Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections

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Karen Thompson Interviews, c. 1988-1989

5-part series interviewing Karen Thompson regarding her legal struggles to secure guardianship of her comatose partner, Sharon Kowalski. (Note: Tape 1…

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Moving Image Materials

This collection holds videos that do not fall under specific collections in the digital archive. These include performance, documentaries, and…

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Barbara Smith Classroom Tapes & Interviews, 1988

This collection contains video interviews with students in Barbara Smith’s Mount Holyoke College classes. Topics include Lesbian Feminism, Lesbian…

Contributors: Barbara Smith

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Assorted Audio Materials, c. 1970s

Included in this collection are clips from radio shows including South Carolina Educational Radio Network, Radio Free People, KCRW-FM, and RCC. There…

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History of New York Lesbian Style Oral History Project, 2007

The History of New York Lesbian Style collection is an oral history project created by Alaina Zulli in 2007. Zulli was a NYU graduate student studying…

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Lambda Legal Forum, 1982

Lambda Legal was established on October 18, 1973 and is the oldest and largest organization dedicated to litigating gay rights claims. Lambda has won…

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L.U.S.T. Conference, 1992

The L.U.S.T (Lesbians Undoing Sexual Taboos) conference was held at the Greenberg Lounge of New York University’s School of Law on November 7, 1992.…

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Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz 1984-2022 [bulk 2000-2002]

This collection includes interviews, panel appearances, and talks given by Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz. Berman (b. 1934) and Kurtz (1936-2018) were…

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Straight Talk About Lesbians, 1980

A didactic resource in which lesbian women speak frankly about identity, culture, and history. Women discuss their experiences and perspectives as…

Contributors: Buffy Dunker, Eleanor Kendrick, Karen Harding, Jackie Kelly, Yvonne Celeste Forrest, Maryanne McCarthy, Jane Weiss, Gail Bradley, Carol Arber, Bill Bland, E.G. Burkhart, JEB, Colleen Byrnes, Tee Corinne, Jay Doster, Maria Flores, Linda Gordon, Lee Ann Huber, Alix Jeffry, Bettye Lane, Cynthia MacAdam, Jane Meyers, Peggy Mitchell, Jude Moore, Constance Perenyi, John Tobin, Jane Weiss, Bob Wellington, Susan Wilson, Kate Winter, Holly Near, Teresa Tull, Alix Dobkin, Kay Gardner, Margie Adam, Jeff Langley, Meg Christian, Virginia Rubino, Gioia Siciliano, Judy Mayham, Cris Williamson, Linda Tillery, Karen Kane, Linda L. deQuello, Porter Mortell

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Tiny Davis Interview, 1988

Ernestine "Tiny" Davis was a prolific Black lesbian jazz trumpeter and vocalist. Born in 1909 in Memphis, Tennessee, she was the youngest of seven…

Contributors: Lisa Cowan

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Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club Interviews, 2021-2022

This collection includes interviews with members of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club. The Club consists of over one hundred residents of the Rossmoor,…

Contributors: Amy Klitsner, Bobbi Ausubel, EJ Koch, Carol Newhouse, Ann Bidderman, Marlene Michelson, Rhona Lishinsky, Nicole Schapiro, Renee Archer, Judy Greyboys, Janet Seldon, Sharon Noteboom, Lynn Gold, Jade Martner, Deb Mayer, Cecelia Wambach, Andrea Gourdine, Andrea Gilbert, Stephanie Singer, Shirley Kaiser, Celenia Desol, Victoria Rue, Katheryn Poethig, Jean Lerner, Liz Salen, Bev Lyon

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Ruth Scovill Lesbian Music Interviews, 1970-1974

This collection includes interviews with musicians and record label owners conducted by Ruth Scovill. Scovill is a notable figure of the Women’s…

Contributors: Ruth Scovill, Margie Adam, Susan Abod, Sally Piano, Holly Near, Jennifer Woodul, Ginny Berson

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Radio Free Women, 1972-1974

Radio Free Women (RFW) was a feminist radio collective in the early 1970s

Contributors: Mary Bailey, Mary Helen Bloom, Mary Garrison

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Feminist Radio Network, c. 1974-1978

