Tea Schook papers, 1964-1995.

Schook, Theresa L. (Theresa Lynn), 1955-

C MSS WH2346

Finding aid available online and in repository.

1964-1995.

6 linear ft. (6 boxes), 1 ovesize file folder, 1 oversize box

Theresa Lynn "Tea" Schook graduated from Brighton High School in 1973. She received her BA from Loretto Heights College (1981). Schook has been a prominent member of the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgender Community (GLBT). She was the first openly gay person to run for governor of Colorado (1990) and is a founding member of the Colorado Legal Initiatives Project (CLIP) and Equal Protection Ordinance Coalition (EPOC). In 2015, Tea Schook ran unsuccessfully for City Council in Denver's District 11. She is currently employed as an administrator at the Denver International Airport.

Collection contains materials documenting Schook's personal and professional lives: photographs, newsletters, EPOC documents and ephemera, correspondence, political campaign related items, campaign banner, poster, research files, financial records, academic records, clippings.

Schook, Theresa L. (Theresa Lynn), 1955- -- Archives.

Equal Protection Ordinance Coalition (Colo.) -- Archival resources.

Colorado Legal Initiatives Project (Denver, Colo.) -- Archival resources.

Gay activists -- Colorado -- Denver.

Personal papers.

Photographs.

Schook, Theresa L. (Theresa Lynn), 1955- donor.

GLBT Community Center of Colorado (Denver, Colo.) sponsor.

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

Collection acquired through the Colorado LGBT History Project sponsored by the GLBT Community Center of Colorado.

Contact Special Collections and Archives Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Forms part of: Colorado LGBT History Project.

Gift; Tea Schook; 2016.