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Center for Feminist Research records
Collection
Identifier: 5330
Abstract
The Center for Feminist Research works with the Gender Studies Program at USC to create research opportunities for the study of women, gender, and feminism. The USC Center for Feminist Research records consists of office files, ephemera, reports, grant applications, and corresponence, 1987-2010, documenting the activities of the Center and its predecessor, the Institute for the Study of Women and Men. Included is information about specific fellowship programs and prizes, newsletters,...
Dates:
1987-2016
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Clothespin Fever Press records
Collection
Identifier: Coll2013-092
Abstract
Photographs, event records, financial records, bankruptcy records, published books, catalogs, periodicals, postcards, clippings, correspondence, contracts, ephemera, book reviews, flyers, conference records, distribution records, and other administrative records of Clothespin Fever Press (CFP), 1981-2012. CFP was established in 1986 to publish "books that reflected the lesbian viewpoint, had literary and artistic merit and were written by a lesbian."
Dates:
1981 - 2012
Sallie M. Fiske Papers and Photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2010-005
Abstract
Collection includes documents, correspondence, financial records, photographs, negatives and slides pertaining to the life and career of lesbian journalist, Sallie Fiske, 1929-2004. The majority of the records document her involvement as publisher and editor-in-chief of the West Hollywood Paper, including original manuscripts by Fiske, photographs, negatives, contact sheets, financial records, contact and circulation lists, and records related to the...
Dates:
1958-2004; Majority of material found within 1984 - 1986
Lesbian Legacy Collection subject files
Collection
Identifier: Coll2009-004
Abstract
Clippings, catalogs, organizational records, flyers, pamphlets, correspondence, manuscripts, press material, posters and other printed material make up the Lesbian Legacy Collection Subject Files, begun in 1996 by lesbian feminist activist and librarian, Yolanda Retter, at the ONE Institute / International Gay & Lesbian Archives (now the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives.) The collection consists of over a thousand files related to lesbian history and the women's rights movement,...
Dates:
circa 1960-2008
Barbara G. Myerhoff papers
Collection
Identifier: 0275
Abstract
Papers of Barbara G. Myerhoff, a University of Southern California professor and noted anthropologist, consist of manuscripts, notes, printed material, publications, audiotapes, correspondence, and photographic material related to her teaching, field research, and publishing activities.
Dates:
1911 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1984
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Sexism board game
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6284
Scope and Contents
A board game, titled Sexism, published in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, created by Houger & McCaw (Carolyn Houger and Martin McCaw), and sold by the National Organization of Women (NOW). According to the game's designer, Carolyn Houger, the game was meant to "bring out the humor in the Women's Liberation Movement and, at the same time, sensitize people so they realize what sexism means, for both men and women." The game's goal is to make it from the doll house at the start of the game to...
Dates:
1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper collection
Collection
Identifier: 7076
Abstract
Originally published by the Women's Center (218 South Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA) as Sister and later titled Sister: West Coast Feminist Newspaper or Sister: Los Angeles Feminist News, this newspaper was published as an open forum "to communicate news, activities, and ideas of the Women's Movement" in Los Angeles, CA. Sister was first published...
Dates:
1973-08 - 1978-03
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Southern California Women for Understanding records
Collection
Identifier: Coll2011-076
Abstract
Survey records, meeting minutes, newsletter editorial material, photographs, negatives, correspondence, financial records, event programs, press releases, manuscripts, promotional material, and other material documenting the activities of Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU), 1975-1998. Founded in 1976, SCWU was an organization of women "dedicated to creating an atmosphere of understanding of Lesbian issues within both the homosexual and heterosexual communities." Notably,...
Dates:
1975-1998
Sarah Stifler papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-071
Abstract
Journal articles, newspaper clippings, dissertations, bibliographies, correspondence, flyers, slides and photographs collected by art scholar Sarah Stifler who researched the materials for her doctoral dissertation, Slippery When Wet: Visibility Politics and Lesbian Art in Los Angeles from 1970 to the Present (2002). The bulk of the materials are photocopies, and the content documents significant people and organizations in the development of lesbian and...
Dates:
1967-2002
Carol Waymire activist collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-031
Abstract
The collection includes fliers, minutes, notes and related records for several Los Angeles organizations including Action Coalition Against Briggs, Los Angeles Lesbian Feminists, Los Angeles Women's Forum, the Peoples College of Law, the Socialist Feminist Network, and Women Against Violence Against Women. Carol Waymire was a member of several lesbian/women's organizations including Woman Rising Collective, the Socialist-Feminist Network, and served as the coordinator of the Coalition of...
Dates:
1973-2000; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1979