Timeline
- 1903 - Leo Adams is born on July 9 in Menominee, Michigan.
- 1925 - Moves to Chicago and works as Assistant Manager for the 4,000 seat Chicago Theater.
- 1928 - Moves from Chicago, IL in late summer to a bachelor apartment at the Allerton House at 45 East 55th Street in New York City. Works as Maintenance Supervisor for Fox Theaters during their transition from silent to sound production.
- 1930 - Moves from the Allerton House men's residence to another bachelor apartment at 136 West 55th Street.
- 1930 - Loses position with Fox Theaters.
- 1931 - Begins employment with R. H. Macy & Co. department store. Moves into the Shelton Hotel apartments at 50 East 66th Street.
- 1947 - Makes his final move to a bachelor apartment at Woodstock Towers on East 42nd Street in Tudor City.
- 1952 - Stops archiving his correspondence.
- 1965 - Retires from Macy's.
- 1992 - Offers to contribute his correspondence to the Stonewall History Project.
- 1994 - The exhibit Becoming Visible: The Legacy of Stonewall opens at the New York Public Library on June 18.
- 1995 - Leo Adams dies on July 18 at the age of 92, leaving no immediately family, but a circle of friends spanning several generations.