Letter from MCC San Francisco Pastor Jim Sandmire to his congregations draws the MCC connections to the New Orleans tragedy. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived MCC San Francisco https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6ec91bfe96aceb3daeb04a767a5946a0.jpg 92ee7b1516eb763d7e8d0882aa073e29 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document Cleric Says Oppression a Problem for Homosexuals Memorial Service Held for Fire Victims by Chris Segura The voice of gay activist minister Rev. Mr. Troy Perry abandoned for a moment its sorrowful monotone. Instead, the voice gathered power and with righteousness boomed, “As long as one brother or sister in this country is oppressed it’s our problem.” Similarly, he said such names as “faggots, queers, freaks” are “labels (which) will never put me down.” The founder of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches continued preaching at a memorial services for the 30 victims who perished in last Sunday’s French Quarter fire by saying, “I’m telling you you can have dignity as a human being and hold your head high.” The services at St. Mark’s Methodist Church, 1130 N. Rampart St., was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Perry and other ministers in the church founded for gay people. The other ministers are: John Gill, of Atlanta, Ga., Paul Breton of Washington, D.C. and Lucien Baril of New Orleans. Morty Manford, a member of the Gay Activist Alliance in New York, also participated in the service. The Rev. Mr. Perry told the gathered mourners, including the Rev. Mr. Finis Crutchfield, Methodist bishop of the conference of Louisiana, they should consider the living in their future efforts as well as mourn the dead. In this vein a collection was taken to build a new church for gay persons and to defray the costs of funerals for those victims who were destitute or near destitute. The Rev. Mr. Breton said the assembled mourners should become “living memorials” so that those who perished would “not have alone or in vain.” Social Stigma He also commented that those who had died would never again be subjected to the “branding or the social stigma of name-calling.” Manford said, “Many of the sisters and brothers who died at the Up Stairs (604 Iberville St.) bar were gay. “They knew what it was like to live in a condemning society where churches call us sinners, psychologists call us sick, legislators call us criminals, where capitalists denounce us as subversive and Communists denounce us as decadent.” “The irony of it is that we know we are living, feeling, productive humans.” The Rev. Mr. Perry said witnesses to the fire and the events which preceded it told him the last “song they sang that night” was entitled “United we stand, divided we fall.” He became tearful as he read the words of the song—“and if our backs are ever against the wall, we will be together…” A plea was also made for blood donations for the victims, two of whom still remain in serious condition at Charity Hospital’s new burns facility. Near the end of the service, the Rev. Mr. Breton said, “We need a time, a time to be quiet and think and to say to God what is deepest in our hearts, and for God to say to use what we so need to hear…” A final hymn was begun but interrupted by the Rev. Mr. Perry who said television cameras had been set up outside the church and anyone not wanting to be photographed could leave through a rear exit. There were protestations from the crowd. Several persons said they should all leave together and at least one said the television cameras had been taken away. The activists had requested no press coverage with cameras. The Rev. Mr. Perry said he felt sure that most of the persons there—men, women and children in arms—would want to leave through the front door, but in case there were those who would be embarrassed to be photographed, there was an “escape hatch.” The mourners sang the last verse of the hymn over again and, with the existence of press cameras outside the church still in doubt, they all filed out. No one was seen leaving through the rear. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memorial Service in New Orleans Paper Description An account of the resource The Times-Picayune also produced a thoughtful account of the July 1st memorial service. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Times-Picayune, July 2, 1973. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/50f6319c774242e85da100ad6097b958.jpg 8d369dea1ff0ee15e4b02e25bd72c922 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document Memorial Services Held for N.O. Blaze Victims by Eric Newhouse Gay leaders collected money Sunday to bury some of the 30 fatalities of the June 24th French Quarter fire, to aide the hospitalized and to build a church for homosexuals here. More than 200 persons attended church services at St. Mark’s Methodist Church, during the “National Day of Mourning,” including Bishop Finis Crutchfield, bishop of the conference of Louisiana. “The bishop should be commended for having the guts to be here today,” said the Rev. Troy Perry of Los Angeles. Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Churches for homosexuals, said numerous New Orleans churches had refused to let the congregation use its facilities for public memorial services. “We had been prepared to go out in the streets because we were turned away right and left by the Sunday Christians, who are even Christian on Sunday,” added Morty Manford, one of the founders of the Gay Activist Alliance in New York. Just One Stigma But he said that was just one of the stigmas of being homosexual. “Many of our sisters and brothers who died at the Up Stairs Lounge bar were gay,” said Manford during the services. “They knew what it was like to live in a condemning society where churches call us sinners, psychologists call us sick, legislators call us criminals, where capitalists denounce us as subversive and Communists denounce us a decadent,” he said. “The irony of it is that we know we are living, feeling productive humans.” Perry told the congregation he had visited the Up Stairs Lounge a year before the flash fire, because the Metropolitan Community Church here had used a back room of it at one time. “It was no den of iniquity,” he said. “People were happy, they were smiling. There were not fistfights.” Last Song According to people who were there last weekend, the last song they ever sang was the one they always sang at the end of Sunday brunch,” he added. “They all joined hands and sang ‘United We Stand, Divided We Fall.’” During the final song, Perry broke in to tell the mourners that a local television station had disregarded his request and had set up cameras outside the church to film people leaving. “For those of you who don’t want to be seen with us,” he added, “this door will take you out through the rear of the church.” No one used the rear door. “In light of the real fear of recrimination felt here, I’m jubilant,” said Perry after the services. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Report on Memorial Service Description An account of the resource The Morning Advocate’s Eric Newhouse writes sympathetic account of the July 1st memorial service. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Morning Advocate, July 2, 1973.