Linda Birner Mom Guess What collection MS0138

Sabrina Holecko

Center for Sacramento History

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History

Title: Linda Birner Mom Guess What collection

creator: Birner, Linda

Identifier/Call Number: MS0138

Physical Description: 22 Linear Feet (6 cartons, 7 oversized boxes, 2 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, and 3 shoeboxes)

Date (inclusive): 1925-2022

Date (bulk): 1970-2022

Abstract: The Linda Birner Mom Guess What collection documents founder of Mom Guess What newspaper, Linda Birner's, interest in spreading information about the LGBT community in Sacramento during the 1970s through the 2020s. Material dates from 1925 to 2022, with the bulk from 1970 to 2022. The collection consists of MGW newspaper publications, papers, artifacts, media, and photographic material as well as Birner's personal photographic material, papers, media, correspondence, and collected material, including books and newspaper clippings.

Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English

Publication Rights

All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to the archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

Access

Collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item, prepared according to standard citation style such as MLA, ALA, or Turabian], [2022/031], Linda Birner Mom Guess What Collection, Center for Sacramento History.

Acquisition Information

Donated from Linda Birner in 2022 and 2023 (accession number 2022/031 and 2023/039).

Processing Information

Processing by Sabrina Holecko, 2022.

Biographical / Historical

Linda Birner was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on January 21, 1949. Her family moved to Timberlake, Ohio before relocating to Sacramento in 1962 when her father took a position with Aerojet. She graduated from Mira Loma High School and California State University, Sacramento with a degree in journalism and psychology.

Under the mentorship of the editor of the Sacramento Bee, C.K. McClatchy, Birner founded one of the first LGBT newspapers in Sacramento County in November of 1978. Named after a popular coming out phrase, Mom…Guess What! (MGW) newspaper was created in response to Proposition Six sponsored by State Senator John Briggs. A distressing time for the gay and lesbian community, Proposition Six was a California ballot measure that proposed to ban gay and lesbian people as well as their supporters from teaching in public schools. On November 7, 1978, Californians voted down the measure. MGW newspaper went to press to advocate against this measure and continued to be a place for LGBT folks to learn their community news and help educate heterosexual people for many years.

In addition to educating the LGBT community and their allies, Birner was heavily involved in the Sacramento community. She received the Sacramento YWCA Outstanding Women award in 1985 and recognition for serving on the Human Rights Commission from 1977 until 1981. She served as an advisor to the Sacramento City Police Department and the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and was involved in the Renaissance Society among many other organizations and causes. Her 40th birthday was celebrated at the Benefit for the Sacramento AIDS Foundations' Hand to Hand Project and Hope for House hosted by Jane Fonda. In her personal life, Birner was an avid equestrian, race car driver, recreational sailor, and owner of dogs, specifically schnauzers.

In 2004, Birner no longer controlled MGW. Eventually, it became Guess What Media, LLC.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Linda Birner Mom Guess What collection consists of 22 linear feet. The first series is arranged into seven subseries reflecting the personal life of Linda Birner. Birner's personal life was interwoven with her professional standing as an LGBTQ businesswoman in the Sacramento area. This is most clearly documented in her correspondences and subject files, her contacts and cards, her personal photographic material, and her collected LGBTQ materials. Also represented in this series are her hobbies in horse riding and sailing since she was a child, race car driving from a young adult, and a love of dogs. Her calendars from 1960-2022 document her busy lifestyle with MGW and her personal commitments in the Sacramento community.

The second series highlights MGW newspaper records and newspapers that Birner kept, including her notes and research over the years, a few templates of front pages, tapes of interviews, photographs and negatives of Birner and staff at parties, and MGW newspaper in other publications such as the Sacramento Bee. This collection also includes MGW newspaper publications from 1980 until 2003 that compliments the collection of MGW newspaper publications in the Allen Chamberlin LGBTQ Newspaper Collection (MS0024). The title of the newspaper has changed over the years, including Mom…Guess What…!, Mom Guess What newspaper, MGW newspaper, and MGW newsmagazine.

The third series documents Birner's involvement in the Sacramento community in addition to the Mom Guess What newspaper business. It documents her training and involvement with the Sacramento police from 1994-2004 in a gay and lesbian advisory position. Birner participated in other organizations and causes in the Sacramento community, including the Renaissance Society (2019-2021) and the California Capital Political Action Committee CAL/PAC (1998-2001). The Snow White Ball, which Birner organized for over 20 years, is documented in photographs and negatives from 1970 until 2000.

