NYC: Yale Club hosts Recapturing Gay History through Ephemera with Chris Hammer A few slots remain: email mickey@yalegala.org if you are interested in attending
Wednesday, June 11 at 6:30pm
Doors to the Library open at 6:30 pm for a light reception. The conversation follows at 7:00 pm.
About Our Speaker
Chris Hammer is a lawyer, collector, and archivist. In 2023, he joined the Grolier Club, the oldest book collecting society in the United States. His collecting interests include Great Lakes maps, which were shown in the Summer 2024 “New Members Collect” exhibition at the Grolier Club, as well as poetry and LGBTQ+ history. He has given a lecture at the Grolier Club about his collection of LGBTQ+ history, which focuses on the pre-Stonewall periodical One, which was published in Los Angeles starting in 1953. He earned a BA in History and Political Science from the University of Notre Dame and a JD and an MA in History from the University of Virginia and works as a public sector lawyer in New York City. He has been a member of the Yale Club since 2015. |