Finding Aid for the Lillian Faderman papers, 1976-1989

Series 1. Publications 1981-1994

Physical Description: Boxes 1-13

Scope and Content Note

This series contains manuscript and typescript drafts of various publications by Faderman. The largest section of files includes the manuscript drafts and galley proofs of three books written by Faderman: Surpassing the Love of Men: (1981); Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers (1991) and Chloe Plus Olivia (1994). There are also drafts of published papers and book reviews written by Faderman and prospectuses and outlines for forthcoming publications.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder label or chronologically by date.

Subseries 1. Surpassing the Love of Men 1981

Physical Description: Boxes 1-9

Box 1

Completed manuscript draft of Surpassing the Love of Men 1981

Physical Description: 8 folders

Box 2

Surpassing the Love of Men uncorrected galley proofs with edits 1981

Physical Description: 11 folders

Box 3

Surpassing the Love of Men uncorrected galley proofs with edits 1981

Physical Description: 6 folders

Note

Contains Start - Pg. 96; see Box 4 for Pg. 97 to end.

Box 4

Surpassing the Love of Men uncorrected galley proofs with edits 1981

Physical Description: 6 folders

Note

Contains Pg. 97 to end; see Box 3 for Start - Pg. 96.

Box 5

Surpassing the Love of Men uncorrected galley proofs with edits (most recent draft) 1981

Physical Description: 6 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains Start to Pg. 265; see Box 6 for Pg. 266 to end.

Box 6

Surpassing the Love of Men uncorrected galley proofs with edits (most recent draft) 1981

Physical Description: 6 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains Pg. 266 to end. See Box 5 for start to Pg. 265.

Box 7

Surpassing the Love of Men corrected galley proofs 1981

Physical Description: 10 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains Start - Pg. 233; see Box 8 for Pg. 234 - end.

Box 8

Surpassing the Love of Men corrected galley proofs 1981

Physical Description: 11 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains Pg. 234 - end; see Box 7 for start to pg. 233.

Box 9

Surpassing the Love of Men master galley proofs 1981

Physical Description: 11 folders

Note

Includes artwork and typescript.

Subseries 2. Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers 1991

Physical Description: Box 10

Box 10

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers uncorrected proofs 1991

Physical Description: 7 folders

Subseries 3. Other publications 1979-1987

Physical Description: Box 11

Arrangement

Alphabetical by folder label and then chronological by date.

Box 11

Prospectuses and outlines 1979-1987

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Proposed publications include Surpassing the Love of Men (1981); Love Between Women in the Twentieth Century and Women and War: History and the Present.

Box 11

Published papers and book reviews 1979-1987

Physical Description: 13 folders

Scope and Content Note

Drafts of published papers and book reviews written by Faderman, including articles on the theme of same-sex love and romantic friendship in poems and letters of Emily Dickenson; in novels by Henry James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; and in popular magazine fiction of the early twentieth century. Also includes Faderman's publications on the Scottish schoolmistresses whose lesbian libel suit inspired Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour and led to the publication of Faderman's Scotch Verdict.

Subseries 4. Chloe Plus Olivia 1994

Physical Description: Boxes 12-13

Box 12

Completed manuscript draft of Chloe Plus Olivia 1994

Physical Description: 7 folders

Scope and Content Note

Start - Pg. 657. See Box 13 for Pg. 658 - End.

Box 13

Completed manuscript draft of Chloe Plus Olivia 1994

Physical Description: 5 folders

Scope and Content Note

Pg. 658 - End. See Box 12 for Start - Pg. 657.

Series 2. Correspondence 1979 - 1989, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 14-17

Scope and Content Note

Contains correspondence and memoranda, contracts and publicity materials related to Faderman's publications and speaking engagements. The materials also include some information on foreign subsidiary rights relating to Surpassing the Love of Men and Scotch Verdict and permissions for various publications by Faderman to be reprinted.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 14

Awards correspondence 1982-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and memoranda related to awards and honorary degrees conferred, including the 1982 Gay Academic Union (GAU) "Literature Award", the 1982-83 California State University, Fresno (CSUF) "Distinguished Professor" award and the 1982 American Library Association (ALA) Gay Task Force's "Gay Book Award."

