Elver Barker and Mattachine Denver: A 2002 Interview, by Peter Boag

Biography

Family, Intimacy, and Relationships

Identities

Movements and Activism

Organizations

This exhibit features a 2002 oral history interview of Denver Mattachine activist Elver Barker by historian Peter Boag. It also includes a transcript of the Sixth Annual Convention of the Mattachine Society, which took place in Denver in 1959. Published originally on OutHistory in November 2025.

1920-1940

1940-1960

Barker, Elver

Bateman, Harry

Beckman, Harley

Boag, Peter

Call, Harold (Hal)

Harding, Carl B.

Karcher, Rolland Howard

Lucas, Donald (Don)

Matson, Bill

Colorado

California

Pennsylvania

Wyoming

Denver, CO

Newcastle, WY

Oakland, CA

Philadelphia, PA

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Oral History