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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
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These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Anita, November 16, 1978 (Tape 1)
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Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century, Lesbian teenagers, Relationships
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Anita talks about her first encounters with a relationship with a woman. She then speaks about the difficulties of raising her child. She also talks about the roles of Butch and Femme.
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Anita (Interviewee)
Madeline Davis (Interviewer)
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SPW529_ANITA_A
SPW529_ANITA_B
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1978, November 16
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Digitized 2012, September
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Tape 1 of a 2 tape series. Followed by SPW530.
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Original= Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
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Side A = 47:19 minutes
Side B = 44:37 minutes
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
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English
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW529
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Phoenix, AZ, Buffalo, NY
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Butch and Femme
Families
Friendship
Identity
Madeline Davis
Oral History
Relationships
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Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club Interviews, 2021-2022
Description
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A series of Oral History Interviews conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) of Walnut Creek California. The RLSC is a group of 133 women who live in Rossmoor, a 55+ community of mostly retired persons. The women of this group wanted to preserve their histories and thus organized this series of oral histories with some of their members.
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Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club
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<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Amy+Klitsner">Amy Klitsner</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Bobbi+Ausubel">Bobbi Ausubel</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=EJ+Koch">EJ Koch</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Carol+Newhouse">Carol Newhouse</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Ann+Bidderman">Ann Bidderman</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Marlene+Michelson">Marlene Michelson</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Rhona+Lishinsky">Rhona Lishinsky</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Nicole+Schapiro">Nicole Schapiro</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Renee+Archer">Renee Archer</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Judy+Greyboys">Judy Greyboys</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Janet+Seldon">Janet Seldon</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Sharon+Noteboom">Sharon Noteboom</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Lynn+Gold">Lynn Gold</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Jade+Martner">Jade Martner</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Deb+Mayer">Deb Mayer</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Cecelia+Wambach">Cecelia Wambach</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Andrea+Gourdine">Andrea Gourdine</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Andrea+Gilbert">Andrea Gilbert</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Stephanie+Singer">Stephanie Singer</a>
Shirley Kaiser
Celenia Desol
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Victoria+Rue">Victoria Rue</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Kathryn+Poethig">Katheryn Poethig</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Jean+Lerner">Jean Lerner</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Liz+Salen">Liz Salen</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Bev+Lyon">Bev Lyon</a>
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Stephanie Singer Interview
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Bay Area Lesbian Archives (BALA)
Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club
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November 11, 2022
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Recording of a Zoom event "Life Passages" where Stephanie Singer speaks on her experience as a transwoman and a Lesbian and discussed her early life, her coming out, and her family dynamics. After Stephanie speaks, there is a Q&A with other people on the Zoom meeting who are part of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club.
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MP4
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Please see the Lesbian Herstory Archive's Rights Statement and the donor agreement form.
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Stephanie Singer
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MP4
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59:00
Notes
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Interview goes through 27:50 and the rest of the recording is the community Q&A
Children
Coming Out
Families
Marriage
Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club
Stephanie Singer
Transgender
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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23:58
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<br />
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW449_Cindy_Joan_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download the Interview</a></h4>
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Cindy and Joan
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Discrimination
Lesbian bars
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbian-identity
Lesbianism--History
Lesbianism
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Cindy or Joan (speaker unclear) discusses her experience of growing up in a working class family. She also discusses going to bars as she got older, and her relationships with women. She describes lesbians being harassed by police officers in the past. She also describes how her car was vandalized once, which she thinks was because she is a lesbian.
Speakers' identities are unclear throughout. Recording label identifies Cindy and Joan but it is hard to tell if there are actually two separate speakers.
Sound quality is poor. Tape cuts off abruptly at the end.
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Cindy
Joan
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Modified
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2011-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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tape cassette "SPW449 Cindy and Joan"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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23:58
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW# 449
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Buffalo, NY
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1960s
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Bars
Children
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Discrimination
Families
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Identity
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Title
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Debra, February 20, 1980 (Tape 2)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbians
Lesbians Conduct of life
Lesbians--Employment
Lesbians--Family relationships
Lesbians--Social life and customs
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Lesbians--United States--Identity
Lesbians--United States--Social conditions
Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century
Lesbians and sports
Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--Social conditions
Lesbianism--United States
Lesbianism--Social aspects
Lesbianism--United States--History
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbians--Romantic Relationships
Gay bars
Lesbians of Color
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An account of the resource
Discusses her child, a son. He was the product of her one-day marriage. She kept him for about 8 months and then her brother and his wife took him and raised him. He would spend the summers with her until he was 12 and then he lived with her and spent the summers with her brother and his wife.
Believes lesbians make better mothers because they know more. She didn’t want her son to go into gay life because she felt it would be difficult for him, she doesn’t believe that gay men relationships last. She believes you can teach someone not to be gay.
They talk about gay men and lesbian relationships and social interactions. She would call upon her gay male friends to be her date to events that she needed a date, also sometimes family events. They talk about marriages between a gay man and gay woman. Debra says that she knew quite a few couples who had done that to put up a front, but that those relationships always worked out well. Debra also talks about marriage between two women. She never wanted to get married but knew women who did.
They also discuss alcoholism and drugs among the gay community.
On the second tape, Debra further discusses fights in the lesbian community. Madeline asks if she knew any lesbians who played sports in the 1940s and 1950s. Debra believes lesbians played sports but cannot definitely say so.
