Guide to the Bettina Aptheker papers
September 2, 1944 | Bettina Fay Aptheker born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Fay Phillippa Aptheker, a life-long activist and Communist organizer, and Herbert Aptheker, a Marxist historian and scholar of African American history. |
1958-1962 | Attends Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, New York |
Fall 1962 | Moves to California to attend the University of California at Berkeley |
September 1964-April 1965 | Serves on the steering committee which led the Free Speech Movement (FSM) at UCB |
August 29, 1965 | Marries Jack H. Kurzweil on Long Island, NY |
June 1967 | Graduates from the University of California at Berkeley with an A.B. in History |
Summer 1967 | While seven months pregnant serves sentence at the Santa Rita Prison Farm for conviction stemming from FSM activity |
October 19, 1967 | Son Joshua Mark born |
March 1968 | Suffers a nervous breakdown |
Summer 1969 | Trip to Europe |
March 1971 | National United Committee to Free Angela Davis and all Political Prisoners (NUCFAD) begins its work |
September 1971 | If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance (with Angela Davis) published in England |
December 1971 | If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance (with Angela Y. Davis) published in the United States |
1971-1972 | Works as legal investigator in the defense of Angela Y. Davis |
1972 | The Academic Rebellion in the United States: A Marxist Appraisal published |
January 1972 | The California Supreme Court overturns the death penalty |
February 23, 1972 | Angela Y. Davis released on bail |
February 28, 1972 | Angela Y. Davis murder and conspiracy trial begins |
June 4, 1972 | Trial ends with "not guilty" verdicts on all counts |
1974-1975 | Assistant Instructor, Speech-Communication, San Jose State University |
January 14, 1975 | Daughter Jennifer born |
1975 | The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis published |
June 1976 | Master's Degree in Speech Communication from San Jose State University |
1976-1979 | Lecturer, Women's Studies, San Jose State University |
Instructor, Speech/Drama, San Jose State University | |
April 1978 | Separates from Jack Kurzweil, who agrees to a divorce |
Spring Quarter 1978 | Teaches (as a lecturer) her first Women's Studies class at the University of California at Santa Cruz |
Summer 1978 | Attends the (for her) "life changing" 4th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women |
Fall 1978 | Lecturer, Afro-American Studies, San Jose State University |
Summer 1979 | Moves with her children to Santa Cruz |
Fall Quarter 1979 | Starts on a Ph.D. track in the History of Consciousness program at UCSC |
October 19, 1979 | Meets her life partner, Kate Miller, at a Holly Near concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium |
1980-1987 | Lecturer, Women's Studies, UCSC |
October 19, 1981 | Resigns from the Communist Party |
1982 | Women's Legacy: Essays on Race, Sex, & Class in American History published |
March 1983 | Doctorate in the History of Consciousness, UCSC |
Fall 1983 | Comes "out" as a lesbian instructor |
1987-1989 | Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at UCSC |
1988 | Gets tenure at UCSC |
1989-1997 | Associate Professor of Women's Studies at UCSC |
1989 | Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness and the Meaning of Daily Experience published |
Fall 1993 | Takes bodhisatva vows in Tuscon, Arizona |
1993-1995 | Takes a sabbatical from UCSC, followed by a leave |
June 1996 | Chancellor Karl Pister authorizes the establishment of Women's Studies as a Department at UCSC |
1997 | Becomes Professor of Women's Studies at UCSC |
May 29, 1997 | Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSC |
January 1999 | Her mother, Fay Aptheker, dies |
1999 | The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis published with a new Introduction and Afterward |
March 2003 | Her father, Herbert Aptheker, dies |
2006 | The autobiographical Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel published |
Scope and Content of Collection
- CU-309, Free Speech Movement Records, 1936-1969, UC Berkeley, University Archives
- UARC PIC 24B, Free Speech Movement Photographs Collection, 1964-1984, bulk 1964, UC Berkeley, University Archives
- Special Collections M0308, Angela Davis Trial, 1972-1974, Stanford University, Manuscripts Division
- Special Collections M1032, Herbert Aptheker, 1842-1999, Stanford University, Manuscripts Division
- BANC MSS 99/281 c, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Archives, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Biographical Material Series 1 1944-2004
Birthday Cards [ca. 1950?]
