Lu Irwin and Meryle Malchevski oral histories

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Lu Irwin and Meryle Malchevski oral histories

Dates: circa 1970s-2012

Collection Number: 2017-14

Creator/Collector:

Extent: .4 linear feet (1 manuscript box)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: Lucietta (Lu) Irwin (1923-2015) and Meryle Malchevski (1919-2014) were Nicaraguan solidarity and anti-nuclear activists, and a lesbian couple who were together for over forty years. This collection includes CDs of Suzanne Baker’s audio interviews with Lu Irwin (2002 April 23-31) and Meryle Malchevski (2001 July 12). Also contains a DVD of a video interview with Irwin by Kathy Labriola on 2012 August 31; digital photos on CD-Rs of Irwin, Malchevski, Labriola, and dogs; and 6 folders of snapshots dating from the late 1970s- through the early 1990s.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Lu Irwin and Meryle Malchevski oral histories. Collection Number: 2017-14. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Kathleen Labriola and Jai Jai Noire, April 2017.

Scope and Content of Collection

Lucietta (Lu) Irwin (1923-2015) and Meryle Malchevski (1919-2014) were Nicaraguan solidarity and anti-nuclear activists, and a lesbian couple who were together for over forty years. This collection includes CDs of Suzanne Baker’s audio interviews with Lu Irwin (2002 April 23-31) and Meryle Malchevski (2001 July 12). Also contains a DVD of a video interview with Irwin by Kathy Labriola on 2012 August 31; digital photos on CD-Rs of Irwin, Malchevski, Labriola, and dogs; and 6 folders of snapshots dating from the late 1970s- through the early 1990s.