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>> ERIC.
>> HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> GOOD.
I SEE THERE'S A WEDDING TODAY.
>> NOT QUITE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A PIECE OF
OUR COLLECTION HERE.
>> OH, REALLY?
>> YEP.
>> THAT LOOKS PRETTY NEW.
>> YEAH, IT IS.
>> SO THIS WAS A SANDWICH BOARD
SIGN THAT WAS SET UP DURING
COMMONS PARK RIGHT HERE IN
COLUMBUS IN JUNE OF 2015.
>> SO THAT'S PROBABLY TIED INTO
THE LEGALIZATION OF MARRIAGE.
>> YEAH, SO, THE SIGN WAS
ACTUALLY SET UP ON JUNE 26TH,
2015, WHICH WAS THE DAY THAT THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED
THE BAN ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN
THE UNITED STATES.
>> AND IT'S IN FRONT OF THIS
FANTASTIC DISPLAY OF THESE VERY
OSTENTATIOUS COSTUMES.
WHAT'S THE CONNECTION?
>> SO, THE SIGN AND THE
MATERIALS THAT YOU ARE
REFERENCING BEHIND US HERE ARE
ALL PART OF THE GAY OHIO HISTORY
INITIATIVE.
WHERE GOHI COLLECTION.
IT'S A COLLECTING INITIATIVE
THAT WE STARTED WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO
AND IT HELPS US COLLECT PRESERVE
AND SHARE OHIO'S LGBTQ HISTORY.
>> WHERE DID THAT START?
>> SO, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT
RIGHT AROUND 2006.
ALTHOUGH, WE HAVE BEEN
COLLECTING MATERIALS FROM THE
GAY, LESBIAN AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES PROBABLY SINCE THE
EARLY 80S.
>> NOW THESE COSTUMES BELONGED
TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO GOES BACK
WAY BEFORE THE DATES YOU'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THESE ARE FROM A MAN NAMED
DAVID ZIMMER.
AND DAVID REALLY BECAME KNOWN
FOR PERFUMING IN DRAG AROUND
COLUMBUS AND ELSEWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY.
BUT PERHAPS ONE OF HIS BIGGEST
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCAL LGBTQ
COMMUNITY CAME IN 1964 WHEN HE
AND OTHERS FOUNDED AN EVENT THAT
WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS THE
BERWICK BALL.
>> THIS WAS PAGEANTS IN DRAG AND
THAT SORT OF THING, WHICH WAS
AGAINST THE LAW RIGHT?
>> SO AT THAT TIME THE BERWICK
BALL SERVED AS ESSENTIAL AN
UNDERGROUND HALLOWEEN
COSTUME/DRAG BALL.
ESSENTIAL A SAFE SPACE FOR THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY TO GATHER WHEN,
AS YOU MENTIONED, A LOT OF TIMES
BARS AND OTHER VENUES WITH A
KNOWN GAY CLIENTELE WERE OFTEN
RAIDED UNDER THE AUSPICIOUS OF
HEALTH VIOLATIONS AND OTHER
IDEALS LIKE THAT.
>> AND IT WAS UNDER GROUND.
IT HAD TO BE HELD UNDERGROUND IS
THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
TO ACTUALLY FIND OUT THE VENUE
OF THE FIRST BALL, FOLKS HAD TO
CALL A TELEPHONE NUMBER THE DAY
OF THE EVENT AND THEN THEY WOULD
LEARN WHERE IT WAS BEING HELD
EVENTUALLY THE BERWICK PARTY AND
RESTAURANT HOUSE IN BERWICK,
SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS BECAME THE
UNOFFICIAL VENUE FOR THE EVENT.
WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOW KNOWN AS
THE BERWICK BALL.
>> WHO ACTUALLY MADE THESE
COSTUMES?
>> SO, A LOT OF THE COSTUMES YOU
SEE HERE WERE MADE BY A NAMED
DICK FRANK WHO WAS A FRIEND OF
DAVID'S AND ALSO A LOCAL COSTUME
DESIGNER IN COLUMBUS.
>> SO THE SIGN WE SEE IS PRESENT
DAY AND THE THINGS THAT THEIR
TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BERWICK
BALL GO BACK TO THE MID 1960'S.
IT SHOWS THAT THINGS CHANGE.
THESE ISSUES CHANGED.
THE WAY SOCIETY DEALS WITH THEM
CHANGES.
AND PART OF WHAT YOU DO AT OHIO
HISTORY CONNECTION IS DOCUMENT
THOSE CHANGES THROUGH THE AGES.
>> DEFINATELY AND THEIR
COLLECTIONS HELP US DO THAT.
THEY PROVIDE ESSENTIALLY THE
EVIDENCE OF HISTORY.
SO WE CAN DOCUMENT THE WAY THAT
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WERE
VIEWED OVER TIME.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REAL
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A THREE
DIMENSIONAL COLLECTION LIKE WE
DO.
>> IT'S FASCINATING THAT THIS
NEW WORK YOUR DOING DOCUMENTING
THIS COMMUNITY AND THANKS FOR
SHARING IT WITH US.
>> THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST.
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