Photo [from Scrapbook] of "Higgly Hill Camp" Children [ca. 1955-1956]
Public School 241, Brooklyn (Diploma & Newsletter) 1958
"Summer Scrapbook 1958" 1958
"P.S.Brooklyn 241" Memory Book 1958
Erasmus Hall High School (Certificates & Documents) 1958-1962
European & Asian Trip Notebook 1959
Diaries 1957, 1958, 1968, 1969
"Week-at-a-Glance" Date Books 1969-1982
High School Year Book Arch 1962 1962
Awards & Certificates 1962-2004, n.d.
Biographical Typescript [ca. 1968]
European Trip [East Berlin] 1969
Journal pages 1977
Publications & Papers (partial list) 1979
Statement of Purpose for Stanford University Application 1979
Interviews & Profiles 1979-2002, n.d.
Fay Aptheker Oral History - Rough Drafts of Interviews 1980
Documents pertaining to the History of Consciousness Doctoral Program, UCSC 1981
PhD Commencement Program & Cards 1983
Academic Promotion File 1996-1998
Awards & Diplomas 1967-2004
University of California at Berkeley 1967, n.d.
San Jose State University 1976-1997
Univeristy of California at Santa Cruz 1983-2004
Personal Materials 1950, 1981, 1992
The Playbill for the St. James Theatre's "Peter Pan" 1950
Appreciation Booklet From Women's Studies 1 1981
Appreciation Poster From Women's Studies 1 1992
Correspondence Series 2 1957-2004
1957-1964
Jan-Oct 1965
Nov-Dec 1965
1965
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Mar-May 1966
Jun-Dec 1966
Jan-Jun 1967
Jul 1967
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Family 1958-2004
1958, 1959, 1962-1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980-1989
1990-1993, 1996, 2002, 2004
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Angela Davis 1970-1979
Dec 1970 - Jul 1971
Aug 1971 - May 1979
Student Appreciation 1980-1989
1980-1985
1986-1989
Hate Mail ca. 1965-1966
Oversize Hand-painted Card of Appreciation 1993
Writings Series 3 1964-2004
Instructional Material Subseries 3.1 1964-2004
"Marxism and the Coming American Revolution" 1964
"Feminist Strategy under U.S. Capitalism" - WILPF Class 1974
Religious Studies 405 - "Revolution: A Christian/Marxist Perspective" 1973
Social Science 196 - "Women and Revolution" Syllabus n.d.
Social Science 196 - "Afro-American Women in History" 1976-1978
"Marxism and Feminism" - Marxist Study Series 1977
Social Science 100 - "Studies in Sex and Power" 1976-1979
Social Science 196 - "Women and Work" 1979
Women's Studies 1 - "Introduction to Feminism" 1982-1999
Women's Studies 62 - "African American Women's History" 1998
Women's Studies 88A - "Women's Cultures of the Southwest" 2004
Women's Studies 100 - "Methods" 1983-1988
Women's Studies 101 - "Feminist Theory" 1980-1981
Women's Studies 150 - "Women's Culture" 1996-2001
Women's Studies 194 - "Women's Oral History and Memoir" 1995-1998
Women's Studies 195 - "Women's Studies Senior Thesis Seminar" 1984-1986
Women's Studies 196 - "Feminist Methods of Teaching" 1998
Stevenson Core Course 80B - "Self and Society" 2000-2001
"Course Proposals" 1973, n.d.
Evaluations by Students 1970's
"Phenomenal Woman Award - Cal State Northridge" 2001-2002
Louis M. Rabinowitz Foundation 1969
Guggenheim Foundation 1972
San Jose State University Foundation Research Grant 1978
American Philosophical Society 1980
UCSC Faculty Instructional Improvement Grant 1983
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1984
American Association of University Women Educational Foundation 1985-1986
UCSC Faculty Instructional Improvement Grant 1992
UCSC Center for Teaching Excellence Mini-Grant 2002
Writings & Research Subseries 3.3 1944-2004, n.d.
Student Movements n.d.
[Thesis on] Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell n.d.
"Raw Data - Bibliography & [Thesis] Ideas" n.d.
Ida B. Wells - Chicago 1980
W.E.B. Du Bois n.d.
"Women's Suffrage and the Anti-Lynching Crusade: 1890-1920" n.d.
"Abolitionism/Women's Rights" n.d.
"Black Women in the Professions" n.d.
"From Mammy to Matriarchy: The Criminalization of the Black Woman" 1978
"Anna Julia Cooper" n.d.
"Quelques [24] Images du Sud Viet Nam" n.d.
Miscellaneous n.d.
