box 1, folder 1
Articles and Clippings
circa 1975-1979
General Physical Description note: photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Articles about The Woman's Building and their various activities.
General note
Includes articles about exhibits put on by Ariadne: A Social Art Network which enlisted women to participate in large scale
collaborative performance works. Ariadne was founded by Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz. Also included are articles about
various other exhibits including "Beyond the Femininity of Eileen Gray" and "The Still Taboo Subject."
box 1, folder 2, box 7, folder 4
Postcard Project
circa 1985-1988
General Physical Description note: letterpress postcards
Scope and Contents note
Records documenting the three-year-long Postcard Project. Box 1, Folder 2 contains the postcards created for the project while
Box 7, Folder 4 contains photographs and negatives of the opening of the exhibition.
General note
The Postcard Project was a collaborative project led by artist in residence Cheri Gaulke. Gaukle, a visual artist, first came
to The Woman's Building in 1975 and became involved with the Feminist Studio Workshop. Throughout the 1970s she focused predominantly
on performance art and has now expanded into a variety of media. The Postcard Project was conceived as a way to celebrate
important women in artists' lives, creating an artifact from a personal connection with a historical figure. The project lasted
from 1985-1988 and generated hundreds of limited edition postcards.
box 1, folder 3
NAIAD Press
circa 1987
General Physical Description note: cardstock mockup book covers, printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Contains various promotional materials, mailers and mockup book covers.
General note
Founded by Barbara Grier and Donna McBride in January 1973, Naiad Press was devoted exclusively to lesbian literature. At
its closing in 2003 it was the oldest and largest lesbian/feminist publisher in the world.
box 1, folder 4
Womanhouse
circa 1972
General Physical Description note: photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Two copies of the catalog of the Womanhouse exhibition along with the accompanying essay, "The Education of Women as Artists:
Project-Womanhouse" by Miriam Shapiro.
General note
Organized by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, Womanhouse was a feminist art installation and performance space located in
an abandoned house in Hollywood, CA. Women artists and the students of both Chicago and Schapiro participated, each woman
inhabiting a room or space of her own. Using community collaboration and consciousness raising techniques to generate content,
the exhibit focused on the shifting and critical relationship between biology and social roles within the symbolic realm of
the home. The exhibition drew approximately 10,000 visitors. Johanna Demetrakas made a documentary film about Womanhouse in
1974.
box 1, folder 5
Printed Ephemera
circa 1977-1991
General Physical Description note: photocopies, flyers, folders, calendars
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents note
Includes assorted materials pertaining to Ariadne: A Social Art Network, Women Against Violence Against Women, West End Press,
Helaine Victoria Press, Karen Golden (an artist-in-residence at the Woman's Building), and other organizations and performers
who collaborated with the Woman's Building between 1977 and 1991. Contains one audio cassette recording labeled " 'Amelia
and Poncho Together Again' - Museum of flying Karen Golden."
box 1, folder 6
An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism
circa 1980-1982
General Physical Description note: printed paper, handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Program from the performance, "An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism" along with an inventory of photos and a list of the artists
involved.
General note
"An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism" was a performance piece consisting of over twenty vignettes and sketches about lesbians'
experiences and was performed at The Woman's Building in 1979. Additional images from the performance are at OTIS college
of art and design.
box 1, folder 7
Press Releases
circa 1978-1990
Scope and Content
Includes press releases about local political events and Woman's Building exhibitions, lectures and performances.
box 1, folder 8
L.A. Women's Video Center
circa 1979-1981
General Physical Description note: printed paper, photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Contains a flyer about the organization as well as a folder containing historical background. Also included are pamphlets
about programming.
General note
Founded in 1976, the LA Women's Video Center (LAWVC) provided classes, equipment and support to women interested in using
video to produce documentation, public service announcements, center productions and art tapes.
box 1, folder 9
Kathleen Clark - Artistic Director
circa 1990-1991
General Physical Description note: printed paper, photocopies, handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Assorted documents from Kathleen Clark's tenure as artistic director of The Woman's Building including flyers, sign-in sheets,
letters to the board of directors, executive committee notes, mission statement drafts and notes, values and histories, and
fundraising materials.
General note
Kathleen Clark was the Photo Editor of
Los Angeles Magazine and
LA Weekly, an adjunct faculty member at USC and The Art Center College of Design, and Artistic Director at the Woman's Building from
1990-1991.
box 1, folder 10
Membership (The Woman's Building)
circa 1975-1991
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Contains member communications, newsletters, letters, solicitations, and members-only invitations.
box 1, folder 11
The Women's Graphic Center Newsletters
1982-1984
General Physical Description note: bound, printed newsletters
Scope and Contents note
Quarterly newsletters listing recent projects, upcoming classes, information on scholarships.
General note
Founded in 1981, The Women's Graphic Center, also known as The Women's Graphic Center Typesetting and Design, was a for-profit
business designed to both support projects and artistic endeavors at The Woman's Building in addition to strengthening the
finances of the organization. Phototypesetting, graphic design, production and printing services were all provided by The
Women's Graphic Center.
box 1, folder 12
Postcards from The Women's Graphic Center
circa 1982-1985
General Physical Description note: letterpress, photo typeset postcards
Scope and Contents note
Postcards produced to promote exhibitions or events at The Woman's Building as well as postcards produced as unique art objects.
box 2, folder 1
The Woman's Building Newsletters
1984-1987
General Physical Description note: bound, printed newsletters
Scope and Contents note
Quarterly newsletters including updates on programming, membership information, and lists of donors.
box 2, folder 2
The Woman's Building Calendars
1987-1990
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Bimonthly calendars of events at The Woman's Building.
box 2, folder 3
Judy Chicago Word and Image Network Materials
circa 1981-1982
General Physical Description note: bound, printed catalogs and essays
Scope and Contents note
Includes the first Judy Chicago Word and Image Network (JC/WIN) catalog and Arlene Raven's "Picture This or Why is Art Important?"
