Finding aid for the Linda Garber papers, 1980-1994 LSC.1958
Finding aid prepared by Stacy Wood, 2011 and Sabrina Ponce, 2017; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 29 August 2017.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Linda Garber papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1958
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear Feet
(3 document boxes, 1 shoebox)
Date (inclusive): 1980-1994
Abstract: Linda Garber is an associate professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Santa Clara University. She received her BA in English
and American Literature as well as her teaching credentials from Harvard in 1987. She received her MA in Modern Thoughts and
Literature from Stanford University in 1990 and completed her PhD with the same department in 1995. She has held positions
at both Santa Clara University and California State University, Fresno. While the collection contains a few items relating
to the
Lesbian Studies Reader and other academic activities, the majority of the collection covers the publication of Garber's anthology,
Tilting the Tower, documenting the collection, permissions, editing, and revising processes.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Conditions Governing Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift from Linda Garber, 1996.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Linda Garber Papers (Collection 1958). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Processed by Stacy Wood, 2011. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.
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Biography
Linda Garber is an associate professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Santa Clara University. She received her BA from Harvard
in English and American Literature in 1987. She also received her teaching credentials in the same year from Harvard. She
received her MA from Stanford University in the Modern Thoughts and Literature program in 1990 and completed her PhD in the
same department in 1995. She has held positions at both Santa Clara University and California State University Fresno.
She has published three books:
Identity Poetics: Race, Class, and the Lesbian - Feminist Roots of Queer Theory, New York: Columbia University Press, 2001;
Tilting the Tower: Lesbians/Teaching/Queer Subjects, New York: Routledge, 1994. Editor; and
Lesbian Sources: A Biliography of Periodical Articles, 1970-1990, New York: Garland, 1993.
Scope and Content
While the collection has a few items relating to the
Lesbian Studies Reader and other academic activities, the majority of the collection covers the publication of the anthology,
Tilting the Tower, including collecting, editing, permissions and revisions.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is split between materials not included in
Tilting the Tower and materials included in
Tilting the Tower. Material is arranged chronologically within those categories. This collection does not contain a Box 4.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay and lesbian studies.
Garber, Linda--Archives
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA
box 1, folder 1
The Feminist Press and
Lesbian Studies
1980-1991
General Physical Description note: printed paper, photocopies, handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Feminist Press concerning the release of
Lesbian Studies and
Lesbian Studies II. Also included is correspondence between Garber and Margaret "Peg" Cruikshank, with whom Garber edited the
Lesbian Studies publications, and correspondence regarding the controversy surrounding a breach of contract.
box 1, folder 2
Correspondence with Non-Contributing Authors
1990-1993
General Physical Description note: handwritten letters, printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with authors who were not included in the
Tilting the Tower anthology, with some of the letters concerning works discussed for inclusion in future anthologies.
box 1, folder 3
Article Reprints from Contributors
circa 1990-1992
General Physical Description note: printed paper, photocopies
Scope and Contents note
Essays, published and unpublished, by contributors to
Tilting the Tower but not included in the anthology.
box 1, folder 4
Calls for Papers and Proposals
1991 February - 1994 March
General Physical Description note: bound program guides, flyers, printed paper, newsletters
Scope and Contents note
Calls for papers and proposals for various feminist and gender studies conferences, collections, workshops, and anthologies.
box 1, folder 5
Tilting the Tower: Correspondence with Contributors
1989-1994
General Physical Description note: printed paper, envelopes, handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Letters with contributors concerning editorial choices, status of articles, and other business revolving around
Tilting the Tower and other collaborative projects.
box 1, folder 6-8
Tilting the Tower: Rejected Essays
circa 1990-1992
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Copies of essays considered but ultimately rejected by Linda Garber for
Tilting the Tower , filed alphabetically by author's last name.
box 1, folder 9
Tilting the Tower: Correspondence with Routledge
1991 November 20 - 1994 May 2
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with the publisher of
Tilting the Tower concerning contracts, deadlines, advances, editorial issues, permissions.
box 2, folder 1
Tilting the Tower: Author Biographies
circa 1993
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Biographies and blurbs submitted by contributing authors to be included in
Tilting the Tower.
box 2, folder 2
Tilting the Tower: Correspondence with Editors
1993 November
General Physical Description note: printed paper, handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence including editorial suggestions and grammar corrections with those involved in the process of copy and content
editing.
box 2, folder 3
Tilting the Tower: Contributor Permissions
1993
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Permissions agreements and payment agreements between Linda Garber and the contributing authors for
Tilting the Tower.
box 2, folder 4-5
Tilting the Tower: Proofread Drafts
1993
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Annotated, proofread drafts of submissions for
Tilting the Tower. Linda Garber's introduction is first, thereafter in alphabetical order by author's last name.
box 2, folder 6
Tilting the Tower: Assorted Drafts
circa 1993
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Drafts of essays for
Tilting the Tower.
box 2, folder 7-8
Tilting the Tower: Final Drafts
1993
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Final drafts of
Tilting the Tower.
box 3, folder 1-2
Tilting the Tower: First Proof
1994 February 17
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Final page proofs for
Tilting the Tower, with some notes at the end.
box 3, folder 3
Tilting the Tower: Published Copy
1994
General Physical Description note: bound manuscript
Scope and Contents note
A copy of
Tilting the Tower published by Routledge.
box 3, folder 4
Tilting the Tower: Book Signing
1994 May
General Physical Description note: newsprint
Scope and Contents note
Advertisement for a book signing event of
Tilting the Tower.
box 5
Article Index
No Date
General Physical Description note: 3 by 5 index cards and dividers
Scope and Contents note
Index cards cataloging journal articles of interest to Linda Garber, organized alphabetically by publication, therein alphabetically
by author.