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Debra (Interviewee)
Madeline Davis (Interviewer)
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SPW498_Debra_A
SPW498_Debra_B
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1980-02-20
Date Created
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1980, February 20
Date Modified
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Digitized 2013, May 20
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students.
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Tape two of a two tape series recorded in 1980. Preceded by SPW497.
Is Referenced By
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Original = Cassette Tape
MP3
WAV
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Side A = 29:29
Side B = 9:02
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English
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
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SPW498
Spatial Coverage
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Buffalo, NY
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
20th Century
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Butch and Femme
Children
Drugs
Families
Gay Bars
Lesbians of Color
Madeline Davis
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Relationships
Sports
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Title
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Lou, October 21, 1981 (Tape 2)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbians
Families
Lesbians & Motherhood
Lesbians of Color
Police Harassment
Songs
Music
Description
An account of the resource
Lou discusses her experience raising children as a lesbian woman, discussing at length her love of children, and wanting them to have a better life then she did. She also discusses her experience with police harassment as both a black women, and a lesbian.
Side B includes songs about lesbians, their lives and realities, and their relationships with children and their families.
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Interviewee: Lou
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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1981- 10- 21
Date Modified
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2013-6-10
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
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tape cassette “SPW517 Lou”
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A 14:21
Side B 18:01
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eng (http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php)
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
SPW517
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Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Buffalo, NY
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
20th Century
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Children
Families
Lesbians
Lesbians of Color
Mothers
Music
Police Harassment
Songs
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Pat, June 6, 1978 (Tape 1)
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SPW454_Pat_A
SPW454_Pat_B
Subject
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Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York
Lesbians--Family relationships
Lesbian bars
Lesbians--Sexual behavior
Lesbian couples
Description
An account of the resource
Side A: Pat discusses her definition of lesbianism and her attitude towards “radical lesbians.” She also discusses her background, including her relationship with her family and her experience at an all-girls Catholic school. She talks about how and when she realized she was a lesbian and describes her early relationships with women. She discusses leaving home and experiencing gay bars for the first time in the 1950s. Finally, she discusses butch and femme roles and how they have changed.
Side B: Pat discusses why she does not have many gay friends and why she does not identify with the lesbian community. She talks about her relationships and her feelings about sex.
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Interviewee: Pat, Interviewer: Madeline Davis
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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1978-06-06
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2012-06
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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tape cassette "SPW454 Pat"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 46:16
Side B: 43:04
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mpeg
wav
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eng
Type
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Sound
PhysicalObject
Oral History Interview
Identifier
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SPW #454
Spatial Coverage
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Buffalo, NY
Temporal Coverage
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20th Century
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Bars
Butch and Femme
Communities
Families
Madeline Davis
Radical Lesbians
Sexuality
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
Oral History
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Title
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Stella Stone, April, 1978
Subject
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Lesbian Community--New York (State)--New York
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Lesbianism
Description
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Stella describes growing up in a broken home, and having to take on a lot of responsibilities. Explains her curiosity in women as she got older. Later, she discusses how her bisexuality made her feel different than everyone.
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Interviewer: Jane Doe
Interviewee: Stella Stone
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1978-04
Date Modified
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2013-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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tape cassette “SPW532 Stella Stone 4/78”
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
Extent
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51:10
Language
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eng
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
Identifier
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SPW 532
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Buffalo, NY
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
20th Century
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Bisexuality
Families
Identity
Sexuality
Stella Stone
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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MP3 Files
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<br />
<h4><a title="Download Side 3" href="/mp3_files/summer2012/SPW465_Phil_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side 3</a></h4>
<br />
<h4><a title="Download Side 4" href="/mp3_files/summer2012/SPW465_Phil_B.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side 4</a></h4>
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cassette tape
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Side 3: 30:10
Side 4: 30:11
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Phil, January 9, 1980
Subject
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Buffalo, N.Y. Lesbian bars
Butch Identity
Etiquette for lesbians
Lesbian Community--New York (State)
Lesbian couples
Lesbians--Sexual behavior
Lesbian--relationships
Lesbians--family--relationships
Lesbians--Identity
Roles--Butch and Femme
Bowling
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Side 3: Phil begins the interview by discussing the dynamics of living with her lover and husband under the same roof, as well her lack of shame or guilt in being gay. She then talks about guilt among other lesbians she knew. Related to this, she discusses reasons people were not public about their lesbian identity, including work and family commitments. She spends the majority of this side of the tape talking about her long-term, intimate relationship with her best friend. She discusses the difference between butch and femme friends, as well as the distinct features of a close friend versus a lover.
Side 4: Phil continues to discuss the distinctions between friends and lovers. She talks about the various social groups she belonged to over the years, including a group that mostly had husbands and one that was more independent. Phil talks about lesbians having multiple partners, and how the community viewed butches and femmes who did so. Phil talks about lesbians in the Bowling Association, and the social events they put on. She then tells the story of a break-up and meeting a new lover, and the mythology surrounding butches making the first move.
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Interviewee: Phil
Interviewer: Madeline D. Davis
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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1980-1-9
Date Modified
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2012-5-23
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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Tape two of a three tape series recorded 1979-11-16 and 1980-1-9. Prior tape is SPW464 and following is SPW466.