General note
The Judy Chicago Word and Image Network (JC/WIN), a small retail outlet that disseminates and publishes feminist literature
and artwork both by catalog and on the spot. JC/WIN was a joint project between Judy Chicago and Mary Ross Taylor.
box 2, folder 4
Women's Press Collective Negatives
No Date
Scope and Contents note
Contains negatives from the books "Save Joan Little" and "The Inez Garcia Book" as well as a negative from the "Disarm Rapists"
and negatives from the band High Risk.
General note
The Women's Press Collective was founded in 1969 by artist Wendy Cadden and Judy Grahan. Dedicated to publishing "work of
women that we thought no one else would do," the selections in this collection display particular activist works surrounding
individual women.
box 2, folder 5
Woman Carved of Sun by Anne Gordon (Women's Press Collective)
circa 1974
General Physical Description note: negatives, hand drawings, mockups, printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Includes drawings, negatives, plates, and paste ups of the poetry collection "Woman Carved of Sun" by Anne Gordon.
General note
Originally published in 1974.
box 2, folder 6
Women's Press Collective
circa 1970
General Physical Description note: handwritten notes, paste ups, printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Paste ups and notes for various publications by the Women's Press Collective, mostly poetry.
box 2, folder 7
High Risk
circa 1976
General Physical Description note: negatives, photographs, printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Includes promotional photographs, the corresponding negatives, and press releases for the band High Risk.
General note
High Risk was a band that formed in order to create, perform and record a soundtrack to be used in a film by Donna Deitch
named
Woman to Woman. Side A "The Common Woman (Nadine)" with the words taken from a poem by Judy Grahan is read by Sandi Ajida and the music
is composed and arranged by Virginia Rubino. Sandi Ajida also plays the congas and percussion, Cyndy Mason play the saxophone
and flute while Bobi Jackson plays the bass. Side B "Degradation" was composed and arranged by Bobi while the background vocals
and instruments are the same as those on "The Common Woman."
box 2, folder 8-9
Women's Press Collective: Lesbians Speak Out
1974
General Physical Description note: printed paper, cardstock
Scope and Contents note
Contains the paste up of the manuscript Lesbians Speak Out.
box 3, folder 1
Women's Press Collective: Inez Garcia Book
circa 1974
General Physical Description note: handwritten notes, onion skin, paste ups
Scope and Contents note
Paste ups for the book on Inez Garcia.
General note
Inez Garcia was convicted of murder and eventually exonerated. Garcia murdered one of the two men involved in her own brutal
rape. Her case became a flashpoint for activists in both the women's rights and Chicano movements. This book was published
with proceeds going to the Inez Garcia Defense Committee and discusses the history and causes of rape as well as the political
realities of rape as a tool of war.
box 3, folder 2
Women's Press Collective: Save Joan Little
circa 1975
General Physical Description note: handwritten notes, paste ups, printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Includes paste ups and drafts. Included in the book is an essay by Angela Davis.
General note
Joan Little, an African American, an inmate of the Beaufort County jail in North Carolina was put on trial for the murder
of jailer Clarence Alligood. The case became a cultural rallying cry for the feminist movement, civil rights movement and
anti death penalty movements. Little was acquitted using the defense that she used deadly force to resist sexual assault,
this is the first instance of this successful defense.
box 3, folder 3
Women's Press Collective: Assorted Graphics
No Date
General Physical Description note: hand drawn pictures
Scope and Contents note
Assorted hand drawn pictures and proofs.
box 3, folder 4
Women's Press Collective: Poetry Advertisements
No Date
General Physical Description note: printed paper, cardstock
Scope and Contents note
Copy of advertisements of various publications.
box 3, folder 5
Women's Press Collective: Elephant Poem Coloring Book
circa 1972
General Physical Description note: hand drawn pictures, printed paper, photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Includes out of order drafts of the Elephant Poem by Judy Grahn along with paste ups for publication.
box 3, folder 6
Women's Press Collective: The Common Woman
circa 1970-1973
General Physical Description note: hand drawings, photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Includes sketches, photocopies, paste ups and drafts for publication of
The Common Woman. Also includes photocopies of an envelope referring to Donna Deitch's film
Woman to Woman
box 3, folder 7-8, box 4, folder 1-4
Programming at the Woman's Building
circa 1974-1991
General Physical Description note: printed paper, photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Contains flyers and brochures about exhibitions, performances, workshops, classes, and other programs at The Woman's Building.
Some of these promotional materials were created in celebration of the tenth and fifteenth anniversaries of the Woman's Building.
Folder 5 also contains press releases, membership information, an inventory of periodicals, award honorees, and newspaper
articles.
box 4, folder 5
Women's Graphic Center Programming
1983-1984
General Physical Description note: printed paper, photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters, correspondence and publicity materials related to the Women's Graphic Center.
box 7, folder 1-2
Woman's Building Class Publications
circa 1974-1988
General Physical Description note: bound printed and hand bound books
Scope and Contents note
Contains materials written, illustrated, printed, and bound by different groups and individuals that took classes at the Women's
Graphic Center at the Woman's Building.
box 7, folder 3
Newsletters: Spinning Off, Calendars, W.B.
circa 1978-1991
General Physical Description note: printed paper, photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Contains calendars, newsletters and issues of Spinning Off.
box 6
Posters, Flyers, Over sized Documents
No Date
General Physical Description note: printed paper, posters
Scope and Contents note
Contains posters, flyers, and newspaper articles related to exhibitions and events that occurred at The Woman's Building.
Also includes a poster for an event at the Long Beach Museum of Art.
