Carolyn Weathers papers, 1971-2010 LSC.2223
Finding aid prepared by Stacy Wood, 2014; Sabrina Ponce, 2017; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Finding aid last updated 31 January 2018.
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Title: Carolyn Weathers papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2223
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1971-2010
Abstract: Carolyn Weathers is a lesbian activist and publisher. This collection contain flyers, brochures, publications, and other materials
related to the operation of Clothespin Fever Press, a lesbian press founded by Carolyn Weathers and Jenny Wrenn in the 1980s.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button
located on this page.
Creator:
Weathers, Carolyn
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections material must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
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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.
[Identification of item], Carolyn Weathers Papers (Collection 2223). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance unknown.
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 .
This collection was processed by Stacy Wood, March 2014. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by
Sabrina Ponce in 2017.
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.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7594284
Born in 1941, Carolyn Weathers is the daughter of a Southern Baptist preacher. She moved to Los Angeles after being expelled
from a Texas University when she came out as a lesbian. She was an enthusiastic participant in the pre-Stonewall bar scene
in San Antonio, Texas and in the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Women's Liberation Front at the Women's Center of Los Angeles.
She was a co-publisher with artist Jenny Wrenn, of Clothespin Fever Press, a now defunct lesbian book publishing company that
operated from 1986-1994. Her stories and remembrances are included in
Gay LA: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics and Lipstick Lesbians by Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons as well as in
Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975 edited by Barbara Love. She also wrote a memoir, titled
Her Leaving Texas (1986). After retiring from her job as a public librarian for the Los Angeles Public Library, she began writing the column
"True Life Lesbian Adventures" for the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives. Weathers was awarded with an LGBT Heritage Award by
the City of Los Angeles In June 2015.
This collection contain flyers, brochures, publications, and other materials related to the operation of Clothespin Fever
Press, a lesbian press founded by Carolyn Weathers and Jenny Wrenn in the 1980s.
Materials arranged by type.
Carolyn Weathers Photographs and Papers, Coll2014-008, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. All requests to
access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clothespin Fever Press -- Archives.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Weathers, Carolyn -- Archives
Feminist literature--Publishing.
Lesbian activists--California--Archives.
Box 1, Folders 1-2
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 5
Clothespin Fever Press catalogs 1990-2004
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 7
Box 1, Folder 8
Box 1, Folder 9
Box 1, Folder 10
Box 2
Audiovisual materials 1971-2010
Includes recordings of Weathers' poetry readings, performances, interviews and other material related to Weather's career
as a publisher and activist. Contains one VHS cassette, one audio disc, 9 DVDs with videorecordings, 1 DVD with slides, 3
audiocassettes, and one DVD titled "HomoFiles 6/30/2010 Marie Cartier + Carolyn Weathers" of unknown material.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital
materials you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.