Box 14

Fan mail 1977-1988

Physical Description: 10 folders

Scope and Content Note

Fan mail consists of letters, postcards and greeting cards and contains general letters and specific ones lauding Surpassing the Love of Men, Scotch Verdict and other publications. Correspondents are individuals, including personal friends, women's studies professors, colleagues, teachers, students, politicians, editors and activists.

Note

Correspondence related to awards and honorary degrees conferred, including the 1982 Gay Academic Union (GAU) "Literature Award", the 1982-83 California State University, Fresno (CSUF) "Distinguished Professor" award and the 1982 American Library Association (ALA) Gay Task Force's "Gay Book Award," was removed and placed in the Awards Correspondence folder (also in Box 14).

Box 15

Correspondence relating to Surpassing the Love of Men and Scotch Verdict 1978-1989

Physical Description: 9 folders

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and memoranda concerning the editorial process for Surpassing the Love of Men and Scotch Verdict. Correspondence is with agents, publishers and editors and concerns contracts, royalty statements, subsidiary rights and permissions, translations, editorial changes and publicity.

Box 16

Correspondence relating to published papers and book reviews 1976-1989

Physical Description: 10 folders

Scope and Content Note

Consists mainly of proposed submissions for articles and book reviews and for speaking engagements; calls for papers and requests to write and review.

Note

See Box 11 for related published papers and book reviews. Folder series originally labelled Acceptances, Rejections and Requests to Write and Review.

Box 16

Correspondence relating to editorial boards and requests to write/review 1979-1989

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Consists mainly of requests for Faderman's participation on editorial boards and panels.

Box 16

Correspondence relating to speaking engagements and publicity materials 1976-1987

Physical Description: 6 folders

Scope and Content Note

Requests for Faderman's participation in conferences, programs and events and as visiting lecturer. Publicity materials concern Surpassing the Love of Men and Scotch Verdict and include press announcements, book reviews and clippings.

Box 17

Other correspondence 1976-1989

Physical Description: 10 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains a mixture of personal and professional correspondence that is not related to the editorial process for Faderman's publications. Correspondence concerns Faderman's speaking engagements, research relating to her publications and to lesbian and women's studies and requests for reviewers. Publicity materials and ephemera relating to Faderman's publications and to lesbian and women's publishing are also included here. Correspondents include various lesbian, gay and women's groups and publications, institutions and organizations and various individuals. The most noteworthy of these include Barbara Grier, Barbara Gittings, and Phyllis Irwin. Also of interest is the Judith Schwarz/Jonathan Katz correspondence which explains the issues surrounding Faderman's choice of a commercial publisher (William Morrow) for Surpassing the Love of Men.

Note

Folder 8 includes a photograph of Phyllis Irwin, Faderman's domestic partner, from Taos, 1987.

Series 3. Printed matter 1975-1990

Physical Description: Box 18 and oversized boxes 19-26

Scope and Content Note

Contains newspapers, newsletters and periodicals by now defunct small presses and various lesbian, gay and women's organizations that do not include works written by Faderman.

Arrangement

Chronological by Date of Publication.

Subseries 1. Newsletters and periodicals 1975-1988

Physical Description: Box 18

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Publications produced by now defunct small presses and various lesbian, gay and women's organizations and groups that do not include works written by Faderman.

Box 18

Gay Life Magazine (St. Louis, MO) 1979, Feb - March

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 18

Gay Literature (Fresno, CA) 1975

Physical Description: 3 folders

Box 18

Gay Teachers Association Newsletter (New York City, NY) 1978-1982

Physical Description: 3 folders

Note

Full run for 1978-1979; partial run for 1980-1982.

Box 18

GLAD News (Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Greater Danbury, CT) 1988, Feb. - May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 18

GLAD Tidings (Deleware's Lesbian & Gay News) 1983, July, Dec.

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 18

Golden Threads (Quincy, MA) 1988, July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 18

GPU News (Gay People's Union, Milwaukee, WI) 1979, Aug.

