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Berkeley Tribe

The Berkeley Tribe was a radical counterculture weekly underground newspaper published in Berkeley, California from 1969 to 1972. It was formed after a staff dispute with Berkeley Barb publisher Max Scherr. In July 1969 some staff with the Barb went on strike, then started publishing the Berkeley Tribe as a rival paper. They incorporated as Red Mountain Tribe. It became a leading publication of the New Left. The Berkeley Tribe positioned itself as more radical, counter-cultural and politically astute than The Barb. The Tribe was published weekly from early July 1969 until Feb.1972 Then the feminist-run newspaper went biweekly for its final issues, folding in May.

Size: 10 Binders and 1 Folder

(Dates are approximate due to some repetition and confusion in the date listed on each issue. Issue numbers (1-136) are consistent)

Binder 1: Issues #1 to # 13 (July 17, 1969 - Oct. 9, 1969)  (MISSING: #6: Aug. 15 - 21, 1969)

Binder 2: Issues #14 to #26 (Oct, 16, 1969 - Jan. 9, 1970)

Binder 3: Issues #27 to #39 (Jan.15, 1970 - April 10, 1970)

Binder 4: Issues #40 to #52 (April 17, 1970 - July 10, 1970)

Binder 5: Issues #53 to #65 (July 17, 1970 - Oct, 16, 1970)

Binder 6: Issues #66 to #78 (Oct. 16, 1970 - Jan. 22, 1971)

Binder 7: Issues #79 to #100 (Jan. 29, 1970 - June 26, , 1971)

Binder 8: Issues #101 to #105 (July 1, 1971 - Aug. 6, 1971) INCLUDES DUPLICATES: Editions 92 to 100

Binder 9: Issues #106 to #130  (Aug. 13, 1971 - Feb. 3, 1972) INCLUDES DUPLICATES: Editions 101 to 103,& 105

Folder 1: Loose Issues: Issue #6 (Aug. 15- 21, 1969),  #131 (Feb. 3 - 17, 1972) #132 (Feb. 18 - Mar. 2, 1972), #133 (Mar. 3-17, 1972), #134 (Mar. 17-31, 1972), #135 (Mar. 31- April 14, 1972), #136 (April  14 - 28, 1972), The Last Berkeley Tribe (May 1972)(No issue #, Two copies)


Binder 10: Random: Covers and clippings from other newspapers and documents (focusing on LGBTQI issues)

Newspapers include: Guardian, Dock of the Bay, Pack Rat, World Magazine, Peoples World, SDS New Left Notes, Good Times, The Daily Californian, San Francisco Free Press, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Berk.Tribe, Berk. Barb.(1969 - 1970)

Documents include:

- Fact Sheet, Gay Liberation Front vs. American Broadcasting Companies Inc. (Jan. 1970)

- A Homosexual Bill Of Rights (1968, North American Conference of Homophile Organizations)        

https://exhibits.gerberhart.org/exhibits/show/nationalizing-gay-rights/nacho-1968-and-the-homosexual-

- Flyer: Homosexual Freedom/Gay Strike (Committee for Homosexual Freedom)

- Info. on gay events in Berkeley NY, Boston. The first Gay-Straight dance on a public campus in Cali. history (Gay Liberation Front)

Documents

Berkeley Tribe: LGBTQ Excerpts Berkeley Tribe: LGBTQ Excerpts
Call Number: Volume Number: Binder 10Format: CompilationCollection: Berkeley Tribe
Clippings from other newspapers and documents (focusing on LGBTQI issues). Documents include: - Fact Sheet, Gay Liberation Front vs. American Broadcasting Companies Inc. (Jan. 1970) - A Homosexual Bill Of Rights (1968, North American Conference of Homophile Organizations) https://exhibits.gerberhart.org/exhibits/show/nationalizing-gay-rights/nacho-1968-and-the-homosexual- - Flyer: Homosexual Freedom/Gay Strike (Committee for Homosexual Freedom) - Info. on gay events in Berkeley NY, Boston. The first Gay-Straight dance on a public campus in Cali. history (Gay Liberation Front)