The collection contains personal and professional papers of Georgelle Cynthia Hirliman. The bulk of the collection documents Hirliman's career as a writer. There are five main themes to the collection. Personal files consist of correspondence, photographs, and press on Hirliman as a writer, literary performer and tarot card reader. Personal files also document Hirliman's involvement with the Art Tarts performance group and some of her earliest self-published writings for the Art Tarts. Researchers will find here valuable material on Hirliman's intimate relationships with friends, her belief in metaphysics, and her bohemian lifestyle. Newspaper articles document Hirliman's research of the 1974 Biker Trial and subsequent reporting after Kerry Rodney Lee's confession. The files contain Hirliman's and Lee's correspondence, as well as documents from the new trial after Lee's confession, including an affidavit and witness testimony. Hirliman's various writings on the Biker Case are included in the files. Missing from the collection is her unpublished manuscript entitled The Wrong People. The Hate Factory includes Hirliman's biography, The Hate Factory chapter outlines, fan mail, press for the original publication and the 2005 updated version, and research materials for the updated edition. Absent from the collection is The Hate Factory manuscript. Newspaper and magazine articles document Hirliman's success as the "Writer in the Window." Files contain set up materials Hirliman used when she travelled to bookstores including the Bookstop in Albuquerque and the College of Santa Fe. Finally, the files contain Writer in the Window questions and answers. Other writings include some published articles on art and astrology and an assortment of unpublished short stories and an unpublished novel entitled Love Story.
