Evander Smith--California Hall Papers
The collection contains case files and related materials for the legal defense of Evander Smith, Herbert Donaldson, Elliott Leighton and Nancy May. They were arrested on January 1, 1965 as a result of police harassment at the Mardi Gras Ball sponsored by the Council on Religion and the Homosexual.
![[Evander Smith and Herbert Donaldson in California Hall before Mardi Gras Ball]](https://digitalsf.org/sites/default/files/styles/enhanced_grid_small/public/externals/d8614cac7d5777a7da9aef3f40c6a70f.jpg?itok=Y21ePvE1&pid=islandora:159319&iic=true)
![[Evander Smith and Herbert Donaldson in California Hall before Mardi Gras Ball]](https://digitalsf.org/sites/default/files/styles/enhanced_grid_small/public/externals/092ca9ac42c33872b3d6d8970343ec10.jpg?itok=Vak9HmXT&pid=islandora:159320&iic=true)
![[Evander Smith and Herbert Donaldson in California Hall before Mardi Gras Ball]](https://digitalsf.org/sites/default/files/styles/enhanced_grid_small/public/externals/bd85679e2a0fcac605b530b6dd0e790b.jpg?itok=VT9GL0lt&pid=islandora:159318&iic=true)
