Dear Board of Advisors,
It is once again my sad duty to bring you news of the passing of a great friend and donor to the Tretter Collection. Tobias Schneebaum died of complications of Parkinson’s disease on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 in Great Neck, N.Y. He was, it is believed, to be 84 years old. He is survived by long time companion, Joel Singer
Tobias’s sincere desire in donating his personal papers to the Tretter Collection was that history never be rewritten to say or ignore the fact that he was a Gay man. His other hope was that we would also be able to preserve the knowledge that the Tribes he so dearly loved, and lived with, and spent his life documenting also not have their history rewritten and that the GLBT aspects of their lives be preserved for generations of GLBT people yet to come.
Even in our sadness with his passing we must keep his charge to us and trust in us forever in mind. Tobias, like so many other of our friends and community members, believed in us and our work. Our work has only just begun.
Respectfully submitted,
Jean
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