Series 1: Barbara Macdonald
circa 1957-2000
Scope and Content
Series includes correspondence, published articles, personal journals, and assorted materials documenting the work and life
of Barbara Macdonald.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials arranged by type, therein chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence: CERES and SAGE
1982-1983
Scope and Content
Correspondence with various people and publications about responses to questionnaires issued by San Francisco State University's
Center for Research and Education in Sexuality (CERES) and Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE), an organization committed
to providing support and a social network to elderly members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence: Researchers and publishers
1982-1996
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence:
Silent Pioneers
1983 May - 1984 April
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence:
Acting Our Age
1986-1987
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Michal Aviad about the Older Women's Film Project,
Acting Our Age, and an article from the
San Francisco Examiner about the film.
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence: Sherry Thomas
1989 March - 1990 May
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Sherry Thomas of Spinsters/Aunt Lute Publishers before publication of the New Expanded Edition (1991)
of
Look Me in the Eye.
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence: Sarah Hoagland
1989 December - 1995 November
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence as well as "From Liberation to Care...Have I missed Something? Care, Ageism and Feminist Ethics" by Sarah Lucia
Hoagland.
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence: Publishers
1989-1996
Box 1, Folder 8
Published articles by Barbara Macdonald
1980-1991
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles published in
off our backs,
Sojourner: The Women's Forum,
New Women's Times Feminist Review, and
Equal Times, as well as a paper delivered as a talk to the Lesbian and Gay Freedom Democratic Caucus in Santa Cruz.
Box 1, Folders 9-10
Published articles:
Ms. Magazine
1990 July - 1996 May
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, the May/June 1991 issue, letters to the editor and other correspondence regarding
Ms. Magazine.
Box 1, Folder 11
Published articles: Beijing and Tokyo
1995
Language of Materials: One article is in Japanese.
Scope and Contents note
Contains an issue of the Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) Reporter with the article "Report from Beijing" by Barbara
Macdonald in December of 1995, clippings from a Japanese journal and "Old Women's Human Rights: A Report at Beijing" for
Sojourner in January of 1996.
Box 1, Folder 12
Personal materials: Journals
1957-1981
Box 1, Folder 13
Personal materials: Household expenses
1979 July - 1989 September
Box 1, Folder 14
Unpublished talks: Barbara Macdonald
circa 1983-1989
Scope and Contents note
- "Social Work: Feminism in the Slow Lane?" - From the Top of the Hill - given at the Sixth Annual Lesbian Physicians Conference
- Talk for Look Me in the Eye
Box 2, Folder 1
Assorted notes
circa 1983-2000
Scope and Content
Drafts of correspondence, a speech, and other notes on articles about feminism and ageism.
Box 2, Folder 2
Questionnaire: Radical feminism
1987
Scope and Content
Includes a photocopy of a poem by Barbara Macdonald writing as Barbara Charles.
Box 2, Folder 3
Writer's Workshop materials
undated
Scope and Content
Work written for the Writer's Workshop taught by - and during which Macdonald met - Cynthia Rich.
Series 2: Cynthia Rich
1986-2002
Scope and Content
Series includes literary work, correspondence, and material documenting the career and life of Cynthia Rich.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials arranged in chronological order
Box 2, Folder 4
Therapy materials and notes
1986
Box 2, Folder 5
Employment
1990-1994
Scope and Contents note
Resumes, letters, performance reviews.
Box 2, Folder 6
Desert Years programs
1990-1991
Scope and Contents note
Flyers, program from Second Annual Lambda Literary Awards, correspondence, and reviews of
Desert Years by Cynthia Rich.
Box 2, Folder 8
Correspondence: Alice Matzkin
2000 October - 2002 January
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence between Alice Matzkin and Cynthia Rich as well as a
Ms. Magazine spread of Matzkins paintings.
Series 3: Barbara Macdonald and Cynthia Rich
circa 1912-2002
Scope and Content
Series includes reviews of
Look Me in the Eye, resumes, correspondence, books, photographs, audiocassettes and other materials documenting the work and relationship of
Barbara Macdonald and Cynthia Rich.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials arranged by type and in chronological order, with the exception of materials about
Look Me in the Eye (placed at the beginning) and photos and audiocassettes (placed at the end).
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Box 2, Folder 9
Look Me in the Eye: Publicity
1983-1993
Scope and Content
Includes a photograph of members of Old Lesbians Organizing for Change taken during the "March on Washington 1993."
Box 2, Folder 10
Look Me in the Eye: Reviews and clippings
1983-2003
Scope and Contents note
Reviews of and clippings about Look Me in the Eye.
Box 2, Folder 11
Look Me in the Eye: Japanese translation
circa 1994
Scope and Contents note
Includes a copy of the book, book reviews, and a magazine, all in Japanese.
Box 2, Folder 12
Unpublished talks: Barbara Macdonald and Cynthia Rich
circa 1974 - 2002
Scope and Contents note
Talk from Justice for Janitors demonstration in San Diego in 2001 - Older Wiser Lesbians (OWL) talk in 2001 -The Crone Show
- program notes - "Activism" - talk for Cal State Long Beach in 2002 - "Organizing for Social Change" - talk for Cal State
Long Beach in 2002 - Clipping about Demonstration at Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility in 2001 as well as photocopies
of photographs - From a Hut in the Forest - Maine talk - Health and Economic Needs of Old Women: Major Issues 1988 - Ageism
in ourselves and in our Services -For Goddard Workshop in 1974 - Penn State - Introducing Angela Bowen in 1992
Box 3, Folder 1
CVs and resumes
circa 1975-2001
Box 3, Folders 2-3
Correspondence: Assorted correspondents
1981-2002
Box 3, Folders 4-5
Books by Cynthia Rich and Barbara Macdonald
1984-1991
Box 3, Folder 6
Assorted materials
1987-1995
Scope and Content
Assorted publications by Macdonald, Rich, Gloria Steinem, and Margaret Cruikshank. Also included are an awards program, a
speech, and correspondence among other materials.
Box 3, Folder 7
Newspaper clippings
1988-1990
Language of Materials: One clipping is in Japanese.
Scope and Content
Assorted clippings collected by, but not written by, Barbara Macdonald and Cynthia Rich.
Box 3, Folder 8
Assorted fliers and clippings
circa 1991-2002
Language of Materials: One clipping is in Japanese.
Box 3, Folder 9
Events: Fliers
circa 1992-1995
Scope and Contents note
Flyer for talks and events.
Box 3, Folder 10
Sympathy cards
2000
Scope and Contents note
Letters, cards and note to Cynthia Rich upon the passing of her partner Barbara Macdonald.
Box 3, Folder 11
Obituaries and memorials
2000 June - 2001 January
Scope and Contents note
Obituaries and memorials for Barbara Macdonald, including her death certificate.
Box 3, Folder 12, Box 4, Folder 1
Photos and narrative
1912-1973
Scope and Content
Notes interfiled with photographs written by Cynthia Rich. Includes a resume and a typewritten copy of
Barbara's Story and
Mindfall, compiled by Rich using Macdonald's autobiographical writing.
Box 4, Folders 2-3
Photos
1981-1990
Scope and Content
Includes an issue of
The San Diego Union with articles about the campsite that appears to be the subject of some of the photographs.
Box 4, Folder 4
Slides (photographs)
1987
Box 5
Audiocassettes
1979-1992
Scope and Content
Contains 14 audiocassettes recording interviews with Barbara Macdonald and Cynthia Rich, writers' workshops, conference speeches,
and book readings among other programs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
