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Diana Estorino papers, 1975-2015, Date acquired: 00/00/2015, bulk 1987-1996

 

Summary

Creator:
Estorino, Diana, 1951-2015
Abstract:
This collection comprises the personal and professional papers of Diana Estorino, an activist in Tampa Bay's LGBTQ+ community.
Extent:
8.5 Linear Feet
17 boxes
1 folders Oversized graphic materials stored in a horizontal folder separate from the collection.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Diana Estorino Papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes subject files, organizational records, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, periodicals, and publications related to LGBTQ+ life and activism in the Tampa Bay area, as well as related national organizations.

Biographical / historical:

Diana Estorino was born in Matanzas, Cuba on September 21, 1951. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1978 and worked as an electroencephalographic technologist in Tampa, FL. Estorino was very active in the Bay area's LGBTQ+ organizing and social community. Estorino served as an officer in the Suncoast Pride Coalition and also worked with groups such as the Women's Energy bank and Tampa Salon to host social, educational, and activist forums. Estorino founded and edited the lesbian feminist periodical, Network News in 1990. She died on December 8, 2015.

Acquisition information:
Donation
Arrangement:

Materials are organized according to type, chronology, and geographic location. Subject files are arranged according to alphabetical order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None.  The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Diana Estorino Papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA