Linda Garber Oral History ccollection
1984-2003
Title: Linda Garber Oral History ccollection
Dates: 1984-2003
Collection Number: 2008-04
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .2 linear feet (1 box)
Repository:
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society
Abstract: The Linda Garber collection documents lesbian history in the Central Valley and San Francisco through oral histories and the
records of Old Wives’ Tales Bookstore. The bulk of the collection consists of interviews from the Central California Lesbian
Oral History Project, which aimed to fill a gap in LGBT histories that focus on large cities by collecting interviews of the
1970s from lesbians in the Central Valley.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research, with the following restrictions: some release forms from the Central California Lesbian
Oral History Project are restricted. Two of the interviews from the project are currently restricted pending transcription.
Copyright has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society.
Linda Garber Oral History ccollection. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society
Gift of Linda Garber on May 23, 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Linda Garber collection documents lesbian history in the Central Valley and San Francisco through oral histories and the
records of Old Wives’ Tales Bookstore. The bulk of the collection consists of interviews from the Central California Lesbian
Oral History Project, which aimed to fill a gap in LGBT histories that focus on large cities by collecting interviews of the
1970s from lesbians in the Central Valley. There are also four floppy disks from Old Wives’ Tales feminist bookstore, circa
1992, which contain letters, newsletters, a database and a catalog; several other oral histories, including one about the
Folsom Street Fair; and a recording of the 2002 “First Time in Print” panel at the San Francisco Public Library, featuring
Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon, Don Lucas and Bob Ross.
Lesbians--History--20th century.
Oral history --United States.
Faderman, Lillian