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Finding Aid for the Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles records, 1985-1995
1986
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Title: Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles records
Date (inclusive): 1985-1995
Collection number: 1986
Creator:
Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles.
Extent:
2 document boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: The Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles (LNLA) was formed in 1985 as a consciousness-raising group for registered nurses (RNs) who
commonly shared one thing: "being a woman, being a feminist, and being a lesbian." The LNLA Records hold organizational documents,
flyers, newsletters, news articles, community correspondences, and member mini-autobiographies, as well as group memorabilia.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary 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 of Amanda Walker, 1995. This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June L.
Mazer Lesbian Archives, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the UCLA Library.
Processed by Kimberlee Granholm, 2012.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
[Identification of item], Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles records (Collection 1986). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7103348
Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles (LNLA) was formed in 1985 from one RN's desire to identify with other lesbian nurses and to
encourage unity within the field. As part of the group's mission, LNLA combined both social and political energies related
to issues on professional nursing, homophobia, discrimination, and identifying as a woman, feminist and lesbian. Meetings,
conducted monthly in members' homes and accompanied by a potluck, focused on consciousness-raising, and often included a special
topics presentation, guest speaker, and group discussion. LNLA also participated in marches and parades (for instance, annual
involvement in the Christopher St. West Parade), and actively collaborated with other community groups.
The Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles Records include organizational documents such as mission and purpose statements, by-laws,
meeting minutes, attendance records, flyers, newsletters, news articles, and member autobiographies. Also included is information
regarding LNLA's 1990 involvement in Suzann Gage v. Santa Monica College, ACLA correspondences, and LNLA memorabilia including
a scrapbook, t-shirt, and buttons.
Materials arranged according to subject.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lesbian Nurses of Los Angeles --Archives.
Lesbian nurses --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.