"Cow's-Capade" 1960
Early Compositions 1961-1962
Articles, Drafts & Essays 1965-1966
"The Student Peace Movement: 1930-1940" & "Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox - Burns" 1966
Articles & Essays 1967-1968
"Santa Rita" 1968
"Book no.V" [notebook] 1969
"Book no.VI" [notebook] 1969
Articles, Essays & Reviews 1969-1970
Notebook [ca. 1970]
Articles, Essays & Reviews 1971-1972
The Morning Breaks - Prospectus & publishing information 1972-1975
"Woman's Suffrage (As Argued in the pages of The North American Review, August and November 1883)" 1973
Articles, Essays & Reviews 1973-1975
Various short papers n.d.
"Reflections on the Theory of Motive in Rhetorical Criticism" 1974
"The Trial of Angela Y. Davis" 1974
"Woman: an Issue" - A Bibliography from 1880 Through 1883 1974
[7 Essays on W.E.B. Du Bois] 1974
"W.E.B. DuBois and the Struggle for Woman's Rights, 1910-1920" 1974
"Prospectus for the Master's Thesis" - SJSU 1975
Articles, Drafts, Essays & Reviews 1976-1977
Drafts & essays 1978
Unpublished poems 1978-1979
Papers for the History of Consciousness 1979-1981
Articles, Drafts & Essays 1979-1981
Controversy over the publication of Woman's Legacy 1976-1980
Woman's Legacy [ca. 1981]
Introduction - typescript [ca. 1981]
Chapter 3 - typescript [ca. 1981]
Chapter 6 - typescript "first rough draft" [ca. 1981]
Articles & Reviews 1982-1985
Tapestries of Life - prospectus & publishing information 1983
"Bibliographical Comment" and Related Material 1984
Tapestries of Life - notes [ca.1986]
Articles, Essays & Reviews 1986-1990
Tapestries of Life [ca. 1988]
Chapter 1 - Ttypescript [ca. 1988]
Chapter 2 - typescript & reference notes [ca. 1988]
Chapter 4 - typescript [ca. 1988]
Chapter 5 - typescript & reference notes [ca. 1988]
Chapter 6 - typescript & reference notes [ca. 1988]
Articles, Drafts, Essays & Reviews 1991-1994
"Foreword" [to book edited by Herbert Shapiro] 1992
Arlene Avakian - "Afterword" 1992
Intimate Politics [ca.1995]
2 Composition notebooks n.d.
Notebook n.d.
Miscellaneous handwritten notes n.d.
Free Speech Movement Defendant statements n.d.
"First Light" draft withdrawn from Anthology n.d.
"Raw Material" n.d.
"Growing Up In The Communist Party" - draft holograph n.d.
"Berkeley Mosaic" - draft n.d.
"Berkeley Mosaic" - draft typescript n.d.
"A Lesbian Story" - draft typescript n.d.
"Intimate Politics - draft printout n.d.
"VI. A Lesbian Story (Brooklyn Tracks - Revised)" - draft holograph n.d.
"VII. A Lesbian Story" - draft manuscript n.d.
"VIII. An Opening of the Heart" - draft manuscript n.d.
"IX: " - draft holograph n.d.
Intimate Politics: Autobiography as Witness - manuscript n.d.
