Sistah Boom records
1987-2001
Title: Sistah Boom records
Dates: 1987-2001
Collection Number: 2004-02
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2.1 linear feet (1 carton, 1 oversize folder, 1 artifact (drum)
Repository:
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society
Abstract: This collection contains records from the women’s percussion band, Sistah Boom from 1987 to 2001. It includes awards and certificates;
calendars; correspondence; financial records; event flyers, programs and mass mailings; grant materials from the Horizon Foundation
and other organizations; instrument inventories; information related to the group’s status as a sponsored project of the San
Francisco Women’s Building; meeting minutes; membership records; music; news clippings; publicity materials; and retreat and
workshop materials.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research with the exception of membership lists, which are restricted until 2021.
Copyright has been assigned to the GLBT Historical Society.
Sistah Boom records. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society
Gift of Elissa Militar on January 17, 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains records from the women’s percussion band, Sistah Boom from 1987 to 2001. Created by Carolyn Brandy
in 1982, Sistah Boom plays parades, rallies and socially conscious events and is active in support of racial, gender and social
justice. The collection includes awards and certificates; calendars; correspondence; financial records; event flyers, programs
and mass mailings; grant materials from the Horizon Foundation and other organizations; instrument inventories; information
related to the group’s status as a sponsored project of the San Francisco Women’s Building; meeting minutes; membership records;
music; news clippings; publicity materials; and retreat and workshop materials. There is also a tom drum used by members of
the group. The bulk of the material was received in binders and kept in their original order; other records were arranged
according to their organizational function or subject matter.
Lesbian musicians
Percussion Ensemble
Social justice--Songs and music.