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tape cassette “SPW465 Phil, Sides 3&4”
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side 3: 30:10
Side 4: 30:11
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mpeg
wav
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eng
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
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SPW 465
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Buffalo, NY
Temporal Coverage
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1950-1965
20th Century
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Butch and Femme
Families
Identity
Madeline Davis
Relationships
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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Kay O'Hara & Gerrie Morrison, 1988
Description
An account of the resource
<strong>Kay O'Hara</strong><br />Raised in Chicago, Kay realized she was lesbian during her school years, around 1953. While being forced to hide her orientation, both she and her lover experienced severe harassment, both from Kay’s ex-husband, and her lover’s family. Threatened with imprisonment and admittance into a psychiatric hospital, Kay and her partner fled Chicago to San Francisco, thanks to the kindness of friends and a savvy attorney by the name of Pearl Hart, who was responsible for giving Kay her first copy of The Ladder. Kay encountered the Daughters of Bilitis about five months after her move to San Francisco, where she found one of the first ‘Gab & Java’ meetups in 1958. That same year, she met her life partner, Gerrie, although the two weren’t a couple until they re-met in 1971. Kay remained involved in the DOB until about 1960, when she moved to the Bay Area and re-entered school. Post-degree, she began to teach at the community college, and although she remained very interested in politics and being politically active, her career wasn’t one to safely allow her involvement. <strong><br /><br />Gerrie Morrison<br /></strong> Gerrie grew up in a very religiously dominated community in Utah, the middle of five children. While her mother always joked that “she had 2 ½ girls, and 2 ½ boys,” Gerrie knew from an early age that she wasn’t ever going to be interested in boys romantically, but it wasn’t until she finished school entirely that she entered her first relationship. Post graduate school, she was working in a hospital where she encountered a lesbian patient who, due to personal strife, committed suicide. While calling to console the deceased’s roommate, she was introduced to the Daughters of Bilitis’ ‘Gab & Java’ meet-ups. She continued to work in the health profession, and like her partner, Kay, remained interested in politics and politically activism, though she was unable to fully participate due to her career.
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Digital Format*
Preservation: .AVI with DV Codec, Access: .MP4
Physical Format
VHS
Date Digitized
2014-03-31
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02:02:18
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16 bit/32 kHz
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29.97
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Kay O'Hara and Gerrie Morrison, Tape 1 of 2, October 20, 1988
Description
An account of the resource
Kay O'Hara and Gerrie Morrison are interviewed in 1988. They both talk about their family lives, when they realized they were lesbians, coming out, their relationship, and previous relationships. Kay mentions her engagement and marriage before she accepted she was a lesbian. They talk about the San Francisco DOB from the 1950s and the meeting's events that were held, as well as butch and femme roles. They talk about literature that was available, including the Ladder and the contributions they made to its design and distribution.
Creator
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Interviewer: N/A, Interviewee: Kay O'Hara and Gerrie Morrison
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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1988-10-20
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger.
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en
Type
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Video Recording, Oral History
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Physical: MV-49, Digital: ohara_morrison_tape1of2_19881020
Spatial Coverage
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Suisun, CA
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Butch and Femme
Colleges and Universities
Coming Out
Families
Gerrie Morrison
Kay O'Hara
Literature
The Ladder
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Audre Lorde audio recordings, 1977-1986
Description
An account of the resource
Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American poet, activist, and feminist theorist who was highly influential in matters of both civil rights and feminism.
These cassettes were donated to the Archives by different individuals and were recorded at public events including the 1979 march on Washington for gay and lesbian civil rights, a 1982 poetry reading, women's writing conferences in the late '70s and early '80s, and more.
Sound
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Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, 1977
Subject
The topic of the resource
Poetry, Lesbianism, Feminism, Motherhood, Sexual orientation, Sexism, Abortion, Family, Health, Rape, Misogyny, Lesbian feminism,
Description
An account of the resource
Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, December 1977. Lesbian Feminist Poetry Reading featuring six poets. Side A includes Joan Larkin, Barbara Smith and Diedre McCalla. Side B includes Melanie Kaye, Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde; Audre Lorde appears at 28:07 on SPW1151_B (Side B).
Creator
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Modern Language Association
Joan Larkin, Barbara Smith, Diedre McCalla, Melanie Kaye, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde
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Publisher
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Modern Language Association
Date Created
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December 29, 1977
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Digitized: June 2011
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
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Original = Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
Medium
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
Language
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English
Type
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Sound
Poetry Conference
Identifier
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SPW1151
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Chicago, IL
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1977, December
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Abortion
Adrienne Rich
Audre Lorde
Barbara Smith
Conferences
Families
Feminism
Health
Joan Larkin
Language
Melanie Kaye
Poetry
Sexuality
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
Sound
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Judy, February 5, [year unknown]
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Lesbians--United States--History
Lesbian Bars
Anniversaries
Birthdays
Same-sex marriage
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States
Drugs
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Mental health
Psychotherapy patients
Religion
Work
Friendship
Families
Lesbians--Single
Entertainers
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Judy describes her experiences over the past thirty years up to the point of the interview. Topics discussed include cheating (“playing around”), polygamous lesbian relationships, fights in bars, holiday celebrations, friendship, same-sex marriage, religion, drinking, drugs, crime, mental health and treatment of lesbian women, the commonality of lesbian women seeking psychiatric treatment, the working environment for lesbian women, living alone, families of lesbian women, and one case of a lesbian woman raising a son. Judy believes that lesbian women should not raise children and has an extensive discussion about her reasoning. She ends the interview by discussing movie stars and entertainers that were popular among the lesbian community in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Judy
Elizabeth Kennedy
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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[year unknown]-02-05
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2013-06-10
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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Audio tape cassette “SPW 503 Judy.” Tape 3 of series of Judy's oral history interviews, preceded by SPW 502.
