Finding aid to the Norma L. Roos and Virginia C. Kaitchuck photographs, 1919-1990 Coll2017-006
Sophie Frank
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
© 2017
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Norma L. Roos and Virginia C. Kaitchuck photographs
creator:
Roos, Norma L., 1919-1999
creator:
Kaitchuck, Virginia C., 1919-2001
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2017-006
Physical Description:
1.3 Linear Feet
5 boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1919-1990
Abstract: Photographs, negatives, correspondence, and drawings, circa 1919-1990, from Norma Roos and Virginia Kaitchuck, who lived together
in Chicago, Illinois. The photographs document Roos and Kaitchuck's personal life in Chicago, Illinois; particularly, their
social and leisure activities, including all-women house parties, visits to bars, softball games, outings to the zoo, trips
to swim in a lake, and their daily life around the house.
Biographical / Historical
Norma L. Roos was born in Illinois in 1919, and she died in 1999. Virginia C. Kaitchuck was born in Illinois in 1919 and
died in 2001. The couple lived most of their lives together at their home in the East Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago,
Illinois.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Patrick Gourley, February 22, 2017.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Norma L. Roos and Virginia C. Kaitchuck Photographs, Coll2017-006, ONE National Gay and Lesbian
Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Sophie Frank, 2017.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes photographs, negatives, correspondence, drawings, circa 1919-1990, from lesbian couple Norma Roos
and Virginia Kaitchuck. The photographs document Roos and Kaitchuck's personal life in Chicago, Illinois; particularly, their
social and leisure activities, including all-women house parties, visits to bars, outings to the zoo, and trips to swim in
a lake. These photos also depict scenes from their daily life around the house and visits from their biological relatives.
This collection includes photographs from Roos' childhood and adolescence, as well as her participation in the National Girls
Baseball League during the 1940s.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs
Lesbian couples -- Illinois -- Chicago
Women baseball players
Box 1
[Dated photographs] Norma's childhood and adolescence; softball; swimming; camping and travel; house parties; birthday parties;
dogs
1919-1980
Box 1
[Envelope #1] Kids; Christmas
undated
Box 1
[Envelope #2] Fishing
undated
Box 1
[Envelope #4] Around the house
undated
Box 1
[Envelope #5] Travel
undated
Box 1
[Envelope #6] Snowstorm
undated
Box 1
[Envelope #7] House party
undated
Box 1
[Envelope #8] Negatives
undated
Box 1
Norma's childhood; older photographs; postcards
undated
Box 2
Bowling league; women in the woods; women swimming; other couples
undated
Box 2
Zoo; dogs; around the house; house party; bar and drinking
undated
Box 2
Softball; at home and leisure; house parties; trip to Washington, D.C.; co-ed New Year's party; images of TV; zoo
undated
Box 3
Bar; children; swimming; cars; softball; dogs
undated
Box 3
Softball; swimming; biological family
undated
Box 3
Christmas; pets: bird and dog; birthday party; house parties; bars; Norma photoshoot; around the house
undated
Box 4
[Larger photographs] Travel; softball; dogs
undated
Box 4
Norma's illustrations of dogs
1940-1941
Box 4
Photograph album
1947-1948
Box 5, Folder 4
Miscellaneous papers
1932-1990
