Martha Foster papers, 1925-1986
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Title: Martha Foster papers
Collection number: 1990
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 linear ft.
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1925-1986
Abstract: Martha Foster was a lesbian poet and fiction writer who lived in Los Angeles, California. This collection includes correspondence,
photographs and manuscripts.
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.
Creator:
Foster, Martha
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], Martha Foster papers (Collection 1990). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7347795
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, 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.
Martha Foster was a lesbian poet and fiction writer who lived in Los Angeles, California.
This collection includes correspondence, photographs and manuscripts.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Foster, Martha.
Lesbian authors -- Archival resources.
Women poets, American--20th century -- Archival resources.
Box 1, Folder 1
Photographs. Undated.
Physical Description: photographs, some black and white, some color of varying standard sizes
Scope and Content Note
Photographs from all points of Martha Foster's life including some childhood portraits, vacation photos, photos of family
and friends and some modeling photos.
Some of the color in the photos are fading.
Box 1, Folder 2
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 5
Miscellaneous. Undated.
Physical Description: handwritten notes, printed greeting card, photocopies, pages from a published manuscript
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes for undetermined creative projects as well as personal notes, a few note cards and greeting cards and some
pages that fell out of a book called "Hollywood Bar Music."
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 7
Box 1, Folder 8
Box 1, Folder 9
Box 1, Folder 10