The Vaughan Rachel Collection contains correspondence from Jill Johnston to Vaughan Rachel. The correspondence include envelopes, letters, and additional material such as articles and event invitations contained within the envelopes as they were donated. The letters cover a range of personal and professional topics including Johnston’s work at Art in America, the New York Times and the Village Voice. Several of Jill Johnston’s major works are discussed in the letters including “Mother Bound” (1983), “Paper Daughter” (1985) and “Jasper Johns” (1996). The letters contain personal information about Johnston and Rachel’s children and family, health struggles, finances, as well as exchanges about work, art, friends, relationships, travel, and more.

The collection also includes Rachel’s original artist book “Family Business,” and a catalog/art book associated with a 1988 Vaughan Rachel Exhibit at Gallery 25 in Fresno, CA. The collection also includes black and white workprint photographs by Vaughan and Sherry Brody of feminist organizing in California (1971-1992).

The collection also contains production records and black and white photographs by Vaughan Rachel capturing the making of “Visible Lives - Vintage Voices,” a documentary about older lesbians made by the organization Southern California Women for Understanding.