The fourth series illustrates the Birner and Dean family through photographs and film from 1925 until the 1970s.

The fifth series looks at LGBTQ publications Birner received with personalized notes from the authors and friends or highlighted areas and marginal notes.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 5 series: Series 1. Personal files, ca. 1950-2022 Series 2. Mom Guess What newspaper, ca. 1970-2020 Series 3. Community involvement, ca. 1970-2021 Series 4. Birner family, ca. 1925-2010 Series 5. Publications, 1974-2013

Related Materials

The Allen Chamberlin LGBTQ Newspaper Collection (MS0024) and the Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange (LLACE) collection (MS0078) at CSH also contain LGBT material

Separated Materials

Artifacts have been separated from the archival material. These include several MGW T-shirts, a MGW clock, award plaques, Sacramento's Horsemen's Association ribbons, political pins, Linda Birner's Austin Healey Sprite racing suit, a 1992 Pride Power water bottle, two MGW license plates, MGW pens, a MGW watch, a MGW canvas picture, two MGW nameplates, and a Sacramento Equality Night towel. They have been assigned object numbers (2022/031/002-053).

Deaccession Note

All driver's licenses and passports were removed for personal privacy. Sabrina Holecko, 7/22/2022.

All receipts were removed from the collection for financial privacy. Sabrina Holcko, 7/22/2022.

Some correspondences and photos were removed from the collection due to Personal Identifying Information (PII) and personal privacy. Sabrina Holecko, 7/22/2022.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gays -- Periodicals

Lesbians -- Periodicals

Gay Liberation Movement -- California -- Periodicals

Homosexuality -- California -- Newspapers

Gay Activists -- California -- Newspapers

Sacramento (Calif.) -- Newspapers

Women's Rights -- California

AIDS (Disease) -- Social Aspects

Series 1. Personal records ca. 1950-2022

Physical Description: 49 folder

Physical Description: 2 Oversized box

Series Scope and Content Summary

The personal files series is divided into six subseries: contacts and cards, correspondence and subject files, calendars, hobbies, personal photographic material, and collected material and trips. They consist of paper material, audio material, audio visual material, newspapers, ephemera, and a large part of photographic material, including prints, negatives, and slides. This series documents personal relationships Birner established through her personal and business doings in her life and in the Sacramento community. The inclusive and informative mission of MGW blended into the personal life of Birner as this series highlights. Subseries 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, and 1.6 are arranged alphabetically within their respective subseries. Subseries 1.3, and 1.5 are arranged chronologically within their respective subseries.

Subseries 1.1. Contacts and cards ca. 1971-2021

box 1, folder 1

Cards and Invitations ca. 1988-2021

box 1, folder 2

Contact business cards ca. 1971-2020

box 1, folder 3-4

Contacts and phone numbers ca. 1975-2019

Subseries 1.2. Correspondence and subject files ca. 1965-2022

box 19, folder 14

Correspondence ca. 1975-2021

box 1, folder 5

Correspondence ca. 1988-2021

box 1, folder 6

Michael Mary Addison ca. 1970-1999

box 1, folder 7

Zana Blazer ca. 1972-1985

box 1, folder 8

Barb Hoffman ca. 1969-1975

box 1, folder 9

Phyllis Kaufman 1984

box 1, folder 10

Marty Kurz ca. 1979-1989

box 1, folder 11

Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin ca. 1976-2020

box 1, folder 12

Mary McGarr ca. 1965-1979

box 1, folder 13

Lynn Ohlson ca. 1993-1994

box 1, folder 14

Anne Rudin ca. 1983-2021

box 1, folder 15

Mary Secor ca. 1990-2000

box 1, folder 16

Doris Solomon ca. 1968-2007

box 19, folder 2

Newspaper association memberships and information papers 1989-1993

box 19, folder 3

Tim Kelleher correspondence 1992-1994

box 19, folder 13

Birner's article submission with the California Elected Women's Association for Education and Research for the Center for the American Woman and Politics 1976