Reviews 2001-2002
"Gender Politics and the Free Speech Movement" [ca.2002]
Articles 2002-2005
If They Come in the Morning - includes international reviews from the United Kingdom, Germany (German title is Materialien zur Rassenjustiz); a review manuscript by Fannie [Surname Unknown]; an introduction by Glanton Dowell 1971-1972
The Academic Rebellion in the United States - Letter from Tom Black to the editor of Political Affairs; a student paper from Merril College; and rebuttals from Aptheker to a review in World Magazine and to a review by Donna Ristorucci. 1973-1974
The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis - letters to the editor of World Magazine by Doris Brin Walker; a book report a political science student 1973-1978
Woman's Legacy: Essays on Race, Sex and Class in American History - includes reader's reports from the publisher, and comments from editor Kathleen Barry 1981-1985
Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience - reviews 1989-1992
Intimate Politics: Autobiography as Witness - reviews undated
Speeches Subseries 3.4 1964-2006
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
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1976
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1981
1982
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2001
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2003
2004
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Activities Series 4 1964-1986
Activism Subseries 4.1 1964-1986
Letters to the Editor 1964-1973
Miscellaneous 1964-1977
Free Speech Movement 1964-1967
Communist Party - USA : University of California at Berkeley Forum 1967
Angela Davis Trial 1969-1971
People's World 1969-1975
San Quentin Six, Soledad Brothers, and other Prisoners 1971-1974
San Jose 24 Arrest (regarding Angela Davis trial) 1972
Davis Trial Jury Foreperson Mary Timothy 1972-1978
Marxist Study Series 1974-1978
Women's Centers 1975-1979
Communist Party - USA, Resolution on Women's Equality 1979
Feminist Songbooks 1982, 1986
American Sociological Association 1967
World Congress of Women 1969
Marxism and Women's Liberation 1971
Third Berkshire Conference on the History of Women 1976
Western States Communication Association 1976
Western Social Science Association 1977
"Structures and Strategies: A Bay Area Women's Studies Conference" 1978
Fourth Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 1978
Purdue University Conference on the Black Woman 1979
Teaching Women's History 1979
First National Scholarly Research Conference on Black Women 1979
Fifth Annual Midwest Marxist Scholars Conference 1980
Berkshire Forum 1980-1981
Fifth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women 1981
"Women's Studies and the Politics of Interconnection" 1982
Organization of American Historians 1982
"Afro-American Women and the Vote: 1837-1965" 1987
"Women: Culture, Conflict and Consensus" 1987
"Unfinished Liberation: Power, Identity, and Culture" 1998
Pacific Sociological Association 2002
Women's Studies Collective 1978-1982
Letters from Women's Studies Chairs to UCSC Administration 1984-1988
Theories and Methodologies of Women's Studies Research Group 1985
Department Reviews 1984-1991
Retreats 1996-2002
Executive Committee 1997-2000
Commemorative Journal 2000
Miscellaneous 1983-2002
Clippings & Newspapers Series 5 1965-2002
1965-1970
1974-1975
Jan-Mar 1976
Apr-Jun 1976
Jul-Aug 1976
Sep-Oct 1976
Nov-Dec 1976
Jan-Feb 1977
Mar-Apr 1977
May-Jun 1977
Jul-Aug 1977
Sep-Oct 1977
Nov-Dec 1977
Jan-Feb 1978
Mar-Apr 1978
May-Jun 1978
Jul-Aug 1978
Sep-Oct 1978
Nov-Dec 1978
Jan-Feb 1979
Mar-Apr 1979
May-Jun 1979
Jul-Aug 1979
Sep-Oct 1979
Nov-Dec 1979
Jan-Feb 1980
Mar-Apr 1980
May-Jun 1980
Jul-Aug 1980
Sep-Oct 1980
Nov-Dec 1980
Jan-Feb 1981
Mar-Apr 1981
May-Jun 1981
Jul-Aug 1981
Sep-Oct 1981
Nov-Dec 1981
1982-1983
1983-1984
1985
1986-1989
[Jack Kurzweil Tenure Case] 1971
[Feminism Method and Form] 1973-1981
"Women's Studies Articles" 1976-1978
"Iran/Mid-East/Muslim" 1979-1991
"Israel" 1978-1990
"Japan" 1979-1991
"Soviet Union" 1979-1991
"Rocky Horror" 1978
"Hist[ory of] Women's Lib[eration] Movements 1978
"Women and Work: Resources" 1978-1980
"Lesbian/Gay Rights" 1979-1992
1965-1970
"Africa" 1979-1991
"Central America" 1979-1992
"China" 1979-1991
"Cuba" 1979-1991
"Europe" 1978-1991
"Feminism, National Liberation and Socialism" ca. 1978-1981
"India" 1980-1990
"General Cross-Cultural" 1980-1990
"Southeast Asia/ Indonesia" 1980-1992
"South America" 1980-1991
[Native American Women] 1993
Articles on Bettina Aptheker 1962-2002
[Free Speech Movement] 1961-1992
[Free Speech Movement in The Daily Californian] 1984
Incomplete Articles n.d.
Free Angela 1965-1970
v.1:10 Aug 1971
v.1:11 Sep. 1971
v.1:12 Nov. 1971
Guardian, v.24:2 Oct. 13, 1971
People's World 1970
v.33:33 Aug.15,1970
v.33:34 Aug.22,1970
v.33:35 Aug.29,1970
v.33:36 Sep.5,1970
v.33:42 Oct.17,1970
Solidarity Newsletter, v.1:1 Nov 1971
Facsimile of The Daily Post Dispatch, v.77:316, "Bettina Legitimate! UC Yields - People Triumph! "No Cooptation!' She Vows" n.d.
