Norma L. Roos and Virginia C. Kaitchuck photographs
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Scope and Contents
The collection includes photographs, negatives, correspondence, drawings, circa 1919-1990, from lesbian couple Norma Roos and Virginia Kaitchuck. The photographs document Roos and Kaitchuck's personal life in Chicago, Illinois; particularly, their social and leisure activities, including all-women house parties, visits to bars, outings to the zoo, and trips to swim in a lake. These photos also depict scenes from their daily life around the house and visits from their biological relatives. This collection includes photographs from Roos' childhood and adolescence, as well as her participation in the National Girls Baseball League during the 1940s.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-1990
Creator
- Roos, Norma L., 1919-1999 (Person)
- Kaitchuck, Virginia C., 1919-2001 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Norma L. Roos was born in Illinois in 1919, and she died in 1999. Virginia C. Kaitchuck was born in Illinois in 1919 and died in 2001. The couple lived most of their lives together at their home in the East Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
Extent
1.3 Linear Feet (5 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs, negatives, correspondence, and drawings, circa 1919-1990, from Norma Roos and Virginia Kaitchuck, who lived together in Chicago, Illinois. The photographs document Roos and Kaitchuck's personal life in Chicago, Illinois; particularly, their social and leisure activities, including all-women house parties, visits to bars, softball games, outings to the zoo, trips to swim in a lake, and their daily life around the house. Many of these photographs were featured in short films by Michelle Citron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Patrick Gourley, February 22, 2017.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Sophie Frank, 2017.
- Title
- Finding aid to the Norma L. Roos and Virginia C. Kaitchuck photographs, 1919-1990
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sophie Frank
- Date
- © 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
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Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
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