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Kenneth L. Wiederhold papers, Coll2007-018, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Gift of the Kenneth L. Wiederhold Trust, April 17, 1996.
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, December 29, 2007.
Kenneth L. Wiederhold was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on January 26, 1946, the fourth child of Henry and Freda Wiederhold. He graduated from Creston High School, where he participated in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), in 1964. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, Wiederhold moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for Blue Cross, and, from the late 1970s, for Citi-Corp Bank, where he rose to the rank of Vice President. In 1977, he enrolled at Pepperdine University, from which he received an MA in Psychology in 1981. Wiederhold and his then partner became involved with EST (Erhard Seminars Training) and the Advocate Experience in the late 1970s, and later were very active with the Recreation Committee of SAGA (Gay Ski, Snowboard and Social Club), of which Wiederhold served as Vice President in 1984-1985 and President in 1985-1986. He was also later involved with the funding and remodeling of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center. After several long-term relationships, in 1994, Wiederhold met Drew Staffen, whom he married at their Los Angeles home in September of that year in front of friends and family. Wiederhold died of AIDS on July 22, 1995.
Source: Ron Morse, Box #24, 1995 Scrapbook, Kenneth L. Wiederhold Papers, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
This collection consists of journals and scrapbooks created by Kenneth L. Wiederhold, a gay man from Michigan who became a businessman and an active participant in the Los Angeles gay community from the 1970s through the 1990s. The earliest materials in the collection date from his childhood in Michigan in the 1950s, and the latest materials come from his memorial after his death in 1995. The collection is divided into two series: (1) Journals and (2) Scrapbooks. The materials document events relevant to Wiederhold's life, including his time in the ROTC at Michigan State University, his participation in the Los Angeles gay community, and his wedding to Drew Staffen in 1994.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
This series consists of daily journals written by Kenneth Wiederhold, dating from 1978 to 1994. They are arranged chronologically.
This series consists of scrapbooks compiled by Wiederhold or by a member of his family or friends. The scrapbooks contain photographs, gift cards, newspaper clippings, textiles, ephemera, handwritten notes and miscellaneous typescripts relevant to Wiederhold's life. The earliest materials date from Wiederhold's childhood in Michigan in the 1950s, and the latest materials come from his memorial after his death in 1995. The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically.