Who We Are
Invisible Histories is a 501(c)3 community-based archive. Co-founders and Co-Executive Directors, Joshua Burford and Maigen Sullivan, PhD, began working on the concept in late 2015. 501(c)3 status was obtained in June 2017 and the project officially launched and began collecting in February 2018. Both Burford and Sullivan were working on the project full time by September 2018.
Invisible Histories provides educational resources and professional development for 13 Southern States. These include: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Invisible Histories is actively collecting archival materials in the following six states: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
The goals of Invisible Histories are:
- Create opportunities for intergenerational connection with Queer & Trans people in the South
- Create research opportunities for students, faculty, and community members in institutional and community based archives for research and preservation
- Provide a network for LGBTQ historians and archivists through the South through the Queer History South network and conference
- Work with universities, libraries, museums, and institutional and community based archives to create collection and preservation partnerships throughout the South
- Establish a community based, centrally located space to display these histories and act as a space for community dialogue around Queer history
- Create publicly accessible exhibits and educational events around Southern LGBTQ history
Thank You
To Our Funders
