Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Description
This collection spans from 1978 to 2012, with the majority of materials concentrated between 1987 and 1991, highlighting the Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA), an organization to which Todd and Bratt were deeply committed. Of note within the collection are the images from the March on Washington in 1987 and 1993.
Member of
LaBudde Special Collections
GLAMA
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View of the 1989 GALA picnic

Overview of the grounds of the 1989 GALA picnic; various tables and tents are seen including one offering free iced tea and lemonade; numerous people, including children, are seen in various areas of the park.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-003.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Pride picnic photomontage

Photomontage of various people and events from the 1989 GALA picnic; entertainers, men and women, AIDS activism, speakers, etc. seen in the multiple images.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-004.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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AIDS activism banner at the GALA picnic

Large banner reading "Stop AIDS" hung along the stone wall of the park as part of the GALA picnic; small children are seen with a bike and playing on swings nearby.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-006.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Bill Todd and friend at the GALA picnic

Bill Todd wearing a bandanna and a spaghetti strap tank top with an unidentified white woman at the GALA picnic; both are looking to the left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-008.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Woman at the GALA picnic

Unidentified smiling white woman with a headband and her hands on her hips at the GALA picnic; others can be seen around her.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-005.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Woman with a drink at the GALA picnic

Unidentified woman with a plastic drink cup at the GALA picnic; she's looking down and to the right.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-009.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Anne Shelley at the GALA picnic

Anne Shelley laughing with two unidentified white women at the GALA picnic.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-007.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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This way to the free condoms

Unidentified white woman sitting in a lawn chair in front of a tent pointing to the entrance; inside is a table with a sign that reads "Free Condom" and "Don't be half safe-- be cock sure!"; photo with three embracing men is on the outer wall of the tent.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-014.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Heartland Men's Chorus getting ready to perform at the GALA picnic

Photograph from behind the Heartland Men's Chorus (likely) (all in white shirts) about to perform at the GALA picnic; two white male members of the audience are seated and holding up signs reading "Visible & Gay"; part of an electronic keyboard can also be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-015.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Heartland Men's Chorus performing at the GALA picnic

Members of the Heartland Men's Chorus (likely) performing at the GALA picnic; all in white shirts; view looking at the stage from slightly to the right; trees and a stone wall seen behind them. White men and women.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Gathered near the stone wall

Distant view from behind of a group of unidentified women gathered in a group near a large stone wall in the park during the GALA picnic; the purpose or activity is unclear. Possibly a remembrance of the Stone Wall riots?
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Getting his egg ready

Unidentified white man in a dark tank top and glasses doing something to an egg on a stone post as part of a game at the GALA picnic.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-011.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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In a circle at the GALA picnic

Group of unidentified people (mostly white; one African American man) standing in a circle around two markers in the ground as part of a game at the GALA picnic; stone walls are seen behind them. Bill Todd can be seen wearing a bandana in the crowd watching.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-012.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Carrying signs at the GALA picnic

Mark Chaney and David Weeda carrying signs by their legs on their way to or from someplace during the GALA picnic; the signs read "Visible & Gay"; the men are walking to the right and others are seen behind them along with a stone wall in the park.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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About to start a game at the GALA picnic

Group of unidentified white people sitting and standing in the park at the GALA picnic; several of the men seem as if they're loosely gathering to begin a game of some sort; awnings and chairs can be seen behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-013.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202