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)
- 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](images/thumbnails//39024.jpg)