Nick Okrent
Nick is responsible for selecting material in all formats and providing instructional assistance in support of the fields of Africana Studies, Philosophy, U.S. History, World History, and general Humanities. He serves with the other coordinating bibliographers to advise on collections-related planning and policy. Nick also represents the Libraries on the Bookstore Advisory Committee, and coordinates outreach and services for the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. Prior to coming to Penn, Nick worked at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the New York Historical Society. Nick has a Master's degree in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master of Philosophy and Master of Arts in Philosophy from Columbia University, and a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Haverford College.
Contains books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century. The collection illuminates the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community with content including selections from The National Archives in Kew, materials collected by activist and publisher Tracy Baim from the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, collections from the Kinsey Institute and ONE archive, periodicals and important books. Includes:
- Important periodicals such as En la Vida, Blacklines, and Fag Rag
- Damron Guides and Bar Flyer collections from the ONE archive
- Records of early sexologists Magnus Hirschfeld and John Money
- Lambda and Stonewall award winning works of literature, drama and nonfiction, as well as more rare small press publications
Contains books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century. The collection illuminates the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community with content including selections from The National Archives in Kew