| | Abstract: | Anthony Petruzzi is a gay activist, genealogist, and librarian from Euclid, Ohio. From 1987 to 1989, Petruzzi was a member, co-chairperson, and president of HUGS-EAST, a social and educational gay and lesbian organization in Lake County, Ohio. From 1988 to 1989, Petruzzi worked to open the organization's Mentor Center Tri-County Gay/Lesbian Drop-In Center at the East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church to serve as a space for social, educational, and emotional support sessions for the gay and lesbian community. Petruzzi was also a member of the Lake County Health District's AIDS Task Force and Health Issues Task Force in the late 1980s. The collection consists of agendas, bylaws, correspondence, directories, essays, invitations, lease agreements, mission statements, newsletters, newspaper clippings, proposals, publications, questionnaires, and schedules. | |
