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Collection
Identifier: NORC
Abstract
Mary Norcross was a gerontologist, therapist, and social service worker assisting the elderly, as well as a lesbian active in the Los Angeles community after coming out later in life. Her materials include her dissertations, some personal photographs and ephemera, her degree plaques, and an interview conducted by the Mazer in 2013.
Dates:
1980-1986
Collection
Identifier: OAKE
Abstract
Jess Hawk Oakenstar (1957-2022) was a notable lesbian feminist guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Born in Harare Zimbabwe, Jess’s musical career took her all over the world. She put out two acclaimed albums as a solo artist, "Your Heart Will Show You" and "Leave a Little Light Behind," and played as part of the duo Wayward Maggie with Kate DeLaPointe. The collection contains materials documenting Jess’s personal and professional life including publicity materials, recordings, concert...
Dates:
1973-2022
Collection
Identifier: PICK
Abstract
The collection consists of VHS tapes and U-Matic (3/4") tapes including the commitment ceremony of a Los Angeles based lesbian couple, Rabbi Lisa Edwards, of Beth Chayim Chadashim, and Tracy Moore, in 1995. Mary Pickert filmed the ceremony and an interview with the couple for her proposed documentary, "That's Amore" which was never completed.
Dates:
1984-1998
Collection
Identifier: RACH
Abstract
Vaughan Rachel is an artist, photographer and feminist organizer. Vaughan was a founding member of the Pasadena Women's Political Caucus and a member of XX, a Feminist Women's Artist Collective in Los Angeles. The collection is comprised of original artist books and photographs by Vaughan Rachel, production materials and photographs from the documentary “Visible Lives - Vintage Voices,” and personal and professional correspondences from Jill Johnston (May 17, 1929 – September 18, 2010), a...
Dates:
1975-2004, [bulk 1975-2000]
Collection
Identifier: RAMS
Abstract
Sandy Ramsey worked for Olivia Records in the 1970s where she handled distribution, artist management, post-production of records, and putting on concerts. She later worked for the Michigan Womyn's Music festival from the mid 1980s to 2016 when it ended. Her collection includes Olivia Records material including meeting agendas, newsletters, and correspondence. Some materials in the collection discuss sensitive topics such as harmful ideas of transness in Box 2, Folder...
Dates:
1970-1980s
Collection
Identifier: OLOC
Abstract
Sharon Raphael and Mina Kay Meyer were advocates for old lesbians and organizers with the Gay Rights Movement in Los Angeles in the 1970s-2000s. Sharon worked as a sociology professor at CSUDH for 40 years specializing in gerontology and LGBTQ aging and Mina Meyer wrote the first social science thesis on lesbian aging, “The Older Lesbian.” They co-founded the first LGBT synagogue in Los Angeles, CA, Beth Chayim Chadashim, the AIDS Hospice Committee, and the National Association of Lesbian...
Dates:
1978-2010
Collection
Identifier: ROSE
Abstract
Katherine (Kate) Rosenblatt (1922-2009) was a lesbian, playwright, poet, and activist for older women. This collection includes her play scripts, published poetry, organizational materials for the West Coast Old Lesbian Conference, and various periodicals, newsletters, and lesbian and feminist writings.
Dates:
1980-1996
Collection
Identifier: SANC
Abstract
Juanita Sanchez was a celebrated poet who organized writing spaces for other women and the elderly community in Albuquerque. The Juanita Sanchez Collection houses Sanchez’s personal journals spanning over 40 years, a published essay by Sanchez featured in the anthology HardHatted Women: Life on the Job, and photographs of Sanchez. Sanchez (1948-2014) was raised and spent a majority of her life in and around the rural areas of Sun Valley and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sanchez wrote about her...
Dates:
1968-2008
Collection
Identifier: SAVA
Abstract
Elizabeth Savage is an LGBT activist who worked for the city of West Hollywood for over two decades. Her collection consists of 49 pinback buttons from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.
Dates:
1970-1999
Collection
Identifier: SIEG
Abstract
Sharon Siegel (b. April 9, 1943) is a psychotherapist, community organizer, and a lifelong advocate for women’s health in the Los Angeles area. The bulk of the collection consists of materials from two organizations in which Sharon was involved: the Los Angeles Women’s Community Chorus and Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres.
Dates:
1977-2008