Angela Y. Davis Trial Series 6 1969-1999
With Bettina Aptheker 1970-1972
Letters of Support 1971-1974
1971
1972, n.d.
1973-1974
Correspondence and Documents 1969-1997
"National United Committee to Free Angela Davis & All Political Prisoners" [NUCFAD] - Documents 1971-1972
Statement to Court & Court Paper No. 52613 1972
"FrameUp: A Weekly Trial Bulletin from NUCFAD" 1972
Items regarding the "Free Angela Davis" Movement 1969-1972
Newsletters ca. 1969-1972
Flyers, leaflets, pamphlets ca. 1971-1972
Booklets ca. 1969-1972
"Libertad para Angela Davis" [45rpm vinyl records] n.d.
Berrigan, Daniel ca. 1972
Cohen, Robert S. 1971
Huggins, Ericka 1971
Lukács, Georg 1971
Robertson, Andrew David 1972
"Random Reflection In/On Jail", by Angela Davis n.d.
"A Reply to Henry Winston's Article The Meaning of San Rafael" 1970-1972
"The Soledad Brothers" by Angela Davis ca. 1970-1972
[Ericka Huggins & Angela Davis book; Includes "On the 8th Anniversary of the Birmingham Church Bombing"] [ca. 1971]
"II. The Generations" ca. 1970-1972
"Outline for Opening Statement" - first draft by Angela Davis ca. 1971
"Women & Capitalism" (Unpublished Manuscript) 1971
"To the Reverend Abernathy, Brothers and Sisters" by Angela Davis 1971
"The New York Arrest" n.d.
"Introduction to Ericka's Poems" n.d.
"Incidental Reflections on the Cuban Revolution" n.d.
"Women Fighting Back in the House of D." n.d.
"Women's House of Detention, New York, Floor No. 4" n.d.
"Political Prisoners, Prisons & Black Liberation" by Angela Davis 1971
"Reflections on the Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves" by Angela Davis ca. 1971
"The Case of Joanne Little and the Dialectics of Rape" by Angela Davis 1975
Publicity for "If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance" 1971
Related Material Subseries 6.3 1969-1999, n.d.
Flyers & Court Documents re George Jackson & the San Quentin Six 1970-1973
Clippings about George Jackson 1970-1971
Documents on Ruchell Magee 1971-1973
Soledad Brothers & the San Quentin Six - Documents 1970-1972
"Open Address to the Public" by Ruchell Magee 1973
"The Constitutional Rights of Communist Teachers and the Angela Davis Case" by John Somerville 1972
"A Theme on Political Prisoners Sketched in San Quentin Prison (April, May 1972)" by Luis N. Talamantez 1972
"Untitled" (sic) by Wayne Webb and Walter Baynard 1973
Photocopies of newspaper clippings 1969-1999
"Movement" v.6:1 Feb-Mar 1970
2 Oversize Posters ca. 1971
Oversize Articles [photocopied] ca. 1971
Scrapbook [on the Angela Davis Trial] 1970-1972
Polaroids 1980, n.d.
30 approx. 3½" x 5" b/w photographs 1945-1984, n.d.
28 approx. 3½" x 5" color photographs 1958-1990, n.d.
45 (4x6), 4 (5x7) color photos, 7 (5x7) b/w photos 1992-1998, n.d.
27 approx. (8x10) b/w photos, and 1 color photograph 1965-1999, n.d.
3 (11x14) portraits of Bettina F. Aptheker [by Anne Berry] 1980, n.d.
CDs
"Bettina Aptheker: Introduction to Feminisms"
"Placing Women at the Center of Our Thinking" Sep.30, 2003
"Telling Our Stories" Oct.9, 2003
"Loving Women, Gender Bending, and Sexuality" Oct.21, 2003
"Wo Sind die Frauen in der Amerikanischen Politik? INPUT vom 15. CD 1-2" (Schweizer Radio, DRS) October 2000
"The We That Sets Us Free: Building a World Without Prisons", October 2004
Microfilm
"Ida B. Wells Research" University of Chicago Regenstein Library Photoduplication, 35mm n.d.
"Nazi Archives Berlin GDR 1969" documents, Geheime Staatspolizei #1381 A4, #1372, 35mm 1969
7" Audio Reels
Colin D. Edwards reports from the scene on "The Berkeley Free Speech Movement", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Matinee, Sep.13, 1967
"Seminar on Du Bois, Dr. Herbert Aptheker, Lecture #1", Hostos Community College, Sep. 13, 1973
VHS Videotapes
UCSC Alumni Association 2001 Awards Luncheon, 2/3/2001
Mario Savio Memorial Service, UCB, tapes 1-2, 12/ 8/1996
KPFA - Bettina Aptheker, Jan. 1998
"Intro to Feminisms - Bettina Aptheker", n.d.
"California State University, Northridge, Phenomenal Women Awards Ceremony", 10/7/2000
"Gender and Relationships: Male-Female Differences in Love and Marriage" A Dane Archer Film, n.d.
"Shining in the Light of Freedom #4", n.d.
"Children of the Radical Left with Bettina Aptheker, Marge Frantz, Marianne Ware", 4/12/1999
Audiocassettes
"Bettina Aptheker", 4/39/1992
"The Story of the Free Speech Movement", tapes 1-3 1984
"Bettina Aptheker, interviewed by Janice Goldfrank of the W.E.B. Collective", 9/11/1982
"History of Women", B. Apthekar (sic), 5/27/1981
"Aptheker", 9/25/1993
"Meridel le Seu" [Sueur?], 12/1/1981
"Socialism: Woman's Perspective"; Bettina Aptheker, tapes 1-2 12/3/1977
"Feminism: Sex vs. Race (Bettina Aptheker), Marxist Study Series, Santa Cruz", tapes 1-2, 11/19/1977
"Savio obit" 11/6/1996
"Free Speech Movement 20th Anniversary" - Noon Rally, Mario Savio et al, 10/2/1984
OAH Convention, Atlanta Georgia, 4/9/1977
"Bettina Aptheker", Nov. 1980
"Bettina Aptheker on the Edge & Centered with Sharon Bard", 2/21/1997
"My Sisters' House", Tape 1-2, 10/26/1995
"From the Bookshelf: Bettina Aptheker" 5/3/1999
"Women's Studies 80A", Jakie Goldberg Lecture, 4/11/1991
"Radio Curious, Barry Vogel 1.Bettina Aptheker 2. Sally R. Wagner as Matilda Joslyn Gage, n.d.
"Radio Curious, Barry Vogel 1.Sally Ann Drucker as Krancis Wright, Maria W. Stewart, n.d.
Vinyl LPs
"Malvina" Cassandra Records CFS-2807, n.d.
"Is Freedom Academic?" KPFA-Pacifica Radio, n.d.
"Freedom in the Air; a documentary on Albany, Georgia", SNCC-101, 1961/1962
"Seize the Time; Elaine Brown, Black Panther Party" Vault Stereo 131, n.d.
"Mama Lion: Songs by Malvina Reynolds" Cassandra Records CR 050, n.d.
"The Poetry of Maya Angelou" Perception Records PLP 32, n.d.
"Negro Prison Songs: Mississippi State Penitentiary" recorded Alan Lomax Tradition Records TLP 1020, n.d.
"The Original Confession of Nat Turner . . . read by Brock Peters" CMS Records CMS 539, n.d.
"Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers" Folkways Records FA 2468, n.d.
Unprocessed additions
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession 2015.036: Additions to Aptheker papers circa 2009-2015
Correspondence, awards, copy of undergraduate paper 1967, 2009-2012
Framed portrait of Bettina Aptheker
Accession 2020.003: Additions to Aptheker papers circa 1980-2019
Correspondence, notes, proposals related to general professional activities circa 2007-2019
Research and/or course files, correspondence, lecture slides circa 1980-2000
Correspondence (ca. 2010-2016), lecture notes, research files (ca. 1990s)
Course files, research files, lecture notes, interviews, writings, correspondence related to professional activities circa 1990-2017
Journals including travels, Florence Lake, Pacific Grove; Women's Studies Dept. and work notes, research notes, early drafts of book chapters circa late 1970s-1990s
Course files, research files, correspondence circa 2001-2019
Course files, correspondence, lectures, professional activities 1989, circa 2012-2019
Course files, research files circa 2009-2011
Accession 2022.047: Additions to Aptheker papers circa 1940s-2018
Datebooks circa 1990s-2000s
Datebooks, correspondence, special project files, UCSC Feminist Studies files circa 2005-2018
Reviews, essays, speeches, lectures, correspondence, course files, workshop and conference files, project files, typescripts of "A Labor of Love: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness and the Meaning of Daily Life" (1981), notebooks circa 1981-2011
Reviews, Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies UC presidential chair file, special project files, typescripts of "Communists in Closets Queering the History 1930s–1990s" and related collected archival ephemera circa 1940s-2014