The Feminist Radio Network (FRN) arose out of the WGTB collective Radio Free Women in 1974 amidst alienating conditions at the Georgetown University…

Contributors: Sally Gearhart, Kayla Taylor, Susan Moore, Alice Walker, Grace Paley, Rita Mae Brown, Karen Kollias, Dolores Bargowski, Beverly Fisher

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Neighborhood Voices, 1985

Neighborhood Voices was a series produced by WNYC-TV in 1985 and consisted of interviews with long-term residents of New York City.

Contributors: WNYC, Audre Lourde, Sonny Wainwright, Irving Cooperberg

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Irving Cooperberg, 1985

Irving Cooperberg (1932-1997) was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. After attending a service at the Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, a gay and lesbian…

Contributors: WNYC, Irving Cooperberg

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Sonny Wainwright, 1985

Sonny Wainwright (1930-1985) was a writer, educator, and lesbian and women’s rights activist involved in the Feminist Writers’ Guild and Gay…

Contributors: WNYC, Sonny Wainright

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Audre Lorde, 1985

Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was an acclaimed Carribean-American poet, activist, and theorist who was highly influential in matters both of civil rights…

Contributors: WNYC, Audre Lorde

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Liza Cowan collection, c. 1970s

The 1970’s saw the rise of Feminist Separatism, a movement which advocated for women to center other women in all aspects of their lives, and…

Contributors: Rita Mae Brown, Mary Daly, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Margaret Sloan-Hunter, Anne Imelda Radice, Judith Katz, Betsy Toth, Alice Walker, Maxine Kumin, Grace Paley, Marcia Danub, Linda Daniels, Eleanor Cooper, Jean O'Leary, Casse Culver, Lee Brown, Colivia Carter, John Cox, Laura Gray, Carol Brill, Sally Gearheart, Karen Kollias, Beverly Fisher, Dolores Bargowski

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Alix Dobkin video recordings, 1976

Alix Dobkin was a celebrated folk musician, composer and feminist activist involved in the women’s liberation movement of the early 1970s. After the…

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Women's Press Collective audio recordings, circa 1970s

The Women’s Press Collective (WPC) was established in 1969 in Oakland, CA It emerged from the Gay Women’s Liberation Group (GWLG), the first…

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Judy Grahn audio recordings, circa 1970s

Judy Grahn is a poet, activist, and scholar who has published 14 books to date and is widely recognized for writing that engages with queer, feminist…

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Sidney Abbott video recordings, 1995

Sidney Abbott was a lesbian, feminist author and activist. She was a member of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and the National Organization for Women…

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Daughters of Bilitis and The Ladder Workshop, circa 1970s

This collection consists of audio recordings of a presentation on lesbian history called “What Happened After We Came Out of Our Closets, or, Which…

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Joan Nestle audio recordings, 1976-1989

Joan Nestle (born May 12, 1940) is a Lambda Award winning writer and editor and a founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. This collection contains…

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Martha Shelley: Other Audio Recordings, 1978-2020 [bulk 1978]

Martha Shelley (b. 1943) is best known for her involvement in lesbian feminist activism. After college, Shelley joined the Daughters of Bilitis, a…

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Joan Nestle: Other Audio Recordings, 1979
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Martha Shelley audio recordings, 1972-2020 [bulk 1972-1978]

Martha Shelley (1943 - Present) is best known for her involvement in lesbian feminist activism. After college, Shelley joined the Daughters of Bilitis…

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Lesbian Nation radio program, 1972-1974

Lesbian Nation was a groundbreaking radio show produced and hosted by Martha Shelley that specifically focused and revolved around the LGBTQ community…

Contributors: Shelley, Martha

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Dyke TV television program components, 1993-1998

Dyke TV was a groundbreaking public access program founded in 1993 by Mary Patierno, Ana Marie Simo and Linda Chapman. An offshoot of the Lesbian…

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Women, AIDS, and ACT UP, 1988-1994
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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Unreleased Documentary, 1988