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<p>Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). <em>Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community</em>. New York: Routledge.</p>
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46:24 min (side A)
27:51 min (side B)
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eng
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
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SPW 503
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Buffalo, NY
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20th Century
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Bars
Children
Families
Friendship
Mental Health
Religion
Same-Sex Marriage
Therapy
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Judy T.
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<p><strong><a href="http://boots.prattsils.org/mp3_files/summer2012/SPW451_Judy_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download the Interview</a></strong></p>
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Judy T., 1978
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Lesbians
Lesbians Conduct of life
Lesbians--Employment
Lesbians--Family relationships
Lesbians--Social life and customs
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Lesbians--United States--Identity
Lesbians--United States--Social conditions
Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century
Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--Social conditions
Lesbianism--United States
Lesbianism--Social aspects
Lesbianism--United States--History
Roles--Butch and Femme
Lesbian and gay experience
Gay bars
Discrimination
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Judy discusses butch and femme identities, social interactions, and role-play within relationships. She expresses relief over how these once rigid demarcations of identity have become more flexible within the lesbian community. Later, however, she notes "class" differences that continue to striate lesbians as a social group.
The social conditions, the acceptance of lesbians, and the "openness" of homosexuals are compared between New York, Florida, and Toronto. References are made to anti-gay activist Anita Bryant and others who put social pressure on lesbians to stay closeted.
Additionally, Judy touches upon negotiating workplace discrimination and "nosy" neighbors. She briefly mentions her relationship with her family and what it was like growing up in Buffalo.
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Judy T.
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1978
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2012-06
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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Tape two of a two tape series recorded in 1978. Preceded by SPW450.
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tape cassette "SPW451 Judy T."
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<span>Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). <em>Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community</em>. New York: Routledge</span>
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28:20 minutes
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eng
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
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SPW451
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Buffalo, NY
Toronto
Florida
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20th Century
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Butch and Femme
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Families
Identity
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Social Life
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Dyke TV television program components, 1993-1998
Description
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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 Avengers, the mission of Dyke TV was to incite, provoke and organize communities to create tangible change. The program sought to increase lesbian visibility and to systemically change people's views of lesbians, gay rights and women's rights. Dyke TV comprehensively documented a critical time period in gay and lesbian history and shared stories that were important to lesbian communities when no other programs were.
The program first aired in June 1993 on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network public access television channel. The show started off as a weekly 30 minute program produced by a core of Dyke TV producers with help from members of the community. The show followed a magazine format. Each program consisted of various segments such as I Was a Lesbian Child, The Arts, From the Archives, News and Eyewitness. Some areas of interest included lesbian history, daily life, activism, and international LGBTQ issues. Ideas for stories were discussed during production meetings and the producers welcomed ideas from everyone involved. According to one of the program’s co-founders and executive producer, Mary Patierno, “if anybody wanted to do a story we let them do it. We were there to let people voice whatever they wanted to, whatever issues or topics that were of interest to them.” The producers aimed to create a very well rounded program that could highlight lesbian life from as many angles as possible. Another part of Dyke TV’s mission was to train women in video production. The producers conducted regular workshops so that women could learn how to tell stories they wanted to tell in their own voices. This community oriented attitude allowed for widespread contributions about lesbian issues across the United States and abroad. At its peak, Dyke TV was distributed on 78 public access channels throughout the United States. Dyke TV documented many political actions happening in the early 1990s within the LGBTQ community, including actions by ACT UP and the Lesbian Avengers.
The Dyke TV collection at the Lesbian Herstory Archives consists largely of unedited footage that documents marches and demonstrations in New York City. Other tapes include incomplete episodes and compilations of show segments. Segments available to view in this exhibition include “The Arts,” “News,” “Eyewitness,” “I Was a Lesbian Child,” and “From the Archives.” This does not however represent the complete range of segments seen on Dyke TV; other favorites not seen here included Lesbian Health, On the Street, and Ann Northrop Mouths Off.
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I Was a Lesbian Child [Jocelyn Taylor]
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055-04_lesbian-child-comp_a_c_2.mp4
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Childhood
Lesbians
Children and homosexuality
Photographs
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In this segment of I Was a Lesbian Child, Jocelyn Taylor shares photographs from her childhood and stories of her life while growing up. She shares a memory from when she attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington DC.
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Linda Chapman [Executive Producer]
Mary Patierno [Executive Producer]
Ana Maria Simo [Executive Producer]
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Dyke TV
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Copyright Dyke TV: Linda Chapman, Mary Patierno, Ana Maria Simo. Tapes and digital files held by the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Tapes reproduced with permission from the copyright holders.
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Dyke_TV_Iron_Mt_ID_055-04
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en-US
Anna Maria Simo
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Children
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Jocelyn Taylor
Linda Chapman
Mary Patierno
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Dyke TV television program components, 1993-1998
Description
An account of the resource
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 Avengers, the mission of Dyke TV was to incite, provoke and organize communities to create tangible change. The program sought to increase lesbian visibility and to systemically change people's views of lesbians, gay rights and women's rights. Dyke TV comprehensively documented a critical time period in gay and lesbian history and shared stories that were important to lesbian communities when no other programs were.
