Abstract Christy Amschler (1970-2017) was a lesbian, a feminist, dedicated artist, astrologer, and photographer. She received formal training in painting and drawing, before going on to continue her education in women’s spirituality, religion, and philosophy. These materials include many of her drawings, photography, 35mm photo slides of her finished paintings, and papers from her academic pursuits of painting and spirituality; as well as personal photographs of her family and friends, journals, and...

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Marie Cartier (b. 1965) is a teacher, poet, writer, healer, artist, activist and facilitator. She also has a first degree black belt in karate. She currently teaches at the University of California Irvine in the Film Department, and at CSU Northridge in the Women's Studies Department. The materials include student projects from her Queer Studies class at CSUN, her dissertations and research, LGBT and feminist materials, and resources and research on abuse.

Abstract The Los Angeles Commission on Assault Against Women (LACAAW), now Peace Over Violence, was a non-profit, feminist, Los Angeles-community-based organization founded in 1971. LACAAW provided education, prevention, and intervention services including peer counseling, a crisis hotline, self-defense trainings, and referral services for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. The bulk of the collection is comprised of informational and training materials from a 1987...

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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.

Abstract Sisterhood Bookstore was an independent bookstore specializing primarily in books by and about women, located at 1351 Westwood Blvd in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California founded by Simone Wallace, Adele Wallace, and Gahan Kelly in 1972. The bookstore operated for 27 years and permanently closed in 1999. Sisterhood Bookstore retailed feminist books spanning subjects including poetry, Chicana lit, political and social theory, lesbian lit, childbirth, aging, spirituality,...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the physical and digital personal memorabilia, ephemera, and notes of the performing artist and creator Gina Young. Materials from the physical collection include postcards, program and event flyers, performance programs, zines, DVD and CDs, and marketing materials. Digital materials are photos taken by Young of personal materials including custom mixed and ogicial CDs, customized boxes covered in stickers, flyers for events, vinyl covers, zines, photographs, and a...