Babs Daitch Papers

Collection

Identifier: DAIT

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Babs Daitch papers includes personal material from Babs, articles written about and by her, Lesbian travel research, and Thanks, Babs! material.

Also included are t-shirts, business cards, and travel guide books.

Dates

Creation: 1992-2019

Conditions Governing Access

Property rights to the physical objects belong to the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or heir for permission to publish where the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives do not hold the copyright.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the collection. The collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Babs Daitch (b. 1947) is the current President of the Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild and the owner of Thanks, Babs! The Day Tripper - a Lesbian and Women's focused travel agency.

She started in the entertainment business industry as the assistant to Mia Farrow and then Frank Sinatra. Since then, she has had a handful of careers that included acting, owning a restaurant with her then partner, a real estate agent and travel guide.

A short documentary was released about Babs by Jen Rainin in 2025: https://franklyspeakingfilms.com/thanks-babs/

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Babs Daitch (b. 1947) is the current President of the Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild and the owner of Thanks, Babs! the Day Tripper - a Lesbian and Women's focused travel agency. Her collection revolves around her travel agency, articles written about her, and Lesbian travel research.