The program first aired in June 1993 on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network public access television channel. The show started off as a weekly 30 minute program produced by a core of Dyke TV producers with help from members of the community. The show followed a magazine format. Each program consisted of various segments such as I Was a Lesbian Child, The Arts, From the Archives, News and Eyewitness. Some areas of interest included lesbian history, daily life, activism, and international LGBTQ issues. Ideas for stories were discussed during production meetings and the producers welcomed ideas from everyone involved. According to one of the program’s co-founders and executive producer, Mary Patierno, “if anybody wanted to do a story we let them do it. We were there to let people voice whatever they wanted to, whatever issues or topics that were of interest to them.” The producers aimed to create a very well rounded program that could highlight lesbian life from as many angles as possible. Another part of Dyke TV’s mission was to train women in video production. The producers conducted regular workshops so that women could learn how to tell stories they wanted to tell in their own voices. This community oriented attitude allowed for widespread contributions about lesbian issues across the United States and abroad. At its peak, Dyke TV was distributed on 78 public access channels throughout the United States. Dyke TV documented many political actions happening in the early 1990s within the LGBTQ community, including actions by ACT UP and the Lesbian Avengers.
The Dyke TV collection at the Lesbian Herstory Archives consists largely of unedited footage that documents marches and demonstrations in New York City. Other tapes include incomplete episodes and compilations of show segments. Segments available to view in this exhibition include “The Arts,” “News,” “Eyewitness,” “I Was a Lesbian Child,” and “From the Archives.” This does not however represent the complete range of segments seen on Dyke TV; other favorites not seen here included Lesbian Health, On the Street, and Ann Northrop Mouths Off.
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00:02:11
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I Was a Lesbian Child [Desireena Almoradie]
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055-04_lesbian-child-comp_a_c_3.mp4
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Childhood
Lesbians
Children and homosexuality
Photographs
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In this segment of I Was a Lesbian Child, Desireena Almoradie shares photographs from her childhood in the Philippines and stories of her life while growing up there.
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Linda Chapman [Executive Producer]
Mary Patierno [Executive Producer]
Ana Maria Simo [Executive Producer]
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Dyke TV
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Copyright Dyke TV: Linda Chapman, Mary Patierno, Ana Maria Simo. Tapes and digital files held by the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Tapes reproduced with permission from the copyright holders.
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Dyke_TV_Iron_Mt_ID_055-04
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Video Recording
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en-US
Anna Maria Simo
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Desireena Almoradie
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Linda Chapman
Mary Patierno
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Side A: 0:31:07
Side B: 0:31:05
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<br />
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW467_PAT_A.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side A</a></h4>
<h4><a href="/mp3_files/SPW467_PAT_B.wav.mp3" target="_blank">Download Side B</a></h4>
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Pat G., May 21, [year unknown] (Tape 1)
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Lesbian and gay experience
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Side A: Pat discusses her experiences as an African American lesbian. She developed friendships and relationships with both white and black gay women in the 1950s. She denies there were any racial tension in the Buffalo lesbian community; Pat says her experience was very inclusive. She also discusses experiencing police harassment, but says that she longer experiences discrimination from law enforcement. Pat discusses her wardrobe in the 1950s, which was composed of mens' clothing, and where she used to shop.
Side B: Pat discusses her friendship and romantic relationship with Jerry Jones, a male impersonator, who was well known in the 1950s Buffalo lesbian community. Pat discusses her move to Albany, N.Y., in the late 1950s and the birth of her daughter in 1957. She also mentions her experiences at after-hour bars which were only open to African Americans. While she used to frequent them in her early years, she no longer goes. Pat identifies as a butch lesbian and discusses the differences between butches and femmes. When she was younger she did not allow her partner to touch her during sex, but is much more open to the idea now. According to Pat, many butch lesbians did not receive sexual contact from their partners.
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Liz Lapovsky
Pat G.
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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19??-05-12
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2011-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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This recording is 1 of 2 tapes recorded with Pat G. on 19??-05-21.
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tape cassette "SPW467 Pat"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 0:31:07
Side B: 0:31:05
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mpeg
wav
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW# 467
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Buffalo, N.Y.
Toronto, Canada
Albany, N.Y.
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1950s-1980s
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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<span><a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a></span>
Bars
Butch and Femme
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Families
Lesbian Mothers
Lesbians of Color
Relationships
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Elaine, June 28, 1982 (Tape 2)
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Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York, Lesbians--United States--Identity, Lesbians--United States--Interviews, Oral history interview; Families; relationships; Abusive Relationships; Working; Gangs; Jail
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Discussion on early childhood, being Canadian but growing up on an Indian Reservation near Syracuse. Also discusses being the head of a black gang, her relationship with her mother and abusive stepfather, and the jail time she spent for his murder, finding work (while hiding she was gay) and relationships.
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Elaine (Interviewee)
Madeline Davis (Interviewer)
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SPW480_ELAINE_A
SPW480_ELAINE_B
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1982, June 28
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Digitized 2012, September
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Tape 2 of a 2 tape series. Preceeded by SPW479.
