Papers, 1971-1986.

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Papers, 1971-1986.

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Collection consists of drafts, background/research notes, correspondence and publicity materials for three published works edited by Cruikshank: Lesbian path (1980, 1985), a collection of autobiographical writings; Lesbian studies (1982), a women's history and lesbian studies text and New lesbian writing (1984), a lesbian literature anthology. The collection also includes background/research files for women's studies and lesbian studies courses taught by Cruikshank and related correspondence and publicity materials. Personal correspondence is also included in the collection. In her papers, Cruikshank explains the three anthologies, their genesis and their inclusions. She traces their origins in the women's studies movement and through the lesbian academics' network created by the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) and details the editorial process. Cruikshank's correspondence and publications in the collection often discuss her experiences in teaching lesbian studies/women's studies and her life-long efforts to integrate lesbian and gay material into the college curriculum. Her correspondence in the collection also traces the networks of lesbian critics, academics and writers that were established through panels at the Modern Language Association's (MLA) and Gay Academic Union's (GAU) annual conventions, pioneering lesbian feminist periodicals of the 1970s, lesbian groups, women's studies programs, writing workshops, and women's publishing presses.

13 manuscript boxes (6.5 linear ft.)1 oversize box.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.

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National Women's Studies Association

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The National Women's Studies Association was founded in 1977 as an organization for educators, community organizations, and others in the private and public sectors committed to the formation and implementation of strategies for positive change in women's lives. From the guide to the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) archives, 1970-2005, 1970-2005, (University of Maryland Libraries) The NWSA Journal, an official publication of the National Women's Studies As...

Cruikshank, Margaret

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A longtime lesbian activist and distinguished academic, Margaret Cruikshank (b. 1940) began her work in the 1970s at a time when lesbian studies barely existed and was one of the few lesbian academics in the U.S. to identify herself professionally as a lesbian. Her work has centered on raising awareness of lesbians within the academic profession and addressing the exclusion of lesbian literature and criticism from traditional canons and women's studies. A native of northern Minnesota, Cruikshank...

June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library

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Powell was a librarian, Strashun the curator at the music library, and Whiting the curator of rare books at the UCLA library (at the respective times of correspondence). Sproul was president of UCLA from 1930 to 1958. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Isolde Klarmann, 1946-1947, 1978. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864679 ...