Finding Aid for the Lesbian Visibility Week records,
1990-1992
LSC.1948
Finding aid prepared by Stacy Wood, 2011 and Sabrina Ponce, 2016; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Online finding aid last updated 4 August 2017
Title: Lesbian Visibility Week Records
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1948
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 document box)
Date (inclusive): 1990-1992
Abstract: Lesbian Visibility Week is a week-long event devoted to raising awareness of lesbian issues and identities, and raising and
celebrating the profile of the lesbian community. It is a combination of cultural programming, workshops addressing current
and impending needs, awards ceremonies, and social events. It is co-sponsored by the West Hollywood Lesbian Visibility Committee
and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center and is funded in part by the city of West Hollywood. This collection contains materials
pertaining to the planning and execution of Lesbian Visibility Week in West Hollywood, California for the years 1990 through
1992.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
West Hollywood Lesbian Visibility Committee
Conditions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Conditions on Use and Reproduction
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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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lesbian Visibility Week Records (Collection 1948). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2011. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2016.
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.
Biography
Lesbian Visibility Week is a week-long event devoted to raising awareness around lesbian issues and identities, raising the
profile of the lesbian community and celebrating. It is a combination of cultural programming, workshops addressing current
and impending needs, awards ceremonies and social events. It is cosponsored by the Lesbian Visibility Committee and the Los
Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center and is funded in part by the city of West Hollywood. The West Hollywood Lesbian Visibility
Committee (WeHo LVC) was established in 1989 to bring awareness to lesbians living and loving in West Hollywood, California,
one of the largest lesbian communities in America. WeHo LVC endeavors to bring justice where injustices are being carried
out in the lesbian community and to act as a resource for women in need.
Scope and Content
This collection includes correspondence, notes, promotional materials, display boards, and photographs all centered on the
planning and execution of Lesbian Visibility Week in West Hollywood, California. The collection is dominated by materials
from 1990 although Lesbian Visibility Week continued to have a strong presence throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically with undated materials at the end.
Related Material
Related material can be found in both the VIVA 1985-1995 Collection in the Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA as well
as in the Lesbian Legacy Collection Subject Files ca. 1920-2008 at the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Lesbians--California--Los Angeles--Congresses.
Box 1, Folder 1
West Hollywood Lesbian and Gay Advisory Committee Meeting Correspondence and Documentation
circa 1990
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Included is the correspondence and documentation between organizers of Lesbian Visibility Week and the advisory committee
regarding planned events, timing, funding, and support.
Box 1, Folder 2
Publicity
circa 1990
General Physical Description note: various
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains buttons and newspaper clippings advertising Lesbian Visibility Week.
Box 1, Folder 3
Events Calendars
circa 1990
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Contains copies of two versions of printed calendars listing the programmed events of Lesbian Visibility Week 1990 (for distribution).
Box 1, Folder 4
Mock Ups
circa 1990
General Physical Description note: printed paper, taped and cut paper
Scope and Contents note
Various mock ups of promotional materials for Lesbian Visibility Week including brochures, program guides, calendars, and
informational packets.
Box 1, Folder 5
Photos and Proof Sheets
circa 1990
General Physical Description note: photos, negatives, proof sheets
Scope and Contents note
Photographs taken by Becky Villasenor for promotional materials associated with Lesbian Visibility Week.
Box 1, Folder 6
Lesbian Video Festival
circa 1990
General Physical Description note: printed flyers, handwritten notes
Scope and Contents note
Included in this file are flyers for the Lesbian Video Festival hosted in conjunction with Lesbian Visibility Week, as well
as descriptions of many of the videos that were submitted or featured.
Box 1, Folder 7
Double K Gallery Correspondence and Documentation
circa 1990
General Physical Description note: printed paper, handwritten notes, foam core
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains all correspondence, financial information, artist statements, collection notes, and captions included
in the planning and execution of an exhibition in 1990 as part of Lesbian Visibility Week. The show included artists working
with various types of media.
Box 1, Folders 8-9
Mazer Exhibition Materials
circa 1990
General Physical Description note: printed paper on foam core
Scope and Contents note
Includes printed captions pasted onto foamcore for stability. These were used as part of an exhibition organized by the Mazer
collection as part of Lesbian Visibility Week to direct participants and provoke thought. Also included are small print-outs
displaying quotes from various works of literature and thinkers concerning lesbians.
Box 1, Folder 10
Flyers and Brochures
circa 1990-1992
General Physical Description note: printed paper
Scope and Contents note
Flyers and brochures for individual events, the week of programming, descriptions of participants and supporting organizations,
and lesbian visibility resources.
Box 1, Folder 11
Josephine Butler
undated
Scope and Content
Includes information and photocopies of excerpts from a book about 19th-century activist Josephine Butler.