The Daughters of Bilitis is a previously unreleased documentary created in 1988 by Manuela Soares, Sara Yager and Morgan Gwenwald, with support from…

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DOB Atkinson Tapes

This series of audio recordings is from a workshop led by Ti Grace Atkinson at the New York chapter of the DOB. The ten tapes covered several…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Related Video Recordings, 1989-1995

This collection includes videos created during the course of the Daughters of Bilitis Video Project, including the 20th Anniversary of the Boston…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Judith Schwarz, Joan Nestle, & Deborah Edel, 1992

Judith Schwarz Judith Schwarz is a pioneering grassroots lesbian historian. She joined LHA in 1978, and discovered DOB in the mid 1960s. Joan Nestle…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Judith Schwarz, 1992

Judith Schwarz is a pioneering grassroots lesbian historian. She joined LHA in 1978, and discovered DOB in the mid 1960s.

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: P.D. Griffin, 1987

P.D. Griffin was born in 1929. She became the President of the Daughters of Bilitis in 1956. She was a member of the San Francisco chapter of the…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Lois Beeby, 1987

Lois Beeby was born in 1932. She attended a teacher’s program at a Southern Baptist college and also trained to be a licensed vocational nurse. She…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Amazon Autumn, 1986

This short video shows Deborah Edel and Judith Schwarz promoting the Lesbian Herstory Archives at an event held in 1986. Joan Nestle and Mabel Hampton…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Helen Ruvelas, 1987

Helen Ruvelas was born in 1950. She has held leadership positions with numerous feminist and lesbian rights organizations throughout her life. Helen…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Nikki Nichols, 1987

Rosalie J. “Nikki” Nichols was born in March 1938. She grew up in Sacramento during the early 50s, the child of a mother with an interest in…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Arcus Flynn, 1987

Arcus Flynn was born in March of 1939. She grew up in an Irish working class family in a New York City tenement. Raised Catholic and pressured to…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Pat Turner, 1987

Pat Turner grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Having developed an interest in religion since early childhood, she decided to enter a convent at age…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Billye Talmadge, 1987

Born on December 7, 1929 in Missouri, Billye Talmadge was raised by her mother in Oklahoma. She completed her education early and began her teaching…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Karen Anderson Ryer, 1987

Karen Anderson Ryer was born in 1945. She grew up in the Midwest and earned several degrees in English literature. Karen came out in 1969 after…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Rose Jordan, 1993

Rose Jordan was born in 1935. She was a member of the New York City chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis and was also involved with many LGBT and…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Ruth Simpson, 1989

Ruth Simpson was raised in Cleveland, OH by her parents Ethel and Edward Simpson, who were pioneers in the labor movement. She graduated from Case…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Renee Shapiro, 1969

Growing up in rural Connecticut, Renee was an active member of the Daughters of Bilitis- Boston chapter. Coming out in 1980, she was politically…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Pamela Oline, circa 1987-1993

Born and raised in post- World War One England in 1925, she has always professed to being a straight ally to the lesbian movement. After moving to the…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Martha Shelley, 1989

Born Martha Altman in 1943, Martha Shelley was raised in Brooklyn, New York. Shelley graduated from City College in 1965, worked as a clerk and a…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Marilyn Lamkay, 1987

Marilyn Lamkay is a politically active resident of East Hampton, New York, and a former assistant professor and student counselor at Bronx Community…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Linda Lopez, 1988

Linda was born into a military family in Paris, Texas, and moved around frequently. Despite her family being extremely politically conservative, she…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Kay O'Hara & Gerrie Morrison, 1988

Kay O'HaraRaised in Chicago, Kay realized she was lesbian during her school years, around 1953. While being forced to hide her orientation, both she…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Julie Lee, 1989

Julie Lee was an early and important member of the Daughters of Bilitis. She worked as a secretary and lesbian counselor for the DOB and kept up…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Jean Ko Stewart, 1989

Born and raised in Boston, Jean Ko Stewart worked as a Research technician. In the late 60s, after hearing from friends that it was possible in to…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Barbara Sang, 1989