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Original= Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
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Side A = 45:29 minutes
Side B = 33:06 minutes
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English
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW480
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Syracuse, NY
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Domestic Abuse
Families
Madeline Davis
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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22:10
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<br />
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Pat G., May 21, [year unknown] (Tape 2)
Subject
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Lesbian bars
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbian Community--New York (State)
Description
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Pat shows family photos. She says several of her family members were gay, including her mother and brother. She talks about bars, the 557 and 217, with racially mixed clientele. She describes violence when straight men tried to dance with gay women. She mentions other favorite bars from the 1950s: the Chesterfield, the KittyCat, Club Coco, the 469. Pat describes her relationships, many of which involved "messing around on and off" for many years. She describes coming out to her mother at age 13, and talks about the "white girls from Canada" (lesbians) who were her mother's friends.
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Liz Lapovsky
Pat G.
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
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19??-05-21
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2011-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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This recording is 2 of 2 tapes recorded with Pat G. on 19??-05-21.
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tape cassette "SPW468 Pat"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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22:10
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mpeg
wav
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW# 468
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Detroit, M.I.
Albany, N.Y.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
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1953-1960s
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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Clubs
Communities
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Families
Relationships
Violence
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Feminist Radio Network, c. 1974-1978
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<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Sally+Gearheart">Sally Gearhart</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=kayla+taylor">Kayla Taylor</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Susan+Moore">Susan Moore</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Alice+Walker">Alice Walker</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Grace+Paley">Grace Paley</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Rita+Mae+Brown">Rita Mae Brown</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Karen+Kollias">Karen Kollias</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Dolores+Bargowski">Dolores Bargowski</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Beverly+Fisher">Beverly Fisher</a>
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The Feminist Radio Network (FRN) arose out of the WGTB collective Radio Free Women (RFW) in 1974 amidst alienating conditions at the Georgetown University radio station. As an independent radio network, FRN sought a wider audience and distributed feminist audiotapes nationally.
This collection contains a compilation of episodes from the Feminist Radio Network digitized by students at Pratt Institute’s Library and Information Science Program. The original materials are held in off-site storage by the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
Source: Alexa Freeman et. al. (1976). Quest: A Feminist Quarterly. Quest: A Feminist Quarterly, 3(2). https://jstor.org/stable/community.28042846
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Lisa Cowan
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1974-1978
Rights
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The information available on this site, including any text, data, artwork, video, audio, images or graphics may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Entities other than the Lesbian Herstory Archive may own copyright of the material. Material from the website may be used for non-profit or educational purposes. However, if copies are printed or displayed, copyright notice must be included. Except as provided above, you may not reproduce, republish, post, transmit or distribute any material from this website in any physical or digital form without the permission of the copyright owner.
For information regarding any further use of the materials contained on this site, please contact the Lesbian Herstory Archives:
LHEF, Inc. 484 14th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215
Telephone: 718-768-DYKE
Email: lesbianherstoryarchives@gmail.com
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<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/collections/show/105">Lisa Cowan Audio Collection</a>
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English
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Women and Welfare
Description
An account of the resource
This episode is titled Women in Welfare and features discussions from Carol Brill, the director of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and welfare advocates Kayla Taylor, and Susan Moore. This episode covers the topics of the welfare system structure, stereotypes and myths about welfare recipients, double standards working mothers face based on class, and the classism within the social work profession. Furthermore, it includes clips from governmental proceedings related to welfare and proposed cuts to welfare benefits. It ends with a discussion on how the issues within the welfare system relate to the Women’s Liberation Movement and demands economic change from politicians who fund big business and the military while disregarding the poor through welfare cuts.
Creator
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Red Tape Media , Boston, Mass
Publisher
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Red Tape, Feminist Radio Network affliliate
Subject
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Women and the welfare system
Rights
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Not to be used for publication without the express written consent of Liza Cowan. Contact the Lesbian Herstory Archive for Liza Cowan’s contact information.
Language
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English
Identifier
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LC040
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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Interviewee
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Carol Barill: the Welfare Coalition and Executive Director of the Eastern Massachusetts chapter of the Association of Social Workers
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1/4 inch audio tape
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.wav file
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Lesbian Herstory Archive
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00:52:03
Families
Gender Roles
Kayla Taylor
National Association of Social Workers
Organizing
Social Work
Susan Moore
welfare system
Women's Liberation Movement
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Reggie, September 21, 1980
Subject
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Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York, Lesbians--United States--Identity, Lesbians--United States--Interviews, Oral history interview; Families
Description
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Discusses growing up in Buffalo, when she realized she was first gay at a young age, and going to clubs
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Reggie (Interviewee)
Aubra (Interviewer)
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SPW484_REGGIE_A
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1980, September 21
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Digitized 2012, September
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Original= Cassette Tape
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MP3
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Side A = 30:51 minutes
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
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English
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW484
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Buffalo, NY
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1930's
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Clubs
Coming Out
Families
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Shane, undated (Tape 1)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Breaking the law, Family, Gay bars, Hustlers (Prostitutes), Lesbian bars, Lesbian high school students, Lesbian teenagers, Lesbians--Italian American, Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century, Pittsburgh (Pa.), Secrets--Family
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Shane talks about getting into trouble during her teenage years and how her father kept sending her to all-girls schools thinking it would straighten her out. She speaks about gay bars in Buffalo and Pittsburgh. She tells a story about running away from home to pursue a relationship, ending up involved with hustlers and begging her father to help her stay out of jail. She talks about moving back to Buffalo, getting a job, and how things have changed.
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Shane (Interviewee)
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SPW526_SHANE_A
SPW526_SHANE_B
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Digitized 2012, September
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
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Tape 1 of a 3 tape series. Followed by SPW527 and SPW528..