box 19, folder 15

Sandy Smoley letter 1976-06-25

Subseries 1.3. Calendars 1960-2022

box 1, folder 17

Calendar 1969-1976

box 1, folder 18

Calendar 1977; 1979-1985

box 1, folder 19

Calendar 1986-1990

box 1, folder 20, box 2, folder 1

Calendar 1991-2000

box 2, folder 2

Calendar 2003-2005

box 2, folder 3

Calendar 2006-2009

box 2, folder 4

Calendar 2010-2019

box 2, folder 5

Calendar 2019-2022

box 2, folder 6

Address book ca. 1960-1980

Subseries 1.4. Hobbies ca. 1950-2020

box 17, folder 3

Blimp photograph undated

box 2, folder 7

Dog photographic material ca. 1960-2020

box 2, folder 8

Flying photographic material and papers ca. 1965-2000

box 2, folder 9-10

Horse riding photographic material ca. 1960-2010

box 2, folder 11

Race car photographic material ca. 1965-2010

Physical Location: Oversized materials removied to box 17, folder 3.

box 13

Sequita horse race VHS undated

box 2, folder 12-13

Sailing photographic material and papers ca. 1960-2010

Physical Description: Oversized materials removed to box 17, folder 3.

box 13

Sailing VHS undated

Subseries 1.5. Personal photographic material ca. 1950-2020

case 14

Flash drives, cassettes, and VHS undated

box 17, folder 5

Personal photograph collage ca. 1960-2010

box 2, folder 14

Personal negatives ca. 1950-2010

box 2, folder 15

Personal photo album ca. 1965-1989

box 3, folder 1

Personal photo album ca. 1971-1973

box 3, folder 2-3

Personal photo album ca. 1974-1979

box 3, folder 4-6

Personal photographic material ca. 1967-1979

box 3, folder 7

Personal photographic material ca. 1980-1989

box 3, folder 8-9

Personal photographic material ca. 1990-1999

box 3, folder 10

Personal photographic material ca. 2000-2020

box 19, folder 8

Queen Elizabeth in Sacramento photographs ca. 1980-1989

Subseries 1.6. Collected material and trips 1978-2019

box 19, folder 1

Barbara Brass and Pat Thompson prints and Surviving the Silence: A Love Story film promotional material and correspondence ca. 2013; 2018

box 3, folder 11, box 17, folder 6

LGBTQ collected material 1978-2019

box 3, folder 12

London Trip 1998

box 4, folder 1

London trip photographic materials and correspondence 1998

box 4, folder 2

Olivia lesbian Cabo resort trip 2019

Drawer MC 10:03, folder 1

Word is Out poster ca. 1977

box 10, folder 15-17, box 16, folder 2-3

Daniel E. Shapiro portfolio ca. 1975-1990

Series 2. Mom Guess What newspaper ca. 1970-2020

Series Scope and Content Summary

The second series, Mom Guess What newspaper, consists of notes, audio visual material, a large part of photographic material, newspapers, and newspaper clippings. Many of the audio-visual material are interviews of Linda Birner for MGW newspaper. The photographic material consists of prints and negatives of staff members and professional headshots of Linda Birner. Handwritten by Birner, the notes and research papers consist of reminders and thoughts on different interactions and stories throughout Birner's life, including MGW newspaper. The oversized material consists of a few templates of layouts and large front-page negatives and prints. The largest part of this series is the subseries of MGW newspaper publications that range from 1978-2003. A compliment to this collection of newspapers is the Allen Chamberlin LGBTQ Newspaper Collection (MS0024) that also has issues of MGW from 1978-2009. The final subseries contains two Dad Guess What newspapers, matted promotional front-page issues of MGW introducing DGW, a zip drive of DGW issues, and a few front-page negatives of DGW issues. The first and third subseries are arranged alphabetically and the second is arranged chronologically.

