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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Janice Baker is a feminist lesbian mixed media artist living and working in California, Oregon and Washington. The collection contains Baker’s photography, mostly from the early 1980s, capturing the women’s movement at public events and intimate gatherings.

Abstract Margaret (Peg) Cruikshank (b. 1940) is a lesbian historian, gerontologist, and activist known for her work in the lesbian feminist movement and advocating for older lesbians. She’s published three major anthologies on lesbians: The Lesbian Path (1980, Angel Press; 1982, self-published; 1985, Grey Fox Press); Lesbian Studies (1982, The Feminist Press) and New Lesbian Writing (Grey Fox Press, 1984). Her other...

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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 Diane F. Germain is a lesbian, a psychiatric social worker, and cartoonist with ties to activist and lesbian separatist communities in Vermont, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Not wanting any pieces of lesbian history to end up in a dumpster, she wrote down everything and saved and cataloged her own documents, as well as those given to her by other lesbians. This bulk of the collection represents an overview of life in the lesbian community in Southern California from the 1980s-1990s as well as...