Finding Aid for the Ruth McGuire Papers LSC.2194
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2013. Finding aid prepared by Kelly Besser, 2021.
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Online finding aid last updated 2021 January 6.
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Title: Ruth McGuire papers
Creator:
McGuire, Ruth
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2194
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1961-1985
Abstract: Ruth McGuire Phd was one of the cofounders of The Women's Foundation of California and a member of the Daughters of Bilitis,
the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. In 1968 she published a short story in the
lesbian publication The Ladder entitled "The Intake Interview," which dealt with lesbian identity in the context of the mental
health profession both as a patient and as a health care provider. This collection contains correspondence, referrals and
reports related to preliminary assessments of patients involved in psychoanalysis and/or psychotherapy.
Physical Location: 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.
Language of Material:
English
.
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.
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[Identification of item], Ruth McGuire Papers (Collection Number 2194). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Provenance unknown. This collection is part of 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.
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2013.
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. This collection was processed by Stacy Wood in 2013.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7404725
Ruth McGuire Phd was one of the cofounders of The Women's Foundation of California, a publicly supported foundation and grant
maker focused on: human trafficking intervention and prevention, lesbian and transgender rights, environmental health, criminal
justice work and campaigns to build women's economic security. McGuire was also a member of the Daughters of Bilitis, the
first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. She published a short story in the lesbian publication
The Ladder in 1968 entitled "The Intake Interview," which dealt with lesbian identity in the context of the mental health
profession both as a patient and as a health care provider.
This collection contains referrals, correspondence and preliminary reports from several different practitioners of psychoanalytic
techniques. All patients were referred by Ruth McGuire.
box 1, folder 1
box 1, folder 2
box 1, folder 3
box 1, folder 4