Subseries 2.1. Mom Guess What newspaper records ca. 1970-2020

case 14

Legends of Courage: The story of Rosemary Metrailer DVD 2013

box 19, folder 5

Legends of Courage and Rosemary Metrailer - Birner's notes and papers 2013

box 19, folder 4

MGW accounts receivable 2002

box 4, folder 3

MGW files ca. 1980-2020

box 4, folder 4-6

MGW personal photographic material ca. 1970-2010

box 4, folder 7, box 17, folder 1

MGW in publications ca. 1981-2020

box 4, folder 8

MGW research and notes ca. 1970-2020

box 13, case 14, box 15

MGW floppy discs, cassettes, zip drives, CDs, and VHS undated

box 16, folder 5

MGW front page photographs, negatives, and comic strip artwork ca. 1978-2010

box 17, folder 2

MGW front page layout templates, photographs, and Prop 6 signs ca. 1978-2010

Subseries 2.2. Mom Guess What newspapers 1980-2003

box 5

Mom Guess What, Issue No. 20 1980-06

box 5

Mom Guess What, Issue No. 50 1983-01

box 5

Mom Guess What 1983-05

box 5

Mom Guess What, Issue No. 105 1987-08

box 5

Mom Guess What, Issue No. 107 1987-11

box 5

Mom Guess What, Issue No. 118 1988-10

box 5

Mom Guess What, Issue No. 119 1988-11

box 5

Mom Guess What, Issue No. 124 1989-04

box 5

Mom Guess What, Issue No. 125 1989-05

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 127 1989-07

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 128 1989-08-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 129 1989-08-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 130 1989-09-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 131 1989-09-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 132 1989-10-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 133 1989-10-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 134 1989-11-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 135 1989-11-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 136 1989-12-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 137 1989-12-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No.138 1990-01-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 139 1990-01-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 141 1990-02-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 142 1990-03-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 143 1990-03-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 145 1990-04-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 146 1990-05-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 148 1990-06-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 149 1990-06-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 150 1990-07-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 151 1990-07-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 152 1990-08-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 153 1990-08-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 154 1990-09-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 155 1990-09-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 156 1990-10-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 157 1990-10-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 157 1990-11-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 158 1990-11-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 159 1990-12-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 161 1991-01-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 162 1991-01-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 163 1990-02-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 164 1990-02-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 165 1991-03-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 166 1991-03-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 169 1991-05-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 170 1991-05-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 171 1991-06-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 172 1991-06-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 173 1991-07-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 174 1991-07-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 175 1991-08-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 176 1991-08-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue no. 177 1991-09-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 178 1991-09-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 179 1991-10-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 180 1991-10-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 181 1991-11-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 182 1991-12-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 183 1991-12-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 185 1992-01-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 186 1992-01-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 187 1992-02-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 188 1992-02-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 189 1992-03-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 190 1992-03-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 191 1992-04-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 192 1992-04-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 193 1992-05-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 194 1992-05-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 195 1992-06-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 196 1992-06-15

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 197 1992-07-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 198 1992-07-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 15, Issue No. 199 1992-08-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 16, Issue No. 205 1992-11-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 20, Issue No. 352 1998-12-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 353 1999-01-01

box 8

Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 354 1999-01-15

box 8

Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 355 1999-02-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 360 1999-05-01

box 8

Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 361 1999-05-15

box 8

Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 363 1999-06-15

box 8

Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 364 1999-07-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 365 1999-07-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 366 1999-08-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 367 1999-08-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 368 1999-09-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 369 1999-09-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 370 1999-10-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 21, Issue No. 371 1999-10-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 371 1999-11-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 373 1999-11-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 374 1999-12-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 377 2000-01-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 378 2000-02-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 379 2000-02-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 380 2000-03-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 381 2000-03-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 381 2000-04-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 382 2000-04-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 22, Issue No. 389 2000-08-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 23, Issue No. 406 2001-05-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 23, Issue No. 408 2001-06-01

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Mom Guess What, Issue No. 413 2001-08-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 24, Issue No. 422 2002-01-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 24, Issue No. 425 2002-02-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 24, Issue No. 429 2002-04-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 24, Issue No. 433 2002-06-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 24, Issue No. 434 2002-07-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 24, Issue No. 435 2002-07-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 24, Issue No. 436 2002-08-01

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Mom Guess What 2002-08-15

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Mom Guess What 2002-09-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 25, Issue No. 440 2002-10-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 25, Issue No. 444 2002-12-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issues No. 445 and No. 446 2002-12-15; 2003-01-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 447 2003-01-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 448 2003-02-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 450 2003-03-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 451 2003-03-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 452 2003-04-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 454 2003-05-01

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 455 2003-05-15

box 8

Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 459 2003-07-15

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Mom Guess What, Volume 26, Issue No. 465 2003-11-01

Subseries 2.3. Dad Guess What ca. 1978-1996

box 4, folder 9

Dad Guess What newspaper 1979-06; 1996-03-01

box 13

DGW issues zip drive undated

box 16, folder 4

DGW advertisement material and front-page negatives and photographs ca. 1979-1996