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Original= Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
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Side A = 30:21 minutes
Side B = 20:31minutes
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
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English
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW526
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Buffalo, NY, Pittsburgh, PA, New Orleans, LA
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Atheism
Bars
Education
Families
Fathers
Friendship
Lesbians
Mothers
Oral History
Parents
Relationships
Religion
Sex Work & Sex Workers
Work
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Title
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Shane, undated (Tape 3)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century, Lesbian teenagers, Butch and Femme, Relationships
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An account of the resource
Shane talks about the different lives she led during her youth. These different roles included working a job at Goodwill, dating and living with hookers on the weekends, and studying to become a Methodist minister as a man. She then talks about her current career as a trucker.
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Shane (Interviewee)
Unknown (Interviewer)
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SPW528_SHANE_A
SPW528_SHANE_B
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Tape 3 of a 3 tape series. Preceded by SPW526 and SPW527.
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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WAV
MP3
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Side A = 30:33 minutes
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Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
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English
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW528
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New York, NY
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Drag
Families
Sex Work & Sex Workers
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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Audio Recordings, 1971-1988
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An account of the resource
This assortment of digitized tapes from the DOB Video Project includes interviews, musical and comedy performances, and reminiscences from a memorial service. The audio collection also includes a set of recordings of feminist activist Ti Grace Atkinson, which are collected under "DOB Atkinson Tapes."
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John and Elizabeth, Side B, November 14, 1988
Subject
The topic of the resource
Women
Family
Car
Description
An account of the resource
This sound recording is a continuation of a previous tape. The woman on the tape discusses a car accident she was in and various aspects regarding this incident. She goes on to talk about her mother and her upbringing.
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1988-11-14
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
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Digital Format: .MP3
Physical format: Cassette Tape
Language
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en
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Audio Recording
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
California
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Families
Women
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Dublin Core
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Title
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LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Stella Rush & Helen Sandoz, 1987
Description
An account of the resource
<strong>Stella Rush<br /></strong>Stella 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. Stella Rush and Helen Sandoz met and fell for each other at a ONE Inc. meeting in Los Angeles in 1957. Del and Phyllis encouraged Sandoz to keep an eye on Rush and make sure she got to the Daughters of Bilitis meetings. Rush started with The Ladder in 1957. She wrote “reports of conferences, seminars and research” for both ONE Magazine and The Ladder. She eventually wrote poetry for The Ladder as well. Stella Rush and Helen Sandoz moved in with each other in 1958. Rush was the Los Angeles Daughters of Bilitis co-founder. When the Los Angeles chapter began, Rush was the first treasurer, a position she held for 6 years. She helped the Daughters of Bilitis connect with organizations ONE and Mattachine. Her final meeting was the convention in Denver in 1968. Rush became very angry when Grier continued sending Sandoz articles and assignments to Sandoz when Sandoz had already quit The Ladder. In 1969, “we had huge fights about that,” she says. “After Denver, we had promised each other that it was our time for ourselves.” That summer they retired from activism. Stella Rush survived Helen Sandoz and lives in Southern California. <br /><br /><strong>Helen Sandoz</strong> <br />Helen Sandoz, Stella Rush’s partner, was born on November 2, 1920 in Oregon. After receiving her Bachelor's Degree, she had a supervisory position in department stores in Washington and Oregon. She later became a sign painter because of an accident that would not let her sit for a long time. She discovered the Daughters of Bilitis when she moved to San Francisco. “Sandy” joined the Daughters of Bilitis in 1956, when she also became “Assistant to the Editor” of The Ladder.” When the Daughters of Bilitis received its charter in 1957, Sandy was one of those who signed. She worked for The Ladder and the Daughters of Bilitis for fifteen years, designing covers and reporting on conventions. She became president of the Daughters of Biltis in February 1957. She was also the first president of the Los Angeles Daughters of Bilitis Chapter. She was briefly editor of The Ladder in 1966. She helped Jaffy publicize a study of ‘Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals Toward Homosexuality and Its Treatment’. She wanted nothing to do with NOW, whose goals she applauded, but not their rhetoric. She concentrated on getting rights for both gay men and lesbians. At the end of 1968, she spoke up about supporting “civil rights for all people,” not just homosexuals. “Despite her years of experience in the homophile movement, Sandoz articulated a belief in individual and human rights that crossed generational, racial and sexual lines.” Sandoz died of lung cancer on June 7, 1987 in Anaheim. <br /><br />**Gallo, M.M. (2006). Different Daughters—A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Movement. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers An Imprint of Avalon Publishing Group, Inc. <br /><br />Saunders, J.M. Stella Rush a.k.a. Sten Russell (1925- ) online. Rush, S. Helen Sandoz a.k.a. Helen Sanders a.k.a. Ben Cat (1920-1987) online
Technical Video Recording
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Digital Format*
Preservation: .AVI with DV Codec, Access: .MP4
Physical Format
VHS
Data Rate
16 bit/32 kHz
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Frame Rate*
29:97
Resolution
.AVI: 720 x 480, .MP4: 320 x 240
Date Digitized
2014-11-12
Duration*
01:21:38
File Size
278 MB
Dublin Core
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Title
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Stella Rush & Helen Sandoz, Tape 3 of 3, May 15, 1987
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archive
Rights
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement <br /></a> Photo by Morgan Gwenwald
Type
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Video Recording, Oral History
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Subject
The topic of the resource
women, bars, discrimination, domestic partnerships, families, Gay Liberation Movement, Government, hate crimes, homosexuality, incest, intergenerational relationships, job discrimination, The Ladder, Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, mailing lists, mental health, mothers, older lesbians, parents of lesbians and gays, photography, police harassment, radical lesbians, rape, religion, Christianity, rumors, violence
Description
An account of the resource
Stella Rush and Helen Sandoz are interviewed in 1987. The interview mostly concerns Stella Rush, who talks about her childhood; specifically her encounters with incest and molestation. She also talks about her experiences with police discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s in L.A. Helen and Stella both talk about being editors of the Ladder and being a part of the DOB. Stella talks about workplace harassment, and fear of loser her job. They show photographs from the 1960s, including some of their cat. The video closes with the two discussing their wedding rings.