Physical Description: 1 folder

Subseries 2. Newspapers 1979 - 1990

Physical Description: Oversized Boxes 19 - 26

Arrangement

Chronological by Date of Publication.

Scope and Content Note

Newspapers produced by now defunct small presses and various lesbian, gay and women's organizations that do not include works written by Faderman.

Box 19

Gay Life (The Midwestern Gay Weekly, Chicago, IL) 1982, Oct. - Dec

Physical Description: 13 issues

Note

Not a complete run. See Box 20 for 1983, Jan - Feb; 1983, July; 1985, March-April.

Box 20

Gay Life (The Midwestern Gay Weekly, Chicago, IL) 1983, Jan. - Feb., July, 1985, March - April

Physical Description: 7 issues

Note

Not a complete run. See Box 19 for 1982, Oct. - Dec.

Box 20

Gay Paper (published by the Gay Community Center of Baltimore, MD) 1983, April, 1989, Sept. - Oct., 1990, March - April

Physical Description: 8 issues

Note

Not a complete run.

Box 21

Gay People's Chronicle (Cleveland, OH) 1985, Aug., Nov, 1986, April - Nov, 1989, April, Nov.

Physical Description: 10 issues

Note

Not a complete run.

Box 21

GO INFO (Ottawa, Ontario) 1987, July - Sept.

Physical Description: 2 issues

Box 21

Lambda Rising BOOK REPORT (Washington, D.C.) 1989

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 21

The GLC Voice (Minneapolis, MN) 1982, Nov., 1983, April, June

Physical Description: 4 issues

Note

Not a complete run.

Box 22

Gaysweek 1979, Jan. - June

Physical Description: 15 issues

Note

Not a complete run.

Box 23

Good Times (Columbus, OH) 1984, Dec - 1985, Dec

Physical Description: 13 issues

Note

Not a complete run.

Box 24

Good Times (Columbus, OH) 1986, Jan - 1987, Jan

Physical Description: 13 issues

Note

Not a complete run.

Box 25

GAZE (Memphis, TN) 1979, Dec - 1982, Dec

Physical Description: 30 issues

Note

Complete run for 1979, Dec - 1980, Dec; Missing Jan issue for 1981; Complete run for 1982

Box 26

GAZE (Memphis, TN) 1983, Jan - 1984, Nov

Physical Description: 21 issues

Note

Complete run for 1983; Missing Dec issue for 1984

Box 26

GAZE (Minneapolis/St. Paul and Greater Minnesota) 1987, Dec

Physical Description: 1 issue

Note

Not a complete run.

Series 4. Audio materials 1987, Oct.

Physical Description: Box 18

Scope and Content Note

Personal interview by Faderman with Barbara Gittings, an early pioneer lesbian activist, and Mariana Romo-Carmona, a Latina lesbian from New York City, for Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers.

Box 18

Interview with Barbara Gittings, age 55, Philadelphia 1987, Oct. 7

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

Gittings recalls coming out in 1950 during her freshman year in college, searching the library for any information she could find about homosexuality, turning to psychiatrists for more understanding of what it meant to be homosexual and tapping into the lesbian bar culture of New York City and Philadelphia. Gittings also touches upon her initial foree into Daughters of Bilitis, a lesbian social organization formed in San Francisco in 1955 by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. Gittings later established the New York City chapter of Daughters of Bilitis.

Note

Taped materials transferred to compact discs, which consist of one use copy (two compact discs) and one master preservation data file (two compact discs).

Box 18

Interview with Mariana Romo-Carmona, age 35, New York City 1987, Oct. 10

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

Romo-Carmona, a Latina lesbian artist from New York City, discusses the alienation of lesbians of color during the 1970s and the need to become part of lesbians of color groups. Her experience as an immigrant from Chile coming out during the 1970s in New York City led her to form the Latina lesbian group Las Buenas Amigas (the Good Friends).

Note

Taped material transferred to compact discs which consist of one listening copy (two compact discs) and one master preservation data file (two compact discs).

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