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H.Mss.1094
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Title: Feminist Publications Collection
Dates: 1961-1978 and
undated
Collection number: H.Mss.1094
Extent:
2.75 Linear Feet
(2 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 flat box)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont
Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
Abstract: This is an artificial
collection created by Special Collections of The Claremont Colleges Library that holds
various publications related to feminism and the Feminist movement. Currently, the
collection contains articles, booklets, underground comic books, magazines, newspapers,
pamphlets, and reference materials, spanning from the 1960s to the 1970s This is a growing
collection and new materials will be added as they are acquired.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the
collection: English.
Administrative Information
Collection open for research.
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to
Special Collections.
[Identification of item], Feminist Publications Collection (H.Mss.1094). Special
Collections and Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services,
Claremont, CA.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Items acquired through various gifts and purchases.
Additions to the collection are anticipated.
Collection is processed at the item level. Materials were placed in archival acid-free
folders and boxes. Staples have been removed from some of the items and placed into
acid-free paper slings.
Biography / Administrative History
This is an artificial collection created by Special Collections of The Claremont Colleges
Library that holds various publications related to feminism and the Feminist movement. A
large portion of the materials come from the personal collection of Elizabeth Robson, a
feminist therapist and co-author of "Getting Help: A Woman's Guide to Therapy." Robson
graduated from the University of Chicago and received a master's degree in social work from
Columbia University. She was involved with the Chicago Women's Liberation Union during its
formation and was a strong supporter of feminist theory as it pertained to her work as a
therapist in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Additional materials have been acquired and added to the collection through various
purchases and donations. This is a growing collection and new materials will be added as
they are acquired.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Feminist Publications Collection features an assortment of materials related to
feminism and the Feminist movement, including articles, booklets, underground comic books,
magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, and reference materials. Materials span from the 1960s to
the 1970s and range from independently produced literature and pamphlets to commercially
printed periodicals from various feminist and progressive organizations such as the Radical
Education Project, New England Free Press, The Cambridge-Goddard School for Social Change
and the Counter Culture Law Project. Materials in the collection come in a wide range of
formats and cover topics such as wage inequality, sexual harassment, gender stereotyping,
and the economic realities of feminism.
A collection of nine underground feminist comic books is also featured, including work by
Lyn Chevli [a.k.a. Chin Lyvely], Joyce Sutton, Lee Marrs, Aline Kominsky, and Trina Robbins.
Three issues of
Wimmen's Comix are included as is Trina Robbins and Lisa
Lyons'
It Ain't Me Babe: Womens Liberation, the first underground comic book
edited, written, and drawn entirely by women.
Growth is anticipated for this collection.
This collection has been organized into the following series:
- Series 1: Articles, 1968-1973 and undated
- Series 2: Booklets, 1973-1976
- Series 3: Comics, 1970-1973
- Series 4: Magazines, 1973-1975
- Series 5: Newspapers, 1970-1978 and undated
- Series 6: Pamphlets, 1961-1978 and undated
- Series 7: Reference Materials, 1966-1977 and undated
Folders and items are arranged alphabetically by title within each series.
Part of the Solution: Portrait of a Revolutionary by Margaret Randall. Bound
book removed and shelved separately in Special Collections. OCLC: 664713.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library’s online public access catalog.
Abortion
Feminism
Gender
Kominsky-Crumb, Aline, 1948-2022
Lyvely, Chin
Marrs, Lee
Pro-choice movement
Robbins, Trina
Sex role
Sexual harassment of women
Wages--Women
Women -- Employment
Women -- Organizations
Women--Sexual behavior
Women artists
Women writers
Women's rights
Women's rights in comics
Articles
Booklets
Comic books, strips, etc.
Newspapers
Periodicals