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1987-05-15
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
Language
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English
Identifier
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Rush_Stella_&_Sandoz_Helen_tape3of3_1987May15
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
San Francisco
Bars
Christianity
Discrimination
Families
Gay Liberation Movement
Hate Crimes
Helen Sandoz
Homosexuality
Incest
Intergenerational Relationships
Job Discrimination
Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
Mailing Lists
Mental Health
Mothers
Older Lesbians
Parents of Lesbians and Gays
Police Harassment
Radical Lesbians
Rape
Religion
Sexual Assault
Stella Rush
The Ladder
Violence
Women
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Lesbian Nation radio program, 1972-1974
Alternative Title
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Lesbian Nation, wbai-fm 99.5
Creator
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Shelley, Martha
Publisher
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wbai-fm, 99.5
Date
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1972-1974
Contributor
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Shelley, Martha
Description
An account of the resource
Lesbian Nation was a groundbreaking radio show produced and hosted by Martha Shelley (1943 - Present), that specifically focused and revolved around the LGBTQ community during the rise of gay and lesbian liberation movements in the 1970s.
Sound
A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Lesbian Nation, March 21, 197[?]
Subject
The topic of the resource
Literature, Poetry, Women’s Press Collective
Description
An account of the resource
A recording of Judy Grahn who briefly discusses publishing and two independent presses run by women, the Women’s Press Collective & Mama’s Press in the California bay area. The majority of airtime is dedicated to Grahn’s reading of works from the aforementioned presses. She reads chapter 17 from Sharon Isabel’s autobiographical novel “Yesterday’s Lessons” as well as poetry from “Lesbians Speak Out” & poems of Susan Griffin.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
197?-03-21
Extent
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0:29:47
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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T81_1_53
Provenance
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Gift of Martha Shelley
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Lesbian Herstory Archives
PBCore
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Interviewer
The person(s) conducting the interview. (For personal names use "LastName, FirstName MiddleName, Suffix").
Shelley, Martha
Host
If applicable, the person hosting the broadcast piece. (For personal names use "LastName, FirstName MiddleName, Suffix").
Shelley, Martha
Physical Format
The format of a particular version or rendition of a media item as it exists in an actual physical form that occupies physical space (e.g., a tape on a shelf), rather than as a digital file residing on a server or hard drive.
Open reel audiotape (71/2)
Digital Format
audio/wav
Butch and Femme
California
Families
Fathers
Feminism
Lesbian Writer
Mental Health
Motorcycles
Poetry
Publications
Suicide
Women's Liberation Movement
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Title
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Assorted Audio Materials, c. 1970s
Description
An account of the resource
Contained in this collection are an assortment of audio materials likely donated by Liza Cowan, and thus associated with the Liza Cowan collection. There are clips from radio shows including South Carolina Educational Radio Network, Radio Free People, KCRW-FM, and RCC. There are also clips of live music and poetry performances, as well as political discussions.
Rights
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The information available on this site, including any text, data, artwork, video, audio, images or graphics may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Entities other than the Lesbian Herstory Archive may own copyright of the material. Material from the website may be used for non-profit or educational purposes. However, if copies are printed or displayed, copyright notice must be included. Except as provided above, you may not reproduce, republish, post, transmit or distribute any material from this website in any physical or digital form without the permission of the copyright owner.
For information regarding any further use of the materials contained on this site, please contact the Lesbian Herstory Archives:
LHEF, Inc. 484 14th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215
Telephone: 718-768-DYKE
Email: lesbianherstoryarchives@gmail.com
Sound
A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Lee Brown: Streetology
Description
An account of the resource
Lee Brown is a black woman and an ex-offender, but says “none of the three overlap with each other”. Brown's conversation with Colivia Carter is an discourse touching on themes of intersectionality before the framework had its name. Brown reads poetry she calls “streetology” about her experiences with prostitution, incarceration, and black families.
Rights
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Not to be used for publication without the express written consent of Liza Cowan. Contact the Lesbian Herstory Archive for Liza Cowan’s contact information.
Identifier
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LC007
Language
A language of the resource
English
PBCore
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Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed. (For personal names use "LastName, FirstName MiddleName, Suffix").
Brown, Lee
Interviewer
The person(s) conducting the interview. (For personal names use "LastName, FirstName MiddleName, Suffix").
Carter, Colivia
Physical Format
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1/4 inch audio tape
Digital Format
.wav file
Physical Location
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Lesbian Hestory Archives
Duration
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00:18:46
Black women
Families
Lee Brown
Prison
Sex Work & Sex Workers