Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Biography
Scope and Content
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Title: Ardella Tibby papers
Collection number: 2167
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7.0 linear ft.
(14 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1941-1989
Abstract: Ardy Tibby is a lesbian feminist activist and organizer as well as an entertainer and author. Her collection focuses on her
personal life and connections during her life in California and Phoenix, Arizona.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
Tibby, Ardy 1941-
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access
materials you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
Collection contains 8 reels of 1/4-inch audio tape.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ardy Tibby Papers (Collection 2167). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2012.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
Biography
Ardella Tibby was born on May 4, 1941. She became a teacher in the late 1960s and after coming out as a lesbian, joined the
lesbian activist and cultural community. She began performing as a storyteller in festivals and community events, touring
with artists such as Chocolate Waters throughout the 1980s and participating in the Califia community. She was a co-founder
of the lesbian production group Delta Pi in 1984 which operated in Santa Rosa, California until 1989. She was the guest editor
of Sinister Wisdom 80 entitled "Willing Up and Keeling Over: a Lesbian Handbook of Death Rights and Rituals." She has been
and is currently involved with Older Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC), the Lesbian Archives and the Women's Circus. She
resides with her partner Jean Taylor in Victoria, Australia. She refers to herself as a "proud, loud, bearded lesbian."
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials relating to the life and activities of Ardy Tibby. The bulk of the collection represents
1970-1985, a time when Tibby was heavily involved in lesbian community organizations as an organizer, storyteller and participant.
A large part of the collections is made up of photographs, journals and scrapbook pages covering Tibby's early life. Also
included is a correspondence between Tibby and various friends and colleagues. Although there are some aspects of the collection
that deal with logistics of Tibby's touring schedule, the majority of the materials are personal and community oriented.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tibby, Ardy
Lesbian activists--California--Los Angeles--Archives.