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1929-1988
LSC.2136
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Title: June L. Mazer papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2136
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
(2 document boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1929-1988
Abstract: June L. Mazer was born in Baltimore, MD in 1929. Her educational experiences combined with her tenure at the Children's Experimental
Theatre in Baltimore, the Center for the Healing Arts in Los Angeles, and the California Institute of Psychodrama in Los Angeles
led her to the practice of Psychodrama Therapy at several different medical institutions throughout the country. In 1970,
Mazer moved to Los Angeles and soon became active in the lesbian activist community. After her death in 1987, the name of
the West Coast Lesbian Collections was changed to the June L. Mazer Archives to commemorate her commitment to lesbian activism
and historical preservation. The June L. Mazer papers include her personal writings, ephemera, as well as her publications
and clippings.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance through our electronic
paging system using the "Request items" button.
Creator:
Mazer, June L., 1929-1987
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance through our electronic paging system using the "Request items" button.
Conditions Governing Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the 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.
[Identification of item], June L. Mazer Papers (Collection 2136). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Donated to the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive by Bunny MacCulloch in 1991.
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. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai and Sarah Johnson
in 2017.
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.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7347923
June L. Mazer was born in Baltimore, MD on July 7, 1929. In 1949 she received her Bachelor of Arts from Goucher College in
Baltimore, Maryland where she served as the editor of the college newspaper. In 1952, Mazer gained the title O.T.R. (Occupational
Therapist Registered) through the School of Occupational Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. In 1964,
Mazer received her Master of Arts from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. with a focus in drama and social
work. These educational experiences combined with her tenure at the Children's Experimental Theatre in Baltimore, the Center
for the Healing Arts in Los Angeles, and the California Institute of Psychodrama in Los Angeles led her to the practice of
Psychodrama Therapy at several different medical institutions throughout the country. During this time, Mazer contributed
articles on her work to many professional journals.
Throughout her life, Mazer remained an active part of her community. In 1970 she moved to Los Angeles and soon became active
in the lesbian activist community. She joined the Board of Directors of the Southern California Women/Whitman Radcliffe Foundation
and remained active when it branched off and became the Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU), an educational
non-profit dedicated to the enhancement of quality of life for lesbians everywhere. In 1979, Mazer met Bunny MacCulloch, who
would become her long-term partner until her death in 1987. Both Mazer and MacCulloch were passionate and consistent believers
in the preservation of lesbian history. Together they were involved in, supported or belonged to a number of progressive organizations
including: the American Civil Liberties Union, Connexxus Women's Center, the Gay and Lesbian Press Association, the International
Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA), the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Lesbian Rights Project and the Southern California
Women for Understanding.
In 1985, Mazer was diagnosed with cancer and after a year and a half she succumbed to her illness on January 16, 1987. The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, an archive dedicated to preserving lesbian history that was formerly known as the West Coast
Lesbian Collections, was named for her upon her death to commemorate her commitment to lesbian activism and historical preservation.
The June L. Mazer papers contain her personal, professional and activist materials including photographs, journals, correspondence,
artworks, ephemera, identification documents, and other personal materials. A portion of the collection is made up of professional
literature in the field of occupational therapy and Mazer's publications on psychodrama and innovations in occupational therapy.
Also included are newsletters for the Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) newsletter of which Mazer was an
editor, as well as clippings from articles and reviews by Mazer. Also included is material relating to Mazer's illness and
death including medical information, documentation of daily habits and feelings, letters of condolence, and diaries as well
as obituaries and articles about Mazer published after her death.
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Additional materials are contained in the
Bunny MacCulloch papers (Collection 1959). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Mazer, June L., 1929-1987 -- Archives.
Drama--Therapeutic use.
Lesbian activists--California--Archives.
Occupational therapy.