Finding Aid for the Roma Guy papers, circa 1960s-1980
LSC.2160
Finding aid prepared by Kimberlee Granholm, 2012 and Jessica Tai, 2017; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
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Online finding aid last updated 8 August 2017
Title: Roma Guy papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2160
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1960s-1980
Abstract: Roma Guy (1942-) is a social justice advocate and founding member of the San Francisco Women's Building. Jean Crosby was a
founding member of the San Francisco Women's Centers. This collection contains writings and materials collected by Roma Guy
during her work and activist activities in San Francisco from the 1960s-1970s. Also included is correspondence and material
from San Francisco Women's Center co-founder Jean Crosby. Materials include clippings, publications, essays, play scripts,
meeting notes, audio tapes, ephemera and bibliographies collected by both Guy and Crosby.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
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:
Guy, Roma
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roma Guy papers (Collection 2160). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
UCLA.
Acquisition Information
Collection originally donated to the Mazer Archive circa 1984. Gift documentation is dated from 2013. 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.
Processing History
Processed by Kimberlee Granholm, 2012.
Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai 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
Biography
Roma Guy was born in Maine in 1942 and received her undergraduate degree in sociology and history from the University of Maine.
She received her Master's in Social Work from Wayne State University. Guy was a co-founder of the San Francisco Women's Building,
a women-owned community center established in 1979 that aims to facilitate and participate in the collective strength of women
working towards a non-oppressive society.
Roma Guy previously served on the San Francisco Health Commission, and taught in the Department of Health Education at the
San Francisco State University College of Health and Human Services. In 2005, Guy was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
as part of the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize project.
In the 2017 ABC miniseries,
When We Rise, Guy is portrayed by actress Mary-Louise Parker.
When We Rise chronicles the personal and political struggles of key figures in the LGBT movement. As of 2017, Guy continues to live in
San Francisco with her long-term partner, Diane Jones.
Jean Crosby was a founding member of the San Francisco Women's Centers (SFWC) along with a group of women who sought organization
structure with the goal of supporting existing organizations and helping to nurture new organizing efforts on behalf of women.
One of the projects they helped develop was the San Francisco Women's Building.
Scope and Content
This collection contains writings and materials collected by Roma Guy during her work and activist activities in San Francisco
from the 1960s-1970s. Also included is correspondence and material from the San Francisco Women's Center co-founder Jean Crosby.
Materials include clippings, publications, essays, play scripts, meeting notes, audio tapes, ephemera and bibliographies collected
by both Guy and Crosby. A particular strength of this collection is the representation of feminist literature in the 1970s.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials in this collection have been arranged alphabetically by title.
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.
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Guy, Roma -- Archives.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Lesbian activists--California--San Francisco--Archives.
Lesbian authors--California--San Francisco--Archives.
Box 1, Folder 1
Artwork
circa 1960s-1970s
Box 1, Folder 2
Bibliographies
circa 1960s-1970s
Box 1, Folder 3
"Brainwashing and Women" by Barbara Kessel
1971
Scope and Content
56 minute 1/4 inch audio tape taken at the Chico Women's Conference.
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.
Box 1, Folder 5
Church Women United: The Woman Packet
circa 1970s
Box 1, Folder 6
Compiled Articles
circa 1960s-1970s
Scope and Contents note
Contains various materials, including San Francisco Women's Centers newsletters, Ad Hoc Women's Committee documents, "Gay
Movement in Germany" booklet, and materials on black women's liberation, women's liberation, racism and anti-feminism.
Box 1, Folder 7
Compiled Publications
circa 1970s
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence: Jean Crosby
1975
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence is addressed to Jean Crosby.
Box 1, Folder 10
An Exploration Paper on Tensions Between White Women's Movements and Black Liberation Groups by Jean Crosby
1971-1972
Box 1, Folder 11
The Five Stages of Ruth by Sally Miller Gearhart
1965
Box 1, Folder 12
International Women's Year Report
1977
Scope and Contents note
Contains the Final Report to the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, June 1977.
Box 2, Folder 1
Misogynism and Virginal Feminism in the Fathers of the Church by Rosemary Radford Ruether
1974
Box 2, Folder 2
Mothballs for My Kimono by Madeline Weller
circa 1960s-1970s
Box 2, Folder 4
Notes Toward Lesbian Political Theory
circa 1970s
Scope and Contents note
Contains "Notes Toward Lesbian Political Theory," a draft of papers as part of a writing collective and study group and circulated
in San Francisco, California.
Box 2, Folder 5
Office of Women's Affairs
1975
Scope and Contents note
Contains materials related to the Office of Women's Affairs (OWA), including a survey of priorities, meeting minutes, expenditures,
and newsletters.
Box 2, Folder 6
Our Bodies, Our Selves
1971
Box 2, Folder 7
Outline by Rita Mae Brown
1974
Scope and Contents note
Contains an outline covering violence, non-violence, and terrorism.
Box 2, Folder 8
The Politics of Women's Liberation by Jo Freeman
1973
Box 2, Folder 9
Sacramento State Feminism and Women's Studies Materials
1973
Scope and Contents note
Contains three essays obtained from California State University, Sacramento: "The Fear of Feminism, or What Makes Women's
Liberation Laugh" by Kathleen Barry, "Women's Studies and Feminism: Survival in the Seventies" by Joan Hoff Wilson, and "Infantile
Feminism and Women's Studies: Showdown at Sacramento State" by Kirsten Amundeen.
Box 2, Folder 10
A Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File by Stephanie Caruana
1975
Scope and Contents note
Contains a skeleton outlining the Gemstone file (written over a period of years by an American named Bruce Roberts) and presents
a chronicle of interlocking conspiracies. Attributed to Stephanie Caruana.
Box 2, Folder 11
Toward a Whole Theology: Women and the World
1972
Box 2, Folder 12
Under My Thumb: The Politics of Sexuality
circa 1970s
Scope and Contents note
"Under My Thumb: The Politics of Sexuality," script compiled by members of the Alternative Futures Community, San Francisco.
Collection of poetry, skits and readings.
Box 1, Folder 3
Women's Liberation Quotes
circa 1960s-1970s
Scope and Content
1/4 inch audio tape.
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.
Box 2, Folder 13
Writings on Cuba
circa 1970s
Scope and Contents note
Contains seven articles: "Education in Cuba," Health Care in Socialist Cuba," Popular Tribunals in Cuba," "Venceremos Brigade
Celebrates 26th of July," "Glimpse of the Cuban Struggle," "Cuban Poetry, 1959-1966," and "The Struggle to Improve Housing
in Cuba."
Box 2, Folder 14
Writings by Sally Gearhart
1972-1975
Scope and Contents note
Contains "The Lesbian and God-the-Father," "A Verbal Message on Alice Doesn't! Day," "The Ancient Greeks" (play), protest
letters and notes.