Series 3. Community involvement ca. 1970-2021

Series Scope and Content Summary

Like her personal life, Birner's community involvement intertwined with MGW and the LGBTQ community. This series holds several binders of papers documenting Birner's relationship with the Sacramento Police department on an advisory committee for the LGBTQ community. The Snow White ball that Linda personally planned and organized for the community consists mostly of photographic material as well as recognition for her 40th birthday. The rest of the series chronicles her commitment to equality for women and the LGBTQ community as well as the betterment of the broader Sacramento community. This series is arranged alphabetically.

box 4, folder 10

40th Birthday and Jane Fonda photographic material 1989

box 4, folder 11

Awards ca. 1984-2001

box 4, folder 12

California Capital Political Action Committee (CAP/PAC) photographs, negatives, and papers ca. 1998-2001

box 4, folder 13

Center for Spiritual Awareness 2019

box 4, folder 14

Committees, meetings, and organizations material ca. 1970-2010

box 4, folder 15, box 9, folder 1

District Attorney's citizens academy binder 2003

box 9, folder 2

Greg Slocum Wall 2001

box 19, folder 6

Greg Slocum Wall photographs and community for Responsible Light Rail updates 2001-2002

box 19, folder 7

Renaissance Society newsletter - Birner biographies 2020

box 9, folder 14-15

Renaissance Society papers 2019-2021

box 19, folder 9

Sacramento Art and Games Association Bowling Team Garden and Yard Tour benefit programs 1996-06-16; 1997-05-18

box 9, folder 3-4

Sacramento gay and lesbian police advisory committee binder ca. 1995-1997

box 9, folder 5

Sacramento gay and lesbian police advisory committee binder 2001; 2004

box 9, folder 6-8

Sacramento police department citizens police academy binder 1994-1997

box 9, folder 9

Snow White ball ca. 1970-1979

box 9, folder 10-11

Snow White ball ca. 1980-1989

box 9, folder 12-13

Snow White ball ca. 1990-2000

Series 4. Birner family ca. 1925-2010

Series Scope and Content Summary

The fourth series, Birner family, is largely comprised of photographic material documenting the Birner family and Linda from her birth to her childhood in Timberlake, Ohio to her teenage and college years at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). The home videos consist of young Linda and her family on Christmas, vacations, and engaging in activities such as picnics and playing with their dogs. This series is arranged alphabetically.

box 10, folder 1

Carol Dean and Richard Birner wedding book 1946

box 10, folder 2-3

College papers and slides ca. 1967-1972

box 16, folder 1

CSUS poster projects ca. 1967-1972

box 18

College film ca. 1967-1972

box 18

Birner family home videotapes 1952-1969

box 10, folder 4

Birner family papers 1958-1977

box 10, folder 5

Birner family photo album 1958-1965

box 10, folder 6

Birner family photo album 1959-1963

box 10, folder 7

Birner family photo album 1966-1968

box 10, folder 8

Birner family photographic material 1925-2010

box 10, folder 9

Birner family photographic material 1950-1959

box 10, folder 10

Birner family photographic material 1960-1969

box 10, folder 11

Birner family photographic material 1970-2010

box 10, folder 12-13

Birner family photographic material ca. 1925-2010

box 17, folder 4

Birner family photographs ca. 1949-1959

box 19, folder 10

Birner and Sockolov correspondence 1960-1980

box 10, folder 14

Dean family Toledo, Ohio trip and Dean family photographs 1935-1984

box 19, folder 12

Linda Birner school graduation programs 1967-1972

box 19, folder 11

Timberlake, Ohio file papers ca. 1997-2009

Series 5. Publications 1974-2013

Series Scope and Content Summary

The fifth series, publications, consists of LGBTQ-related published books sent or given to Birner with personalized notes and marginal comments.

box 11

Sacramento Renaissance: Art, music, and activism in California's capital city by William Burg 2013

box 11

Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forest 1983

box 11

The Gay and Lesbian Self-Esteem Book by Kimeron N. Hardin, Ph.D. 1999

box 11

Lesbian/woman by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon 1983

box 11

Lesbian/woman by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon (20th anniversary) 1991

box 11

The Two Headed Dragon: Exploring the gifts of AIDS by Sean Hoag, L.C.S.W. 2000

box 11

The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories Edited by Margaret Reynolds 1994

box 12

The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren 1974

box 12

Harlan's Race by Patricia Nell Warren 1994