Barbara Sang is a licensed psychologist who has worked in independent practice in New York City for over three decades. Sang has been involved in…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Barbara Emmerth, 1988

Barbara Emmerth was the executive director of SAGE, Senior Action in a Gay Environment, in 1988. SAGE was incorporated in 1979 and works to provide…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Anne MacKay, 1988

Anne MacKay was born in 1928 and attended her first Daughters of Bilitis meeting in 1969. She taught theatre classes at both Dalton and Horace Mann…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Alma Routsong, 1990

Alma Routsong was born in Michigan in 1924. She served in the WAVES (the U.S. Naval Women’s Reserves) during WWII and graduated from Michigan State…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Audio Recordings, 1971-1988

This assortment of digitized tapes from the DOB Video Project includes interviews, musical and comedy performances, and reminiscences from a memorial…

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Voices of the LHA: Statement of Purpose and Related Recordings

Voices of LHA is an audio recording that documents the history and legacy of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Members of LHA recite the LHA Statement of…

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Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: Related Audio Recordings, 1977-1990

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. Ranging…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Jeanne Cordova, 1988

Jeanne Cordova, of Mexican-Irish descent, was born on July 18, 1948 in Bremerhaven, Germany and grew up in Los Angeles, California. At 17 she joined…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Carole Morton, 1988

Carole Morton was born in Brooklyn, NY. She moved around a lot as a kid and attended High School in Long Island, graduating in 1963. After graduation,…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Pat Helin & Barbara Deming, 1987

Pat HelinPat Helin is from small town Iowa. She moved to San Francisco in 1965 with her partner, Barbara Deming. Both Helin and Deming became involved…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin, February 20, 1988

Barbara Gittings Barbara Gittings, the daughter of a U.S. Diplomat, was born July 31, 1932 in Vienna, Austria. She grew up in Wilmington, DE.…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Judith Schwarz & Joan Nestle, 1992

Judith Schwarz and Joan Nestle were both involved in the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Joan Nestle was one of the founders of the Archives, and her…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Barbara Grier, 1987

Barbara Grier was born on November 4, 1933 in Cincinnati, OH. Her affiliation with the Daughters of Bilitis began in 1957, when she started to…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Pat Walker, 1988

Pat Walker was an African American woman born on February 18, 1939 in Los Angeles, California. She was partially blind from birth and completely…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Shirley Willer, 1987

Shirley Willer was born on September 26, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. Willer, a nurse, traveled to New York in the early 1960s and joined the Daughters…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Stella Rush & Helen Sandoz, 1987

Stella RushStella Rush was born on April 30, 1925 in Los Angeles, CA. She briefly worked for Firestone Tire and Rubber and was a member of the ACLU.…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Lois Johnson & Sheri Barden, 1989

Lois Johnson Lois met Sheri Barden, in 1964 and they were married on March 27, 2008. While she majored in English in college, today Lois Johnson has a…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Edith Eyde (Lisa Ben), 1988

Edith Eyde (pseudonym Lisa Ben) was born November 7, 1921 in San Francisco. She grew up in Los Altos, CA on an apricrot ranch. She created Vice Versa,…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Marion Zimmer Bradley, 1987-1988

Marion Zimmer Bradley was born June 3, 1930 in New York State. She was a science fiction writer and contributed many articles to The Ladder, including…

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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon, 1987

Del Martin Del Martin (Dorothy Erma Corn) was born on May 5, 1921 in San Francisco. After studying journalism, Martin met Phyllis Lyon on a reporting…

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Daughters of Bilitis Video Project, 1987-1993

This collection includes videos created as part of the Daughters of Bilitis Video Project collection. The Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) was a social and…

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Audre Lorde audio recordings, 1977-1986

Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a celebrated and influential Caribbean-American poet, novelist, autobiographer, and…

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Mabel Hampton Oral History Collection, 1976-1989

Mabel Hampton (1902-1989) was an African-American lesbian, an activist, a domestic worker, and a dancer. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she…

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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990

Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian…

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