Gay Purge files

Summary Information

Title: Gay Purge files
Date: 1948

Creator:
  • Nelson, Debbie
Unique Identifier: Accession 2017/276

Quantity:
  • 0.17 cubic feet
  • 2 folders

Repository:
University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management


Abstract:
In June 1948, Wisconsin Superior Court Judge Roy H. Proctor sentenced four University of Wisconsin students to one year probation for "participating in abnormal sexual activities." The four students were among a group of twelve men on and off campus who had been arrested by city and university police. These files include newspaper clippings from the Capital Times related to what came to be known as the "gay purge."

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-accession2017276
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